#budget2019

BUDGET 2019 | New tax aims to ensure level playing field, adds national budget chief.

However, checks show that there were also cuts when he was prime minister.

BUDGET 2019 | Works minister says that those levelling the criticism want to paint Harapan in a bad light.

BUDGET 2019 | Selldown follows announcement of annual casino licence fee increasing to RM150m.

LETTER | Fuel subsidies and toll abolitions are much welcome aspects.

COMMENT | We need to empower public healthcare, give it more resources and widen its capacity.

MP SPEAKS | The former premier wants to destroy all efforts at nation-building.

BUDGET 2019 | Gov't will run variety of programmes targeted at impoverished Indians, says minister. 

BUDGET 2019 | 'Current rules would force the poor to pay higher rates if they transfer to gov't hospitals once the insurance runs out'.

BUDGET 2019 | The budget this year has been expanded despite certain quarters expecting otherwise, Mahathir notes.  

BUDGET 2019 | Unnecessary to mention names of specific states in the federal budget, says K'tan Harapan chair. 

BUDGET 2019 | Minister adds that proposed incentives such as RPGT exemption for low-cost housing can help stabilise current market.

BUDGET 2019 | The financial services company says gov't is employing short-term measures that may be unsustainable.

BUDGET 2019 | That's the difference between the two forms of government, says the finance minister.

BUDGET 2019 | The mechanism for this still being worked out, says the finance minister.

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BUDGET 2019 | This comes one day after Kelantan MPs accuse the gov't of neglecting opposition-led states.

CEO Zakri Khir says the real test for the gov't now is how well they can execute what is promised.

BUDGET 2019 | He zeroes in on Harapan's plans recoup revenue shortfall from indirect taxes via GLCs like Petronas.

BUDGET 2019 | Other major public universities will also see an increase in funding next year.

BUDGET 2019 | The gov't will allocate RM10 million for the setting up of 50 childcare centres to ease the burden of working mothers.

BUDGET 2019 | PM's Dept is expected to spend just RM7.54b but some ministries are spending more.

BUDGET 2019 | Mira says it's a far cry from the reformist agenda promised by the new government.

YOURSAY | ‘Well done, Guan Eng for taking care of the disadvantaged and plugging the leakage.’