FT Ministry expands MY5 programme to eradicate urban poverty

The Federal Territories Ministry is looking to strengthen the MY5 programme designed to eradicate urban poverty, besides improving the social safety net system.

Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa said the 2021 programme covered the aspects of employment through MYJob@Wilayah, schooling (MYSchoolBus@Wilayah), basic necessities (MYGrocer@Wilayah), food (MYFood@Wilayah) and medicine (MYMedic@Wilayah ).

"We started this programme (around the middle of) last year on a trial and ad-hoc basis...