YeinJee's Malaysian Voices » Budget and Forecast http://yeinjee.com/malaysia Malaysian social political blog with discussions on public safety, education, economics, government, corruption and human rights issues. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:11:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 DAP unveils Malaysian First budget http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2007/dap-unveils-malaysian-first-budget/ http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2007/dap-unveils-malaysian-first-budget/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:22:11 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/dap-unveils-malaysian-first-budget/ DAP today unveiled its shadow budget dubbed the “Malaysian First” budget. The shadow budget, released two days ahead of the tabling of the official budget 2008, among others, promised a ‘fair wage’ policy and ‘Malaysia bonus’ for the low-income group.

The 52-page budget was presented by party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and his economic advisor Tony Pua at the Parliament building. Several DAP MPs, including Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang, were also present. [Malaysiakini]

You can read some of the excerpts via Wengsan or download the full report here (download link no longer available).

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