SHANGHAI: Chinese President Xi Jinping will host a state dinner for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at The Great Hall of People in Beijing on Nov 7. "This is a great honour for Malaysia," said Malaysian Ambassador to Beijing Datuk Norman Muhamad at a press conference in conjunction with the Prime Minister's visit to the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has dismissed comparisons to "Robin Hood" following his recent introduction of subsidy rationalisation for the higher income group, known as the T15 group, after the 2025 Budget. Speaking at the Temu Anwar programme, Anwar said the implementation aims to assist lower income groups. "If we want to support the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has extended aid to Joselyn Dewi and her family in conjunction with Deepavali. Anwar said the contribution was delivered on Wednesday (Oct 30) by his political secretary Ahmad Farhan Fauzi. "I was informed that Joselyn had to take on the role of the breadwinner of the family following her...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has instructed the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry to coordinate and increase programmes related to the Indian community. He said that for this purpose, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Deputy Minister Datuk Seri R Ramanan has been tasked with overseeing the efforts to ensure that the RM130mil allocation under...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim received a courtesy call from Cor Episcopa Philip Thomas, chairman of the Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM), at Parliament on Tuesday (Oct 29) to discuss efforts to strengthen unity. In a Facebook post, the Prime Minister highlighted the meeting's importance for exchanging views and understanding the needs of various religious...
KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) will announce a pay rise for all its 34,000 employees and be the first government-linked corporation (GLC) to raise its minimum wage to RM1,700 as stated in the Budget 2025, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said that the top management of TNB had agreed to this after...
KUALA LUMPUR: The unity government will continue to push for reforms and uphold good governance, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister, in a post on his official Facebook page, said the unity government will continue to correct wrongs that had resulted from irresponsible use of power and abuse of trust. "I acknowledge that the nation's...
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim welcomes Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s apology over the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. “Terima baik (well-received),” said the Prime Minister briefly when asked about the former premier's apology by reporters after Friday prayers at Surau Ar-Rahman at Presint 16 in Putrajaya on Friday (Oct 25). On Thursday (Oct 24), Najib apologised to...
JOHOR BARU: Johor Regent Tunku Mahkota Ismail has granted an audience to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur. "In the meeting, various recent issues related to the state of Johor were presented and discussed," according to a post on Tunku Mahkota Ismail's...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim expressed great pride in the achievements of seven national athletes who brought honour to Malaysia at the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. Anwar posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday (Oct 22) that he had the opportunity to meet the "Magnificent Seven": Lee Zi Jia, Aaron Chia, Soh Wooi...
