The government has directed the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) to study measures to assist those earning below RM3,000 in facing the problem of increasing prices of goods and services.

husni eon bank function 120310 ahmad husni Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah ( left ) said the decision was made at a cabinet discussion recently which felt that a mechanism needed to be created to assist this group.

"Pemandu is now scrutinising the study to be formulated into a data base through a special laboratory set up for this purpose," he told reporters after attending a function to hand over ‘Teman 1 Azam' organised by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, and also to hand over aid in conjunction with Aidilfitri, in Ipoh today.

He said the laboratory would submit a summary on the study within the next two weeks, and this would be handed over to the Finance Ministry before being reviewed again for inclusion into the Budget 2012.

"We expect that Pemandu would complete the whole report within the next two weeks for submission to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak for further action," he said.

Ahmad Husni said the government took a serious view of the matter because the cabinet felt that the group earning below RM3,000 were greatly affected by the price increases occurring now.

- Bernama