Budget 2013 – what do we want and what can we afford?

BUDGET 2013 has been one of the most difficult to design and to present to the people and Parliament. I’ve done this many times before, so I think I know!

This budget is crucial for many reasons. First, we are facing global economic decline and considerable uncertainty that can adversely affect our socio-economic outlook.

Second, the 13th general election is imminent. People and voters want and think they can get more from this budget. Third, more so now, there is a major conflict between two perennial budget issues – what people want and what we can afford.

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Budget 2013 wishes for Keningau

Assistant Rural Development Minister Datuk Haji Sairin Karno hoped Budget 2013 could bring big impact on the socio-economic development in the district.

“The projects that I mean include asking the government to upgrade the district police training that had been so long neglected,” he told reporters after presenting 1Malaysia water tanks to 24 people from Liawan, yesterday.

In addition, he said a paved highway from Keningau-Sook Tenom and Nabawan, Kalabakan-Sepulut, and Sinua-Lalampas-Tongod Road should be implemented to provide comfort and enhance the rural economy.

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