KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 2 -- On a busy day, Norlina Ibrahim, who juggles two jobs, would have to ask a neighbour to watch her two toddlers while she worked extra hours.

That will have to do as she cannot afford to fork out RM1,200 for each toddler at a childcare centre, on top of having to deal with logistics.

"That's how it is here (at the People's Housing Programme or PPR)," Norlina said when contacted by Malay Mail.

So when the government announced an expanded tax relief for childcare expenses under Budget 2026, while it was welcomed as a step toward easing the rising cost of early childhood care, many low-income parents across the Klang Valley were quietly asking this: "Tax relief? There is such a thing?"

"I heard about it, but I know ...