Three cheers for yearly BR1M

Welcome relief: Anthony is glad to know that he will be able to apply for BR1M even though he is unmarried.

 

PETALING JAYA: The Prime Minister's announcement that the 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M) will be given annually has been greeted with “three cheers” all around.

Single mother Ranee, 51, who earns RM1,000 a month as a cleaner, said she was happy to receive the RM500 cash aid.
 
“I am saving it for my 13-year-old son's educational needs,'' she added.

Single Mothers Association of Federal Territory and Selangor president Sharifah Kamariah Syed Ibrahim said that in addition to cash, more skills training should be provided.

“Then we can be self-sufficient,” she said.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced on Tuesday that BR1M for households earning RM3,000 and less a month would be given yearly.

He said this while presenting the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) Annual Report 2012.