Targeted subsidies best way to ensure aid reaches right recipients, says deputy minister

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Targeted subsidies best way to ensure aid reaches right recipients, says deputy minister
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KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim has filed a motion to refer Jimmy Puah (PH-Tebrau) to the Parliament’s Rights and Privileges Committee for allegedly liking Israeli starlet Gal Gadot’s post on social media.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: The government's decision to implement targeted subsidies for certain goods or services is the best approach to ensure that assistance reaches intended groups, says Deputy Finance Minister II Steven Sim Chee Keong.

"The savings from these targeted subsidies will be reinvested, for example, through the Rahmah Cash Aid , for more schools, hospitals, to upgrade health clinics, and to provide assistance to Small and Medium Enterprises ," he said after attending the Civil Defence Force’s Kampung Siaga 221 programme in Kampung Bukit Teh on Sunday .

Prior to this, Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli announced that the government expects the Targeted Subsidy Programme to be fully implemented next year.

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