SHAH ALAM, Oct 2 — The Registrar of Societies (ROS) has approved the application of 1,016 residents’ associations until September 27, which will now be eligible to apply for an allocation of up to RM10,000 under the Pertubuhan Prihatin Komuniti grant (GPPK).
ROS director-general Mohd Nawardi Saad said the GPPK grant of RM20 million was allocated under Budget 2023 and aimed to enhance community safety and the involvement of organisations in local community safety affairs.
“As of September 27, a total of 1,635 applications were received, and 1,016 applications were approved for registration and eligible for GPPK, while 106 applications were not successful. The rest are still in the screening stages and waiting for action from the state ROS.
“The closing date for the GPPK application was September 30, but we have extended the closing date to October 31. The ROS encourage residents’ associations that have yet to register to come forward and submit their applications to ease the process of allocation of the grant,” he said to the press at the Memperkasa Tadbir Urus Keselamatan Komuniti Negeri Selangor programme today.
The allocation of RM20mil can benefit up to 2,000 residents’ associations.
Mohd Nawardi said apart from providing grants, the ROS would also monitor associations registered under the registrar.
“As of August, the accounts of 981 associations were checked, and from the total, 29.9 per cent were found to have breached the law,” he said.
— Bernama
