At a press conference after launching the new open payment system for the Rapid KL On-Demand in Cheras on Thursday (March 27), Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said a two-tier system involving the use of MyKad is likely to be adopted when the targeted RON95 subsidy is implemented this June.
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00:00The mechanism is under discussion. We don't want to pre-announce something while we are still doing the work.
00:09Because the most important thing we want to make sure is that the system is robust.
00:13What we have explained is that we will use two-tier pricing,
00:18non-subsidised price and subsidised price.
00:21And more than 85% of the people will get subsidised prices in Malaysia.
00:27That is the approach to subsidised pricing in Malaysia.
00:31For the system that will be used, we will use MyCard.
00:35For those who are not familiar with this process,
00:39even now, in Sara's assistance,
00:42there are 700 people who receive RM100 or RM50 a month,
00:49where they need to buy things in a grocery or supermarket with MyCard.
00:56For now, there are 700,000 people.
00:59Starting next week, the number will be increased to 5.4 million people.
01:06They use MyCard.
01:08In our country now, there are more than 3,500 grocery and supermarkets
01:14that have been able to use MyCard for Sara.
01:20So if we compare, if we can use MyCard for 5.4 million people,
01:25with 3,500 supermarkets that can use MyCard,
01:29there is no difference if we use MyCard for RON95.
01:40God willing, we will do it.
01:42We hope to do it after the second half of this year.
01:55For more information, visit www.fema.gov