TRV port tunnel, TRV Outer Ring Road, green bunkering, shipbuilding hub, economic corridor, capital metro… Two budgets in a year? It might feel like it, as this is unprecedented. Such an event has not been heard of in recent decades. While it may not be new in the corridors of power, it is certainly new to the public.
Usually, once a budget is presented in January or February, it becomes a closed chapter. It is a rhetorical exercise forgotten immediately by both the presenters and the audience, often peppered with literature and proverbs. For decades, its lifespan has rarely extended beyond the next day’s newspaper columns. Then, it takes another year to even hear the word ‘budget’. Now, the government machinery is setting aside three days to dissect and review the last state budget.
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