A complainant from Damansara Utama state seat came to my office three days ago, showing me a letter of confirmation from Finance Ministry informing him to claim his RM500 1Malaysia People's Aid (Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia or BR1M)
The complainant told me that the date printed on the slip was misleading as 19th January 2012 is actually a Thursday but it was printed as "Rabu" or Wednesday when it should be 18th January 2012 if the day to claim the monetary aid falls on Wednesday.
Also it seems like our officers in the Finance Ministry are still living in yester-year as it was "2011" printed on the slip and not "2012". A check with 2011 calendar shows that 19th January 2011 was actually a Wednesday.
Alas, the officers are still using the old calendar!
The complainant told me that it is very confusing for him. I did try to help him on the spot by calling the two telephone numbers printed on the letter, ie 1300-88-3010 and 03-88823000 but could not get through. Thus the complainant will have to check it out on Wednesday and do the job twice if the exact date of the disbursement was not on Wednesday but Thursday.
It was reported yesterday that a group of residents were not allowed to claim their money, causing unhappiness in SMK (P) Sri Aman. Before that, the date of the first disbursement was actually postponed once.
Certainly, rushed jobs do not always mean good jobs.
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