KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 -- Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said the government has decided that all official events must be organised on a moderate scale, as instructed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

He said the matter was raised as a follow-up to earlier briefings and discussions at yesterday's National Economic Action Council (MTEN) meeting.

"The prime minister stressed that all official events, workshops, and large-scale activities organised by ministries, agencies, departments, statutory bodies, as well as government-linked companies (GLCs) and government-linked investment companies (GLICs), should be conducted on a moderate and prudent scale," he said during the ministry's weekly online press conference.

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