Samy Vellu paved the way for better infrastructure development, says Fadillah

KUALA LUMPUR: Tun S, Samy Vellu was a works minister who was effective in what he did, says Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

The Works Minister said that his predecessor was someone who took his job seriously.

"We not only have lost a nation's leader, but his demise is also the loss of someone who changed the country's infrastructure for the better, and paved the path to development to what it is today," said Fadillah.

Fadillah said he was a backbencher MP when Samy Vellu was the works minister.

The former paid respects to the latter at his wake and signed the condolences book.

Samy Vellu passed away today at the age of 86 at Taman Kaya here.