CORONAVIRUS | CM Chow Kon Yeow says the early payment is in appreciation of efforts to help tackle the Covid-19 epidemic.
| The Penang state government will pay civil servants here their monthly salaries today in appreciation of their efforts to help it tackle the Covid-19 epidemic, and to help them face the difficulties of the time.
“Those who could not come to the office worked at home. To the team that worked around-the-clock at the state government’s Covid-19 Special Task Force operations room, we say thank you,” he said. “In the case of masks, I urge the federal government to set an export quota and subsidy on local manufacturers so that production can meet domestic needs. I also urge the federal government to supply these items to all state governments to be distributed to the sectors which need them.
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