KUALA LUMPUR: The government spent RM164.2bil in the first quarter of this year to manage the country and provide Covid-19 aid, says Deputy Finance Minister Mohd Shahar Abdullah.
"The expenditure was an increase of 5.7% over what was spent in the same period last year," he said when replying to a question by Fong Kui Lun (PH-Bukit Bintang) in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (Sept 23).
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