KUALA LUMPUR – Perikatan Nasional Youth today proposed four types of aid to ease the people’s burden, ahead of the implementation of the Phase 1 Covid-19 lockdown on Tuesday.
Its chief, Khairil Nizam Khirudin, said they are targeted assistance schemes for the B40 and M40 groups, an automatic moratorium without interest charges for two months, wage subsidies, and a cash injection for small and medium enterprises.
He also suggested more television broadcasts of educational and religious programmes during the two-week lockdown.
The government must be sensitive to the people’s basic needs, especially those in the lower- and middle-income groups, he said.
He added that PN Youth hopes all parties will work together to end the pandemic, and urges the rakyat to plan their spending well.
Malaysia yesterday recorded an all-time high of 9,020 new coronavirus cases and 98 deaths. – Bernama, May 30, 2021
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