Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Ministry of Community Development and People’s Wellbeing has developed a new online application system for welfare assistance that will be operational on Jan 1 next year, the Sabah State Assembly was told Tuesday.
Its Assistant Minister Datuk Flovia Ng said the system, developed through the General Welfare Services Department (JKPA), aimed to provide facilities, especially to the vulnerable and needy.
“This online application is provided for the convenience of those in need for their comfort and wellbeing,” she said in response to an oral question from Dr Daud Yusof (Warisan-Bongawan) on the Ministry’s efforts to help those in need.
The system can be accessed via the link: http://
jpka.sabah.gov.my.
She said JPKA still provides monthly assistance to the vulnerable and needy like general aid, as well as for orphans, senior citizens and people with disabilities (PwDs).
“Aid for some of the recipients was terminated due to several factors, which included the recipients did not report themselves to the welfare office over a period of three months.
“There are also recipients under the child support category who are disqualified in cases when their child has turned 18 or has died,” she added.
