KOTA KINABALU: The distribution of the 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) vouchers for the Kota Kinabalu and Sepanggar parliamentary areas has been extended to March 8 following a chaos at the Damai multi-purpose hall yesterday.
Luyang assemblyman Hiew King Cheu said he was informed of the extension by the Kota Kinabalu City Hall and the distribution venues are at Damai multi-purpose hall and Menggatal community hall.
The extension was due to the high turnout of people on the first day at the Damai multi-purpose hall yesterday to claim their vouchers.
Hiew and his assistants Andrew Lee Chee Keong and Simon Yap Yen Fung who were at the Damai multi-purpose hall to observe the distribution of the BR1M, said there were just too many people and some lost their patience waiting.
The assemblyman said he was informed that there would be better arrangement on the queuing system for the people to avoid further congestion with one line each for Likas, Luyang and Api Api constituents. The distribution hours is from 9am to 4pm everyday until Sunday.
Hiew said those who could not get the BR1M vouchers this week could get them from the special counter in the City Hall office at the seventh floor of Centre Point building during office hours.
He reminded the people to check correctly where they are being allocated before coming to collect their vouchers because many people thought that they could get their voucher anywhere. There were even people from Lok Kawi and Tuaran coming to the Damai Damai hall yesterday to collect BR1M.
“Please be patient and follow the queues. The vouchers are there waiting for your collection. If elderly or senior citizens are in the queues, please allow them to go first. Keep the order of the queue and the process of distribution will be very smooth and fast,” he said.