The 47th ASEAN Summit that Kuala Lumpur will be hosting next week is set to be the largest meet of its kind organised by the regional block. Aside from leaders of ASEAN countries, world leaders headlined by US president Donald Trump will descend on KL for this edition.
Trump will be joined by Canadian PM Mark Carney, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides and Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo. Brazil and South Africa will become Sectoral Dialogue Partners to ASEAN while the two European countries are set to become ASEAN dialogue partners.
The trade war between the US and China is back in the headlines, and with geopolitic tension running high, the world will be waiting to see of Trump will meet Chinese president Xi Jinping in Malaysia. The latter’s attendance is expected but not confirmed, according to NST.
The 47th ASEAN Summit could well be the biggest summit Malaysia has ever hosted, and KL city centre will be ‘on total lockdown’, with PDRM out in full force for security and traffic control. According to foreign minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, the police force will be on high alert from October 23 to 28.
“The police will deploy about 16,000 officers from all over the country, especially from neighbouring states to Kuala Lumpur beginning October 23, to ease and facilitate traffic. The Kuala Lumpur city centre will be on total lockdown, and the police will not compromise on safety,” he told reporters yesterday. The summit will run from October 26 to 28.
As reported earlier, the Public Service Department (JPA) is allowing civil servants to work from home during over this period to reduce traffic congestion. Also, around 70 schools will shift to online classes for the same reason. Perhaps private sector companies with offices in KL city should follow suit. For the rest of us, stay clear if possible – more on the city roads and highways that will be closed here.
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