Monday 19 August 2013

Najib hopes M’sians in Egypt look after their safety

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hopes Malaysians in Egypt look after their safety, and not get involved in the country’s current bloody conflict.

The prime minister also expressed gratitude that Malaysians in that country were safe although hundreds of Egyptians were killed, so far.

“I am pleased with the well-being of Malaysians. Contact our embassy in Cairo to keep tabs on the current development,” he said in his Facebook yesterday.

Egypt is caught in a bloody conflict after a crackdown by security forces on protesting supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, resulting in hundreds killed and thousands injured.

Meanwhile, in a tweet, Najib said he would open the Kedah Urban Transformation Centre this afternoon, to facilitate the people to carry out transactions with the government.

The prime minister is in Kedah yesterday, for a one-day visit.

In an earlier tweet, Najib said the government wanted to see the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute 40 per cent of Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) to pave the way for a high-income nation.

He said this on his Twitter account when commenting on a news report that the SMEs target could be achieved by 2015.

Currently, SME contribution to the GDP stands at 33 per cent.

Finance Ministry secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah said SMEs would need to contribute more to the economic growth of the country to become a high-income nation. — Bernama

(Source: The Borneo Post)

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