SEGAMAT: Two hundred and sixty five settlers from Felda Palong Timur Dua and Felda Palong Timur Tiga will be receiving replanting incentives of RM4,000 each starting today.
This was announced by Segamat incumbent Dr S Subramaniam last night.
Subramaniam, who is also the health minister, said the announcement was made after receiving approval for the incentive from Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Subramaniam said he contacted the prime minister himself on the approval of incentive payments for the Felda settlers who had been waiting for four years.
“The prime minister gave his approval to resolve the matter and payment will start from tomorrow,” he said at a Felda carnival in Gugusan Palong Timur yesterday.
He said the payment would be completed before polling day on May 9, and expressed hope that the incentive payment would help lighten the burden of settlers.
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