RM200m to build and repair PPRT houses throughout Malaysia this year, says Sivarasa
06 May 2019
KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — The government has allocated RM200 million for new Hardcore Poor Housing Programme projects and repair of PPRT houses throughout the country this year, the Dewan Negara was told today. “The government has allocated RM86.038 million to build 1,224 new units of PPRT and RM113.962 million for the purpose of repairing the existing 7,354 units with problems,” he said in reply to Senator Datuk Abdul Ghani Mohamed Yassin, who wanted to know whether the government was planning to build more PPRT houses.
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