Budget 2023 is just…meh? | Let’s Talk About #106

Budget 2023 was officially announced last Friday by the Minister of Finance, Tengku Zafrul, with an allocation of RM372.3 billion, the biggest budget ever tabled yet. However, nothing really stands out, so how will Budget 2023 be better than Budget 2022? On this special edition episode of Let’s Talk About, Amin and Alex share some key takeaways from Budget 2023.

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