Wan Azizah, Yeoh urge Putrajaya to extend special allowances to welfare workers

CORONAVIRUS | Former woman, family and community development minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and her ex-deputy Hannah Yeoh urged Putrajaya to expand the special allowance announced in yesterday's stimulus plan to welfare workers.

"We find even though the Social Welfare Department (JKM) workers are also involved in the implementation of the movement control order (MCO), they were not on the list (of personnel who will receive the special allowance). Perhaps it was an oversight by the government...