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Published: Thursday July 5, 2012 MYT 4:13:00 PM

Budget 2013 focus group meetings to conclude end-July


KUALA LUMPUR: The Finance Ministry expects to complete the focus group meetings on Budget 2013 by end-July, Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said on Thursday.

The Second Finance Minister said there were 10 more meetings to be held before finalising the budget.

"We will complete the whole budgetary process by end-July. We are now going through all the documents and studying responses received from focus groups," he told reporters after announcing the Retirement Fund Incorporated financial results.

Ahmad Husni said the government was working to table the best budget for next year with the people's well-being at heart.

He said the outcome of discussions would serve as valuable inputs to draw up the budget which would be tabled in Parliament by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Sept 28. Najib is also the Finance Minister.

A total of 17 focus group meetings representing 17 key sectors were scheduled for the budget preparation. The meetings started on June 13. - Bernama

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