2020 stimulus: RM600 one-off payment a relief to taxi drivers
Interim Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad speaks during the economic stimulus package announcement at Perdana Putra building in Putrajaya February 27, 2020. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
“If I’m lucky, there’ll be customers asking to be sent to the airport in Kedah, for which I’ll be paid RM70 for a one-way trip,” he told Bernama when met at the taxi terminal here. Besides the RM600 one-off payment for those reliant on tourism, the government also provides a personal income tax relief of up to RM1,000 on spending related to domestic tourism, as well as RM100 in digital vouchers for domestic flights, rails and hotel accommodations.
Another taxi driver, Mat Kapi Man, 59, from Chuping Bukit Keteri, here, said he would use the RM600 to send his taxi for servicing.Meanwhile, bank employee Chris Ho, 37, from Penang, said the travel incentives provided by the government would be of great benefit to him as he travels often by train and requires hotel accommodation.
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