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Exhausted All Low-Hanging Fruit Options To Reduce Governments Cost?

Sri Murniati Yusuf , Deputy Research Director, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS)

19-Jul-22 07:45

Exhausted All Low-Hanging Fruit Options To Reduce Governments Cost?

Following Putrajaya's announcement sweeping measures to reduce costs and with Minister for Economic Affairs Dato’ Mustapa Mohamed saying that the government would postpone or not continue any project that has yet to commence, we ask Sri Murniati Yusuf from IDEAS what are the implications of this cost-cutting exercise for all stakeholders.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Philip See, Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning


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Categories:  governmenteconomy

Tags:  government austerityMinister for Economic Affairsmalaysia government





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