Among the many topics under the 14 categories on the 2018 Budget microsite online, the most popular appears to be the cost of living.<\/p>\n
Under that category, easier access to home ownership and increased allowances for various groups, were among the more popular suggestions offered by Malaysians who visited site.<\/p>\n
The suggestions included increasing service allowances, an additional RM100 for housing allowances and a two months’ bonus for civil servants.<\/p>\n
For the Housing and Urban Living category, Ahmad Mahir suggested the idea of creating a specialised bank for matters of housing financing with relevant mechanisms. This would aid Malaysians who wish to purchase a house but have trouble doing so due to absences of documents and illegibility given by conventional banks. This could also solve the problem of excessive property which are unsold.<\/p>\n
Other suggestions include increasing the minimum wage from RM900 to RM1,500 a month as salary and cost of living especially house costs are unstable.<\/p>\n
For Healthcare, suggestions on building a children\u2019s hospital, as well as increasing the capacity of government hospitals were also raised.<\/p>\n
The tabling of the budget is expected to be held on October 27, 2018.<\/p>\n