Wrongly prioritising public spending and a lack of sensitivity towards the poor when formulating public policies are among the causes of the country's widening income inequality.
Recent statistics revealed under the Ninth Malaysia Plan indicated that the rich were getting richer while the poor got poorer, Penang state executive councillor Datuk Dr Toh Kin Woon said.
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