‘Belt tightening’ for 2019


Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. – Bernama

GEORGE TOWN: Budget 2019, which will be presented in Parliament on Nov 2, will definitely be a “belt tightening” exercise, says Lim Guan Eng (pic).

“I agree with the Prime Minister, who used the term ‘sacrificial budget’ to describe it, as the government does not have any money to give out to the people.

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