Penang state has given out RM412mil in various aids to needy

Recipients waiting for their turn to receive aid under the i-Sejahtera reward programme at the Seberang Prai Municipal Council headquarters in Bandar Perda, Bukit Mertajam.

FROM 2009 to March this year, the Penang government has spent RM23.216mil in an effort to curb poverty under the Agenda Ekonomi Saksama programme, said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

“Penang was the first state to be declared poverty-free in 2015 through the programme which is aimed at raising the Income Poverty Line (PGK).