KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 -- Hardcore poverty in Selangor has been effectively eradicated following the implementation of targeted and sustained poverty alleviation initiatives, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said. 

He said the achievement was reported to him during the Petaling District Development Meeting he chaired earlier yesterday in Shah Alam.

However, Anwar stressed that continued monitoring is essential to ensure no family is left behind or excluded from assistance.

"More importantly, every family must be given the opportunity to rise and be empowered through training so they can generate their own income.

"Selangor's economic strength must be fully harnessed to uplift the people's standard of living," he said in a ...