ALOR GAJAH: Yayasan Pelajaran Mara (YPM) allocated a total of RM2 million from January to August this year, to provide assistance to 20,000 bumiputra students nationwide under the foundation’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. Its chairman, Datuk Mohd Razman Yaacob, said that the assistance provided included laptops, bicycles and cash. At the event, YPM channelled assistance totalling RM14,600 to 78 recipients, in the form of RM100 cash, bicycles and laptops. Mohd Razman said it was YPM's seventh CSR programme under the Pendidikan Pesisir Pantai initiative, after Pangkor Island, Tioman Island, Tawau and Semporna, Tuba Island, Aman Island and Kerian. Donors can get a tax deduction of up to 10 per cent under subsection 44(6) of the Income Tax Act 1967.

Source: The Star September 26, 2022 02:14 UTC