KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 6,346 MyKiosk units nationwide, or 88 per cent of the 7,243 units provided under the programme, were occupied and operational as of August.
Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming said the remaining 897 units, or 12 per cent, were vacant, based on data and operational reports submitted by state governments and local authorities.
"The MyKiosk programme, implemented through the Local Government Department, aims to improve the socioeconomic status of local traders by providing standardised, safe and conducive business premises at affordable rental rates," he said in a written parliamentary reply published on Parliament's website yesterday.
A total of RM150 million was allocated under the 2023 and 2024 Budgets for MyKiosk 1.0 and 2.0, covering 7,243 units nationwide.
