Home Ministry to focus on enhancing assets, welfare in Budget 2025

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The Home Ministry will focus on enhancing the assets and welfare of security forces in the 2025 Budget, said its minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail after attending an engagement session with stakeholders for Budget 2025 on Aug 2.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Prime Minister has directed all ministries to hold a dialogue session with their stakeholders.

00:27We are here today to carry out the Prime Minister's instructions.

00:34Our core business is security.

00:37In addition to border control, state-of-the-art issues, digital issues,

00:43a more secure delivery system,

00:45the issue of thievery, the issue of cross-border crime, and all kinds of things.

00:51We collect all the answers and suggestions provided by various stakeholders.

00:56There are things that we consider as priorities.

01:00First, in terms of welfare, which I emphasized in the budget last year,

01:05we will continue.

01:07Like last year, we managed to recover almost 151 post-PGA.

01:14A number of quarters we were able to recover,

01:20with a profit of around RM300 million.

01:24We were also able to resolve the housing issue in Pantai Timur Sabah.

01:30So that is the welfare aspect.

01:32I will maintain that momentum,

01:34giving priority to MOF so that the momentum can be maintained.

01:42This is important because it will increase the morale and motivation of security members under KDN.

01:50That will be the main priority in terms of welfare.

01:53Another aspect is to increase the assets of our agencies,

01:59including the maritime control agency and the police.

02:04This is important because we now have a new agency,

02:08which is the MCBA, the Ministry of Border Control Agency.

02:12As a new agency, of course, we have to arrange the spending according to the operation.

02:19In the first phase, which has been carried out since May 1 until now,

02:27we will provide special funding to strengthen the MCBA

02:35so that the first year is a year of monitoring.

02:40At least the first year is completed in terms of responsibility.

02:42The second year is completed in terms of asset collection.

02:47So that there are several entrances into the MCBA project,

02:51other than Johor, KLIA, Pulau Pinang, KK.

02:55Tomorrow, the Prime Minister and I will be in Rantau Panjang and Golok.

02:59Also among the entrances into the MCBA project,

03:06which will be discussed tomorrow in a bilateral meeting between the Prime Minister,

03:11Datuk Sianwa and Serita.

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