Keeping inflation down


Warm welcome: Ismail Sabri (right) and Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob (third from left) arriving at the Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium to open the Kelantan Malaysian Family Aspirations Tour.
— Bernama

KOTA BARU: A total of RM77bil in subsidies are in place to keep the country at the lowest inflation rate in South-East Asia, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

In addition, cash assistance of up to RM500 has been provided to the B40 (lower income) group and some of those in the M40 (middle income) group through Bantuan Keluarga Malaysia (BKM), he said.

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