Therefore, he said, the government still bears up to RM10 billion for diesel subsidies despite saving RM4 billion a year as a result of the retargeting exercise.

Beliau berkata meskipun berdepan pelbagai cabaran termasuk kekangan kewangan, pihaknya yakin sasaran tersebut mampu dicapai sekali gus menempatkan Selangor pada kedudukan tiga teratas di kejohanan dwitahunan itu.

On Friday, when tabling the Budget 2024, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had announced that the Federal government had agreed to reinstate the construction of five LRT3 stations that were scrapped by the former Pakatan Harapan administration.

“Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional’s base would be pleased as long as the economy is well-managed. The generosity for Sabah and Sarawak should endear Anwar’s government to East Malaysians and remove excuses for East Malaysian parties to back any attempt to change the government,” he added.

“Tahun ini sahaja 334 peserta berpendapatan bawah RM3,000 mendapat manfaat itu berbanding 236 tahun lepas. Esok kita juga akan buat lagi serahan bantuan di Banting,” katanya hari ini.