The Housing and Local Government Ministry is in the process of amending guidelines for the applications for government assistance by non-Muslim houses of worship (RIBI), the Dewan Rakyat heard Monday (Nov 25).
Deputy Minister Datuk Aiman Athirah Sabu said the amendments would include a regulation prohibiting applications from RIBIs that have already received government assistance.
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Deputy Minister Datuk Aiman Athirah Sabu said the amendments would include a regulation prohibiting applications from RIBIs that have already received government assistance.
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00:00The Ministry of Housing and Local Government, KPKT, always strives to protect the interests of all people, all religions,
00:07as the aspiration of the civilised Malaysian community, which prioritises inclusiveness for all,
00:13in obtaining benefits from the government.
00:17And in this regard, Mr. Speaker, KPKT also pays attention to non-Muslim houses of worship,
00:24especially after this matter, this responsibility was placed under the auspices of KPKT,
00:31starting in June 2023 and until now.
00:35Indeed, as an agency that advocates the Ribi Initiative, KPKT has also passed a settlement
00:41to 205 ribis throughout the country with an overall amount of 24.8 million in 2023.
00:51And in 2024, KPKT has also allocated 50 million and until 30 September 2024,
01:00KPKT has also received 1,074 applications.
01:04And from that amount, KPKT has also completed a total of 422 applications
01:10with an allocation of 46.1 million ringgit.
01:15The allocation of the ringgit to the ribis that have managed to follow the countries in 2020, 2023 and 2024
01:22is as follows.
01:24In the country of Sembilan, 32 ribis received 5.7 million,
01:29Perak, 32 ribis received 3.3 million,
01:32Selangor, 26 ribis received 2.7 million,
01:36Johor, 20 ribis received 2.3 million,
01:40Kedah, 24 ribis received 2.03 million,
01:44Sarawak, 14 ribis received 1.9 million ringgit,
01:49Penang, 19 ribis received 1.9 million,
01:53Persekutuan, 12 ribis received 1.4 million,
01:58Melaka, 10 applications received 1.1 million,
02:02Pahang, 8 ribis received 1.1 million,
02:06Sabah, 4 ribis received 661,000 ringgit,
02:10Terengganu, 4 ribis received 205,000 ringgit.
02:14And the total for the year 2023 is 205,000
02:18taking 24.76 million.
02:20Whereas for the year 2024 until 30 September,
02:25the total is 422,000
02:29ribis applications have been approved.
02:31For Sarawak, I mentioned here,
02:3415 ribis have been approved together with 1.7 million.
02:38Mr. Speaker, through the 2025 expenditure
02:42which has been allocated 50 million
02:45to carry out this initiative,
02:47we have allocated 200 ribis
02:51which will be given to the graduates
02:53with a maximum amount of 250,000 ringgit.
02:58And this target may increase
03:01if the number of applications and graduates
03:03is below 250,000.
03:06Mr. Speaker, in fact,
03:09every application that is received,
03:11whether it is directly or online,
03:15will be collected by the Ministry
03:17and then evaluated by the evaluation and monitoring teams.
03:22And then it will be put forward
03:23in the Task Force Initiative for the Promotion
03:25of Non-Muslim Worship Houses
03:27throughout the country at the KPKT level,
03:29which is managed by the Minister himself.
03:33And the implementation of the meeting
03:35will be based on the number of applications
03:37that have been submitted.
03:38As for the process of collecting,
03:40Mr. Speaker, in response to the question
03:41by Mr. Mohamad,
03:42ribi applications will be investigated
03:44and the application will be rejected
03:47if the ribi has ever received approval.
03:50For your information,
03:51the Ministry is also making a move
03:54to the Ribi Initiative Application Guidelines
03:57by making a move that
04:00ribi that has received approval
04:02is not allowed to make applications
04:05within three years.