"I have been to the bank nine times and the money is not in my account," lamented Sarsan Mariano, 60, from Batu Payong, who usually gets between RM50 and RM80 in the incentive monthly.
He had referred the matter to the local Fisheries Development Authority (LKIM) office where he goes daily to declare his fish catch in order to qualify for subsidised fuel, but only obtained an assurance that his grouse would be forwarded to the LKIM headquarters.
Sarsan, who became a fishermen at a very young age, told Bernama he gets an incentive of 10 sen for each kilogram of catch.
Muib Usman, 55, from Inderasabah about 40 km from town, said even though the RM70 to RM90 he gets monthly was minimal, it did help ease his burden of buying the subsidised petrol.
"I am supposed to declare my catch daily to LKIM but now I do it three times a week because I cannot afford to go there everyday," he lamented.
Nukman Aliyudin Hamzah, 37, also from Inderasabah, said having to declare their catch to LKIM everyday was a burden in terms of transport, fare and time.
"The bus fare from Inderasabah to town is RM14 and taxi fare, RM20. And we have to think about paying RM1.25 per litre of the subsidised petrol. (A boat is limited to 20 litres.) Then we have to pay an additional RM2 for each container of petrol we carry on the bus," he said.
Meanwhile, Tawau Fishermen's Association chairman Hasan Timbasal said they would take up the fishermen's grouses with LKIM.
"But, I have to stress here that delays in the payout are inevitable, such as when the supporting documents are incomplete," he said.
-- BERNAMA
Hope that LKIM will make an explanations about the delay payout to the fishermens.
ReplyDeleteThese fishermen need every little help they can get to put food on the table each passing day, hope that the government will not continue to delay their payment for subsidies.
ReplyDeletewhat actually the purpose of LKIM to not pay the incentive when the payment has been approved by the federal government?
ReplyDeleteharap penjelasan akan diberikan dan pekara ini akan dapat diselesaikan.
ReplyDeleteI think if the Ko-Nelayan given the opportunity to implement the federal government programme, all government mandate will be implemented faithfully and honestly as assemblyman can be in close contact with Ko-Nelayan thus helping them to overcome the difficulty/monitor fishermen communities who receive various assistance/subsidies from the government..
ReplyDeleteinsentif tersebut diperlukan oleh para nelayan. diharap pemberian insentif tidak ditangguh2kan lagi.
ReplyDeleteinsentif tersebut perlu diberikan segera, par nelayan amat memerlukannya untuk sara hidup mereka.
ReplyDeleteEveryday to declare their catch? Isn't it burdening the fishermen?
ReplyDelete"About 20 to 30 fishermen here claim that they have not received their fish catch incentive for three months."
ReplyDeleteExplain and solve the issues the sooner.
"I am supposed to declare my catch daily to LKIM but now I do it three times a week because I cannot afford to go there everyday," he lamented.
ReplyDeleteMay be it's needed to improve their system of declaring their catch. make it simple and troublesm free.
Address the problem and look for solution. To improve their system that easier for both side.
ReplyDeleteLKIM seharus menjalankan tugas dan tanggungjawab mereka dengan lebih berkesan. Kerja nelayan dah cukup susah dan perlu membazir masa menanggani masalah sebegini, memang memberi tekanan secara tidak langsung.
ReplyDeleteHarap pihak LKIM mempercepatkan proses pembayaran incentive kepada nelayan. Masalah harus diselesaikan dengan hati yang tenang.
ReplyDeleteWhy LKIM late give the incentive to the Fisherman?
ReplyDeleteLKIM are being irresponsible...they should have thought of them
ReplyDeleteit's really unfair to those fishermen as they work so hard for the money, hope they can get their incentives soon.
ReplyDeletethis has been a common case in our country now, hope the matter will not get any more further.
ReplyDeleteThese fishermen must get their incentives from LKIM, it's important to them. LKIM should be reasonable on why they did not give them their incentives.
ReplyDeleteThis would be a burden to them indeed, spending those money on something they shouldn't be wasting on.
ReplyDeleteLKIM couldn't have taken their incentive, could they?
ReplyDeleteProblems arose, just look for the solution, that's all about! Hope they will improve their paying system.
ReplyDeleteMay be something goes wrong on LKIM. Delay for 1 month is may be can tolerate and now it's already 3 months, guess they have to prompt up the payment and improve themself too.
ReplyDeleteHarap tiada pihak yang mengambil kesempatan.
ReplyDeletePihak LKIM seharus bertimbang rasa terhadap semua nelayan, pembayaran incentive seharus dibayar dalam masa yang ditentukan supaya mereka tidak menghadapi masalah kewangan.
ReplyDelete"I am supposed to declare my catch daily to LKIM but now I do it three times a week because I cannot afford to go there everyday," he lamented.
ReplyDeleteHope LKIM can improve their system and procedure about declaring their daily catch. I'm sure LKIM is capable to come with better solution to the issues.