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The Perak government today announced a one month's salary as a special financial assistance for civil servants in the state, to be paid by end of this month.

The government has announced a one-off RM600 special financial assistance for civil servants Grade 56 and below.

The payment will be made twice -- RM1,000 in early January 2018 and RM500 during Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hopes the RM500 special payment to civil servants and pensioners would ease their burden, especially those who have school-going children.

Civil servants will be given a special assistance of RM500 while government pensioners would receive a special payment of RM250.

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