Decentralisation of Malaysia’s Supplementary Food Program (RMT): Could Sabah State and Local Governments Contribute? (16 Feb 2022)

 

Introduction: 

Last 20 January 2022, 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 with the account holder claiming it was a meal served to students under Malaysia’s Supplementary Food Programme (RMT).

The Facebook user also questioned 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗠𝗧 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀?

"𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙍𝙈𝙏 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡." (Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin, 2022).

Nevertheless, with the constant frequent inflation of food production costs, how financially sustainable is the RMT?

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 to support supplementary meals for underprivileged students?

WISDOM Foundation invites you to dive into the discussion with:

1. Dr Lim Chee Han

Co-Founder, Agora Society Malaysia

2. YB Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Madius Tangau

MP Tuaran P170

3. Lasimin Majani@Lasmin

Former Yang Dipertua Majlis Guru Besar Sabah (MGB), EXCO MGB Malaysia

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Decentralisation of Malaysia’s Supplementary Food Program (RMT): Could Sabah State and Local Governments Contribute?

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 16 February 2022, Wednesday

𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 8:00pm – 9:30pm

Live recorded video here: https://www.facebook.com/myWISDOMF/videos/274316821490087