GEORGE TOWN: Penang state government brings Chinese New Year joy to nearly 3,000 taxi drivers and school bus operators in the state when it announced the payment of incentives totalling RM898,500 to the two groups today.
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the groups, comprising 2,342 taxi drivers and 653 school bus operators, could claim the incentives of RM300 each from 9am to 1pm either at Dewan Sri Pinang on Jan 26 or at the Seberang Perai Tengah District and Land Office’s hall on Jan 27.
He said the payment was the first half of the RM600 incentives announced by the government this year. The rest would be paid out before Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration.
“I hope the incentives will be utilised wisely and lighten the burden of the taxi drivers and school bus operators, as well as their families,” he told a Press conference at his office at Komtar here.
Earlier, he held a meeting with the Penang Federation of Taxi Drivers’ Association chairman, Abdul Malik Darus and Seberang Perai School Bus Operators’ Association secretary, Lau Theng Chim. -- BERNAMA