SIBU: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim requested Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg to extend his ‘kuliah’ (lecture) to all elected representatives and heads of government.
Abang Johari said that on Saturday, at a Cabinet meeting at Wisma Bapa Malaysia, Anwar requested him to give a 30-minute talk to all the ministers in the federal Cabinet on state development.
“Before they started the meeting, the PM requested 30 minutes from me to teach them how we live and how we develop the state of Sarawak, particularly in the new economy — the hydrogen economy and the green economy which are new to them.
“So, yesterday, I became a teacher to educate the federal Cabinet. You know what happened; he used the word in Malay ‘kuliah’. Kuliah means a lecture.
“Now he wants me to give another talk to all the YBs, MPs and CMs (chief ministers) on the new economy that Sarawak has adopted. ‘Sekarang dia ikut kita. Kita tidak ikut dia’ (Now they follow us. We don’t follow them). We are very humbled,” he said.
He made these remarks during his speech at the 63rd anniversary celebration of the Sarawak Central Chiang Hsia Huang Clan Association at a renowned hotel here last night (Sept 17).
Anwar Ibrahim attended a Cabinet meeting at Wisma Bapa Malaysia, Kuching on Saturday.
Anwar, who is also the Minister of Finance, was greeted by Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg upon his arrival at 2.20 pm.
His deputies, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, also attended the meeting which lasted more than three hours.
Nearly all ministers were present, including Fahmi Fadzil (Communications and Digital), Rafizi Ramli (Economy), Anthony Loke Siew Fook (Transport) and Fadhlina Sidek (Education).
As soon as the meeting ended at 6 pm, Anwar left for Stadium Perpaduan to attend the Malaysia Day celebrations, centred in Kuching this year.
