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Article: Pas State Government needs to justify demand for Federal grants
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- September 7, 2000
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Rosli Zakaria
New Straits Times
09-07-2000
Pas State Government needs to justify demand for Federal grants
Byline: Rosli Zakaria
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: National
Column: News analysis
WHEN Pas was in the Opposition in Terengganu, its leaders often asked what happened to the billions in oil royalty which the State Government had received since 1978.
They also claimed that the wealth should be distributed to the people but they did not say how. The presumption then was that every citizen should be given cash.
Similarly, with a population of less than one million and with a large area still undeveloped, they said each family should be given a piece of land for them to build houses ...