Kelantan to declare Sept 16 as public holiday

KOTA BARU: Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat has agreed to a proposal to declare Sept 16 as public holiday.

He said the proposal should be accepted by Pakatan Rakyat-ruled states.

“I can accept it as long as Perak, Kedah, Selangor and Penang agreed to it,” he told reporters after launching the state level Integrity Day celebration here today.

Keadilan Rakyat adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had proposed that the five states under the ruling of Pakatan Rakyat make Sept 16 a public holiday.

Yesterday, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng announced that Penang will make Sept 16 a holiday from next year as he had just declared Aug 26 a public holiday in conjunction with the Permatang Pauh by-election".

Bernama
02/09/08