PUTRAJAYA, December 22 – The 2023 New Year’s Eve celebration at Dataran Merdeka on December 31 has been canceled due to the situation in several states affected by floods, said the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Due to the flood situation and the hardships of the people, we have decided to cancel the large-scale New Year’s eve celebration on Dec 31 at Dataran Merdeka he said in a press conference after chairing the weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Anwar said that the cabinet meeting on Wednesday focused on the issue of floods in Kelantan and Terengganu and he himself would go down to Kelantan to review the situation there this evening. According to him, the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has reached the two states concerned and monitored and taken some immediate actions, and has reported to the Council of Ministers in the meeting earlier.
I will go to Kelantan and the announcement (related to) the flood will be announced there after hearing the views from the field and the state government he said. Anwar said that the cabinet meeting also briefly discussed the developments in Parliament two days ago regarding the motion of confidence presented in the Dewan Rakyat last Monday.
