MA63 technical panel meets on education, health matters

 Decisions taken will be presented at a high-level meeting to be chaired by the prime minister in May or June, says deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof.

Deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof said the technical committee met on March 2 and included federal ministers and senior political leaders of Sabah and Sarawak. (Bernama pic)

KUCHING:

 Education and health matters were among those discussed last week by a technical committee for implementing rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963, deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof said.

Several other matters were also agreed upon which would be presented for approval at a higher-level meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, which Fadillah said was likely to be in May or June.

The March 2 meeting, chaired by Fadillah, took place at Parliament House and was attended by federal ministers, and senior political leaders from Sabah and Sarawak, comprising the three deputy chief ministers from each state. - FMT