Budget 2026: Housing Ministry seeking additional allocation for infrastructure projects

• Nga Kor Ming said KPKT implemented 6,611 projects last year, making it the highest-performing ministry in Malaysia.

TAIPING (Aug 9): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) is seeking additional funds under Budget 2026 to double the implementation of new and upgraded public infrastructure projects, aiming for 10,000 projects annually.

Its minister, Nga Kor Ming, said the proposal will be presented to the minister of finance later this month.

He said the ministry implemented 6,611 projects last year, making it the highest-performing ministry in Malaysia.

"This year, we are aiming higher...targeting 10,000 public infrastructure projects in a single year,” he told a press conference during the “Sentuhan Kasih KPKT Taiping” programme at Pasar Taiping and Pasar Siang Malam here on Saturday.

Also present were Taiping Member of Parliament Wong Kah Woh, who is deputy education minister, Local Government Department director general Datuk Mohd Fadzli Mohd. Kenali, National Landscape Department director general Mansor Mohamad and Taiping Municipal Council (MPT) president Khairul Amir Mohamad Zubir.

Earlier, Nga visited the Kamunting Public Market, the Flood Mitigation Project in Taman Kamunting Maju, Kampung Baru Aulong, and the Taman Madani site at Taiping Lake Gardens, which features the new Taiping Lake Fountain Beautification Project as part of the city’s 150th anniversary celebrations.

Meanwhile, Nga said that KPKT will channel an additional RM10.4 million for infrastructure development and upgrading works involving 35 projects in Taiping.

The projects include nine infrastructure upgrades in Bandar Taiping City, landscape development at Lapang Tanjung Sungai Mas area in Taiping, non-Muslim houses of worship (RIBI), and 24 initiatives involving new housing construction and new village development.

“All these projects have been approved as plans under the fifth Rolling Plan, so their implementation will be implemented promptly, with completion expected by the end of this year.

“In Taiping, KPKT also has five other major projects in progress, including the RM10 million upgrade of Taiping Lake Gardens, a project aimed at making it not just a premier tourist attraction but the most beautiful and picturesque lake park in Malaysia,” he said.

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