Govt still has room to control expenditure - Rafizi

The government still has space to monitor the country’s expenditure, particularly development expenditure, to ensure it is more prudent and accurate according to the project plans and this will indirectly assist the government in terms of better revenue needs.

Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said, if the government is able to manage the implementation of an approved project well and ensure it is carried out within the allocated expenditure without the increase in cost from year to year, certainly the need to spend is reduced.

“When the need (to spend) is reduced...