Finance ministry approves RM42m in monsoon aid for Sabah smallholders | Malay Mail

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Finance ministry approves RM42m in monsoon aid for Sabah smallholders

Lim Guan Eng addresses a press conference in Putrajaya April 23, 2019. — Picture by Miera Zulyana

Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng, in a statement today, said the aid payment, to be coordinated by Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, shows the federal government’s concern for smallholders in Sabah, who are now facing low rubber prices. “LIGS has appealed for the definition of smallholders in Sabah to include rubber planters with farm holdings of six hectares and below which involve more than 70,000 farmers,” he said.

 

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