The Selangor government has been urged to dip into the state's RM2.56 billion reserves to alleviate the people’s hardship under the Covid-19 pandemic.

In a statement yesterday, MCA central committee member Lau Chin Kok proposed that the state government forks out RM1,000 in cash assistance to each hawker.

He also wants a monthly cash aid of RM300 to be provided to every unemployed individual...