Finance Minister: 90,000 e-hailing drivers to get RM500 aid on April 20

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PETALING JAYA: Some 90,000 full time e-hailing drivers will get their RM500 aid under the government's economic stimulus package on April 20, says Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

"After receiving feedback from 40 e-hailing companies, the cash aid will be made this April 20 to about 90,000 e-hailing drivers," he said in a Facebook post on Tuesday .

He noted that the aid was in addition to the one-off RM600 meant for trishaw operators including taxi and tourist drivers to be paid this month. So far, he said that 3.2 million or 96.6% of B40 households and 3.4 million B40 singles or 92.3% had received payments of RM3.2bil and RM1.7bil respectively.

He also said that almost 3,000 businesses have applied for Bank Negara's special relief fund for assistance amounting to RM1.46bil.

 

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