“The federal government has always been capable of paying civil servants salaries and meet other financial obligations, ” said Lim(filepic).
PUTRAJAYA: The government has sufficient funds to pay the civil servants’ salaries and does not need to borrow to do so, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.
In a statement yesterday, he said this was proven by the reaffirmation of Malaysia’s sovereign credit ratings at A3 or A- with a stable outlook.
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