12MP: Special unit to be formed to address poverty, income gaps - PM

PARLIAMENT | A special unit at the federal and district office levels would be established under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) to tackle poverty and income gaps among the people, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.

When tabling the 12MP in the Dewan Rakyat today, he said the special unit was also an initiative to eradicate hardcore poverty to ensure that the poor, including the urban poor, would be assisted through a nationwide approach...