KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 4): The total cost for the procurement of the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia initiative amounts to RM385.31 million for the supply of 350,000 units of tablets, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa. In August, four companies won contracts worth RM335.22 million in total from the federal government to supply tablets for students from B40 households, under the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia initiative. The government allocated RM450 million under the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia initiative, which was announced under Budget 2022. The distribution of the PerantiSiswa tablets, which was initially scheduled for June 2022, had been postponed due to technical factors in the procurement process. Read also:Four companies win govt contracts worth RM335 mil to supply tablets to B40 students in Peninsular Malaysia

Source: The Edge Markets October 04, 2022 17:51 UTC