Govt has room to optimise spending but revenue needs to be increased - Rafizi


Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli

KUALA LUMPUR: The government still has room to optimise its spending although there is a need to increase revenue, said Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.

He said it is important to demonstrate optimisation of government spending but at the same time, the country's economy needs to grow so that the people’s income can rise to a certain level and that discussions to generate revenue have to be benchmarked against these two factors.

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