Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia’s Social Welfare Department is actively searching for Malaysians who are eligible for financial aid but have not registered, local media reported.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen explained that this new initiative was intended to strengthen the department’s network.
“Over the next two months, we will seek and identify all those who are eligible to receive aid (from the department),” the Minister was quoted by The Star newspaper as saying. Categories eligible for aid include the disabled earning below 1,200 ringgits (roughly 300 USD), senior citizens above 60 and earning less than 700 ringgits and whose family members are unable support them, and children from households with less than 700 ringgits income.
Apart from the Ministry’s project, the government has carried out other assistance through ministries and branches to help the poor, such as school fee for children, food provision for malnourish children and housing programmes.
However, subsidy is not an optimal to help people rid off poverty, Dr Ng Yen Yen said, stressing that Malaysia is not a welfare state, therefore financial aid is not available to those who are able to work.-Enditem
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