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Prime Minister Announces Financial Assistance for Second Generation of FELDA Settlers Business Today, Wed, 8 July 2020 Prime Minister Announces Financial Assistance For Second Generation of FELDA Settlers Business Today, Wed, 8 July 2020 Agrobank is set to extend its financial assistance facilities to the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) settlers nationwide following its collaboration agreement inked with FELDA during the celebration of national-level FELDA Settlers Day in Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM) FELDA Trolak yesterday. Attending the event, YAB Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had announced a financial assistance scheme to help second generation of FELDA settlers to own their first home. He said, “I am aware that one of the however housing unaffordability remains a major hurdle for crucial issues among FELDA settlers is most people intending to own a house especially for the financing for the new generation of low-income group in the agriculture industry.” FELDA settlers to own a home through the Program Pembiayaan Perumahan Gen- “As the main financier for this programme, Agrobank is erasi Baharu FELDA (PGBF). I want to offering financing up to 110%, with a financing rate at share some good news today. Agrobank base rate + 1% per annum, indirectly opens up has agreed to extend the terms of the opportunities for more FELDA settlers who are earning less financings and offer lower profit rates to than RM5,000 a month to own a home,” she added. eligible applicants.” The collaboration between Agrobank and FELDA is also Khadijah Iskandar, chief executive officer aimed to improve the economic position of FELDA settlers, of Agrobank said, “Driven by Agrobank’s by providing entrepreneurship and plantation financings goal to focus on programmes aimed at through Program Pembiayaan Mikro (Micro Financing) – supporting the unserved and under- Bukan Komoditi and Program Perladangan – Tanaman served communities, Agrobank is hon- Kelapa Sawit dan Getah. oured to collaborate with FELDA and came up with some innovative financing These programmes are aiming at developing entrepreneurial solutions to the FELDA community.” capacities and mindsets among the FELDA settlers and at the same time to increase the productivity of the settlers’ produc- Through the collaboration, Agrobank will tion in the agrofood, palm oil and rubber sectors. provide a home financing programme under PGBF to assist the second genera- “As a bank that understands agriculture better, Agrobank is tion of FELDA settlers nationwide to own committed to empowering the agro-community including the their first house without burdening them FELDA settlers through our unique and structured financing with the high upfront cost and profit rate. programmes. Hopefully through this collaboration, we would be able to help FELDA settlers to pursue their agro-based busi- “We believe that there is a growing desire ness ventures and at the same time to improve their socio-eco- for home ownership amongst Malaysians, nomic status,” said Khadijah. FELDA Sedang Tambah Baik Kertas Putih BERNAMA, Rabu, 8 July 2020 Beliau berkata hasil kajian dijangka akan diperoleh dalam 1 hingga 2 bulan dan kemudiannya akan dibentangkan ke Parlimen. KUALA LUMPUR: Pasukan petugas khas Felda sedang mengkaji kaedah terbaik, yang antara lain bertu- “Kami mendapat maklum balas daripada semua juan memperkasa tahap kewangan dan kelestarian pemegang taruh termasuk daripada peneroka, organisasi. generasi peneroka, bank serta pelabur untuk mem- bentuk Model Baru Felda yang lebih baik,” katanya. Pengerusi Idris Jusoh berkata kajian itu juga bertu- juan bagi menambah baik serta melengkapkan Idris berkata perkara itu hasrat Perdana Menteri kekurangan yang terdapat dalam Kertas Putih yang Muhyiddin Yassin untuk memastikan Felda sentiasa dibentangkan di Parlimen pada April tahun lepas. mampan dan lebih berdikari pada masa akan datang. “Banyak pihak melihat dan berpendapat Kertas Putih (sebelum ini) tidak mencukupi untuk mengatasi Felda juga sedang melihat untuk menjadikan seko- isu Felda. Itu sebab kami perlu membuat satu kajian lah di tanah rancangan itu sebagai sekolah pintar untuk mendapatkan pandangan baru,” katanya dalam usaha untuk menyediakan latihan pertanian ketika menjadi tetamu program Ruang Bicara yang lebih berkualiti kepada generasi baru peneroka. disiarkan Bernama TV semalam. Felda juga sedang melihat untuk menjadikan sekolah di tanah rancangan itu sebagai sekolah pintar dalam usaha untuk menyediakan latihan pertanian lebih berkualiti kepada generasi baru peneroka. Agrobank Longgarkan Syarat Pinjaman Perumahan Generasi Kedua FELDA - PM BH ONLINE, Jumaat, 10 July 2020 Yang turut hadir Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu, Menteri di Jabatan Per- dana Menteri (Ekonomi), Datuk Seri Mustapa Mo- hamed; Menteri Teknologi, Sains dan Inovasi, Khairy Jamaluddin dan Pengerusi