KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Territories Ministry is looking to give RM100 in cash aid to some 4,000 hardcore poor families in the city for a period of three months starting July. Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said this aid would replace the Federal Government's food basket initiative that had previously been given an RM300,000 allocation. “With the cash aid, recipients could shop for specific food items they needed at selected supermarkets,” he said on Thursday (July 8) during a press briefing at the Grand Seasons Hotel in Jalan Pahang. He said the ministry would cooperate with the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department and Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council in their Dapur I’tam initiative. Annuar said that his ministry, via the Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan (YWP), would foot the operating costs at the 300-room hotel.

Source: The Star July 08, 2021 07:30 UTC