MPs question big funding for pandas but zero for Malayan tigers

PARLIAMENT | MPs from DAP and PAS have questioned the absence of funding for the National Tiger Conservation Centre (NTCC) under Budget 2022.

"I see that for the international panda conservation programme, it is allocated around RM4.5 million every year.

"But for the NTCC, it received RM1.7 million under the previous budget (2021) and RM1 million in the previous year (2020). But this year (Budget 2022), there's none.

"I agree with the need to protect the pandas but don't neglect these tigers which are made in Malaysia," said Cha Kee Chin (DAP-Rasah) when debating...