Free breakfast programme will not be continued, Education Ministry tells Parliament

By TARRENCE TAN and MARTIN CARVALHO

KUALA LUMPUR: The free breakfast programme that was introduced by former education minister Dr Maszlee Malik in 2019 will not be continued, says the Education Ministry.

In a Parliamentary written reply dated Nov 15, the Education Ministry said that the Cabinet made the decision not to continue the programme in a meeting on Jan 15, 2020 as the present government food programmes were adequate.

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Dewan Rakyat , Parliament , Free breakfast programme , Education Ministry , Maszlee Malik

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