RM192mil rainy season aid given to rubber smallholders


For the people: Wee (third from left) showing the Covid-19 test kits after handing them over to the folks in Tanjung Piai.

PONTIAN: About RM192mil have been allocated to help rubber smallholders weather the rainy season.

A RM300 monthly aid would be given for two months to smallholders with less than 2.5ha of rubber plantation, said Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Jeck Seng.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.02/month

Billed as RM 96.20 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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