Urban poor a big focus for new FT minister


PUTRAJAYA: Tackling urban poverty will be among several areas that will be the key focus for Dr Zaliha Mustafa as she helms administration of the Federal Territories.

The newly-appointed Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) said she would carry out Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s mission and vision to see urban poverty eradicated.

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