KANGAR: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil, who is on a three-day working visit to Perlis, has presented donations from the Kasih@Hawana Fund to two former media practitioners facing health challenges.
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TWO centenarians had their wishes granted when they received their Covid-19 vaccination on the same day at Maahad Tahfiz Al-Quran Wal Qiraat, Pulai Chondong, in Machang, Kelantan,
Berita Harian reported.
Munah Yunus, 114, and her sister Pah, 111, from Kampung Rengas Labok, were accompanied by their children to the vaccination centre on Monday.
Ready for the jab: Munah being helped out of the car at the vaccination centre in Pulai Chondong, Machang. She and her sister were vaccinated on the same day. — Bernama
Siti Mariam Taib, 64, said her mother Munah was really excited to get vaccinated as she was worried about the Covid-19 situation.
July 11, 2021
A woman sits on an art installation at Trans Studio in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Reuters
Before Covid-19 hammered the Malaysian economy, Kuala Lumpur native Jeremy Johnson made 7,000 ringgit ($2,250) a month as the general manager of a coffee company, and even had a car as part of his work benefits.
His family of six were firmly entrenched in the middle class: what Malaysia calls the M40 – for the 40 per cent of households considered “middle income” – defined as those earning 4,850 ringgit to 10,959 ringgit a month.
But movement restrictions forcing people to work from home and cautious spending from consumers hit his company hard and Johnson lost his job in August last year.
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Is Covid-19 terminal for the rising middle classes of Malaysia and Indonesia? A woman sits on an art installation at Trans Studio in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Reuters
Before Covid-19 hammered the Malaysian economy, Kuala Lumpur native Jeremy Johnson, 43, made 7,000 ringgit (US$1,670) a month as the general manager of a coffee company and even had a car as part of his work benefits. His family of six were firmly entrenched in the middle class - what Malaysia calls the M40, for the 40 per cent of households considered 'middle income', defined as those earning 4,850 ringgit to 10,959 ringgit a month.
But movement restrictions forcing people to work from home and cautious spending from consumers hit his company hard and Johnson lost his job in August last year. Since he was the sole breadwinner, that one change swept his family into the low-income group. He is unable to access government handouts and relies on assistance from his family and friends from church.