KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim met with seven National Laureates at Seri Perdana on Friday to discuss efforts to empower Malaysia's arts, culture, and literature.
"We had an extensive dialogue, and many brilliant ideas were shared by the laureates," he said in a Facebook post on Friday. Another suggestion was to make the area around Jalan Belfield and Jalan Bukit Petaling, which houses the offices of the Federation of National Writers Associations of Malaysia, Rumah Pena, and Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, a focal point for literary, linguistic, and cultural activities.