Sabah Times:KOTA BELUD: The Federal government through the Social Welfare Department has allocated a sum of RM593,000 for the Senior Citizens Daycare Centre at Sandakan.
The centre, which has begun operations, supplements the existing centres in Sabah at Kinarut, Sandakan and Tawau.
Announcing this yesterday, Community Development and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Yahya Hussin said the allocation is in line with the National Senior Citizens Policy which aims to optimise the potential of senior citizens and ensure they are adequately protected and cared for.
The State government, he said, has also implemented several programmes to help senior citizens including the Aid for the Elderly Scheme and General Aid Scheme.
“Statistics from the Sabah Welfare Services Department show that in 2004, aid totalling RM14 million was handed out to 16,283 people under the two schemes.
“And until October this year, aid totalling RM12.84 million has been dispensed to 17,855 recipients under the two schemes,” he said at the state-level National Senior Citizens Day celebrations at Dewan Tun Said here yesterday.
Yahya stressed that his ministry would constantly endeavour to ensure that aid to people in need of it especially those in rural areas is delivered in a timely and orderly manner.
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