Go back to zero base, economist tells govt


PETALING JAYA: The government has a price to pay for imposing a total lockdown and must go back to zero-base of its expenditure to see what it can afford to cut, says economist Tan Sri Lin See Yan.

The former Bank Negara Malaysia deputy governor said there might even be a need for non-populist moves such as taxing the rich and borrowing money to sustain the expenditure until the economy could be revived again.

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