Chief minister attributes decrease from 22,510 to 5,379 families to Sabah Maju Jaya initiative which offers jobs to heads of families, family members in such categories
Those eligible for the Sumbangan Asas Rahmah will receive their cash aid from January 22 onwards, with an increase from RM600 to RM1,200 per household, and RM600 for singles.
The government is considering providing special monthly cash assistance for households that are unable to participate in income-generating initiatives, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The prime minister said the measure involved several institutions and aid programmes among them Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia, zakat institutions throughout the country, as well as People’s Income Initiative.
The Court of Appeal has fixed August 20 to hear Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appeal to recuse judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah from presiding over the ongoing RM2.27-billion 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) corruption trial
The police are still waiting for witnesses with video recordings, either from dashcam or CCTV, of the accident in which a 17-year-old student was killed when hit by a car driven by a senior police officer in Meru, to facilitate investigations of the case.
