MP SPEAKS | As the nation faces the wrath of the world's most severe health crisis in recent history, the government, working closely with the rakyat and all the frontliners, are doing their level best to battle the Covid-19 pandemic.

This battle is waged on both the health and the economic fronts as it is incumbent on the government to protect lives as well as livelihoods.

Such an effort must therefore warrant that all right-minded citizens, including political leaders, regardless of partisan divides must stand united so that we can pool our resources together and ensure that while public health is safeguarded, the economy remains vibrant and jobs are secured and that the people, particularly the wage earners and those in the informal sectors, can continue to have secure and steady incomes, protect their families and put food on the table...