Poverty ethos: We care, don’t we?

Datuk Seri Dr Shafiq Sit, a Rhodes scholar and investor, says solving poverty is not a secondary issue. It is actually mission critical. It can help resolve many other high table problems including those related to national unity.

RECENTLY the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, said it is meaningless to have so many skyscrapers when there is still poverty to overcome in our country.

This frank assessment is a breath of fresh air as many have painted the picture that poverty has been eradicated in many states in Malaysia. This argument is flawed.