KLANG, June 8 — The government will intensify efforts to provide better understanding to the public, especially farmers, on the rationalisation of diesel subsidies, Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said. He said the first thing to clarify is that applications for the targeted diesel subsidy is not limited to the ‘Budi Agri-Komoditi’ … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 ― Issues related to dates from Israel brought into Malaysia, the Madani Kampus Semarak programme and egg subsidies are among the focus of today’s Dewan Rakyat meeting. According to the Order Paper on the Parliament’s official website, Datuk Rosol Wahid (PN-Hulu Terengganu) during the Ministers’ Question Time asked the Minister of … Read more
LANGKAWI, Feb 27 ― The request for the three-day period of RM599 maximum fare for one-way economy class flights from the peninsula to Sabah, Sarawak, and Labuan, in conjunction with Aidilfitri, to be extended to two weeks, will incur significant costs, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke. Loke reiterated that the initiative, which also applies to … Read more
PAPAR, Feb 2 — The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living will hold discussions with the Sabah and Sarawak governments, before the implementation of any diesel subsidy retargeting programme in both states. Its minister, Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, said that the discussions are crucial as a preparation to determine the community groups which … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 — A total of 50,096 higher education students are eligible for the FLYsiswa subsidised assistance to purchase flight tickets for domestic routes between the peninsula, Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said today. And as of last Tuesday, a total of 35,994 or 72 per cent of students have … Read more
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 26 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim provided assurances today that the Rahmah Cash Aid (STR) aid would be increased to cover Malaysians if the subsidy rationalisation affects the people, especially the poor. Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said that the floating of chicken prices had proven effective since it was … Read more
The government has channelled a total of RM20.932 billion to 357,907 employers through the Wage Subsidy Programme (PSU) to maintain the employment of 2.96 million local workers as of July 22.
A study to ensure that cooking oil subsidy can be optimised and to ascertain that its distribution reaches the target group, is expected to be completed next year, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
