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                                <title><![CDATA[ Budget 2024, a sign that we need a full-time finance minister ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nehru Sathiamoorthy ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ While it is the biggest budget in Malaysia's history, no one seems to have gotten anything. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Health and education to continue receiving biggest allocations, Anwar says on budget ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The prime minister also says that subsidy rationalisation is necessary to ensure that government subsidies benefit the groups which truly need help. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Menu Rahmah helps cut food inflation, says minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2023 00:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Salahuddin Ayub says inflation for food outside the home has dropped from 9.6% to 9.3% since the initiative was introduced in January. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Budget allocations for 11 ministries passed at committee level ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bernama ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A motion to set up 10 new special parliamentary select committees for the current term has also been passed. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Biden throws down 2024 gauntlet with populist budget ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2023/03/09/biden-throws-down-2024-gauntlet-with-populist-budget</link>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 05:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Biden has still not confirmed his reelection bid but the budget rollout is seen as one more step in the build-up to an announcement. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Don't forget digital development, teachers say on budget ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ They say that digital infrastructure and a greater investment in teachers are a crucial part of achieving a world-class education system. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Civil servants union unhappy with budget's failure to address low salaries ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2023/02/24/civil-servants-union-unhappy-with-budgets-failure-to-address-low-salaries</link>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 12:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Cuepacs says salaries don't commensurate with living costs, and that many of the initiatives were put in place by previous governments. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Anwar announces RM386.14 billion budget for 2023 ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2023/02/24/anwar-announces-rm386-14-billion-budget-for-2023</link>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This is almost RM14 billion more than the budget tabled by his predecessor,  Tengku Zafrul Aziz. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Supply Bill 2023 tabled for first reading ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2023/02/21/supply-bill-2023-tabled-for-first-reading</link>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bernama ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 05:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It will be tabled for a second reading this Friday by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Singapore hikes property, car taxes in balanced budget ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 23:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Singapore's trade-reliant economy faces headwinds this year from slowing global growth, inflation and rising interest rates. ]]></description>
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