News about Lim Guan Eng

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.

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).

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said today that the Malaysian government's direct debt had at most increased RM94.

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.

The article has been amended for accuracy.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11): The government has proposed to raise the minimum wage to RM1,200 per month for those in major cities only, effective 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11):  The government will introduce a new tax band for those earning over RM2 million a year, which will see them taxed 30% — two percentage points more than the 28% currently applied to those earning over RM1 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11): The government has proposed to continue developing the currently on-hold Bandar Malaysia project (pictured), after having negotiated for better terms.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 11): The government will revise the real property gains tax (RPGT) imposed on the disposal of properties after a five-year period, by individual citizens and permanent residents.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) said it made another RM43.