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The Sarawak state government's decision to send a team of lawyers to London to search for references to the MA1963 will not affect the talks on the devolution.

The Steering Committee for the Devolution of Authority is still waiting for a date for it to elaborate on the Technical Committee's report, said its co-chairman Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri.

The Sarawak Chief Minister's Office today denied having issued a statement of warning on the devolution of power to the state.

Talks between him and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak involved three main phases, with the first phase on Jan 20 last year and the second phase on July 4.

Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem expects negotiations pertaining to the devolution of powers from the federal government to the state government to end by year-end.

The Sarawak CM had previously spoke at length about the issue at the recent 18th State Legislative Assembly sitting.

The criticisms by the opposition on the state government's pursuant on the devolution of power was merely to mislead the people, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri.

Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem said he had "quite positive" discussions with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in Putrajaya yesterday on the devolution of power to the state.

Various issues pertaining to the devolution of powers concept from federal to state government is a complex matter which takes time before it can bear results.

Tan Sri Adenan Satem will meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak next Wednesday to settle matters on the devolution of power to the Sarawak state government.

The devolution of power shows that the Prime Minister wants Sabah to play a bigger role in certain programmes and initiatives run by federal agencies.

Datuk Seri Najib said the state governments would be given a bigger role in determining projects, especially priority projects.

Sarawak has formed a committee chaired by its state secretary to facilitate a discussion with the federal government on matters involving devolution of power.

The federal government has begun talks with Sarawak on further empowering several of the state's government departments, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

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