The Tourism, Arts, and Culture Ministry (Motac) said that no representative from the Perlis government raised the issue of special allocations during the National Committee Meeting on Tourism and Culture Development held on Nov 14 last year.

Its minister Tiong King Sing (above) said Perlis Tourism Exco Wan Badariah Wan Saad - who attended the Northern Region Handicraft Festival with the Motac secretary-general Roslan Abdul Rahman on Sept 23, 2023 - also did not convey the state government's intention to make Visit Perlis Year 2024/2025 a success.

"My media statement earlier stated that...