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MP SPEAKS The budget, says the Klang MP, focuses on securing votes by ‘throwing money at poor households, civil servants and young people’.

Association formed to pressure the state government to exercise its moral duty to make all Penangites prosper, not just the developers.

The M'sian Mobile Phone Owners Association wants MCMC to appoint agents to sell phones to youths receiving the rebate.

COMMENT The premier hopes the spending will give him and his party the security they appear to need ahead of the next polls.

The Penang CM says the new budget does nothing to address issues of cost of living and economic sustainability of the country.

The National House Buyers Association says the boon to speculators if left unchecked will eventually lead to a market meltdown.

The Penang CM says Budget 2013 has nothing for the state, and worse, Najib has failed to deliver on last year’s promises.

‘Now is the season of election and slander.. But it's okay. A good person will be targeted for slander, whereas an evil person won't be'.

BUDGET There are good and not-so-good things in Budget 2013, with a cross-section of Malaysians too seeing it as an election budget.

BUDGET Anwar and other MPs have mixed reactions to a budget that many say fails to address structural problems in the economy.

BUDGET The array of goodies dished out in Budget 2013 is seen as a clear move of the BN govt to reach out to its vote banks.

BUDGET Najib provides fresh round of handouts as he announces a voter-friendly budget aimed at shoring up support ahead of a tough election.

BUDGET The PM's budget speech turns pre-election campaign oratorio, saying BN never promised ‘the moon and stars’.

ECONOMIC REPORT The overspending in 2012 only occurred in the operating expenditure, but not the development expenditure.

BUDGET The marked decline in revenue growth will have a very significant impact on the ability to maintain economic growth.

UPDATED 6.19PM BUDGET Ideas and Refsa ring alarm bells over the 'explosion' in subsidies spending under the Najib administration.

ECONOMIC REPORT Inflation remained at 1.4 percent but needed to be controlled as prices of food commodities had shown an upward trends.

ECONOMIC REPORT This is 53.7 percent of the GDP this year, pushing the country a step nearer to the legislated debt ceiling of 55 percent.

ECONOMIC REPORT The stronger growth is expected to boost revenues and allow the country to lower its budget deficit to 4.0 percent of GDP in 2013. 

LIVE REPORT Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announces a second round of BR1M, bonus for civil service and a slew of goodies right before the general election.

BUDGET Get a bird's eye view of key facts and figures in the Budget 2013, including expenditure, deficit and gov't debt.