Sim, who is also the state public health, housing and local government minister, said the government will proceed with the projects using the state’s own funds.

“We haven’t received anything yet, but we are not going to wait.

“We are going to plan with the funds allocated by the premier. We know what the premier has allocated the funds for will happen.

“As for the prime minister’s promise, we will keep track of it. That’s all I can say,” the Borneo Post reported him as saying in Kuching today.

On June 22, premier Abang Johari Openg said the state government had set aside RM100 million to expedite the repair and upgrading of dilapidated rural schools.

The state also allocated another RM100 million to repair rundown clinics.

Abang Johari said Sarawak would advance the funding first and be reimbursed later by the federal government.

At the same event, Anwar also said he would instruct the finance ministry to release RM100 million immediately as part of the agreement between Sarawak and the federal government to expedite these projects.