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Firm owned by Finance Ministry funded MRT and S'wak leg of Pan Borneo Highway, but needs help repaying sukuk bonds. 

Minister put rumours to rest by assuring no new taxes will be imposed in Budget 2020. 

The price of crude oil will always fluctuate, the budget does not have to follow suit.

Aminuddin Harun says state budget will take into account all interests and needs of the people.

'This is the state’s current financial position,' Mukhriz says, emphasising the 'prudent' approach to the budget.

First order of business is swearing in of new Port Dickson MP.

UPDATED 6.45PM | PARLIAMENT | Balanced budget will not be achieved for the next few years, says finance minister.

COMMENT | The solution to the bloated civil service is not retrenchment.

COMMENT | M'sia would be well-off with the extra allocation from these cuts for development purposes.

MP SPEAKS | By hiding debt servicing obligations of expenditure, gov't allows other op-ex wastage to persist.

'The bonus for Johor civil servants is better than what the federal government has announced.'

UPDATED 11.30PM | The S'gor MB describes it as a budget that 'no group will be left out of'.

It is Selangor that copied the federal government, Wanita Umno chief adds

COMMENT | We should look beyond the aid proffered by the government for long-term solutions. 

COMMENT | Budget cuts shouldn’t be at expense of key sectors like healthcare, education.

Bayan Baru MP notes the budget for equipment, training have been completely slashed.

'State recorded a surplus of RM71m end of 2015, and this contributed to the RM952m in our reserves,' says Guan Eng.

UPDATED 2PM | Penang tables a total budget of RM1.45 billion for 2017, an increase of RM345 million from the last budget.

Budget 2017 also cuts funding to a number of key teaching hospitals.

Islamist party wants to tax the rich to benefit the poor.

COMMENT | Numbers don’t truly represent the real matrix of happiness for the citizenry.