NAJIB: 200,000 FAMILIES TO BENEFIT FROM RICE SUBSIDY PROGRAMME

SABAK BERNAM, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- Starting Dec 1 this year, more than 200,000 families nationwide will get to enjoy the people's rice subsidy (Subur) which was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak here tonight.

Najib said that through the Subur initiative, the poor and the hardcore poor, including the Orang Asli and the Bumiputera in Sabah and Sarawak, would be given vouchers to be exchanged or to be used to buy Super Tempatan 15 (ST15) rice.

Those in the hardcore poor group would be given vouchers worth RM24 which they could exchange for a sack of 10kg of rice.

They would be given three vouchers a month, giving them 30kg of free rice during the period.

"The 30kg will be sufficient. A plate of rice will be enough as do two plates of rice," he said when launching the scheme at Dataran Tonggak 10 Sungai Besar.

He said that for those categorised as poor, they would be given vouchers worth RM10, which they needed add RM14 more to buy 10kg of rice.

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