Sabah gets RM18.7 billion in 2027, its highest federal allocation

Electricity: RM600 million to keep supply running, and RM204 million for grid-stabilising equipment at the Dam Road and Segaliud substations. The power to regulate electricity is being handed to Sabah under the Malaysia Agreement 1963.

Roads: Pan Borneo Highway Sabah Phase 1B and the Sarawak-Sabah Link Road 1 are both due to be finished by the end of 2027.

For young people: sponsorship offers from the Public Service Department (JPA) for students born in Sabah and Sarawak are doubled to 4,200 a year. About RM1.3 billion goes to upgrading 682 dilapidated schools, mainly in Sabah and Sarawak.

Not stated: how the RM18.7 billion is split between development and day-to-day spending. Critics in Sabah say the interim grant is no substitute for a permanent formula.