PUTRAJAYA: In her New Year message today, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said that 2019 was an eventful year for the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government.
She also said that the rakyat can look forward to a raft of benefits and developments in 2020.
"(2019) was a year when many members of the PH government were learning the ropes of administration.
"All of us are still learning, and for 2020, let us focus on the positives," she said in a statement, today.
For 2020, Dr Wan Azizah – who is also the Women, Family and Community Development Minister – said that childless couples will be able withdraw from their Employees Provident Fund (EPF) accounts to pay for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedures.
"Good husbands will also be able to show how much their spouses mean to them by contributing two per cent of their EPF contributions to a separate account for their wives.
“(In addition), women aged between 30 and 50, who have stopped working for a year or more, and return to work, will be paid a monthly RM500 wage incentive for two years; while employers will be given a hiring incentive of RM300 per month for the same period.
"(Also), women athletes will receive RM10 million for their development," she added.
Dr Wan Azizah said that 2020 will also see the government implementing a national cybersecurity strategy for the management of cybersecurity and tackling of cybercrimes.
She also stressed that the government will continue its fight against graft, promising to “continue to instil integrity and honesty in our country”.
"In 2020, we will continue working towards a better Malaysia.
"Happy New Year, Malaysia!” Dr Wan Azizah added.