Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today announced a one-off aid payment of RM500 for 43,000 rubber tappers and smallholders nationwide this Ramadan.
He said the aid, proposed by the Rural and Regional Development Ministry, could help lessen the financial burden of tappers who did not own any rubber smallholding and the smallholders affected by the current low rubber price.
“The one-off payment of RM500 will be made this Ramadan through the Rural and Regional Development Ministry,” the prime minister said today at the presentation of the National-Level Excellent Village Awards 2013 in Batu Pahat. – Bernama, June 26, 2014.