KUALA LUMPUR: The Monsoon Season Aid has helped many smallholders and rubber tappers to pull through difficult times, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Wednesday. The three-month period is related to the northeast monsoon season, known in Malay as musim tengkujuh. The period will bring heavy rain and can lead to flash floods in many areas, severely affecting the income of rubber smallholders and tappers. Datu Nasrun added that the government has no immediate plans to provide or introduce other forms of assistance to smallholders and rubber tappers during the monsoon season. Rubber smallholders and tappers can also visit the nearest Malaysian Rubber Board office to obtain the forms for manual application method.

Source: New Strait Times November 15, 2017 10:18 UTC