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GEORGE TOWN: Penang expects to achieve zero hardcore poverty status by the end of this month as a result of the Federal government’s efforts and initiatives in organising various programmes, including establishing strategic collaboration between agencies.

Penang Bumiputera Participation Coordination Division (BPPBPP), Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU) director Dr Syaharudin Shah Mohd Noor said that based on its data, 4,949 people were recorded in the hardcore poor category as of Jan 31.

“But, as a result of all the mitigation programmes being carried out, the total was reduced to 117 people as of April 24. We continued to see positive development and the number is now down to 45 people.

“We expect Penang and two other northern states, Perak and Perlis, to achieve zero hardcore poor status by the end of May,’ he told Bernama after moderating the panel session on “Wacana Sifar Miskin Tegar: Kitaran dan Dimensi’ (Zero Hardcore Poverty Discourse: Cycles and Dimensions) organised by the ICU of the Prime Mi
nister’s Department today.

The panel session is one of the programmes held in conjunction with the 2024 Northern Zone MADANI Rakyat Programme at the Tapak Pesta Sungai Nibong near here.

Earlier, while summarising the panel session, Syaharudin Shah said the government’s effort to eradicate hardcore poor was not something rhetorical but rather something that could be implemented with systematic collaboration and coordination.

He said various mitigation measures, including strategic collaboration between agencies, were aimed at minimising data leakage or extreme duplication when distributing aid to the needy.

Commenting on the strategic collaboration between agencies, Social Security Organisation (Perkeso) Synergy Division head Rahmat Ismail, a panellist at the same session, said the Social Synergy programme managed by the agency was an initiative based on strategic collaboration between related agencies to create a more comprehensive social security ecosystem.

He said that, for example, Perkeso will use da
ily road accident data channelled by the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) to identify if any contributor was involved in any accidents, especially fatal ones.

He added that this was to facilitate the process of providing aid to the next of kin of contributors involved in fatal accidents, such as funeral arrangements that need to be made immediately.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet said the Royal Government is committed to guaranteeing the press freedom as stated clearly in the Constitution and existing laws of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Addressing a get-together and a solidarity dinner with some 5,000 media practitioners here this afternoon on the occasion of the 31 anniversary of the World Press Freedom Day (May 3), Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet said Cambodia’s press freedom space is growing and moving towards maintaining good order, while the freedom of expression remains favourable.

Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet encouraged the journalists to continue to report freely based on professional ethics.

‘The result of the new survey with 341 respondents conducted by the Ministry of Information found out that 79,8 percent of the respondents rated the press freedom in Cambodia ,very good’,’ he underlined.

Cambodia has some 2,000 traditional and modern media outlets, with about 10,000 journalists, excluding many content creators on social med
ia.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet this afternoon mentioned that the Funan Techo Canal project has built a big nationalism in Cambodia.

At a get-together and solidarity dinner with some 5,000 media practitioners on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day 2024, Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet expressed thanks to the media for reporting the citizens’s support to this historical project.

Regarding to this project, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Council for the Development of Cambodia H.E. Sun Chanthol said this project had been thoroughly studied by a group of nearly 50 experts.

Speaking at a press conference this morning, after a meeting with foreign diplomatic corps, including Vietnam, H.E. Sun Chanthol said that the Funan Techo Canal has negative impact less than that of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway and Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway.

The Funan Techo Canal project has very little impact, while the economic analysis and evaluation show that it wil
l provide great benefits for the areas of trade, tourism, urban planning and construction and so on, he underlined.

According to the project’s feasibility study, the US$1.7 billion Funan Techo Canal project, which will be broken ground for construction at the end of 2024, is 180 kilometres long and 100 metres wide upstream and 80 metres downstream with two navigation lanes. The construction would take around four years to complete.

The canal will link Prek Takeo of Mekong River to the sea in Kep province crossing four provinces: Kandal, Takeo, Kampot and Kep with a total of 1.6 million people living on either side of the waterway

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse

Cambodian President of the Senate, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, has expressed his wish to see the success of Toyota Tsusho Corporation’s car assembly factory after it was inaugurated on May 2.

In the meeting with Mr. Ichiro Kashitani, President/CEO at Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Samdech Techo Hun Sen warmly welcomed the inauguration of Toyota assembly plant in the Royal Group Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone.

After the collapse of the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodia used Russian cars, then 10 years later, the then government purchased 12 Toyota cars for foreign leaders who visited Cambodia and for some senior leaders, he said.

Samdech Techo added that initially Cambodia had no cars, but now more than 1 million cars and more than 5 million motorcycles.

The senate president underlined that the newly inaugurated car assembly factory is an achievement attained by Cambodia after the change of leadership from the old to the new generation and the outcome of peace and political stability of Cambodia.

For his part, Mr. Ichiro Kashitani briefed Samdech Techo on the Toyota Tsusho Corporation’s background in Cambodia since 1991.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse

SEREMBAN, The Negeri Sembilan branch of the Cooperatives Commission of Malaysia (SKMNS) is targeting more cooperatives in the state to be included in the country’s Top 100 list this year to enjoy the various advantages and incentives.

Its director, Shahrizan Rosli said currently only one cooperative is in the list and this is Koperasi Peserta-Peserta Rancangan Felcra Gugusan Kerangai Penagoh Bhd which was ranked 50th last year, with an annual income of RM27.5 million.

‘We want at least two cooperatives to be listed, and if three, then it will be a bonus. We want to ensure that there will be many advantages for cooperatives when they enter the Top 100 list, for example financing has a special rate, and other matters will be easy to manage as well as will receive good support and so on,’ he told reporters after officiating ‘Program Peningkatan Imej SKM bersama Pegawai Perhubungan Awam Jabatan Kerajaan’ here today.

‘The assessment also looks at the financial and non-financial aspects as well as obtaining com
pliance with existing statues including the auditing of financial statements and implementation of the annual general meeting.’

He said the programme is aimed at promoting SKM’s role and services as a regulatory body for cooperatives, in addition to providing exposure to education especially cooperative governance.

Meanwhile, Shahrizan also said the state has a total of 780 registered cooperatives, with nearly 200,000 members whereas the total number of accumulated shares is worth RM123 million with assets worth RM400 million and a total turnover of RM190 million.

‘Over 70 per cent of cooperatives in the state carry out consumer, service and agricultural activities, including school cooperatives. This sector is seen to have huge potential to be developed and is the best platform to increase the income and socioeconomic levels of the community,’ he added.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency