Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah says the working committee on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 has agreed to take out ‘tourism’ from the Federal List and insert it under the State List of the Federal Constitution.
He said during the discussion on the formation of Malaysia in 1963, tourism and the environment were never brought up, but suddenly became an issue in 1992.He said any matter not on the Federal List or State List or Concurrent List, should be placed under the Residual List. “That is why I am always making a noise, asking for tourism to be listed as a state’s right,” he said.
“Therefore, if we follow the Federal Constitution, any matter not incorporated in the Federal List or the State List or the Concurrent List should come under the Residual List,” he said.Karim said the state government has always been fighting to claim back rights under MA63 that have been eroded over the years.