M’sia-EU FTA likely to conclude soon

Happy faces: Ong (centre, in pink) posing with 2,000 senior citizens after presenting financial aid to them in conjunction with Chinese New Year at Tow Boo Keong temple in Ipoh.

IPOH: After a five-year process, negotiations for a Malaysia-Euro­pean Union Free Trade Agreement is expected to conclude within the first quarter of the year.

The agreement is the country’s latest bilateral initiative with the European Union (EU).