SEREMBAN: The one-off RM100 Rahmah Basic Assistance (Sara) not only helps ease the cost of living but also allows some recipients to help their parents with daily necessities.
Dr Nursarah Izzah Ismail, 28, attached to a private hospital here, said she will use the aid, credited to recipients' MyKad on Sunday (Aug 31), to buy household supplies for her parents in Melaka.
"With Sara, I'll buy extra daily necessities for my parents since I've always been the one getting their basic items.
"This initiative is meaningful to me because it can be used not only for my own needs but also to help my parents," she said when interviewed recently.
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An IT officer at a private company in Selangor used the aid to buy groceries for her mother in Felda Neram 2, Kemaman.
Siti Nadiah Jamil, 46, said the government aid should not be underestimated as it helped greatly with daily expenses.
"Coincidentally, I returned to my hometown during the National Day holiday, and since Sara could already be used, I took the opportunity to bring my mother, Tengku Latipah Tengku Ismail, 68, shopping at the Mydin supermarket in Kemaman.
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"I used both mine and my husband's Sara aid to buy the groceries my mother needed.
"We got a number of items, enough essentials like rice, sugar and cooking oil to last half a month," said the Bandar Puteri, Klang resident.
On July 23, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced the RM100 cash aid for every Malaysian aged 18 and above under the Sara programme, which can be used to purchase goods in 14 selected product categories.
Anwar said the RM2bil allocation for the one-off assistance, announced in conjunction with National Day, was an immediate measure to ease the cost of living as well as a gesture of appreciation to the people, benefiting 22 million citizens.
The RM100 assistance can be used until Dec 31. – Bernama
