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October 11, 2009 19:25 PM
RM110 Million In Subsistence Allowance Paid To 55,000 Fishermen
ALOR SETAR, Oct 11 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority (LKIM) has paid out RM110 million in subsistence allowance or RM200 each to 55,000 fishermen throughout the country up to last month, its chairman Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail said.
He said the amount was from the RM180 million allocated this year for 70,000 fishermen who were entitled for the payment.
"The cash payment will go a long way in helping the fishermen. Before the money is paid, we give them motivational talks," he told reporters when met at an Aidilfitri gathering at the Kedah LKIM here Sunday.
He said there were still many fishermen who were living in poverty, hence the LKIM's assistance.
Meanwhile, the LKIM complex in Kampung Kuala Kelonchor, Kuala Kedah, which was completed three years ago, will be issued with a certificate of fitness (CF) by the Alor Setar City Council end of this month.
Kedah LKIM director Mohd Noor Had said the RM50 million complex, on a 14-hectare site, would replace the jetty at the Kuala Kedah river mouth as a disembarkation centre.
He said various facilities would be set up at the complex upon the issuance of the CF, including a smaller jetty costing RM2.5 million about 200 meters from the complex.
"With the new complex in operation, all dealings with fishermen, including the supply of subsidised diesel and petrol, will be made available here," Mohd Noor added.
-- BERNAMA
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