Johor's Chinese Community Gets Biggest CNY Gift Ever—RM17 Million Says It All

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Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi announced a whopping RM17.06 million allocation for the state’s Chinese community, marking the third year in a row that he has celebrated CNY with them.

And get this—it’s the biggest allocation the community has ever received in Johor’s history.

Speaking in Chinese at a Chinese New Year reunion dinner in Yong Peng, Onn Hafiz made it clear this wasn’t just “handing out gifts,” as he put it.

He said the money comes from Johor’s booming economy, especially with the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone taking off.

The RM17.06 million breaks down into seven chunks :

At the same time, Onn Hafiz handed out 200 red packets, each worth RM100, to low-income families at the event.

Onn Hafiz, who is also the state Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman, even agreed on the spot to fund an LED billboard for the Yong Peng District Council and help Yong Peng High School with a land conversion issue—all after MCA’s Yong Peng assemblyman Ling Tian Soon requested.

The dinner was packed with big names, including MCA president and Ayer Hitam MP Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong, Johor Chinese community elders, and several state executive councillors.

So yeah, when the Menteri Besar shows up speaking Mandarin with a RM17 million check to a community that makes up nearly a third of Johor’s four million-plus population, you know it’s not just another CNY greeting.

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