Najib announces BR1M 3.0, 4.0 for the poor

SENAI: The rakyat can expect more financial assistance to the lower and middle income group in the form of the 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M) 3.0 and also 4.0.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced this during his speech at the state-level Chinese New Year celebration held at the Econsave supermarket grounds here today.

"Barisan Nasional (BN) as a government have always put the people first.

"We need to be inclusive not only to investors, but the people as well, he said.

Najib said the government has felt the pulse of the people, thus the BR1M is born to offer financial aid to the needy segments of society.

He said in order for the government to continue with such benefits, the people must give BN the mandate to form the next government.

Najib said a planned and sytematic change is what BN is doing for the benefit of the people.

"If we get a strong government, then we can go towards a brighter future for the country, he said.