BUDGET 2019 | The Universiti Kebangsaan of Malaysia (UKM) would see a major funding boost under the 2019 budget proposal, which amounts to a RM206 million (38.9 percent) increase compared to the previous year.

According to the federal expenditure estimate tabled by Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng in Parliament yesterday, the government proposes to spend RM736 million on the university next year, compared to RM530 million this year.

Most of the increase comes from a 317 percent boost in development expenditure from RM57.2 million to RM238.6 million, though UKM’s operating expenditure would see a modest 5.2 percent increase from RM472.9 million to RM497.7 million...