Putrajaya told to reinstate budget to build childcare centres for frontliners

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Putrajaya has been urged to re-allocate RM30 million to set up childcare centres for frontliners under Budget 2021.This comes after a portion of a similar allocation made for this year to set up such centres at government agencies was redirected for other purposes.
Citing a parliamentary reply in July, DAP Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh (above) said RM24.5 million out of the RM30 million allocated in Budget 2020 had been rechannelled as one-off grants to 4,000 private childcare operators under the National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana).According to the parliamentary reply, the Women, Family, and Community Development Ministry explained that only RM5.5 million was set aside to set up childcare centres.The ministry said it channelled the balance RM24.5 million to the Finance Ministry, which increased the amount to RM35 million to give to the childcare operators.Yeoh did not dispute t…