Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi sharing a light moment with Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu, at the event. - Photo: Bernama
BAGAN DATUK: A high-level committee (HLC) will be established to address issues affecting fishermen in the country and ensure their welfare remains protected, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the committee, which he will chair, will involve five ministries: the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry, the Finance Ministry, the Home Ministry, the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry and the Economy Ministry.
He said the proposal to form the HLC will be brought to the Cabinet this Friday (March 7).
"…this is to find solutions to several issues raised during engagement sessions with the fishing community, which were conducted in five zones.
"Of course, these issues vary from one another, but many of them share similarities," he said at a press conference after the engagement session with the West Coast fishermen here Wednesday (March 5).
Also present were Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu, Agriculture and Food Security Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Isham Ishak, Perak rural development, plantation, agriculture and food industries committee chairman Datuk Mohd Zolkafly Harun and Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia chairman Muhammad Faiz Fadzil. - Bernama
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