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Stricter BSH criteria meant to ensure applicants' eligibility
Deputy finance minister dismisses allegations that gov't is deliberately culling aid recipients.
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Najib: Don't single people who are poor, disabled deserve aid?
Life under Harapan not as before, laments the former PM.
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Up to RM1,480 in BSH payments; RON95 to be floated with targeted subsidy
UPDATED 6.44PM | Gov't will also end blanket electricity subsidy and will instead double it for the poor.
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BR1M is not a bribe
LETTER | Despite what Harapan leaders may say, BR1M's purpose is to help the B40 group, and nothing more.
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Najib schools 'confused' economic minister on economics
Ex-PM responds to Azmin's remarks on BR1M and explains that B40 will always exist.
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'Both offer aid, but Kiss and BR1M clearly different'
'Kiss helps children in poverty. It is not a bribe,' says S'gor exco Siti Mariah Mahmud.
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Seri Setia voters asked for IPR, not BR1M, says Harapan candidate
SERI SETIA POLLS | He maintains that the eventual removal of BR1M is not a concern among voters in his area.
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Umno veep: How will Harapan help B40 cope if it abolishes BR1M?
He suggests that the new government tweaks the cash handout instead of abolishing it.
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Yoursay: BR1M handouts should be tightened and phased out
YOURSAY | ‘Wean the country out of this programme over three years.’
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'Admit it, BR1M to be abolished because gov't lost GST revenue'
Umno Youth says Harapan is reneging on its promises to keep cash handouts.
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Brimming with ideas for wealth redistribution
COMMENT | The most important factor in redistribution is the dignity and empowerment of the people.
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Unacceptable, ridiculous to discontinue BR1M, says MP
PKR’s Kapar MP Abdullah Sani lashes out at Azmin Ali for suggesting the aid initiated by BN regime be dropped.
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Reform BR1M by imposing conditions instead, urges Nik Nazmi
He says Harapan should not be 'on the wrong side of history' when it comes to welfare.
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BR1M must be discontinued, has corruption elements - Azmin
He says Harapan is drafting a new initiative focusing on welfare of the people and not on bribing them.
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Najib: BR1M not from 'stolen money', but from rich and tax evaders
UPDATED 5.14PM | He 'regrets' statement by Dr M that BR1M payments will be reduced before being stopped.
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Reform BR1M/Bantuan Sara Rakyat to solve urban poverty
MP SPEAKS | We need to get the longer term structural policies relating to education and social safety nets right.
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Daim mulling basic income fund for Malaysia's poor
I think there is sufficient income to take care of all the needs of all these people, he says.
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Dr M: What is this BR1M?
Cabinet resolves to continue payments to low-income earners, albeit with a different name.
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Finance Minister: BR1M to be renamed, paid out before Hari Raya
Guan Eng says this is in accordance to a directive from the prime minister.
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Fiscal deficit plan not affected by additional BR1M payout
No impact on ambition of gov’t to achieve 2.8 percent a fiscal deficit of in 2018, says caretaker finance minister II.
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BR1M has been increased, so why is GST not being reduced?
LETTER | Reducing GST would benefit more people, rather than increasing BR1M handouts.
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Najib: Harapan calls BR1M 'dedak' but also has it in its manifesto
UPDATED 7.48PM | GE14 | My administration dishes out the money 'to care for the people', he adds at a session in Penang.
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New categories and BR1M increase will raise the country's fiscal deficit
COMMENT | The caretaker gov't, in announcing the BR1M increase, violated the convention by openly bribing voters.
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PAS veep offers RM2,500 BR1M if he becomes PM
GE14 | Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah says the BN gov't has raised the BR1M handout every time he made a higher offer.
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Are BN's doubled BR1M handouts legal, asks Azmin
Selangor MB reportedly points out that caretaker governments are limited to administrative duties.
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BN folk say doubled BR1M 'best thing' about BN manifesto
BN MANIFESTO | 'We are only human, so we prefer cash,' says one Umno supporter.
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Najib's caretaker gov't doubles BR1M handout ahead of GE14
UPDATED 10PM | The two remaining BR1M payments will be increased to RM800 each.
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Guan Eng: Harapan can pay BR1M, just follow Penang model
Penang CM waves away concerns over Harapan's ability to pay BR1M handouts if GST is abolished.
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BR1M is not ‘dedak’ but a gift, Othman insists
UPDATED 12.30PM | PARLIAMENT | We shouldn't liken recipients to animals, says deputy minister.
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Najib: Sekurang-kurangnya depa berasap dapur
PM kata BR1M bukan dedak, ketika umum LTSAH di Alor Setar naik taraf jadi lapangan terbang antarabangsa.