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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 (Bernama) -- Budget 2026 strikes a balance between delivering investment stimulus, supporting the growth of new economic sectors and providing social relief, while maintaining fiscal discipline to stay on track with the Fiscal Responsibility Act’s medium-term target of a 3.0 per cent budget deficit to gross domestic product.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (Bernama) -- Budget 2026 outlines key initiatives that will further strengthen Malaysia's digital ecosystem and accelerate the transformation into a digitally driven and innovation-led economy, said Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (Bernama) — The creation of SemiconStart, a new incubator programme for semiconductor startups is seen as a positive and timely initiative to help build Malaysian champions in the electrical and electronics (E&E) sector, said the Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA).
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) is committed to ensuring that the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) ecosystem is fully prepared to implement the new Performance-Based Incentive Framework for the manufacturing sector in the early first quarter (1Q) of 2026, followed by the services sector in early 2Q of the same year.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (Bernama) -- The Selangor Smart City and Digital Economy Convention (SDEC) 2025 highlighted artificial intelligence (AI) as global innovators, startups, and policymakers gathered at the AI Innovation Conference 2025 here.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (Bernama) -- Khazanah Nasional Bhd will continue to support the government’s strategic investment agenda in priority areas such as semiconductors, energy transition, and rare earths, while fostering collaboration between local firms and multinational partners in the semiconductor sector.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (Bernama) -- Below are the highlights from Budget 2026, themed the Fourth MADANI Budget: People’s Budget, which was tabled by Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (Bernama) -- Budget 2026 is pooling and optimising national resources, including government-linked investment companies (GLIC) funds, federal statutory bodies and Minister of Finance Inc (MoF Inc) companies for public expenditure totalling RM470 billion compared to RM452 billion last year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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By Sharifah Hunaini Syed Ismail, Niam Seet Wei and Kisho Kumari Sucedaram
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has galvanised RM470 billion resources in Budget 2026, prioritising economic resilience and expanded support for small businesses to future-proof the economy amid persistent global uncertainties and regional headwinds and also goes hard on enforcement to prevent economic leakages.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today presented Budget 2026 totalling RM419.2 billion.
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By Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz
SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong has called on ASEAN to move beyond the traditional export-led industrialisation model, stating that it is no longer sustainable in the face of current global challenges.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- Efforts to strengthen the economy and safeguard the people’s well-being will continue to be prioritised by the MADANI Government, according to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.