Govt unveils eight economic packages worth RM530b: Report


Help is on the way -- Volunteers unloading packs of rice for residents of Mentari Court in Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has unveiled eight economic packages worth RM530 billion in total to address the crisis ever since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared last year, Asia Analytica said.

The research and institutional services unit said since then, however, many have expressed their grouses on insufficient support given to the rakyat although the amount was huge.

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