Madius Tangau (Upko-Tuaran) has posed the question to the prime minister, saying Sabah and Sarawak have a total land size of 198,354 sq km, or 60% of Malaysia’s total land mass, compared to 132,265 sq km for the rest of the peninsular states.

According to today’s order paper, Ahmad Fadhli Shaari (PAS-Pasir Mas) will also ask the environment and water minister on the progress of the flood mitigation project along Sungai Golok, near the border with Thailand.

Rohani Abdul Karim (GPS-Batang Lupar) also wants to know whether the data collected by the department of statistics reflects the real situation of poverty in the country.

Following the question-and-answer session, the House will continue with the debate on the Supply Bill 2022 at the committee stage involving the transport; science, technology and innovation; and the rural development ministries.

Yesterday, it approved the RM195,036,300 allocation in operating expenditure for the entrepreneur development and cooperatives ministry and RM835,666,800 for the human resources ministry through a voice vote.

Parliament will sit until Dec 16.