Recipients of housing aid not really hardcore poor

p/s : they recieved the aid under the name of politics not couse of hardcore poor, but the it's normal for the poor is negleted by politics.


p/s 2: Thar's in Terengganu, how about other states...............?
PETALING JAYA: 96% of the 341 recipients of housing aid meant for the hardcore poor did not fall under the category in 2009, according to Auditor-General's Report 2010.

The 327 recipients could not be listed as hardcore poor as they were not registered with e-Kasih or People's Welfare Development Scheme System (SSPKR).

Yet, they were given housing aid under the Central Terengganu Development Authority (Ketengah)'s Housing Assistance Programme (PBR).

As of December 2010, recipients were not registered with e-Kasih consisted of 128 recipients for new houses and 199 for repairs to their existing houses.

The housing assistance offered were new constructed houses with 3 rooms costing RM33,000 each, and repairs to their existing houses costing RM11,000 each.

“Visits made to the houses of the 73 recipients for new houses and 37 for repairs to their existing houses in Dungun, Kemaman and Hulu Terengganu district found that they were not poor as they owned cars and had renovated their PBR new houses,” read the report.

From the listing in the e-Kasih, only 22 out of 251 participants were eligible for assistance but only one received new house assistance.

In reply, the Treasury said all participants had registered with the e-Kasih system.

On the 22 eligible participants, it said not all who are listed in the system will be given assistance.

Those who are not eligible in this case was because their houses were found to be in good condition during a field survey