Anwar urges corporate sector to adopt schools nationwide

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Corporate entities and government-linked companies (GLCs) are encouraged to implement a 'school adoption' initiative to help improve schools nationwide.  Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in making the suggestion, said support from corporate companies and GLCs could help address various infrastructure issues in schools.  He said in his speech during the Prime Minister's breaking of fast event with corporate entities and GLCs on Wednesday (March 12).   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00I would like to thank you for being here today as a witness.

00:07In 2023, there will be 8,600 toilets in Malaysia's schools.

00:16Imagine our children, our schools, with such facilities.

00:24I mean, it's totally unacceptable as far as I'm concerned.

00:28So the least we can do is to try and resolve this problem.

00:32The government has undertaken this measures.

00:35It cost us a billion, talking about Lebanese, it's one billion we get

00:40because it's such a problem of the limited conditions.

00:44I was telling my sister, my son, just now that even schools around Kuala Lumpur,

00:52five minutes, ten minutes from your residence,

00:56and I think it is time that we, blessed by Allah SWT,

01:02with some wealth or facilities, should we undertake some measures

01:09to indeed reduce the pressures.

01:13The government has its limitations.

01:15My priority is for schools and education, hospitals.

01:20They were talking about billions.

01:22They were talking about flood mitigation, billions.

01:26And we have to resolve the fact that we rely on our people.

01:31So the issue of schools, if I may suggest,

01:36this year, we should choose schools.

01:41Not necessarily good schools,

01:45but schools that are more on the outskirts,

01:53in the villages, in the suburb of Sarawak.

01:58So, I hope that we, the KSP and the ICU,

02:04will work together and contribute.

02:07And if we get the money, 200 schools that are directly monitored

02:14will be paid.

02:15Imagine a person who manages the main bank

02:20going to a school in the middle,

02:24he will get a high salary.

02:27And what he has delivered to the children will leave a lasting impression.

02:32Imagine when we were still in school,

02:35a big manager came and recorded the achievements of the children.

02:39He spoke, we listened, we admired,

02:42and it increased our spirit to work and study.

02:49This year, I got an agreement from the bank.

02:54When I was in the government,

02:58we started a foundation called Hadyah Bahasa.

03:01Universities, colleges, middle and high schools,

03:05nationalities, Chinese and Thai schools,

03:08Hadyah Bahasa.

03:09For the Bahasa Commission,

03:11Hadyah Bahasa is a very important school.

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