KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 —  More than 6,600 proposals have been received through the Budget 2021 consultation sessions involving political parties as well as the Budget 2021 website, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 2 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) made six suggestions on Budget 2021 during an engagement session with Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz at the ministry yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has declared that Budget 2021 which will be tabled in Parliament is very important to the people.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — Payment for the first phase of Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN 2.0) amounting to RM7 billion will be channelled to the existing 10.6 million eligible recipients in stages starting October 26.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — Low-cost airline companies, AirAsia Bhd dan AirAsia X Bhd, have confirmed the retrenchment of 10 per cent of their 24,000 employees last week.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 — A total of 3,058 small and medium enterprise (SME) applications, involving a loan value of RM742.8 million, had been approved under the Penjana SME Financing scheme as of September 18, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 — Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz today gave a reminder that the deadline to subscribe to the Sukuk Prihatin is Thursday, September 17.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The Temporary Measures For Government Financing (Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19)) Bill 2020 was passed at the policy level after being debated in parliament yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — The Finance Ministry through the Royal Malaysian Customs Department is committed to ensuring that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) refund to taxpayers will be expedited, and payment to be made beginning June 22.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — The government will not get involved in any bailout of airline operators although they are badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic as their business is run commercially, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — The Economic Stimulus Implementation & Coordination Unit Between National Agencies (Laksana) will ensure all measures under the National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana) and the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package (Prihatin) reach their target groups in a transparent manner.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — Some 10.25 million people, or 67.2 per cent of the workforce, had returned to work as of May 17, up from 6.64 million people or 43.6 per cent a week earlier (May 10), says Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Consumer behaviour has possibly changed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, making the new normal permanent — something retailers need to prepare for to help the economy recover.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — The government will be implementing a short- and medium-term economic recovery plan to rejuvenate the country’s economic growth soon, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

PORT KLANG, May 8 — The 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) is not currently seen as being negatively impacted by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.