Civil servants' maternity leave is set to rise to a maximum of 98 days per birth under Budget 2027, while the lowest civil-service pension will increase to RM1,350 a month. The leave change adds eight days to the existing 90-day maximum. The career-wide maternity leave limit will also rise, from 360 to 490 days. These are two different limits: the longer career allowance does not change the maximum available for any one birth. For retirees, the pension floor rises by RM350 from RM1,000. The federal government says the measure will benefit nearly 59,000 retirees, Armed Forces veterans and derivative pension recipients nationwide—not 59,000 people in Sarawak alone. The measures were announced when the federal budget was tabled in the Dewan Rakyat on October 9. The package also includes RM20 million to improve childcare centres at government facilities. For public-service households in Kuching and elsewhere in Sarawak, these are employment and retirement provisions, not changes to every worker's leave entitlement or every retiree's pension. The announcement does not specify the commencement dates for the leave and pension changes; staff and pension recipients will need the relevant implementation notices before treating them as already effective.