People want their burden reduced

Filling up: Motorists queing at petrol station in Ipoh to fill up their tanks. - filepic

SEVERAL non-governmental organisations have proposed steps to reduce crime and to ensure that the people are not burdened due to the escalating cost of living in their wish list for Budget 2014.

Perak Consumers’ Association president Abdul Rahman Said Alli said it was time for the government to help the lower income group to ease the burden due to the rise in the cost of living especially for food.