budgets

Are you aware of how your state's budget is being managed? As a citizen, you have the right to be informed about how your money is spent, and to demand stronger oversight by independent institutions. The Malaysian Open Budget Index, MyOBI, which is an initiative driven by the think tank IDEAS Malaysia, aims to shine a light on how transparent and accountable our state governments are with their budget processes. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Alissa Rode, Senior Manager of Research at IDEAS Malaysia and lead researcher for Malaysia in the Open Budget Survey, and Michelle Ng, Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Subang Jaya and member of the Selangor State Public Accounts Committee.

Donor budgets have been stretched by the pandemic, economic downturn and crises across the globe.

Zainal Abidin said in previous budgets, there were coordination problems in implementing social protection programmes.

A spike in the cost of food and fuel is pushing many household budgets to the brink, driving trade unions to demand higher pay increases.

A spike in cost of food and fuel is pushing many household budgets to the brink and is driving trade unions to demand higher pay increases.

Consumers' purchasing behaviour in the country has been showing a declining shift as inflation, caused mainly by higher commodities prices, puts pressure on household budgets.

The survival and recovery packages introduced well supplement the substantial tax incentives in Malaysia.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today called for health budgets to be viewed as investments rather than expenditures, especially in the prevention and treatment of cancer.

Bidan said he hopes for quick passage by the House of Representatives so he can sign the bill into law soon.

Singapore had taken a severe hit with its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) likely to shrink between 4.0 and 7.0 per cent this year, "our worst contraction ever."

Advertisers are shifting more of their budgets from television to online as viewers have migrated to watching shows on smartphones and tablets.

It was willing to commit to production budgets as high as $3 million per episode, in meetings with Hollywood talent agencies.

Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir today advised Perak opposition assemblymen against comparing the 2017 budgets of Perak and Penang.

Gates and a group of developing and developed countries will launch the Clean Tech Initiative, in which countries will commit to doubling their clean energy technology R&D budgets by 2020.

Budget 2015 should be used as the basis and guideline by state governments when preparing their budgets as it addresses the people's concerns in a holistic manner.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.

The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.