Mudahkan Proses

Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) meneruskan agenda Mesra Berkebajikan di Selangor. Jesteru, menerusi kerjasama Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Hulu Klang, Saari Sungib, satu Program Skim Mesra Usia Emas Kerajaan Negeri Selangor diadakan di Ulu Klang Recreation Club (UKRC), Kuala Ampang, bagi memudahkan pendaftaran warga emas menyertai skim tersebut.

Don’t use programme for political mileage, Pakatan told

Story and photo by GEETHA KRISHNAN

THE Pakatan Rakyat politicians should not strive for political mileage by using the Selangor state’s resources that are meant for all.

Citing the Mesra Usia Emas programme for senior citizens, MCA central committee member Datuk Liew Yuen Keong said the forms distributed were only signed by Pakatan elected representatives.

A sum of RM2,500 is given out to the senior citizen’s selected beneficiary upon death to help out with funeral expenses. All senior citizens in Selangor aged 60 and above qualify for the programme.

“People should also have better accessibility to the forms. Under the previous Jasamu DiKenang programme by the Barisan Nasional, forms were also available at district offices,” Liew said.


For all: Liew (right) and former Balakong assemblyman Datuk Hoh Hee Lee speaking on the `Mesra Usia Emas’ programme

He was speaking at a press conference at the Serdang MCA division in Seri Kembangan on Thursday.

“I am not questioning the programme but the procedure. Jasamu DiKenang forms were not only signed by assemblymen but also members of residents associations and village security and development committees (JKKK),” he said.

Liew pointed out that only those who registered with the Mesra Usia Emas programme were entitled to the benefits while the Jasamu DiKenang programme did not require registration.

“Aid of RM2,000 was usually disbursed within 24 hours provided the necessary documents were in order. With the state government’s tie-up with Takaful Insurance for its programme, I foresee delays.”

Earlier, Liew announced that poor families and the disabled keen on applying for Federal Government aid could do so at the Serdang MCA through the Cari project under the Social Welfare Department.

He said the government’s move to increase welfare aid from RM300mil to RM800mil via the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry would lessen the burden of the poor.

The Cari project will give RM300 monthly to poor children who are still schooling, orphans, children whose parents are unable to work or in jail and families with a joint income of not more than RM720.

Similar aid will be given to senior citizens aged 60 and above with no source of income and family to depend on. disabled people registered with the Social Welfare Department and are self-employed or working for someone with an income not exceeding RM750.

Applicants caring for the disabled or people with chronic illnesses with a joint family income of less than RM3,000 monthly would also be considered for the aid.

For information, call the Serdang MCA (03-8941 1668); Balakong MCA (03-9076 2230); Petaling District Social Welfare Department (03-5633 5728) or Selangor Social Welfare Department (03-5544 5417/18) or visit http://www.jkm.gov.my/.

Friday November 28, 2008

Tabung Usia Emas tidak telus: MCA

SERI KEMBANGAN - Pemberian Tabung Usia Emas yang dilaksanakan kerajaan pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) didakwa tidak adil dan menunjukkan imej kerajaan negeri yang tidak telus.

Ahli Jawatankuasa Tertinggi MCA Pusat, yang juga Ketua MCA Bahagian Serdang, Datuk Liew Yuen Keong berkata, pihaknya tidak mempertikaikan pemberian sumbangan itu, namun pelaksanaannya menunjukkan kerajaan negeri seperti menyalah gunakan kuasa politik mereka.

“Saya memahami pelancaran Tabung Usia Emas yang dilancarkan adalah untuk menggantikan Program Tabung Jasamu Dikenang seperti dilaksanakan kerajaan negeri pimpinan parti Barisan Nasional (BN) sebelum ini.

“Namun bezanya, program yang dilancarkan hanya dijalankan oleh wakil rakyat PR sahaja sedangkan haknya dinafikan kepada Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) daripada Barisan Nasional (BN) yang memenangi Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12 lalu,” katanya.

Dakwanya, ini bermakna ia tidak dijalankan dengan telus kerana wakil rakyat daripada parti PR menggunakan sumber kerajaan negeri demi kepentingan politik masing-masing.

“Dalam program dilaksanakan, rakyat perlu mendaftarkan diri mereka di pejabat-pejabat ADUN dan bukannya di Pejabat Daerah seperti yang kita lakukan sebelum ini.

“Hakikatnya, bagi DUN yang diwakili ADUN daripada BN pula, rakyat perlu mencari wakil kepada parti pimpinan PR dilantik kerana wakil rakyat daripada UMNO, MCA atau MIC tidak dibenarkan melaksanakan tugas itu,” katanya lagi.

Kata Yuen Keong, ia sudah pasti menyukarkan dan mengelirukan masyarakat setempat untuk memohon bagi mendapatkan pemberian sumbangan sebanyak RM2,500 itu.

“Kerajaan dulu memberi banyak ruang dan alternatif kepada penduduk kerana memahami keperluan serta kemudahan penduduk yang datang dari pelbagai latar belakang parti.

“Saya tidak mempertikaikan program ini, namun melihat prosedur pelaksanaan yang kurang telus serta tidak adil bagi sesetengah pihak. Jika ada warga emas yang tidak mendafta,r mereka tidak dapat menerima sumbangan khairat kematian itu,” ujarnya lagi.

Kata beliau lagi, pihaknya juga kecewa kerana kerajaan negeri mengeksploitasi sumber pendapatan negeri demi kepentingan parti politik sendiri.

“Kita berharap kerajaan negeri dapat mengkaji semula pelaksanaan program yang dilaksanakan oleh mereka,” katanya.

Sementara itu bekas ADUN Balakong, Datuk Hoh Hee Lee menyatakan kekesalan beliau dengan tempoh penerimaan sumbangan diterima waris yang didakwa terlalu lama.

“Jika dahulu dalam tempoh seminggu waris sudah menerima sumbangan yang dilaksanakan kerajaan negeri sekiranya ada saudara melebihi 60 tahun meninggal dunia.

“Tetapi sekarang masa yang diambil oleh mereka terlalu panjang malah pendekatan pendaftaran menyebabkan ada yang tidak mendaftar waris tidak boleh membuat tuntutan. Sedangkan kerajaan BN dulu memberikan sumbangan itu walaupun ada yang tidak mendaftar,”katanya.

Sinar Harian 07/12/08