KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor has announced a RM127.78 million economic stimulus package comprising seven initiatives to counter the Covid-19 pandemic. Named the ‘Covid-19 Selangor Concerned Stimulus Package’, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the initiatives include a deferral on land tax payments, benefits for frontline workers fighting the virus, as well as incentives for licensed traders and hawkers. The stimulus package will also assist undergraduates from the state who are unable to return home due to the Movement Control Order (MCO), a three-month deferment for ‘Smart Sewa’ scheme participants, and allocations for state assemblymen. Amirudin added that the MCO will have an impact on people's daily lives in Malaysia in general, and the people of Selangor in particular. “Thus, to reduce the… hardships caused by the MCO, the Selangor state government will implement a stimulus package known as Selangor Concerned Package,” he added.

Source: New Strait Times March 20, 2020 04:20 UTC