onLim said this was because the allocation was managed by several ministries that resulted in overlapping functions and distribution of aid. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
“The public sector needs to reduce these overlapping functions to ensure government aid has high impact and channelled only to the deserving,” he said at a Budget 2020 focus group session themed “Increasing Social Protection For The Needy” here today. Of this, Lim said RM98 million were spent on various programmes involving the disabled community , children , women , senior citizens and the homeless .
Lim said Malaysia’s second quarter 2019 GDP growth which expanded to 4.9 per cent from 4.5 per cent in the previous quarter had exceeded market expectations, making Malaysia one of the few economies to experience faster growth this year.