Cash aid to be reviewed


(Above) Bukit Bendera MPWong Hon Wai (with yellow tie) having a discussion with assemblymen (from right) Heng Lee Lee (Berapit), Joseph Ng (Air Itam) and Teh Lai Heng (Komtar) after the tabling of the budget at state assembly building.

PENANG is reviewing the cash aid given out to the underprivileged under its i-Sejahtera programme.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, in tabling next year’s budget at the state assembly, said this was in line with the Federal Government’s decision to reduce the previously labelled Bantuan Rakyat 1 Malaysia (BR1M) in stages.

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