A total of 8,391 veterans of the armed forces and the police, who are not pensioners in Selangor, received “Jom Shopping” vouchers in conjunction with the National Warriors’ Day celebration.
Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the inaugural initiative was aimed at celebrating the services, contributions and significant sacrifices of those who defended the country’s sovereignty and security.
“Today, the state government has introduced a new initiative to celebrate the services and sacrifices of our warriors through the distribution of vouchers.
“This is in line with the principle of ‘no one will be left behind’.
“I hope this contribution can be utilised even though its value may not be able to repay all their services.
“The state government always remembers the sacrifices of the nation’s warriors,” he said after launching the assistance programme in Shah Alam.
Amirudin said the voucher distribution would be carried out in stages according to the state assembly constituencies and was expected to be fully completed by this month.
“If this programme is well-received, the state government intends to expand this initiative next year to include more than 22,700 pensioned veterans because the pension rates for some of them are not very high.”
Amirudin said the state government appreciated the active role of security personnel not only in defending the country but also in facing various local crisis situations such as flood disaster relief and community safety issues.
“Efforts like this are important to ensure that military and police veterans continue to be celebrated and supported inclusively, considering that some of them are retired,” he said in a Bernama report.
“The state government will always seek opportunities and ways to improve the coverage of this assistance so that the welfare of the veterans is continuously preserved.”
Selangor human resources and poverty eradication committee chairman V. Papparaidu and state youth, sports and entrepreneurship committee chairman Mohd Najwan Halimi were also present at the presentation of RM200 vouchers to the recipients.
