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Posted: 21 Jul 2011 11:00 PM PDT

GEORGE TOWN: A deputy minister has reminded the people against being fooled by the opposition tactic of manipulating the issue of price hikes.

Deputy Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Tan Lian Hoe said the opposition had begun using the issue as a strategy to garner votes in the next general election.

The people should understand that price hikes were a global issue and did not occur only in Malaysia, she told reporters after attending a programme to explain the issue of price hikes here last night.

"The ministry is going down to the people to explain the price hikes and reminding them not to be fooled by the opposition propaganda," she said.

Tan said the people should realise that price hikes were inevitable due to rising population, changing weather patterns and higher demand for food worldwide. -- BERNAMA

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Najib cancels holiday to be with people

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 10:40 PM PDT

SEPANG: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who returned today from working visits to three countries, said he had cancelled a holiday with the family abroad to spend more time with the people in Malaysia.

He said he was thankful to his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, and their children for having agreed with him to come back earlier from overseas.

"I told my family I felt that I should return to Malaysia and that I was prepared to forgo the holiday for the sake of Malaysians back home," he said when addressing about 3,000 people who had gathered at the Bunga Raya Complex of the KL International Airport to greet him on his return.

Najib had been abroad on official visits to Turkmenistan, the United Kingdom and Italy.

Today, he is scheduled to go on a walkabout in Subang Perdana, attend Friday prayers at the Subang Perdana Mosque and have lunch with the people at Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan U3, Subang Perdana.

Najib said he informed Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin that it was important that both of them and the other ministers as well to go down to the ground to meet the people.

"We have to meet the people. We have to tell them that they can depend on the Barisan Nasional government, that the BN is their best choice," he said. Najib is scheduled to visit Perlis tomorrow.

Muhyiddin and Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein were at the airport to greet Najib.

Najib was greeted with a banner carrying the signatures of about 1.2 million Malaysians expressing their support for his leadership as the prime minister.

The signature campaign was initiated by the Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress, an associate member of Umno. -- BERNAMA

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Khamis, 21 Julai 2011

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