Costly overlapping programmes

LEFT IN A QUANDARY . . . PRE-SCHOOLERS (left to right) AISYATUL ADRIANA MUAMAR, FIVE , FAKRUL NASEEM SHAIRUL HAIRY, FOUR, AND MUHAMMAD IZZAT MIFZAL NASROL , FIVE, HANGING AROUND TADIKA KEMAS, BANDAR BAYAN BARU, PENANG WAITING FOR THEIR KINDERGARTEN TO BE OPENED.

THE new government’s pledge to review the federal budget and finances, including expenditure and revenue, in the first 100 days should be applauded.

These are in dire need of a comprehensive review as they suffer not only from the increase in the size of the Prime Minister’s Department over the past few years, leading to huge emoluments expenditures, but also from what I call a “legacy problem”.