Mat Hasan: Govt must explain if it is still able to meet economic growth target for 2020


SEREMBAN: The government must explain if it is still confident of registering 4.8% economic growth for 2020 following below-par performance in the last quarter of 2019, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.

The Umno deputy president said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng still sounded overly optimistic when he actually got the growth forecast for 2019 wrong on two occasions.

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