Removal of education subsidies for 'ultra rich' still under review, says Fahmi

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Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil says the Cabinet has yet to make a decision on the removal of subsidies for children of affluent families as the matter is still being reviewed.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/bddexb5m   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Last week, there was a discussion about the education subsidy for the rich.

00:06What is your decision on this issue?

00:09We have not decided yet. It is still under investigation.

00:14There are a few things that are the principle.

00:18In general, if we look at how this issue is handled in general,

00:25from the principle point of view,

00:28on the issue of electricity subsidy, for example,

00:35we emphasize that 85% of the users in Malaysia will not be affected by any increase.

00:44We can take that as one principle.

00:50But in education, it is not based on,

00:56like in the case of electricity bill, it is consumption-based.

01:04But in education, we may look into other things.

01:10But at this time, it has not been decided yet.

01:15It is still under discussion.

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