100% social security for 50,000 drivers

Great move: Loke (right) and Sim (second from right) attending the launch of the dialysis centre at the PERKESO office in Seberang Jaya. Joining them are (from left) PERKESO Group CEO Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed and Transport Ministry secretary-­general Datuk Seri Jana Santhiran Muniayan. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Taxi, rental car and school bus drivers across the country will continue to receive full social security contribution support, with the Transport Ministry set to expand its sponsorship under the Lindung Kendiri scheme this year.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said more than 22,000 taxi, rental car and school bus drivers nationwide benefited from the government’s social protection scheme, with allocations amounting to about RM524,000.