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Budget 2027 targets foreign e-commerce platforms, channels billions into local firms and startups

The government will introduce an e-commerce bill to strengthen accountability among online platforms and sellers amid concerns over unfair competition, while al...

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Budget 2027: MyKomuter50 to benefit 40,000 commuters; ECRL extension to Rantau Panjang agreed

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said free travel passes would also be provided to 360,000 school pupils, persons with disabilities (OKU) and children be...

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Budget 2027: RM22 billion allocated for security, defence

RM7.1 billion would be set aside for the procurement and maintenance of assets used by the military, police and other uniformed agencies under the Home Affairs...

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Budget 2027 allocates RM2.62b for rice farmers, raises rubber incentive to RM3.30 a kg

The government plans to provide new financing for oil palm replanting and raising the rubber production incentive to RM3.30 per kilogram for more than 300,000 s...

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Budget 2027 allocates RM490m for border security while doubling disaster home repair aid

The government plans to double home repair assistance for disaster victims to RM10,000 under Budget 2027

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Budget 2027: FlySiswa subsidy raised to RM500 to ease burden on public university students

The initiative is being upgraded to ensure the welfare and mobility needs of students at public institutions of higher learning (IPTA)—particularly those requir...

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Budget 2027: TNB to invest RM15b to strengthen national power grid

TNB commits RM15 billion to the national grid along with UEM Lestra investing RM1 billion in energy projects and tax incentives for green technology extended un...

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Budget 2027: School aid increased to RM200, PTPTN repayments deferred for low-income borrowers

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the Back-to-School Assistance (BAP) would rise from RM150 to RM200 per pupil, benefiting 5.3 million pupils nationw...

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Budget 2027: Form 6 students ‘all smiles’ upon receiving RM2,500 allowance

Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stated that this provision aims to ensure the welfare of pre-university students continues to be safeguarded.

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Budget 2027 to make drink-and drug-driving offenders compensate crash victims

The government plans to make the telematics systems mandatory in commercial vehicles and invest in rail upgrades, new trains and road maintenance

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Budget 2027: MOE continues to receive highest allocation

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim noted that the MOE received RM66.2 billion this year, marking an increase for the coming year.

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Budget 2027: Anwar speaks some Tamil, quotes the masterpiece ‘Tirukkural’

Anwar cited verse 731 from the Thirukkural to illustrate the characteristics of an exemplary nation—one that relies not merely on wealth and physical developmen...