Fatimah lauds welfare aid by NGOs

KUCHING: The Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has lauded the welfare aid doled out by various non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to help needy families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. She cited Hope Place Kuching as one of the NGOs which had often assisted the frontline staff of […]

MTUC hopes Cabinet passes proposal to increase social welfare aid

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) hopes the Cabinet will unanimously agree with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s suggestion of raising the Social Welfare Department’s monthly aid for needy people. Its secretary-general J Solomon said MTUC welcomed the prime minister’s proposal to increase the monthly aid to RM1,000 from the current amount […]