Mohd Azam (second right) receiving a mock house key from Mohd Noor.
SANDAKAN: A veteran serviceman, Corp. Mohd Azam Bin Adam expressed his gratitude for the house key presented to him under the National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) of the 1Malaysia Veteran House Repair Program, yesterday.
The house key was presented by Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) Director General of Affairs, Major General Dato’ Wira Haji Mohd Noor Bin Haji Daud during a house key and Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM) presentation ceremony at Sabah Hotel.
The Affairs Department of ATM sympathised with the burden carried by Mohd Azam who was still renting a house with his wife and five children. They then granted him a new house which was built on his own land at Mile 7.
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom house which cost RM50,000 will able to accommodate his family.
“I am grateful and would like to thank the Affairs Department of ATM, as well as the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development for the new house,” said Mohd Azam who has worked for 22 years with the Royal Logistics Corps of ATM.
Meanwhile, Mohd Noor said a total of 200 houses under the 1Malaysia Veteran House Repair Program will be constructed this year.
From the total, 100 houses will be built in Sabah and Sarawak at a cost of RM50,000 each and RM45,000 each for similar houses in Peninsular while 100 houses will be improvised with a cost of RM11,000 each.
Mohd Noor also urged ex-servicemen to come forward and register with the Ex-Armed Forces Association to ease the process of channeling assistance.
During the ceremony, 35 veteran servicemen of ATM in Sandakan also received the Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM) for their contribution to ATM.