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ArticleValue, not num­bers define Budget 2027

PETALING JAYA: Malay­sia’s future must be meas­ured not merely by gov­ern­ment spend­ing or built infra­struc­ture but also by the nation it leaves for future gen­er­a­tions, Prime Min­is­ter Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said as he unveiled Budget 2027...

Article‘Pro­vi­sions tackle liv­ing costs but need struc­tural reforms’

ArticleCheer for five mil­lion as per­sonal tax relief raised to RM12,000

Edu­ca­tion and health­care emerged as major win­ners in Budget 2027, with nearly RM69 bil­lion alloc­ated to schools and RM47.7 bil­lion to health­care, as the gov­ern­ment moves to tackle age­ing infra­struc­ture, over­crowded classrooms, hos­pital...

ArticleMin­imum wage raised to RM2,000

PETALING JAYA: More than four mil­lion Malay­sian work­ers are set for a pay rise from June next year as the gov­ern­ment raises the min­imum wage from RM1,700 to RM2,000, a 17.6% increase aimed at nar­row­ing the widen­ing gap between salar­ies and...

ArticleTax relief threshold increased to RM12,000 in first revi­sion since 2010

Around five mil­lion Malay­sian tax­pay­ers, espe­cially those in the middle-income (M40) seg­ment, are expec­ted to enjoy higher dis­pos­able incomes under a series of tax relief meas­ures unveiled in Budget 2027. The gov­ern­ment estim­ates that the...

ArticleBudget 2027 must turn relief into last­ing gains

Budget 2027’s focus on eas­ing house­hold expenses and improv­ing access to health­care and edu­ca­tion reflects the gov­ern­ment’s efforts to address Malay­si­ans’ imme­di­ate needs. Eco­nom­ists said last­ing gains would depend on bet­ter-pay­ing...

ArticleHealth­care needs deeper reforms

Budget 2027’s increased health­care alloc­a­tion will not be enough to address Malay­sia’s health­care chal­lenges without more med­ical per­son­nel, bet­ter pay and improved work­ing con­di­tions, a pub­lic health expert said. Uni­versiti Kebang­saan...

ArticleSpend­ing must trans­late into real sav­ings, says Fomca

PETALING JAYA: The suc­cess of Budget 2027 should be judged by whether con­sumers feel relief in their daily spend­ing, rather than by the size of its alloc­a­tions, said the Fed­er­a­tion of Malay­sian Con­sumers Asso­ci­ations (Fomca)...