Food aid for Mersing folk in anticipation of monsoon


Zaiton (second from right) calling on residents in Pulau Sibu, Mersing in December last year. She says the food aid programmes for the monsoon season are held annually. — Filepic

The Johor government will send food supplies to 554 families living on islands off Mersing in preparation for the monsoon season starting October.

Johor women, family and community development committee chairman Zaiton Ismail said the aid would also be given to 2,297 Orang Asli families in nine villages in Mersing.

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