Two things Guan Eng regrets after a year as finance minister
- 5 years ago
Lim Guan Eng has had a challenging first year as finance minister.
While he said he has achieved most of his targets, he pointed out that there were two things he wished he could have done, but did not have the means to.
"I wanted to do these but we didn't have the means to carry it out, one was to create more jobs especially for graduates.
"At the same time to check or even reduce the cost of living so that the people have higher purchasing power.
"We hope we can do that maybe in the next budget. We can create jobs, especially for unemployed graduates," Lim said in a joint interview held at Putrajaya recently.
While he said he has achieved most of his targets, he pointed out that there were two things he wished he could have done, but did not have the means to.
"I wanted to do these but we didn't have the means to carry it out, one was to create more jobs especially for graduates.
"At the same time to check or even reduce the cost of living so that the people have higher purchasing power.
"We hope we can do that maybe in the next budget. We can create jobs, especially for unemployed graduates," Lim said in a joint interview held at Putrajaya recently.