Kuala Lampur, Jan. 19 -- PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali today dismissed suggestions that the Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal government is losing public support after Barisan Nasional's victory in yesterday's Kimanis by-election.

Instead, Azmin said the government just needs more time to get better public buy-in for its economic measures to deal with rural poverty.

"As Kimanis is a rural constituency, we need more time to convince voters of our initiatives to bridge the rural-urban gap," the economic affairs minister was quoted by The Star telling reporters after a market visit in Ampang together with Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin to hand out mandarin oranges for the upcoming Chinese New Year....