KUALA LUMPUR – The federal government will reintroduce the initiatives that have been previously implemented to assist the people, said Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, in line with the implementation of the National Recovery Plan (NRP).
Tengku Zafrul in a Facebook post today said the government has not stopped helping the people, and is always striving to think of solutions to assist them.
“With NRP, this is the right time for us to bring back such initiatives (as introduced before) to help the people and businesses.”
He has already discussed the matter with the Employees Provident Fund and Bank Negara Malaysia, he added.
Tengku Zafrul recalled the events that unfolded last year, when the government introduced the i-Lestari, i-Sinar and automatic moratorium for the first time in history to assist the people in facing the challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We were among the first few countries in the world to introduce such initiatives. Initially, we were ridiculed by those who opposed it. Later on, there were among them who acknowledged the positive effects (of the initiatives) on the people and started to support the programme.” – Bernama, June 27, 2021
