The soup kitchens here run by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are allowed to continue giving out food to the homeless only until Aug 16, which is after the Aidilfitri celebration.
Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said the date was agreed upon as the new enforcement date for the ban on giving out food to the homeless after a meeting with 12 NGOs today.
"They can still give out food to the homeless but not within a 2km-radius of the city centre," he said in a statement today.
However, he said, NGOs with suitable premises such as house of worship or their own buildings could distribute the food even if within the 2km-radius.
Tengku Adnan said among the outcomes agreed upon at today's meeting were that all the NGOs involved would cooperate with the government in combating the activities of syndicates which used beggars to ask for alms, and to create the Anjung Singgah premises.
He said a town hall meeting with the homeless and beggars would be held soon to hear their complaints and to help them improve their lives.
Last Thursday, Tengku Adnan said soup kitchens were no longer allowed to operate within a 2km-radius of the Lot 10 shopping mall in Jalan Bukit Bintang, with immediate effect.
He said the move was to clean out the city of beggars and the homeless as well as soup kitchens which gave them food, giving rise to the issue of uncleanliness which marred the city's image.
Meanwhile, secretary-general of the Federal Territories Ministry Datuk Seri Adnan Md Ikshan said the lack of education and qualifications had resulted in the increase of homeless people.
"A study conducted by International Islamic University Malaysia found the cause to be their lack of qualifications to get a job," he said here at the handing-out of education aid to the recipients.
At the ceremony held at the Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Mosque, 257 students received aid totalling RM188,620 from the Federal Territories Foundation (YWP).
Bernama
Tue Jul 08 2014
DATELINE: The soup kitchens by NGOs are allowed to continue giving out food to the homeless only until Aug 16, said Ku Nan
KEDA berhasrat tanam padi wangi, padi huma tahun ini
Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Kedah (KEDA) berhasrat membangunkan tanaman padi wangi dan padi huma di beberapa kawasan pertanian dalam wilayahnya, tahun ini.
Mesyuarat perundingan Enam Pihak Arab bincangkan perkembangan di Gaza
Mesyuarat perundingan Jawatankuasa Enam Pihak Arab itu membincangkan perkembangan serangan Israel ke atas Semenanjung Gaza.
Chegubard didakwa di Mahkamah Sesyen KL esok - Peguam
Badrul Hisham Shaharin atau dikenali Chegubard akan didakwa di Mahkamah Sesyen Kuala Lumpur esok atas pertuduhan memfitnah dan menghasut.
Pulau Pinang, kerajaan pusat bekerjasama tarik pelaburan semikonduktor
Kerajaan Pulau Pinang akan bekerjasama dengan Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk meneruskan usaha menarik pelaburan dalam sektor semikonduktor, termasuk segmen reka bentuk litar bersepadu (IC) di negeri itu.
Rakyat Malaysia di Jordan jadi duta produk PMKS negara
Menteri Pembangunan Usahawan dan Koperasi Datuk Ewon Benedick menyarankan rakyat Malaysia yang menetap di Jordan supaya memainkan peranan sebagai “duta” untuk mempromosikan produk perusahaan mikro kecil dan sederhana (PMKS) SERTA koperasi negara.
Mohamed Khaled tiba di Indonesia, dijadual bertemu Prabowo
Menteri Pertahanan Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin tiba di Jakarta hari ini untuk lawatan kerja rasmi sulung beliau ke Indonesia sejak memegang jawatan itu.
SPRM mohon maklumat dari Jerman
Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) memohon maklumat terkini daripada pihak berkuasa Jerman mengenai dana bon 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) yang dipercayai digunakan untuk membeli kereta mewah di negara itu pada 26 Okt 2022.
SPRM siasat pemimpin kanan di utara tanah air
Seorang pemimpin kanan di utara tanah air disiasat Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) kerana disyaki melantik beberapa syarikat yang mempunyai kepentingan dengannya membabitkan beberapa projek pembekalan melibatkan peruntukan kira-kira RM300,000.
Kembangkan kandungan tempatan melalui AI
Menurut Setiausaha Agung Organisasi Kerjasama Digital (DCO) Deemah Al Yahya, terdapat 2.7 peratus daripada penduduk dunia tidak berhubung malah tidak mempunyai sambungan asas internet. Beliau turut berkata infrastruktur pengkomputeran setiap negara perlu mempunyai kemampuan untuk mengembangkan kandungan tempatan khususnya yang melibatkan penggunaan AI.
AI tidak dapat ganti guru
Menteri Pendidikan Rwanda, Gaspard Twagirayezu berkata kepesatan teknologi AI dalam pendidikan tidak dapat menggantikan guru malah membantu guru dalam menyediakan bahan pengajaran yang bermanfaat kepada pelajar.
Peralatan judi dalam talian bernilai RM345,500 dirampas
Serbuan di satu daripada premis itu turut menemukan not wang kertas RM1 yang dilekatkan di bahagian cip komputer berkenaan, dipercayai bertindak sebagai nombor siri cip itu.