CORONAVIRUS | The Sarawak government will spend RM974.75 million to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak and reduce the burden of Sarawakians.
Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Abang Openg said the stimulus package, dubbed the "Pakej Bantuan Khas Sarawakku Sayang", showed that his administration understood the pain of the rakyat.
He stressed that this is a state-funded initiative on top of what the federal government had announced earlier.
"Sarawak Gabungan Parti Sarawak government is a caring government, and we are here to be with the people especially the ones hardest hit by the pandemic, especially our traders, hawkers, night market traders and vendors, tamu and Ramadan bazaar operators," he said.
The package involves a mix of discounts on utilities, fee waivers, cash handouts and discounts on government fees, among others.
Below is a summary of package details. For the full statement, scroll to the bottom of this article.
1. Six months electricity bill subsidies - 25 percent for households, 15 percent for commercial, 5 percent to 10 percent for industrial.
2. Six months water bill subsidies - 15 percent to 25 percent for households, 15 percent for commercial, 10 percent for industrial
3. Six monthly cash payout of RM250 for 430,000 Sarawakians under the B40 category.
4. Six monthly cash payout of RM300 for 6,232 healthcare workers.
5. Six monthly cash payout of RM200 for Immigration Department personnel, police personnel, military personnel and Rela personnel.
6. Six month discount of 50 percent for stalls rented from local councils.
7. License fee waiver for traders, hawkers, night market traders, tamu and bazaar Ramadhan operations.
8. Assessment rate discount of 25 percent for year 2020.
9. Nine months loan payment deferment for Skim Pinjaman Industri Kecil dan Sederhana (Spiks).
10. Land rent discount of 30 percent for the year 2020.
11. Free face masks. The state government is buying two million masks to be distributed through the state disaster management committee.
12. Allocation of RM10 million for personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers.
- Mkini
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