Kerajaan pastikan warisan etnik Sabah, Sarawak terus hidup - Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan beriltizam untuk memastikan warisan unik Kadazan serta semua etnik di Sabah dan Sarawak terus hidup dan diwarisi generasi akan datang.

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata iltizam itu dinyatakan ketika beliau menerima kunjungan daripada Persatuan Kadazan Sabah (KSS) diketuai Presiden Datuk Seri Marcel Leiking bersama dengan lapan ahli jawatankuasa persatuan itu hari ini.

"KSS ialah sebuah pertubuhan yang komited dalam memelihara dan memartabatkan warisan budaya masyarakat Kadazan di Sabah.

"Pertemuan ini menjadi platform penting untuk memperkukuh hubungan antara kerajaan dan komuniti Kadazan, di samping bertukar pandangan berkaitan usaha memperkasakan budaya, bahasa dan tradisi yang menjadi identiti masyarakat ini," kata Anwar menerusi hantaran di Facebook beliau.

Perdana Menteri juga berharap agar kerjasama erat antara kerajaan dan KSS terus menyumbang kepada pengukuhan perpaduan nasional melalui keunikan budaya pelbagai kaum di negara ini.

-- BERNAMA

Niaga SPOTLIGHT: Costing The Silent Threat of Obesity

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Malaysia are a growing burden on the health system, with a number of associated health issues and economic costs.

The annual cost of healthcare for NCDs is estimated to be over RM 9.65 billion. Meanwhile, the cost of disability and loss of healthy life years is estimated to be around RM 100.79 billion. Absenteeism due to NCDs is estimated to cost the Malaysian economy RM 2.6 billion annually.

From the common NCDs, obesity is one of THE most significant health threats, with nearly 20% of the Malaysian population currently classified as obese.

Additionally, more than half of all adults (54%) are overweight or obese. According to the World Obesity Atlas, this figure could rise to 41% in Malaysia by 2035, if preventive action is not taken.

Niaga Spotlight focuses on immediate strategies to address this growing silent threat of Obesity, which also burdens the national healthcare system as well as national productivity levels with significant impacts and costs.