PETALING JAYA: Pahang men getting married for the first time are to get a state government incentive payment of RM5,000 each, Pahang Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said today.
The payment is one of seven incentives for improving the well-being of the people, he said at a constituency event in Benta, Bernama repored.
The seven incentives will cost the state government about RM40 million. They are:
- first special wedding incentive payment of RM5,000 per person to a Pahang groom;
- RM300 each in one-off special aid to single mothers and poor senior citizens;
- RM1,000 each in one-off special payment for imams of mosques (kariah); and
- RM10 million total cost of special health cards for senior citizens.
On another matter, Wan Rosdy said the state government was ready to consider appeals from land-owners against the new quit rent which came into effect this year.
Owners of plantations, industrial land and businesses could submit appeals to the Pahang Land and Mines Office along with supporting documents. The appeals would be brought to the Appeal Committee Meeting which will be set up soon.
“The new tax rate has been meticulously detailed and researched, however, it does not affect agricultural land of less than four hectares so as not to burden smallholders, villagers, Felda settlers and the B40 group.
“The increase is greater for industrial, commercial and agricultural areas over four hectares with the rates varying according to districts and locations and the type of business or farming,” he said after a meeting with the Benta state assembly community here today.
Wan Rosdy said the new rate was still among the lowest, when compared to other states. - FMT
What about the CAMERON HIGHLAND FARMERS? WTF????
ReplyDeleteWill these INDIANS get this same incentive?
" Which is why the excuse given by authorities to demolish the site – that they were polluting the Ichat river, despite the fact that the drinking water supply is sourced from the Kuala Terla River – was puzzling.
Hence, the demolition was done in bad faith.
The farmers should have been given ample notice and allocated other plots of land to continue farming as the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional-led state governments had almost always done for other farming communities.
The farmers should have also been provided with subsidies, fertilisers, pesticides, modern farming technology, electricity supply as well as basic infrastructure.
They had to take huge banks loans and had invested up to even RM2 million each. Following the demolition, they have literally been reduced to ruins and are now in debt.
It is said that among the “real reasons” for the demolition of the farms are “political play” by Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional, including for not voting for Umno, and the allocation of new vegetable and flower farms run by outsiders with political connections.
New TOL land, located next to the demolished farms, is said to have been be granted to “favoured” people.
Thousands of Bangladeshi and other foreign workers are said to be the de facto owners of the TOL land, operating farms apparently with the knowledge of the Cameron Highlands Land Office, police, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and Immigration Department.
This denies some Malaysians with biotechnology and farming experience the opportunity to run their own farms.
In the midst of the Malaysia Baru and 1Malaysia sloganeering, are our political leaders acting in the interest of the general public and civil society?
The farmers should not only be compensated but also given farm land by both the PH federal government and BN state government to start life afresh.
P Uthayakumar is an FMT reader."
https://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/2020/01/demolition-of-cameron-highlands-farms.html
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