Last Friday, the MADANI government unveiled the RM 421 billion Budget 2025, up from the RM 393.8 billion budget tabled at the end of last year. The big positive is that this isn’t an austerity budget by any stretch of the imagination. The government is spending. But does this budget address the care economy? How much does it address the needs of caregivers and the care industry?

We speak to Lee Min Hui, a gender consultant at the United Nations Population Fund Malaysia.

This BFM Budget 2025 Special is brought to you by Mah Sing. Reinvent Spaces. Enhance Life.

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Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan

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Categories:  Family/Parenting,  economy,  politics,  government

Tags:  the bigger picture,  beyond the ballot box,  Budget-2025-Mahsing ⁠,  care economy,  purple economy,  childcare,  social work,  social care,