Anwar confident Parliament will approve public service salary hike

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is confident that Parliament will approve the public service salary hike of more than 13 percent when it is tabled in the 2025 budget this October.

He said the leaders of component parties in the coalition government, including Deputy Prime Minister and Barisan Nasional chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Openg, and Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor, have given their full support for the salary increase to be implemented from Dec 1.

“Civil servants, in general, welcome the announcement...