Priority on raising rakyat’s welfare


Watching with interest: Fishermen amran Mohd (left), 50, and Ibrahim Manan, 47, watching the live telecast of the tabling of budget 2024 by anwar in Parliament via smartphone before disposing palm leaves at the Seberang Marang fishermen’s wharf in Marang, terengganu. — bernama

IT was a lengthy Budget speech that is set to change the social welfare structure of Malaysians.

Living up to the pre-Budget expectation that subsidy rationalisation will feature prominently, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the Finance Minister, did not disappoint.

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