Defence Ministry lays out plan on how to spend RM17b


Game plan: Hishammuddin has already planned how the allocated sum to his portfolio will be spent.

KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has laid out his plan on how to spend the RM17bil allocated to his portfolio in Budget 2016, with Sabah’s security, the army’s welfare and reviving the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) taking centre stage.

Of the sum, RM13.4bil will go into the army’s management while RM3.8bil will be used in developing Malaysia’s defence.

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