FMM Sabah welcomes 2023 state budget focus theme on drive and strength

KOTA KINABALU: The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) Sabah welcomes the 2023 State Budget with the theme ‘Strengthening The Economy For People’s Prosperity’ as announced by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.

“It is clear that the focus is to drive and strengthen the state’s economy to ensure continuous and inclusive progress and prosperity of the state and rakyat,” said FMM Sabah Branch chairman James Ha.

“Despite many challenges, the manufacturing sector sees incredible rebound attracting huge FDIs and Sabah Domestic Investors (SDIs) that made the state the third highest investment recipient in Malaysia during the second quarter of this year 2022 and FMM in collaboration with the state government played pivotal role to attract SDIs worth RM900 million with the potential of creating 3,000 job opportunities.