KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng today defended Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Budget 2025 from comparisons to English folklore hero Robin...
BHP faces £36b lawsuit over Brazil dam collapse and country’s worst environmental disaster, accused of dodging responsibility, UK court toldPrime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrives in Parliament to table Budget 2025, in Kuala Lumpur on October 18, 2024.
Lim today said this was not a fair label to apply on the group, which he said included households earning around RM15,000 a month and contributed to the country’s public coffers through taxes. “It is not simply a matter of imposing penalties on the rich, but rather asking the fortunate to help those who are weak, impoverished, or disadvantaged. This is the aspiration of the unity government, which includes all citizens, regardless of race, religion, or background.”
In this RM421 billion Budget 2025 tabled last Friday, Anwar said the government would retarget RON95 subsidies to eliminate assistance from the “T15”.
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