Consider This: Welfare (Part 2) - Addressing Work & Security

Last year, JKM the Social Welfare Department announced it would be dispersing payments to welfare recipients under a cashless programme. It meant that cash aid for welfare recipients would be split into two types of payments: Half into a Bank Islam ATM card and the other in a card called JKMPay. The amount in JKMPay can only be used in selected stores registered with Bank Islam. However after the move was lambasted by NGOs & the public, JKM has clarified that only new registrations will receive the cashless welfare payments. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Faiz Shuhaimi, President of the Malaysian Disability Youth Council.