An unwanted headache


On the job: Saravanan, who grew up in hardship, has been quietly ­leading the charge to ensure Malaysians remain employed. — Bernama

IT was almost 1.30pm and the aides of Human Resources Minister Datuk S. Saravanan kept looking at their watches nervously.

His political secretary Khamarulazlan Mohamad Hanafiah apologetically told this writer that his boss was already on the way to the Original Penang Kayu Nasi Kandar in Bangsar.

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