KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 -- Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said it is important that the government take an inclusive and consultative stance by working with the Opposition as well as other societal stakeholders in overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic.

The South China Morning Post reported him as saying that this includes NGOs and commerce chambers, among others.

"That we have done every year, but this year for the first time I actually engaged with all the political parties, even for the Budget. This time round, for the National Recovery Plan, we are still in the midst of formulating it and in fact it is going to be presented to Cabinet this week, and I have already started to engage," Tengku Zafrul said in an interview....