Aid must go to right places

Keeping track: Armizan pointing at a cost of living chart during the launch yesterday. With him is the ministry’s secretary-general, Datuk Seri Mohd Sayuthi Bakar (right). — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: A stronger social protection system must exist to complement the targeted subsidy programmes that will be put in place, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The Deputy Prime Minister said care must also be exercised in implementing this as it would have an effect and impact on various groups in society and economic sectors.