Finance Ministry kicks off Budget 2021 consultation roadshow
Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the initiative was to ensure Budget 2021 would cover the four main themes being focused on, in addition to mitigate the impact from the movement control order. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the initiative was to ensure Budget 2021, which is scheduled to be tabled on November 6, would cover the four main themes being focused on, in addition to mitigate the impact from the movement control order. “I feel this is the best time for us to ‘turun padang’ through this consultation roadshow in order to listen to the problems faced by the public, industries and associations; and we will spare no effort to consider their recommendations,” he told a press conference after meeting Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Sulaiman Md Ali here today.
Earlier, he made a working visit to the Melaka Urban Transformation Centre at Jalan Hang Tuah and attended a session with the state’s medical tourism industry representatives.
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