{
  "id": 5296254,
  "title": "Ministries must spend according to respective budget - Chief Secretary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/ministries-must-spend-according-to-respective-budget-chief-secretary",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T09:44:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1525052/ministries-must-spend-according-respective-budget-chief-secretary"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PUTRAJAYA: Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar stressed that ministries and government agencies must spend according to their allocated budgets.",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Civil servants demerit system not a punitive tool, says Chief Secretary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/civil-servants-demerit-system-not-a-punitive-tool-says-chief-secretary",
        "published": "2026-09-03T09:46:51.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}