FELDA, Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh serta Ketua Peneroka FELDA Kebangsaan, Sulong Jamil Mohamed Shariff. Sambutan Hari Peneroka FELDA 2020 bertemakan 'Peneroka Perintis, Berani dan Suka Cabaran. Perdana Menteri juga hari ini melancarkan Lembah Herba yang menjadi sebahagian daripa- da Program Pembangunan Peneroka yang akan dilaksanakan di lima tanah rancangan di FELDA Wilayah Trolak membabitkan keluasan 9.7 hektar. "Pasaran juga tersedia dengan adanya dua syari- kat yang sudah dikenali pasti," katanya. SUNGKAI: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin berkata pemohon pinjaman perumahan menerusi skim "FELDA yang memiliki tanah pertanian luas mem- Perumahan Generasi Baharu FELDA (PGBF) punyai potensi amat besar untuk menjadi pener- akan menikmati beberapa kelonggaran syarat aju utama sektor pertanian pintar dan pengelu- daripada Agrobank termasuk kadar faedah aran makanan di negara ini. lebih rendah. "Kita percaya jika potensi ini dapat dibangunkan Perdana Menteri berkata, mereka juga akan sepenuhnya, FELDA akan menjadi antara pengel- mendapat kadar pembiayaan lebih tinggi iaitu uar makanan utama negara dan mewujudkan 110 peratus daripada harga rumah dengan jaminan bekalan makanan yang stabil. nilai maksimum RM300,000. "Di samping menjadi pengeluar komoditi utama Satu perjanjian persefahaman (MoU) dimeterai negara, kita juga ingin melihat FELDA bangkit dengan pihak Agrobank, hari ini untuk mem- sebagai pemangkin dan peneraju industri berikan kemudahan pinjaman kepada warga makanan berskala besar dengan menggerakkan peneroka bagi memiliki rumah sendiri. aktiviti perladangan berteraskan pertanian pintar dan aktiviti hiliran yang inovatif. "Saya sedar antara isu yang agak penting kepada warga FELDA ialah pembiayaan bagi Selain itu, Muhyiddin juga berkata, kerajaan Peri- generasi baharu FELDA untuk memiliki rumah katan Nasional (PN) menghargai sumbangan menerusi skim Perumahan Generasi Baharu besar FELDA kepada pembangunan negara FELDA (PGBF). sejak awal FELDA ditubuhkan hinggalah ke hari ini. "Pihak Agrobank bersetuju memberikan kelonggaran syarat pinjaman di samping men- Justeru, Perdana Menteri memberi jaminan awarkan kadar faedah yang lebih rendah kepada seluruh warga FELDA bahawa kerajaan kepada pemohon yang layak. Kadar pem- PN di bawah pimpinannya akan terus memberi- biayaan juga lebih tinggi iaitu 110 peratus dari kan sokongan padu kepada FELDA untuk bangkit harga rumah dengan nilai maksimum semula dan mengorak langkah dengan lebih RM300,000," katanya. gagah pada masa hadapan. Beliau berkata demikian ketika berucap mer- "Insya-Allah, berkat usaha kita bersama, FELDA asmikan Sambutan Hari Peneroka FELDA 2020 akan melakar kejayaan yang lebih gemilang Peringkat Kebangsaan di Dewan Besar Tun pada masa akan datang," katanya. Abdul Razak MRSM FELDA Trolak, di sini, hari ini. Good News For FELDA Settlers THE STAR, Wed, 8 July 2020 “Applicants can get financing up to 110% of the value of a house with a maximum of RM300,000” SUNGKAI: Eligible applicants for the Federal He also announced the setting up of a special Land Development Authority (Felda) New Gen- team to handle Felda-related issues. eration Housing (PGBF) scheme may get financ- ing of up to 110% from Agrobank, says Prime The team, he said, would be led by Tan Sri Abdul Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Wahid Omar. This was among several benefits following the “Among their main focus is to secure Felda’s signing of a memorandum of understanding finances. They will present their findings to me with the bank yesterday. soon, ” he said. “Applicants can get financing up to 110% of the Other initiatives, he said, would see Felda collabo- value of a house with a maximum of RM300,000. rating with Universiti Putra Malaysia to produce at least 3,170 entrepreneurs within five months. “Agrobank has also agreed to extend the terms of the loan for the PGBF scheme and offer lower “The government also allocated about RM200mil interest rates for eligible applicants, ” he said for upgrading and maintaining Felda settlers’ when opening the national level Felda Settlers plantations as well as RM45mil for the renovation Day at the Felda Mara Junior Science College and upgrade of Felda Asrama Semai Bakti in in Trolak near here yesterday.It was reported last Kuala Lumpur, Johor Baru and Kuantan, ” he said. November that RM250mil worth of grants had been approved by the government to com- Also present at the ceremony were Minister in the plete 20 PGBF projects involving 4,794 houses. Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, Science, Technology and Innovation Muhyiddin said he understood that this was one Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, Deputy Minister in the of the most important issues among Felda Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Arthur settlers. Joseph Kurup, Felda chairman Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh and
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