Najib's 11 gifts

None of the 11 goodies benefit me, KANASAI.


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dished out 11 “goodies” in conjunction with his 100th day as Prime Minister yesterday.

The measures were both people-friendly and, in some cases, solutions to longstanding grievances.

The “goodies” are:

> a 20% discount for motorists who pay toll 80 times a month via Smart Tag or Touch ’n Go from Sept 1;

> some 44,000 low-cost houses in Kuala Lumpur to be sold to existing tenants;

> a 50% discount on licences for petty traders in the Federal Territory;

> a RM150mil allocation for entrepreneurs, and another RM15mil specifically for young Indian businessmen;

> another 3,000 taxi permits to be approved soon;

> expediting birth registrations in Sabah and Sarawak;

> clearing the backlog of citizenship applications;

> improving access to basic utilities in rural areas;

> reducing the cost to obtain a B2 motorcycle licence (under 250cc);

> setting up a new trust fund, Amanah Saham 1Malaysia, for investors aged above 18; and

> various measures to be announced soon to curb crime and corruption