The Perak government has allocated RM10 million for renovating, maintaining and building new non-Muslim places of worship in Perak.

Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu said allocations channelled through the Perak Budget 2020 also covered activities of the non-Islamic communities in the state.

“The state government is committed to ensuring that the political stability, economic development, social prosperity and inter-religious harmony enjoyed by Malaysians in Perak is preserved.

“If we have shortcomings, I invite you, ladies and gentlemen, come together to work together so that we as a government and society complement each other for the development of our beloved state of Perak,” he said in his speech at the Perak state level 2019 Christmas Day celebration at the Stadium Indera Mulia last night.

The text of his speech was read by his (Perak Mentri Besar’s) special adviser Zainol Fadzi Paharuddin.

Ahmad Faizal said as a multiracial state, nothing was more valuable than seeing the state’s social harmony being maintained. 

- Bernama