Fed govt hands over RM40 mln for 1Azam programme
July 13, 2010, Tuesday
Thank You: Taib (third left) holding the mock cheque while looking at the real cheque presented by Shahrizat (second left) as (from left) Asfia, Dr Chan, Masing and Fatimah look on.
Shahrizat, who handed over the allocation to Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, explained that the allocation would benefit 23,313 poor households. The head of these households had monthly income of less than RM830, while some of them were listed under ‘eKasih’ as they were earning less than RM520 per month.
In Peninsula Malaysia, if the head of the household earned RM750 and below, they would be categorised as ‘poor’. If their income is RM440 or less, they would be categorised as ‘hardcore poor’.
Shahrizat said as at July 9, 2010 there were 14,416 ‘poor’ households and 9,897 ‘hardcore poor’ in Sarawak.
She added that the RM40 million allocation would be used to fund the 1Azam programme, which comprised ‘Azam Tani’ (agriculture), ‘Azam Niaga’ (business ), ‘Azam Khidmat’ (service providers) and ‘Azam Kerja’ (employment).
“The 1Azam programme is an opportunity to boost the income of the poor and hardcore poor to help them escape from the clutches of poverty.
“It is basically a hand-holding programme where the head of the households will work closely with various departments, agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs),” she said.
She hoped that by early 2011 the implementation of 1Azam would be able to help the state government eradicate poverty in Sarawak.
Present to witness the handing-over of the cheque were Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan, Land Development Minister Dato Sri Dr James Masing, Social Development and Urbanisation Minister Dato Sri William Mawan, Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department Datin Fatimah Abdullah and State Legislative Assembly Speaker Dato Sri Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar.
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