85,000 visitors attend Najib's open house

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 8 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his cabinet ministers welcomed about 85,000 local and foreign visitors at the Aidilfitri open house held at the prime minister's official residence, Seri Perdana, here today.

The open house, which opened its doors at 11am, saw huge crowds patiently queuing up since 8am. It ended at 4pm.

Dressed in blue, Najib and wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, warmly welcomed and greeted their guests and shook hands with them.

This was the fifth open house for Najib and his cabinet ministers organised at Seri Perdana.

Speaking to reporters later, Najib said he was elated to see many people attending the event.

PM: Malaysians should respect each other

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Abdul Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (4th left) together with Deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin (2nd from left) cutting an Aidilfitri cake at the Aidilfitri open house at Seri Perdana. BERNAMA

PUTRAJAYA (Aug 8, 2013): Malaysians should have mutual respect for each other in order to live in a harmonious and peaceful environment, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.

He said the basic principle of understanding one another will help the nation to remain peaceful, stable and harmonious.

"I think the basic principle is if we want to be harmonious, Muslims should not do anything that will hurt the feelings of non-Muslims, and non-Muslims must not hurt the feelings of Muslims.

"If there is another way of doing it, it is better to do it rather then hurting the feelings of one another," he said in a press conference today at his residence here after hosting the annual open house.