2009/04/27
Welfare Dept to set realistic criteria for aid
KLANG: The Welfare Department will introduce more realistic criteria for dispensing aid by not looking at assets such as television sets and refrigerators as reasons for disqualification.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Senator Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said television, refrigerator and Astro service could no longer be considered luxury items.
"Even a car is no longer a luxury as it has become a necessity now. The system we intend to introduce will be more effective and realistic and reach our target group without giving them a hard time," Shahrizat said after closing a community programme at Taman Sri Menegun hall here yesterday.
"We no longer want welfare aid to be restricted by bureacracy which creates trouble for our target group, especially the elderly and the disabled.
"Imagine they have to spend a lot of money to rent a car just to go to the office to apply and bring back between RM200 and RM300."
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