PMO issues corrections to Muhyiddin's speech on Prihatin aid

The errors include the number of employers and workers who benefited from the wage subsidy programme. FMTNews MuhyiddinYassin

PETALING JAYA: The Prime Minister’s Office has issued a correction to Muhyiddin Yassin’s national address yesterday on initiatives under the government’s Prihatin stimulus package.

The prime minister yesterday said RM34 million was disbursed to 1.4 million e-hailing drivers, with each receiving a one-off cash allowance of RM500, and RM28.8 million to 477,000 taxi drivers, tour guides and bus drivers, who each received RM600. He also said Putrajaya had distributed RM7.4 billion in wage subsidies to 834,000 employers, to be channelled to 6.7 million employees nationwide.

In its statement, the PMO said that 68,336 e-hailing drivers had received RM500 each in allowance, totalling RM34 million, while 37,127 taxi, bus drivers and tour guides had received RM600, totalling RM22.2 million. Meanwhile, the wage subsidy programme worth RM7.4 billion benefited 313,000 employers and 2.5 million workers across the country.

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