KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — The Cabinet has agreed to a memorandum on amendments to the Borneo States (Legislative Powers) Order for Sarawak, paving the way for the transfer of scheduled waste management powers to the state government under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).

Madani government spokesman Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil said the memorandum, submitted by the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry (NRES), was agreed upon at today’s Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

He said the proposed amendments had received clearance from the Attorney-General’s Chambers and would next be submitted for royal consent from His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia.