My understanding is that the CHT, CST and equalization are unconditional transfers, but given the needs of provinces, it's fair to assume that all of the money transferred to provinces for CHT goes to provinces. On whether the government has the capacity to do conditional transfers, again, I'm not a constitutional expert. I think there's as much politics in that as there are constitutional issues. That's why I'm happy to say that I cannot comment much more than that.
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