SHAH ALAM, March 30 — Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) will take action against a contract lecturer at the university’s campus in Seri Iskandar, Perak who insulted a B40 student which went viral on social media.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — The payment for Phase 3 of Covid-19 Special Assistance (BKC) of RM300 will be made from Monday (December 20) involving an allocation of RM1.2 bilion and 3.8 million households in the poor and B40 categories.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 — Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today announced the Covid-19 Care Package (PPC) which is expected to benefit about 3.6 million B40 households in preparation for the Covid-19 endemic phase.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on household income and made more people poorer, according to a study conducted by the Department of Statistics.

By Nasuha Badrul Huzaini SHAH ALAM, June 30 — The Selangor government will provide 500,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine for free targeting the senior citizens and B40 (low income) groups. Its Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the Selangor Vaccination Programme (Selvax) Community...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) today reiterated that all loan borrowers who have suffered a drop in income, including salary, allowances, commissions and household incomes, are eligible for a reduction of monthly instalments according to the reduced income.

PETALING JAYA, April 16 — Having taken the bold step of fielding an all-local line-up in this season’s Super League, Petaling Jaya (PJ) City FC is embarking on another initiative - to groom more local footballers through their Jaguh RF programme.

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, March 24 — Kinrara state assemblyman Ng Sze Han has distributed 100 laptops to the residents in his constituency as a measure to bridge the digitalisation gap. He said the assistance prioritised low-income families (B40) to facilitate the children’s...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — The amendment of the Cooperatives Act 1993 (Act 502) to the Cooperatives (Amendment) Act 2021 (A1634) has come into force starting today.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 16 — The exemption of business registration fees has been extended to all entrepreneurs in the B40 income group in accordance with the Prihatin Business Registration Scheme (SPPP) under the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM).

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Jan 16 — Bandar Baru Klang assemblyman Dato’ Teng Chang Khim has started distributing food aid to 2,000 lower-income (B40) residents in the constituency in an effort to help the group. Teng said the contribution valued at RM60,000 is given in stages today and...

By Zareef Muzammil SHAH ALAM, Dec 29 — The state government has allocated RM805,200 to 51 churches for upgrading works and activities to be held throughout 2021, says special executive councillor for Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, Taoism (Limas) Hee Loy Sian. Hee said the aid,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 — B40 households, Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) candidates will soon get to enjoy attractive Internet packages from five televommunication companies (telcos).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 — AirAsia Bhd’s digital wallet provider BigPay Later Sdn Bhd, along with seven other “licensed credit community” companies, has obtained the approval of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) to provide online loans.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has called on the government to consider its proposals involving Budget 2021, including the automatic implementation of the loan moratorium on borrowers from the B40 and M40 income categories.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — The ongoing targeted repayment assistance for financial institution borrowers has been enhanced and available to the B40 category, whose financial position has been particularly affected by the Covid-19, said the Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — Budget 2021 recognises the need for continuous support to lives and livelihoods during a period when Malaysians, especially those in the bottom 40 per cent of the household income (B40) group who are under enormous stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd believes Budget 2021, which will be tabled on November 6, will be formulated to take into account the current economic situation that is still fragile even though it has shown encouraging signs of recovery.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — Payments for the first phase of Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) 2.0 which was scheduled for October 26 have been expedited to October 19.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — The government must no longer ignore the urgent need to reinstate the blanket loan moratorium for at least another three months for the B40 and M40 groups, as well as the small and medium-scale enterprise (SME) operators, not just in areas under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) but also across the country.