Celebration

New Year’s Eve celebration at Dataran Merdeka cancelled

PUTRAJAYA – The New Year’s Eve celebration to welcome 2023 at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on Dec 31 has been cancelled due to the situation in several states hit by floods, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

“Due to the flood situation and the hardships of the people, we have decided to cancel the grand New Year’s Eve celebration on Dec 31 at Dataran Merdeka,” he told a press conference after chairing the weekly Cabinet meeting here today.

Anwar said today’s Cabinet meeting focused on the floods in Kelantan and Terengganu and that he himself will go down to Kelantan to assess the situation there this afternoon.

He said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who had already been to both states for monitoring and take some immediate actions, had briefed the Cabinet on the situation at today’s meeting.

“I will go to Kelantan and announcements related to the floods will be made there after getting field reports and from the state government. – Bernama