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Parliament to debate Sabah airfares and Johor road congestion today

MPs will question ministers on Sabah festive airfares, Johor road upgrades, and data centre resource usage in today’s Dewan Rakyat session.

KUALA LUMPUR: Airfares to Sabah during the festive season and increasing congestion on Johor’s main roads will be among the issues to be raised in today’s Dewan Rakyat session.

According to the Order Paper on the Parliament’s website, Vivian Wong Shir Yee (PH-Sandakan) will ask the Minister of Transport about the average one-way airfare from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau, Sandakan, and Kota Kinabalu in Sabah during the festive season, if the government’s RM499 maximum fare programme is not implemented.

She will also ask whether the ministry intends to require airlines to disclose the amount of airfare subsidy provided to passengers during the oral question-and-answer session.

In the same session, Muhammad Islahuddin Abas (PN-Mersing) will ask the Minister of Works to detail the ministry’s plans to upgrade Johor’s highways and major roads, which are facing congestion due to increasing traffic and rapid development in Iskandar Malaysia, especially ahead of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) rollout.

Meanwhile, Oscar Ling Chai Yew (PH-Sibu) will raise a question to the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry on the number of approved data centre projects, their projected electricity and water consumption, and the government’s strategy for balancing AI investments with national resource security.

Following the question-and-answer session, the Dewan Rakyat will proceed with the committee-stage debate on the 2026 Supply Bill (Budget 2026).

The Third Meeting of the Fourth Session of the 15th Parliament will run for 35 days, ending on Dec 4.

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