Budget 2027 draws positive response from ministers over focus on living costs, wages and public services

Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said the measures reflected public feedback gathered through nationwide engagement sessions, particularly concerns over rising living costs and the need for better wages.

“Our effort in Budget 2027 is to ensure that the spillover gains from the country successfully becoming a strong trading nation are passed down to the people,” he said at a press conference following the budget's tabling in Parliament today.

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