National budget and the rakyat

Budget 2024 could perhaps introduce better incentives to encourage flexible working arrangements in work-from-home, freelance, and gig economy jobs, sharing economy platforms, and micro-enterprises to help people earn secondary incomes.

THE national budget is expected to continue its focus on the people’s welfare, ongoing and improved assistance, as well as national infrastructure development.There is a need for the government to focus on middle-income earners in Budget 2024 as the current initiatives to increase wages tend to focus mainly on the Bottom 40% (B40) group.

Middle-income citizens face challenges in improving their earning potential as the progressive wages suggested by the government are of little help to them presently.