PUTATAN: The government has approved the Regional Incentive Payment (BIW) to replace the Sabah/Sarawak Incentive Payment (BISS) and the Peninsula Incentive Payment (BISM) to members of the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM), effective July 1.
The good news was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at a meet and greet with Armed Forces personnel at 5th Brigade headquarters at Lok Kawi Camp, Kota Kinabalu here, on Wednesday .
He said that previously ATM officers and personnel who were transferred to different regions received BISS and BISM, but the two incentives provided were lower compared with the BIW rate received by other civil servants. Also present at the event were Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, Deputy Chief Minister III Datuk Shahelmey Yahya, Army chief General Datuk Seri Mohammad Ab Rahman, and Public Service Department director-general Datuk Dr Zulkapli Mohamed.
As for the existing projects, Anwar said the government allocated RM213mil to build additional multi-class units of the Armed Forces Family Housing scheme at Lok Kawi Camp.
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