BANTING, Oct 14 — Menteri Besar Dato' Seri Amirudin Shari has hinted the state's civil servants will get incentives matching the state government's achievements, to be announced under the 2024 Selangor Budget next month.
He said Selangor achieved its revenue collection target as early as August at RM2 billion.
"Alhamdulillah, this year's revenue collection target was achieved as early as August, and I believe state civil servants deserve incentives comparable to their achievement.
"(The incentive for) Selangor wait first, wait for the announcement in November,” Amirudin told the press after launching the state-level National Sports Day celebration at IJM Rimbayu today.
Earlier on August 22, he said the state government recorded RM2 billion in revenue collection as estimated under the 2023 Selangor Budget.
Commenting on the incentive Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced to civil servants when tabling Budget 2024 yesterday, the Menteri Besar said the announcement is a relief to civil servants nationwide.
"The figure of RM2,000, I think, is very comforting for civil servants nationwide, especially (those) who have children going to school next February and preparing for Hari Raya (Aidilfitri) in March or April,” he said.
At present, the state's revenue collection has reached RM2.25 billion.
"Our target was RM2.05 billion, which we have achieved, meaning we already have an extra RM200 million. Going by that trend, we can certainly hit RM2.3 billion, but that depends on the payment of land and certain taxes by individuals or companies,” Amirudin said.
— Bernama
