News about 2020

The cost rationalization process of Pan Borneo Highway has so far generated RM1.

To bridge the urban and rural gap, the government will expand the coverage of basic infrastructure for rural areas, especially for Sabah and Sarawak.

RM10 million towards a joint Government-UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) fund to co-finance SDG initiatives in Malaysia.

To support the development and improvement of basic infrastructure in new villages, the government will provide RM85 million in 2020.

Suggestion to increase minimum wage for workers in first-tier cities to RM 1,200.

The Government has decided to continue the Bandar Malaysia project which spans 486 acres in Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur after negotiating to obtain better terms for the government.

The government will dispose of previously approved assets but through open tenders and not direct negotiations.

The government will allocate RM15 million for the Bandar Selamat initiative and will cooperate with the local authorities to prepare road lamps, motorcycle parking areas with a safety and anti-Panjat fence and other security programmes.

The government cares about the state of low and medium-cost stratified houses that are not properly maintained.

In response to the people's view on the real property gains tax (RPGT) imposed on disposal of properties by individual citizens and permanent residents after a five-year period, the government will enhance the RPGT treatment by setting the market value on 1 January 2013 as the property acquisition price for properties acquired prior to 1 January 2013 compared to 1 January 2000.