Don’t take Dr M’s suggestion to plant paddy at night literally, agriculture minister says
Prime Minster Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the PPBM dinner event in Segambut May 2, 2019. — Picture by Hari Anggara
The agriculture and agro-based industry minister said the prime minister’s main message in that remark made yesterday was to nudge the public into thinking outside the box on ways in moving the workforce forward. “I think Tun said it with double meaning... Back in the days we had proverbs, symbolism, so perhaps those words had other meanings to it,” he told reporters after a joint conference between his ministry and the Ministry of Economic Affairs here.
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