My comments and views on the National Budget 2021

I have to thank our media friends who have asked me about the upcoming National Budget 2021 which will be tabled on 6 November which should focus on relieving the people’s burden amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

To me, there is no need for us to have ‘big big’ infrastructures at the moment as the people are under pressure from the pandemic. I have also mentioned that the government needs to put effort in is to reduce the people’s burden and continue to progress and improve the economy of the country

I have also expressed high hope for the budget to also include the tourism industry as currently, there is a global fear of travelling. At the moment, people are simply not confident to travel overseas, and tourists were not confident to fly into the country, and if promotions are to be done overseas, it would not revive the industry.

However, I believe with the introduction of incentives, the domestic tourism, including the hotels, homestays, national parks, food industry and related transportation, can slowly be revived.

He said that if the Covid-19 pandemic does not worsen further, we may have to project that the tourism industry would improve by the second half of 2021 when people have built the confidence to travel once more.

Of course the desired situation will not accelerate in the fast matter but this can be helped with support from our state and federal government incentives and planning when we table the budget during the state legislative assembly (DUN) sitting on 9 to 13 November. The National Budget 2021 will be announced first, and during the second half of the DUN sitting we will table the state budget, which is the Supply Bill.

On another matter, I did mention that our youths are also affected by the pandemic whereby many had lost their jobs. In fact, the lost of jobs had affected many people and not just youths, and they have to be strong and improve self confidence and look into other opportunities. As times have changed with more things shifting online, like food delivery and shopping they can get opportunities there.

Our youths must also become more IT savvy so that they can look into how to use those apparatus for new opportunities to earn a living. I also believe that our youths will need to be included in the coming budget as they are very important in the nation’s development.