{
  "id": 14410937,
  "title": "Bantuan kepada pemandu bas sekolah, teksi bergantung hasil tambahan, kata Loke",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/bantuan-kepada-pemandu-bas-sekolah-teksi-bergantung-hasil-tambahan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T09:07:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/10/14/bantuan-kepada-pemandu-bas-sekolah-teksi-bergantung-hasil-tambahan-kata-loke"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Menteri Pengangkutan Loke Siew Fook announced that the special financial aid of RM1,000 for taxi drivers, taxi owners, and school bus drivers would be contingent on the additional income generated by the government, during a budget presentation by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. The assistance, which is a one-time payment and not guaranteed to be renewed annually, was not previously provided each year. Loke stated that the aid was given due to the availability of additional funds and the approval of the Finance Minister, following the distribution ceremony by Anwar Ibrahim. In his budget announcement, Anwar pledged a one-off RM1,000 aid to 38,000 taxi and taxi owners drivers, and 15,000 school bus drivers across the country, funded by the RM91 million revenue from the sale of special registration vehicle numbers series H.",
  "summary": "Menteri pengangkutan berkata bantuan itu bukan pemberian tahunan, sebaliknya diluluskan susulan hasil tambahan daripada penjualan nombor pendaftaran kenderaan istimewa.",
  "key_points": [
    "RM1,000 financial aid for taxi and school bus drivers announced by Loke",
    "Aid contingent on additional income generated by government",
    "38,000 taxi drivers and 15,000 school bus drivers to receive aid"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Bantuan kepada pemandu bas sekolah, teksi bergantung hasil tambahan, kata Loke",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/bantuan-kepada-pemandu-bas-sekolah-teksi-bergantung-hasil-tambahan-14416543",
        "published": "2026-10-14T09:07:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}