By Neville Spykerman
SHAH ALAM, June 11 — The March 8 political tsunami and the aftermath of the fall of Selangor to Pakatan Rakyat (PR) was high on the agenda during this evening’s meeting between Lee Kuan Yew and Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.
Singapore’s minister mentor was keen to learn about Selangor’s relationship with the federal government, its civil servants and how the state survives without federal funding.
Lee was also interested in the relationship between the PR partners and the direction the federal opposition was heading in.
Sources told The Malaysian Insider that Lee was assessing if it was even possible for PR to one day take over the federal government.
During a press conference after the meeting the Selangor mentri besar said he was delighted at having the opportunity to meet Lee and his delegation.
With Khalid was state executive councillor Datuk Hassan Ali from Pas, Xavier Jayakumar from PKR and Ronnie Liu from DAP.
He said they had the opportunity to exchange views on the political, social and economic landscape since March 8.
Earlier in the afternoon Lee held a separate meeting with the former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, International Trade and Industry deputy minister Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.
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