Ideas from 2018 Budget chats to be studied – Najib

KUALA LUMPUR: All ideas discussed with online friends during chats relating to #Bajet2018 will be studied and considered for the 2018 Budget, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The Prime Minister said this on his blog NajibRazak.com in connection to the ideas brought up during a chat session at a shopping complex on Thursday night.

This includes the views of realestate expert Faizul Ridzuan who said he was grateful for the government’s efforts to provide many housing projects like the 1Malaysia People’s Housing (PR1MA) and the 1Malaysian Public Housing Project (PPA1M).

Najib said Faizul stressed on the importance of the people getting the information and knowledge on subsales of houses which could still be obtained at market prices.

He added that Faizul also said the public were not aware that a threebedroom terrace house with a swimming pool in Damansara could still be bought for RM450,000. He also shared the views of Dr Khairul Hafidz, who is working with the Health Ministry in Putrajaya in urging the government to set up nurseries or child daycare centres for health staff and medical officers who have to work shift hours.

Najib said Josh Teng, the founder of NEXT Academy, a training centre for the development of youths, proposed that the duration of industrial training for local university students be extended from the current three months now so as to allow them to gather experience and skills in preparation for employment.