Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob responding to a question during the question time at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today. – Bernama photo
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): The government will continue with policies and strategies to increase income and purchasing power of the people, especially the poor households in the B40 group, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.
He said the government would also strive to improve their access to basic necessities including education, health and housing.
“…and (the government) will also boost entrepreneurship and access to financial assistance as well as improving social protection,” he said in reply to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (PH-Port Dickson) during question time at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.
Ismail Sabri said the government had previously provided short-term assistance under eight economic stimulus packages including the Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN), Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR) and Phase One of the Special Covid-19 Assistance (BKC) totalling RM24.9 billion which had helped 10.9 million individuals and households.
Also provided were the loan moratorium for over seven million borrowers, RM3.14 billion in electricity bill discount which benefitted 8.8 million individuals and households, RM300,000 to each Member of Parliament to implement the Food Basket programme and the wage subsidy programme to help 300,000 employers and maintain more than 2.7 million jobs. – Bernama
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