PM to announce stimulus package on Feb 27: MoF
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 14): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will reveal the economic stimulus package to address the Covid-19 outbreak on Feb 27 (Thursday) at 4.
Coronavirus outbreak: Hoteliers asking government for tax relief, cut in EPF payments
PETALING JAYA (Feb 11): Hoteliers are urging the government to temporarily reduce the tourism tax, cut EPF contributions, and provide discounts on water and power bills in light of the industry being impacted by the current novel coronavirus outbreak.
New project funding deal cuts Sarawak Pan-Borneo Highway project costs by RM3.1b
PUTRAJAYA (Feb 6): The Government has saved some RM3.
Coronavirus: Malaysia may push stimulus package 'if necessary', too early to revise GDP forecast for now
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 30): The Malaysian government is not discounting bringing forward its stimulus packages planned to address the US-China trade war risks in light of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, but only if it is really necessary, said Minister of Finance Lim Guan Eng.
Coronavirus 'fake news': Up to 5 social media posts/shares being probed by cops
PETALING JAYA (Jan 29): It is flying around social media faster than the bats which allegedly are the source of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) now spreading across China and the globe – we are talking about fake news on the disease.
MRT2 is 70% complete, says Guan Eng
PUTRAJAYA (Jan 17): The current work progress for the Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line, also known as MRT2, is 70% complete, according to Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.
Guan Eng: Critical allowance not under Finance Ministry
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 4): The critical service incentive allowance (BIPK) for 33 schemes in the civil service is not under the Finance Ministry, finance minister Lim Guan Eng clarified today.
Civil servants to get RM500 special assistance on Dec 18
PUTRAJAYA (Dec 10): The special assistance of RM500 for civil servants on Grade 56 and below and the RM250 special payment for government pensioners, proposed in Budget 2020, will be paid on Dec 18, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pictured).
Guan Eng: Government direct debt up RM94.1b at RM799.1b
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said today that the Malaysian government's direct debt had at most increased RM94.
Najib: PAC should probe Guan Eng's claim that RM150b was stolen from Malaysia’s coffers
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has called on the government to move the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to investigate Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng’s claim that the current government inherited some RM150 billion in 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-related public debt from the previous government.
