Sarawak gives all 82 state constituencies RM200,000 each for Covid-19 aid
Wednesday, 01 Apr 2020 08:13 PM MYTSarawak Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah speaks to reporters, February 17, 2019. — Picture by Sulok Tawie
State Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Early Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the target groups include households in the rural and urban areas, urban poor and those badly affected by the MCO. On Opposition-held constituencies, she said the allocations will be managed by the divisional or district disaster committees with assistance from the appointed assemblymen from the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak .
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