Govt saved RM233.4mil by hosting Apec Summit online, says Azmin

By TARRENCE TAN, MARTIN CARVALHO, HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM and RAHIMY RAHIM

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has saved RM233.4mil by hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) 2020 Summit online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, says Datuk Seri Azmin Ali.

The Senior Minister (International Trade and Industry) also explained that due to Covid-19 travel restrictions, only RM66.6mil out of the allocated RM300mil for the Apec Summit 2020, was spent.

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