MPs mostly asked about socio-economic development


PETALING JAYA: The development gap between rural and urban areas as well as problems faced by the poor topped the list of questions that Members of Parliament asked during the last Dewan Rakyat meeting.

The Star did an analysis of the Parliament’s Hansard and found that lawmakers managed to ask a total of 406 questions during the Parliament meeting that took place from Oct 7 to Dec 5.

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