KUALA LUMPUR: Cost of living appears to be the most popular topic under 14 categories on the 2018 Budget microsite online. “Increase in housing allowance can help civil servants simultaneously increase consumer power. Another contributor by the name of Haslina, requested for civil servants to be given two months’ bonus. Thus I hope you (Najib) will award a bonus incentive to reduce their burden they have due to increasing living costs,” she said. He praised the crowdsourcing campaign, saying a total of 13,837 ideas and suggestions were received, an increase from 8,352 suggestions received for the 2017 Budget.

Source: New Strait Times September 27, 2017 06:22 UTC