KUALA LUMPUR: Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said the government expects to record a GDP growth of at least 5% in the first half of this year while growth in the whole year should range at around 5%-6%.
"It should be better (than last year) for the first half of the year. The key strength of the economy is now government support and private consumption - private investment and public expenditure," he said on Tuesday.
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