GROUP ASSIGNMENT OF MS PRIYA ON SEMESTER 5

 SURVEY ABOUT BRIM

Introduction about BRIM

Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M)

Introduced in December 2011, BR1M is a program designed by the Government to provide additional spending money to Malaysia deserves Rakyat.

The Malaysian government has affirmed its resolve to help poor household who earns less than RM 3 000 a month through continuing to provide them with the br1m 3.0 aid. The primary objective of this aid is to cushion the people from the effects of rising cost of living and to stabilize fuel subsidy. This move was announced by Datuk Seri who is the finance minister who also announced that there are plans to with time include the people earning between RM 4 000 and RM 5 000. The households in this bracket currently do not get aid from the government but there were considerations to include them during budget preparation so that they can also get help as time progresses. He announced this during pre-budget reading where he also said the purpose of the government doing this is to keep promise of the pledges they made to the people.

The announcement by the Malaysia government about the br1m 3.0 aid being increased to cover more households was received with mixed reactions with the main contention being how the aid would be divided. Some people claimed that the people already receiving the aid now should not get the same quantities with those proposed to be included. These people argued that those to be included should receive less than what the current beneficially receive since they already earn more. However, the government did not give details on how the aid would be subdivided amongst the deserving households when that time comes.

The governments’ ability to successfully expand the br1m 3.0 aid has also been questioned by some people. These doubts were based on the fact that Malaysia has continuously experienced budget deficits since the year 1998. The country’s debt has also risen to fifty four percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the highest amongst the twelve emerging economies in Asia. These doubts compelled the minister to say that the expansion in aids might not necessarily be in form of cash. Instead, the government can look for other ways to ensure that every needy household gets the deserved assistance. He also said that people being able to afford things they need will have an impact on different businesses since they will also grow. But he was cautious by saying that even if the government is going to offer aid, people must not expect that the government will spend everything and be left with no money to finance daily operations. This is a clearly a way of telling people not to have too high expectations.

The plans to expand the br1m 3 aid also received equal support especially from the people who proposed it and those who were to be included in the plan. The people who came up with the proposal from the government gave justifications that the plan was viable and the general economy would improve. The beneficiaries of the aid supported it mainly because their livelihoods would also improve. This clearly shows that the governments of Malaysia and the people in general have realized the benefits of the br1m. 3.0 aid and hence the need to include more people of the lower earning bracket so as to ensure that the economy grows in all aspects and hence the government should go ahead and give the financial assistance.

SURVEY FORMS THAT WE PREPARE FOR BRIM

Title: Survey about BRIM

Objective:

1)      To identify how the public get information about BRIM

Gander      :                 Male                Female

Age           :                 21-30               31-40               41-50               51-60

Status        :                 Married           Single

1.      Before this have you applied for BRIM?

Yes                  No

2.      Through what you know about BRIM?

Media              Public                          

3.      You may able to apply for BRIM, so how you apply the BRIM?

Manual            Online

4.      If you have applied for the BRIM, how you know your request has approved by government?

Message          Letter             Email

5.      Is BRIM administered by the government is reducing public’s burden?

Yes                  No

6.      So how much percentage BRIM could help reducing your financial problem?

0%                   30%                     50%                         70%                 100%

7.      Do you want this BRIM program to be continuing?

Yes                  No

Why:

 

8.      What is the right time to get the BRIM?

            Beginning of the year

            When school start

            End of the year

            Festival time

Why:

9.      What is the best way for government to communicate with public?

News paper                  Radio               TV                  Media social

Why:

Our respondents

We choose public as a respondents because our topic about BRIM that we have to get feedback and information from public.

Conduct survey

Time:

1pm – 5pm 

Place:

Petaling Jaya

Analyze data

From the survey that we have done our respondents is female more than male. Where we can see that female is 62 per cent and male is 38 per cent.

Calculation method:

Number of media / Total of people who answered X 100

Explanation:

-The percentage of how peoples know about BRIM is by 50 respondents got 22 per centum of them know about BRIM through media and public. And 47 per centum of them know about BRIM is through public that mean the news that they heard was not true or the information was not clearly. And the last is. Through media either through TV, or radio, the percentage of how peoples know about it is 31 per centum. So the highest source that people know about BRIM is through public.

Calculation method:

Number of who choose end of the year/ total of answered X 100

Explanation: 

-Here we get some reasons about what is the right time to get the BRIM is because they wanted to buy clothes when festival time and when school start. Other than that, some people need the money when beginning of the year because they said that they need the money to spend for New Year celebration. Besides that, other comment said that they wanted to buy fight ticket to going back to their home town.

Conclusion:

From this survey we can gain more information about BRIM. In this, we shared the information from public by survey forms. From the analysis, we can know that people interested in BRIM and they were saying that BRIM is reducing the financial problem and etc. Other than that what we have learn is we have good communication to the public when we are giving the survey form. From that we know the real situation how good we are communicate with public. So that, we can improve our communication skills from identify what we do make mistake before this. In direct, we make a good relationship with public. In this we get extra knowledge and know about BRIM in public.