KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has paid tribute to his late mother Che Yan Hamid Hussein and wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

He credited his late mother and Dr Wan Azizah for instilling family-building values.

"We start nation-building from family-building, which means we build our family starting by empowering women as a mother and an educator, on the basis of generation building.

"All of us are fruits of our parents' education, but many agree that this is especially with the mother. Myself included.

"As my mother is one of those who shaped and showed love, the meaning of life, the meaning of humanity, the meaning of kindness, religious teachings, values, and because of that, the question o...