PM Anwar dan Prabowo adakan pertemuan empat mata

JAKARTA: Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mengadakan pertemuan empat mata dengan Presiden terpilih Indonesia Prabowo Subianto di kediamannya di Jakarta Selatan pada Sabtu malam.

Anwar sedang melakukan lawatan kerja di sini mulai Sabtu atas undangan kerajaan Indonesia untuk menghadiri Majlis Pelantikan Prabowo sebagai Presiden kelapan republik itu.

"Malam ini langsung ketemu sahabat sejati dan saudara saya Bapak Prabowo Subianto.

"Insya-Allah, kami akan bekerja dengan lebih dekat dalam suasana persahabatan, tidak hanya di peringkat peribadi, tetapi juga di peringkat kenegaraan yang pasti akan memberi manfaat terbaik kepada rakyat kedua-dua negara," katanya dalam satu hantaran di Facebook.

Anwar tiba di Jakarta pada petang Sabtu untuk menyertai ketua negara asing dan wakil lain bagi upacara mengangkat sumpah Prabowo sebagai presiden baharu Indonesia pada Ahad.

Majlis pelantikan presiden itu akan berlangsung di bangunan Majlis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR) pada Ahad yang akan bermula 10 pagi waktu tempatan.

-- 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.