Blame the rain, but there’s much to learn from the floods


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 08 Oct 2003

WHEN Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi visited flood relief centres in Kepala Batas and Tasik Glugor yesterday, a convoy of 40 cars followed him wherever he went. 

The long queue of vehicles escorting the Deputy Prime Minister’s entourage prompted him to remark: “Tak payah kerja? (No need to work?)” 

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