Like Dr M, all in his Cabinet have to keep things lean and clean

AT last week’s Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad gave a lengthy talk to his ministers, most of whom being first timers and had just taken their oaths of office two days earlier.

According to Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, during the four-hour meeting, the Prime Minister urged them to learn fast and adapt themselves to their new responsibilities, adding that they were in the Cabinet because the rakyat put them there.