The upcoming 2022 Budget will address all immediate fiscal issues with great urgency, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri said.

The national budget for next year will be tabled by Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz on October 29.

Ismail Sabri said this year, for the first time, the government had released a pre-budget statement and distributed five public consultation papers on a variety of structural reform issues.

"Underlying all these policies defined by the government, the National Recovery Council will play an active role in restoring our nation's economic health and prosperity.

"We will take a broad and inclusive societal approach for the greater good of Malaysia, drawing up a strategy and its various tactics that will take us out of the pandemic into a safe and sustainable plan in living with an endemic Covid-19 scenario.

Here are the highlights of the latest updated SOPs for Phase 4 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP):

Areas Involved:

Federal Territory of Labuan and Negeri Sembilan

*This SOP must be read together with the Special SOP of the Federal Territory of Labuan.

** For areas enforced by EMCO, EMCO SOP in the area is effective until the expiry date of the EMCO.

Effective Period:

*For the Federal Territory of Labuan starting on 26 August 2021 (from 12.01 am)

** For Negeri Sembilan starting on 24 September 2021 (starting 12.01 am).

Here are the highlights of the latest updated SOPs for Phase 3 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP):

Areas Involved:

Perlis, Sarawak, Terengganu, Pahang, Melaka, Selangor, W.P Kuala Lumpur and W.P Putrajaya

*For Sarawak, please refer to the National Recovery Plan - SOP Phase 3 Sarawak.

**For areas enforced by EMCO, the EMCO SOP in the area is effective until the expiry date of the EMCO.

Effective Period:

Starting 16 August 2021 (starting 12.01am)

*For Terengganu starting on 17th September 2021 (starting 12.01am)

**For Pahang starting on 24th September 2021 (starting 12.01am)

*** For Melaka, Selangor, W.P Kuala Lumpur and W.P Putrajaya starting on 1st October 2021 (starting 12.01am)

Here are the highlights of the latest updated SOPs for Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP):

Areas Involved:

Kelantan, Perak, Pulau Pinang, Sabah, Johor and Kedah.

*For Sabah, please refer to the Sabah National Recovery Plan - Phase 2 SOP.

**For areas enforced under EMCO, the EMCO SOP in the areas is effective until the expiry date of the EMCO.

Effective Period:

Starting August 20, 2021 (from 12.01 am)

*For Johor, starting on 24 September 2021 (from 12.01 am)

**For Kedah, starting on 1 October 2021 (from 12.01 am)