Najib dishes out goodies to offset upcoming GST
Budget holds out RM4.9b cash transfers to poor Malaysians, bonus to civil servants and automation grants to labour-heavy businesses
Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA'S Prime Minister Najib Razak presented a mildly expansionary RM273.9 billion (S$107 billion) Budget 2015 to Parliament on Friday in a two-hour speech that sought to allay public concerns over the associated costs that would come from April 2015's implementation of a Goods and Services Tax (GST).
When he presented Budget 2014 a year ago, he announced the go-ahead for the 6 per cent GST, which has since come to be associated with an impending jump in living costs.
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