ALOR SETAR, Jan 7 – Kedah has declared Jan 24, an ‘occasional state holiday’ in conjunction with Thaipusam. Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir who made the announcement said the decision was made at the state exco meeting that he had chaired on Wednesday.
Asked if the state government intended to gazette Thaipusam a public holiday in the state, Mukhriz said the quota for state holidays was full. He said that they cannot gazette another day as public holiday because the quota is full. He told this to the reporters at Wisma Darul Aman after chairing the exco meeting. He said he hoped that the private sector would also observe Jan 24 as a public holiday in the state.
