11k hardcore poor heads of households left in Sabah, PM says

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said hardcore poverty in Sabah had been successfully reduced to about 11,000 heads of households.

“Thank you to the chief minister (Hajiji Noor) and the state government because the number was achieved convincingly, I believe in this short time we can reduce it and if possible wipe out (hardcore poverty),” he said.

He said hardcore poverty was already eradicated in...