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SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND PERKS
As per the Members of Parliament (Remuneration) Act 1980, an MP's monthly salary, including their allowances, could work out to an average of RM25,700.
Additionally, MPs can claim various allowances or subsidies for specific purposes. For instance, they receive RM400 per day for attending parliamentary sittings and a one-time allowance of RM1,000 every three years to purchase black-tie attire.
Below is a list of allowances they qualify for:
• Salary: RM16,000 per month
• Parliamentary sitting attendance: RM400 per day
• Government agency meetings/ workshops attendance: RM300 per day
• Entertainment allowance: RM2,500 per month
• Special payment for non-administration MP: RM1,500 per month
• Fixed travel allowance: RM1,500 per month
• Fuel allowance: RM1,500 per month
• Toll allowance: RM300 per month
• Driver allowance: RM1,500 per month
• Handphone purchase: Up to RM2,000 every two years
• Phone bill allowance: RM900 per month
• Purchase of computer: Up to RM6,000
• Black-tie attire subsidy: RM1,000 every three years
• Ceremonial attire allowance: Up to RM1,500
• Warm clothing allowance
• Free vehicle license
• Official trips - Business class air travel
• Official trips - First-class rail travel
• Domestic duties exceeding 32km from home: Hotel allowance up to RM400 a night
• Daily stipend during business trips: Domestic - RM100 a night/ International - RM170 a night
• Food allowance when overseas: RM340 a night
• First-class single-room ward in government hospitals: Free
MPs also become eligible for a pension after completing 36 months of reckonable service and upon reaching 50.
SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND PERKS
As per the Members of Parliament (Remuneration) Act 1980, an MP's monthly salary, including their allowances, could work out to an average of RM25,700.
Additionally, MPs can claim various allowances or subsidies for specific purposes. For instance, they receive RM400 per day for attending parliamentary sittings and a one-time allowance of RM1,000 every three years to purchase black-tie attire.
Below is a list of allowances they qualify for:
• Salary: RM16,000 per month
• Parliamentary sitting attendance: RM400 per day
• Government agency meetings/ workshops attendance: RM300 per day
• Entertainment allowance: RM2,500 per month
• Special payment for non-administration MP: RM1,500 per month
• Fixed travel allowance: RM1,500 per month
• Fuel allowance: RM1,500 per month
• Toll allowance: RM300 per month
• Driver allowance: RM1,500 per month
• Handphone purchase: Up to RM2,000 every two years
• Phone bill allowance: RM900 per month
• Purchase of computer: Up to RM6,000
• Black-tie attire subsidy: RM1,000 every three years
• Ceremonial attire allowance: Up to RM1,500
• Warm clothing allowance
• Free vehicle license
• Official trips - Business class air travel
• Official trips - First-class rail travel
• Domestic duties exceeding 32km from home: Hotel allowance up to RM400 a night
• Daily stipend during business trips: Domestic - RM100 a night/ International - RM170 a night
• Food allowance when overseas: RM340 a night
• First-class single-room ward in government hospitals: Free
MPs also become eligible for a pension after completing 36 months of reckonable service and upon reaching 50.
