Media personnel gather at two locations in Putrajaya

Posted: 13 May 2014 08:59 PM PDT

PUTRAJAYA: Media personnel gathered at the compound of Perdana Putra and Seri Perdana here today to await a meeting between the new Terengganu Menteri Besar and state assemblymen with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, which is said scheduled to take place in the federal government administrative centre.

It was reported that media representatives began gathering since 8 am in the two locations, expected to be the venue for the meeting.

It was business as usual at Perdana Putra, the Prime Minister's Department complex and Seri Perdana, the Prime Minister's official residence.

The official car that brought the Prime Minister was seen entering the Perdana Putra complex at about 9 am.

Normally the Prime Minister will chair the cabinet meeting on Wednesdays.

Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman was reported to have said in Kuala Terengganu today that he and the state assemblymen would meet with Najib in Putrajaya today — BERNAMA

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Giant pandas off to KL before Najib’s visit to China, says Xinhua

Posted: 13 May 2014 08:58 PM PDT

by Niam Seet Wei. Posted on May 14, 2014, Wednesday

BEIJING: The sending-off ceremony of two long-awaited giant pandas, Fengyi (female) and Fuwa (male), is expected to take place before Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's official visit to China, said Chinese ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang.

The move showed China had attached great importance to the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China, China's state-run news agency, Xinhua quoted Huang as saying.

Malaysia and China had signed an agreement on June 15 last year, whereby the two giant pandas would be loaned to Malaysia for a period of 10 years in conjunction with the 40th anniversary celebration of diplomatic ties between the two countries this year.

The arrangement came about following Najib's request to former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during his official visit to Nanning in 2012.

Najib is expected to pay an official visit to China soon as May 31 marks the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

His trip to China is at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping following the Chinese president's state visit to Malaysia in October last year. –BERNAMA