How Would A Tycoon Spend His Rm100 Extraordinary Tribute For Malaysians Gift From Pmx

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Editor’s Note: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reminded all parties not to belittle the RM100 additional cash aid for Malaysian citizens aged 18 and above under the Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (Sara) programme.
“(Critics say) it’s just RM100 but you’re earning RM40,000 or RM20,000 a month. Of course, RM100 means nothing to you but I know its value when we go to the villages,” PMX who is also Finance Minister said told the Finance Ministry’s assembly in Putrajaya yesterday (July 24).
He went on to explain that for a poor household with two adult children and a married couple, the cash assistance would total RM400 which when combined with the existing Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR), the amount could increase to as much as RM700.
“… so don’t trivialise these efforts because this is what we (the government) can do to add to the existing allocation from RM13bil to RM15bil,” added PMX.
I ASKED a billionaire Tan Sri through WhatsApp the following question: “Apologies. Seriously what do you plan to do with the RM100 SARA (Sumbangan Asas Rahmah) cash aid the Prime Minister gave?”
He answered with two emojis; a thumbs up and thank you.
RM100 isn’t much considering that he is worth more than RM3 bil, according to Forbes. The richest of them all – Robert Kuok Hock Nien – is worth RM48.8 bil.
Love to see media coverage of Robert Kuok Hock Nien and other billionaires, pushing shopping carts to buy RM100 worth of groceries – either for themselves or to be donated to the poor.
This would certainly be an award-winning media coverage.
Groceries that can be purchased with the RM100 to be credited into MyKad of all Malaysians aged 18 and aboveI’m not sure if a recipient is allowed to give his or her MyKad to a trustee to shop on his or her behalf.
If this is allowed, the rich who are too bashful to be seen shopping for RM100 worth of groceries at Mydin or Econsave can get their bodyguards or amah (house helpers) to do the shopping for them.
This would also be helpful to the old and the invalid who cannot do the shopping themselves. These are the people who are truly entitled to this state-funded sadaqah (voluntary charitable giving in Islam).
It would also be beneficial in the long term if recipients are given an option to credit the RM100 into their government-sponsored unit trust like the Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) and Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM).
Datuk A. Kadir JasinA digital facility should also be established to enable overseas Malaysians to benefit from this Madani generosity. They can use their RM100 Madani SARA to buy groceries for donation.
Or the unclaimed SARA be put in a pool for the benefit of the needy such as residents of charity homes and the homeless.
An AI search points to reports indicating an increasing trend of elderly parents being abandoned by their children in our country.
This includes cases of parents being left at hospitals, care centres or even religious institutions with little to no support from their families. The case of anak derhaka (disobedient children). 
National journalism laureate Datuk A. Kadir Jasin was formerly the group editor-in-chief of mainstream New Straits Times.
The views expressed are solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of  MMKtT.
- Focus Malaysia.

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