Govt to ensure aid reaches the poor, says Anwar

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Speaking at a lecture on "Za'ba Seabad Pemikir Kemiskinan” and the National Academic Day at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris in Perak on Saturday (Oct 5), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that the Madani Government's policy aims to ensure that assistance for the country's poor reaches the group.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2uzhry6b   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00In the issue of solving the problem of poverty that we in the civil society make it a pillar,

00:10it must be fought because it involves efforts of various dimensions.

00:16The change must be structural.

00:19This is what was said by the leftist economist Samir Amin,

00:27understanding the society first,

00:30studying the society, not just introducing a few projects.

00:37And what we see now also involves the issue of governance.

00:43Don't think in the implementation, only implementing projects.

00:49We see what the basis is clear.

00:53Because it also involves structural change.

00:57Which was then passed on by Professor Aziz in 1960-1961

01:05and also Syed Hussein Ali,

01:09one of the famous community scholars,

01:12who talked about the order of layers in the society

01:15and saw from the point of view of the local community,

01:19from the point of view of religion, attitude, wealth, character.

01:36Although they don't emphasize the character,

01:39the issue of what I call wisdom,

01:42about religion, attitude,

01:44that's what we then, the ideas of the young people,

01:47the 70s are stronger in emphasizing that,

01:49so that there is a clear balance.

01:51He started by looking at the source of poverty, according to Uncle Aziz.

01:56What is it?

01:57The issue of capital and land,

02:00the issue of marketing,

02:01which is called low capital,

02:03irregularities in the marketing infrastructure,

02:07for example, selling fish at Remes beach is RM2,

02:13up to Ipoh is RM6,

02:18up to KL is RM12.

02:21So, there is irregularity,

02:23this irregularity will not help to serve the poor.

02:27So, if we do the project as the government does,

02:30help the poor people at Remes beach,

02:35but it does not correct the oppression of the middle class,

02:43it will also show that there is an imbalance of that base.

02:49If you ask, all kinds are there.

02:51What is lacking in Malaysia?

02:53It is called marketing,

02:55fish,

02:56before fish, now fish farming.

02:58Farming,

03:00and farming institutions,

03:02what else?

03:03Just mention the problem, there is an agency,

03:07small farmers, RISDA,

03:12VELCRA,

03:14landowners, VELDA,

03:18but is that agency managed and managed?

03:26No, there the program is smooth and responsible.

03:35Part of it, part of it is not.

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