{
  "id": 17776756,
  "title": "Selangor to provide free breakfast for 70,000 SPM candidates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/selangor-to-provide-free-breakfast-for-70-000-spm-candidates",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T09:47:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/11/1569157/selangor-provide-free-breakfast-70000-spm-candidates"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Selangor will provide free breakfast to 70,000 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2026 candidates throughout their exams. Minister Chief Minister Amirudin Shari announced the expanded nutrition program aimed at supporting candidates' performance and morale. The state is finalising meal arrangements for the 70,000 candidates who started their exams late last month. Details on implementation will be released soon, he told reporters after a symbolic handover ceremony for the Nutrisel and Mega Nutrisel programmes. The Mega Nutrisel initiative, expected to conclude next week, has already benefited 993,670 students across 962 schools, including residential schools and vocational colleges. In Shah Alam alone, nearly 120,000 students have reaped the benefits. Nutrisel, a state program, offers free breakfast to over 100,000 students in 962 schools from August 3 to December 3. Funded with RM14.4 million, the program targets households in the B40 group earning below RM2,000, expanding from a previous initiative in mid-October to strengthen nutritional support for students.",
  "summary": "SHAH ALAM: About 70,000 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2026 candidates in Selangor will receive free breakfast throughout the examination period under an expanded state nutrition programme.",
  "key_points": [
    "Selangor to offer free breakfast to 70,000 SPM candidates.",
    "Minister Amirudin Shari announced expanded nutrition program.",
    "Mega Nutrisel benefited 993,670 students across 962 schools."
  ],
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  },
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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."
}