PUTRAJAYA, July 25 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed gratitude to all private establishments for their contributions of over RM127 million towards realising the Sejahtera Madani 2025 initiative.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said the contributions would help fulfil the aims of the initiative, launched yesterday, which seeks to improve the wellbeing of poor and hardcore poor households across the country in areas such as wages, healthcare and education.

"As mentioned before, the prime minister in his earlier speech said he did not expect a large amount, but it turned out to be more than two and a half times (what was anticipated).

"The prime minister also told the Cabinet that there are some private establi...