KUALA TERENGGANU – Poor students and those from families earning below RM2,500 in Terengganu will soon receive tablets and Internet top-ups worth RM100 following the movement control order.
It is understood that the incentives will be channelled in stages to qualified recipients from next week.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar said they were among seven incentives the state government introduced through the 2021 Terengganu People’s Economic Aid (Berkat) worth RM19 million.
He said the Internet top-up aid would be extended to all students who had received schooling aid, while 1,600 tablets would be given to poor students through the state’s government subsidiaries.
“There are also food basket incentives for the 81,000 recipients of aid from the Social Welfare Department and the Terengganu Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council.
“A cash incentive of RM100 will also be given to those whose jobs are affected in sectors that are not allowed to operate during the MCO, including barbers, car wash workers, and others – involving an estimated 48,000 people,” he said in a statement today.
The other three incentives under Berkat are online lecture incentives for affected preachers who have no fixed income; RM300 special incentive for tourism players including trishaw riders, ferry boat operators and tourism agency staff; and the opening of 20 public access internet centres for online learning.
Samsuri said those not included in the groups could contact their state assemblymen at their community service centres.
“It is hoped that the incentives introduced can give a bit of relief to those involved,” he said. – Bernama, February 4, 2021
