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Felda gives RM42.5m 'duit raya' to settlers

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 10:15 PM PDT

Felda gives RM42.5m 'duit raya' to settlers

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today announced that all 112,635 Felda settlers will receive "duit raya" (raya money) involving an allocation of RM42.6 million.

He said in a statement today that the gift was in recognition of the
settlers' contribution to Felda's development, besides to help them prepare for
the Hari Raya celebration.

Najib said the distribution method for the money would be the same as last year's and that it would be divided into two categories - settlers who are with Felda and those who are not with Felda.

He said 100,357 or 89.1 per cent of the settlers with Felda would each
receive RM400, involving as allocation of RM40.14 million, while 12,278 or 10.9
per cent not with Felda would get RM200 each or RM2.46 million in total.

Giving of raya money to the settlers has been implemented since 2003.

Najib said the payment for this year had increased by RM5.41 million or 14.54 per cent from RM37.20 million in 2010. Last year, settlers who were with Felda or sold their yields to Felda received RM350 each and those who did not, got RM150 each.

Najib said the "duit raya" payments would be made to all the settlers at the Felda land schemes in the second week of Ramadan.

"I hope the raya money will help lessen their financial burden in preparing for the arrival of the month of Syawal," he said.

Najib also urged all those settlers not with Felda to return to the fold to help the land schemes develop and prosper further. -- BERNAMA

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24-hour registration of illegals

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:03 AM PDT

2011/08/01
By Sean Augustin
sean@nst.com.my

PUTRAJAYA: Immigration offices will open round the clock until Aug 14 to register illegal immigrants under an amnesty exercise that started yesterday.

Home Ministry deputy secretary- general Datuk Alwi Ibrahim said 90 per cent of the counters at the country's 198 Immigration offices would focus on registering illegal immigrants under the programme dubbed 6P.

He said the remaining 10 per cent would concentrate on the registration of legal foreign workers.

The 6P programme comprises registration, legalisation, amnesty, supervision, enforcement and deportation. It is expected to be completed in six months.

The registration of legal foreign workers, which began on July 13, will run parallel with the 6P exercise following the government's decision to extend the registration period indefinitely. Initially, the programme was to have ended on Sunday.

As of yesterday, Alwi said 767,068 legal foreign workers had undergone the biometric registration. The exercise aims to register an estimated 1.8 million workers to reduce crime and social issues.

"To reduce congestion at the Immigration Department in Selangor and the Federal Territories, we set up additional counters for the 6P programme at the Shah Alam City Hall and the football stadium in Cheras."

Illegal immigrants can register themselves with 336 government-appointed management companies.

Alwi said, as of yesterday afternoon, these companies had set up 1,639 counters that were monitored by 389 Immigration officers. They will open another 111 counters soon.

He said about 116,000 illegal immigrants had been registered in Sabah, which had been running a similar programme since July 18. The programme, dubbed 5P, will end on Monday.

Sarawak started registering legal foreign workers yesterday.

Immigration assistant enforcement director Mohd Azizi Jaafar said the fasting month would not affect the registration of illegal and legal foreigners.

Filipina Meriam Anning Jamaril, 39, said she wanted to register under the 6P programme so she could return to Basilan.

Meriam, who was with her 8-month-old son Muhammad Jumlayan Jamaril, said her husband had deserted her and she could not get a job.

"I just want to go home and spend Ramadan with my family."

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