Youth among main target groups in Budget 2021 - Minister

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The government will prioritise the youth as one of the target groups under Budget 2021, said Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz. “Various measures will be studied in order to sustain the youth in Malaysia,” he said during the 2020 Corporate Fellowship Handover ceremony at the Youth and Sports Ministry in Putrajaya. Also present was Youth and Sports Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican. The government has allocated RM3.5 billion for various initiatives under the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package (Prihatin) and National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana) in an effort to empower the youth. Among the initiatives that directly impact youths are the RM1.5 billion Hiring Incentive Programme and Reskilling and Upskilling Programmes, which involves an additional RM2 billion allocation. Zafrul said the implementation of Prihatin and Penjana would help to stimulate the job marke…