People over the age of 60 can receive living assistance regardless of whether they are married or not, single parents

(Putrajaya, February 2019, 02) The Ministry of Finance said media reports and some irresponsible people said that single disabled persons (OKU), single parents and the elderly cannot getliving aid(BSH), which is simply not true.

马来西亚The Treasury Department issued a statement saying that the federal government is currently focusing onliving aid(BSHR) program registration and renewal process that provides targeted assistance and family priorities.

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• "In this context, Treasury wishes to clarify that single parents and people over the age of 60, whether married or single, are eligible for Life Assistance in 2019."

• “In 2019, the Life Assistance Payment will provide additional assistance amounts based on the number of dependent children. Up to 4 children aged 18 and below and all disabled children will receive assistance of RM120 each.”

In addition, the statement emphasized that the Ministry of Finance announced on February 2019, 2, that theXNUMXMalaysia Aid(BR1M) database, atend of MarchgiveRM100 per person 300 million singles;

• The government will reassess and announce the method and payment criteria for the next phase of the aid, which will be finalized by Cabinet.
• As far as disabled people are concerned, the government, through the Ministry of Welfare, assists more than 140,000 disabled people by providing disabled employee allowance or disability allowance of RM400 per person per month.
• "As part of being accountable to the people, the government will continue to provide assistance to those in need to ease the burden of their living expenses."

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