
Indian poor need direct assistance from the government
ADUN SPEAKS | Organisations tasked to help the poor often take a large portion of the aid for their own use.

ADUN SPEAKS | Organisations tasked to help the poor often take a large portion of the aid for their own use.

Zuraida Kamaruddin says this after a textile company handed over fabric leftovers to housewives in PPR flats.

PARLIAMENT | According to the Education Ministry, it will start with disabled students and zakat recipients.

COMMENT | All is well as people like Ahmad, who fail to plan for the future, will be assisted by the gov't.

ADUN SPEAKS | The restricted entry of non-Malay students, criteria other than merit and the lack of transparency

KL mayor says they can start renting the units from as low as RM100 in October.

Dr Lee Boon Chye says it will benefit 800,000 BSH recipients aged 50 and above.

Dr Michael Teo Yu Keng hands out coupons worth a total of RM75,000 upon the request of Dr Streram.

LETTER | The Tabung Harapan funds can be used to invest in human capital, instead of repaying gov't debt.

The council will discuss three working papers, two on efforts to address rising cost of living.

The state will set aside RM200,000 for this.

LETTER | Stop dancing to the tunes of Umno-PAS' racial and religious tactics.

The gov't's helping private hospitals will lead to more medical specialists poached from gov't hospitals.

The newly launched housing loan scheme is as announced in the Budget 2019 speech last November.

LETTER | It is uncertain if the populist scheme will make healthcare cost-effective and sustainable.




The finance minister says this in reiterating the government's commitment to establish the RM2 billion scheme.




DUN SELANGOR | Amirudin Shari says the programme would be implemented in March or April.

Free water increased to 25 cubic metres from 20 cubic metres for low-income households.