The opposition has appointed a nine-member committee to work on a comprehensive BA budget for 2004 which their MPs will table in the September sitting of Parliament.

Barisan Alternatif (BA) secretariate chairperson Abdul Rahman Othman said the committee - comprising mostly accountants and economists - is led by him, PRM's Lee Sang and PAS' Dr Rosli Yaacob, a former Bank Negara senior officer.

He said the budget will focus on methods to spur economic growth with equal distribution and transparency in awarding government contracts.