KUANTAN, May 30 — Natural disasters, especially floods that hit the country last year, will be the guide of the Finance Ministry in formulating a more holistic budget, said Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Mohd Shahar Abdullah.
“The Fire and Rescue Department is among the first agencies to arrive at the scene and they have accurate and thorough input, thus it is important for the ministry to be able to plan more effective financial channeling. Earlier, Mohd Shahar was awarded the rank of Deputy Fire Commissioner by JBPM director-general Datuk Seri Mohammad Hamdan Wahid at a ceremony which was also attended by Pahang JBPM director Datuk Wan Mohammad Zaidi Wan Isa here today.