MADANI GOVT COMMITTED TO STRENGTHEN COUNTRY'S ECONOMY, PEOPLE'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS - PM ANWAR

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the MADANI Government remains committed to planning and implementing all efforts to strengthen the country's economy and the people's socio-economic development.

Sharing on Facebook, he said the government is also enhancing the country's image as the ASEAN Chairman this year for the common prosperity of the region.

Anwar said the visits of three foreign leaders to Malaysia, namely Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba this week are meaningful for the country towards a new chapter of cooperation.

"Alhamdulillah, a meaningful and productive week for Malaysia when we receive visits from leaders of friendly countries Singapore, Indonesia and Japan.

"Apart from further strengthening the close relationship that has already been established, the meetings and discussions are focused on a new chapter of cooperation that benefits the people and the country," he said in the post.

Malaysia officially assumes the ASEAN Chairmanship on Jan 1, 2025, marking its fifth time holding the position, having previously held the position in 1977, 1997, 2005 and 2015.

On Jan 8, Chow announced that there are plans to take over part of the Sungai Nibong pesta site to establish a depot for the Mutiara Line LRT project and it had been presented by MRT Corp as the developer and asset owner to the state government, but it was still at the concept proposal stage.

Meanwhile, Anwar, who is also the Finance Minister, hoped that MRT Corp could carry out its duties transparently, cleanly, efficiently and manage well without any leakages, besides ensuring the development of the LRT line safeguards public interests such as housing, basic amenities and fair transfer requirements in terms of land.

He said that in line with the country's need to grow and have modern and advanced technology, there should be attempts to safeguard the special identity of Penang and Malaysia.

"Apart from being efficient and modern but there should be architectural designs to make the Penang line unique.

"So, I hope this is also thought about so that it is not just an LRT like other LRTs anywhere in the world, of course the vehicles are the same, the infrastructure is the same but this is a big challenge that we have to think about," he said.

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