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PM Najib: 2018 Bugdet Will Not Be Populist Budget


KUALA LUMPUR — The 2018 Budget will not be a populist
budget, but at the same time, continue to address the welfare of the people and
needs for the nation’s economic growth, Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun
Razak said.
He said certain sectors that contribute towards the economic
growth, gross national income and people’s welfare, would be given impetus in
the budget.

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“It (2018 Budget) cannot be a populist budget in a
sense that it would be fiscally irresponsible. We have to be prudent, but at
the same time, there are certain programmes that concern the welfare of the
people that we must try to include in it,”he told reporters after chairing
the UMNO Supreme Council meeting here tonight.
He added that the budget is expected to be balanced, as the
government continues to be prudent in spending and at the same time, stimulate
economic growth.
The prime minister is scheduled to table the 2018 Budget in
Parliament on Oct 27.

— Bernama

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