#Budget2015 from the Parliament: Talent Corp: RM30 million to develop internship programmes and industrial training Employees: To review Employment Act 1955 Employees: To improve JobsMalaysia portal Employees: Temporary financial aid to retrenched workers under Employment Insurance System RM30 million for technical training/education aid to Indian youth from low-income families Employers: Tax incentive extension until Dec 31, 2020 for CSR efforts Skills/Training: RM570 million for 48,000 students to be trained under Labour Department training institutes for 5 years Startups: Work Pass for 1 year to expat entrepreneurs with RM75,000 paid-up capital Bumiputera: RM600 million to EKUINAS to boost ownerships in private companies & GLCs Bumiputera: RM30 million to boost SUPERB, programme to be extended to Sabah & Sarawak Bumiputera SMEs: RM200m from Tabung Haji to provide financing, credit between RM50,000 and RM1 million from next January Bumiputera: RM2 billion to MARA to sponsor eligible students RM27 billion to construct 1,663km Pan-Borneo Highway in Sarawak & Sabah Security: RM660 million to boost ESSZONE and ESSCOM Security: RM50 million to upgrade Lahad Datu airport runway, relocate Squadron Hawk from Butterworth to Labuan Agriculture: First time RM70 million hill paddy subsidy to farmers in Sabah, Sarawak Bonus of half-month salary or minimum RM500 for civil servants Women: RM2.26 billion to Women Ministry for development and operating expenditure Women: Talent Corp to set up Women Career Comeback Programme Women: RM30 million via Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) for Indian womens entrepreneurship Female civil servants: Possible extended leave until children is 1 year old, from next Jan 1 Youth: RM320 million allocation under the National Youth Transformation Programme Youth: Review/improve National Service, Rakan Muda and introduce Unity Camp programme Youth: Enhance entrepreneurial talent via MaGIC, SME Bank, Agro Bank & introduce Online Resource Centre Youth: RM100 million to establish 1Malaysia Youth City Youth Housing Scheme: RM500k max funding for 1st home purchase for couples aged 25-40, combined income of RM10k and below Youth Housing Scheme: On first-come-first-serve basis for 20,000 units only Sports: RM103 million to implement Sporting Nation Blueprint Rakyat: RM100 to parents of all school-going children from January 2015 Rakyat: Continue 1Malaysia Book Voucher Programme with RM250 per student Agriculture: RM6 billion for Agriculture Ministry to increase farmers, breeders & fishermens income Agriculture: To establish 65 permanent farmers markets & 50 fish markets from 2015 to 2017 Agriculture: Intensify Jom Bertani Programme for rakyats own consumption of cash crops, vegetables Agriculture: RM100 million for paddy cultivation in four new areas - Rompin, Batang Lupar, Kota Belud, Pekan Fishermen: Increase living allowance to RM300 (Zone A) and RM250 (Zone B and C) Fishermen: First time RM200 allowance for full-time coastal fishermen Fishermen: RM250 million to improve fishing villages and fishermen homes Rakyat: Establish another 20 Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M) in Peninsular Malaysia Public Transport: Intercity bus services (Rawang-KL, Klang-KL, Seremban-KL) with 30% monthly discount Public Transport: Electric Train Services (ETS) for Ipoh-Butterworth route from April 2015 Public Transport: Upgrade stage bus services in Kuching, Ipoh, Seremban, Kuala Terengganu & Kangar Healthcare: RM23.3 billion for health services and facilities Healthcare: To build 2 more hospitals (Terengganu & Perak), 20 health clinics and dental clinics in Pahang and Johor. Healthcare: Establish 30 more 1Malaysia Clinics and a health clinic in Cyberjaya Healthcare: RM30 million to replace 635 haemodialysis machines in government hospitals Healthcare: RM45.4 million for medicines for acute and chronic haemodialysis patients Healthcare: Tax relief for cancer, kidney failure, heart attack patients increased to RM6,000 per year Healthcare: RM30 million to distribute free 55,000 dengue kits to private clinics Underprivileged: Increased allowance for working OKUs to RM350 Underprivileged: Increased financial aid for non-working OKUs to RM200 Tax relief: Increased tax relief for each disabled child to RM6,000 Tax relief: RM6,000 tax relief to buy basic supporting equipment for tax payer, spouse, children, parents with disabilities Underprivileged: Daily food allowance increment to RM16 for 8,700 people under Social Welfare Department Rakyat: Establish 5 more Senior Citizens Activity Centres, free transportation to hospitals provided Early Childhood Education: RM711 million allocation to Education Ministry, Tabika Emas, PERMATA and Tabika Perpaduan Housing: RM1.3 billion to build 80,000 units under PR1MA Housing: Household income ceiling raised to RM10,000 for bank loans Housing: Introduce a Rent-To-Own Scheme for individuals unable to get bank financing Housing: RM644 million to build 26,000 units under Peoples Housing Programme (PPR) Housing: SPNB to build 12,000 units of Rumah Mesra Rakyat & 5,000 units of Rumah Idaman Rakyat For more, click to litefm.my/Special/Budget-2015.aspx
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:27:29 +0000
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