KPDN gives away RM20 in e-wallet amount to 2,000 visitors at Bazar Ramadan Rahmah Metrocity
KUCHING: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) Sarawak provided RM20 in e-wallet amount to each of 2,000 visitors at Bazar Ramadan Rahmah Metrocity here yesterday.
The incentive, amounting to a total of RM40,000, was presented by the deputy minister Senator Fuziah Salleh to the Metrocity Hawkers Association chairman Mohamad Khairuzie Bolhassan.
Fuziah said a total of 2,000 e-wallets were available at the bazaar throughout this Ramadan month.
“We invite the people of Kuching to shop here using the e-wallets that we offer.
“We also have our strategic partners SPay Global and Touch N Go, which are conducting e-wallet on-boarding for merchants and assisting us in distributing these e-wallets to visitors,” said Fuziah in a press conference, held after launching the state-level ‘Bazar Ramadan RAHMAH’ (BRR) 2024 and also the state-level ‘MySaveFood’ programme at Metrocity Ramadan Bazaar yesterday.
On BRR 2024, Fuziah described it as one of KPDN’s initiatives under the ‘Program Payung Rahmah Madani’ to help reduce the cost of living among the people throughout this Ramadan month.
“The implementation concept of BRR is also to encourage traders to provide food based on the ‘Menu Rahmah’ format as an additional menu option, priced at RM5 and below.
“With the spirit of the Rahmah benefits that should be enjoyed by all communities, the impact of implementing BRR should also bring about goodness that transcends religion and ethnic diversity,” she said.
Fuziah also expressed hope that the MYSaveFood Ramadan programme by KPDN Sarawak could be continued at Metrocity Night Market after Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
She said it was also an effort to reduce food wastage throughout the fasting month, in which KPDN had successfully saved 15,000kg of greenhouse gas emissions nationwide.
“Furthermore, our team successfully saved over 14,000 metric tonnes of food and beverages. At the Stutong Ramadan Bazaar, we saved 199kg of food.
“Meanwhile, at the Kota Samarahan Ramadan Bazaar, 292.6kg of food were saved, and at the Metrocity Ramadan Bazaar, (it was) 16.95kg,” she added.
She further said that the unsold food and beverages would be distributed for free to target groups such as university students, the needy folks, homeless individuals, welfare homes, and places of worship.
Also present was KPDN Sarawak director Matthew Dominic Barin.