{
  "id": 13093254,
  "title": "Budget 2027: FLYsiswa Subsidy Up To RM500, MyKomuter50 To Launch Next Year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/budget-2027-flysiswa-subsidy-up-to-rm500-mykomuter50-to-launch-next",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-09T10:15:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Lowyat.NET",
    "slug": "lowyat-net",
    "url": "https://www.lowyat.net/2026/406884/budget-2027-flysiswa-rm500-mykomuter50/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has revealed several benefits in the 2027 Budget, mainly revolving around public transportation. These include increased subsidies for FLYsiswa flight tickets for students traveling between Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia. The subsidy, previously set at RM400 last year, will be raised to RM500 per student in the upcoming year.\n\nThis increase will assist over 60,000 IPTA students, with breakdowns indicating benefits for public university, polytechnic, and community college students. The My50 pass, which replaced the My30 and My100, will continue to benefit 300,000 users of Prasarana bus and rail services. Introduced in 2022, My50 substituted My30 (which covered bus rides) and My100 (which entailed unlimited light rail rides).\n\nAnwar also announced the introduction of MyKomuter50, tailored for 40,000 KTM train users. This scheme promises to save users up to RM160 monthly. Additionally, the Prime Minister mentioned that free passes will be provided to 360,000 schoolchildren, children under six years old, and the OKU community.\n\nLastly, the government plans to allocate over RM3.4 billion for the improvement of Prasarana's rail services and the acquisition of 42 new train sets to address frequent train breakdowns and service disruptions.",
  "summary": "Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has announced a number of benefits that can probably be loosely grouped under the category of public transportation. This includes an increase in the FLYsiswa flight subsidies for students travelling between Peninsular and East Malaysia, the continuation of My50 pass, as well as the introduction of MyKomuter50. As should be obvious […] The post Budget 2027: FLYsiswa…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}