Ensure country’s wealth distribution is equal, PM tells staff


PUTRAJAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has several important reminders for the staff of the Prime Minister’s Department in his first address to them for 2019 – the need for equal wealth distribution, tackling poverty among all races and racial unity.

The government, he said, must see to it that the nation’s wealth is distributed fairly or at least to a level acceptable to all.

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