ALOR SETAR: The Kedah government in a state executive council meeting has approved a special aid of RM1,000 for state civil servants in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

       Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said the approval would involve all civil servants of various levels and posts entailing an allocation of RM5.35mil.

       Apart from that, he said the exco meeting also approved a special Hari Raya aid to Village Development and Security Committee (JPKK) chairmen and secretaries statewide involving 2,050 recipients and an allocation of RM307,500.

       "It will be channeled through the respective state assemblyman’s service centre,” he said in a Facebook post Wednesday (April 6). - Bernama