DESPITE her meteoric rise to success as the first female minister of the Rural Development Ministry and first-time Titiwangsa lawmaker, Rina Harun steps away from the limelight and glamour, preferring instead to talk less, work more.
A self-proclaimed city girl, Rina now shoulders huge responsibilities including bridging the economic gap between rural and urban areas; tackling little white elephants in Sabah and Sarawak; ensuring the success of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) under the purview of her big-budget ministry and developing the country’s rural areas, which cover 70% of the total land size.
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