Deficit budget tabled for next year

Zambry holding the 2016 Budget speech before entering the Perak State Assembly hall on Tuesday. With him are Perak State Financial officer Datuk Ghazali Jalal (left) and Slim assemblyman Datuk Mohd Khusairi Abdul Talib (right). — SAIFUL BAHRI/The Star

THE PERAK Government has tabled a deficit budget for next year.

Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir (BN-Pangkor) said the expected deficit for its 2016 State Budget would be about RM49.18mil.