The gloomy world economy and the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic have caused the Johor state government to dig more into its coffers to present a deficit budget to help steer the state out of the present situation.<br /><br />Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad expressed confidence that the state would be able to weather the present unprecedented circumstances and bounce back with an economic growth of between 6.6% and 7.6% in 2021.<br /><br />In his maiden budget speech, he said that the state would face a deficit budget of RM248.14mil in 2021.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
