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KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pix) said that the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government will continue to work together with the private sector and financial institutions to find ways and means to reduce the impacts of Covid-19.
He said that in addition to fighting and monitoring the cases, all nations, including Malaysia, are forced to reevaluate everything that has been done and should be done.
“And although Covid-19 has brought us many challenges and pain, at the same time, it has brought us all together to think about what is best for people, be it their health, their jobs and income, as well as their social well-being. -being and well-being, ”he said.
Muhyiddin spoke on the Malaysian Urban Forum (MUF) 2020 theme ‘The transformative path and actions to achieve the sustainable agenda’ here, today.
Also present were the Minister of Housing and Local Government, Zuraida Kamaruddin, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), Datuk Seri Maimunah Mohd Sharif.
Muhyiddin said that poverty remains a growing concern for the government, despite the introduction of many policies and programs.
“With the recent revision of the National Poverty Line Income (PLI) from RM980 to RM2,208, more than 400,000 households have fallen within this level which is 5.6 percent of Malaysians,” he said.
He said that he himself had gone to visit the residents of the Desa Setapak Popular Housing Project (PPR) here in August to see the condition of the urban poor in the area.
Many of them, he said, were small businessmen, working as taxi drivers and truck drivers, while many are self-employed and face increasingly difficult livelihoods.
“Among the areas that could be improved is the local community center by having activities to improve skills and entrepreneurship, as well as empowering their children’s education for a better future,” he said.
Meanwhile, Muhyiddin hoped that urban agriculture would continue to ensure that there is no hunger and malnutrition among Malaysians and that it will help reduce the burden on poor households, especially those living in urban areas.
“Since the pandemic, we have seen incessant efforts in urban agriculture made by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, as well as by local communities,” he added.Called
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