The 47th ASEAN Summit, which Kuala Lumpur is hosting this week, will be the largest meeting of its kind hosted by the regional bloc. In addition to leaders of ASEAN countries, world leaders led by US President Donald Trump will also descend on KL for this edition.
Trump will be accompanied by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo. Brazil and South Africa will become sectoral dialogue partners of ASEAN, while the two European countries are on the verge of becoming ASEAN dialogue partners.
With KL’s city center in “total lockdown”, as Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan put it, many roads have been closed and the PDRM is in full force for security and traffic control. Large traffic jams can then be expected.
Now, the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) is allowing higher education institutions in the Klang Valley to conduct online classes during the entire ASEAN Summit period. The ministry has asked higher education institutions – especially those in KL, Selangor and Putrajaya – to look into the locations, times and dates of road closures for the summit.
MoHE says this measure should ensure that students are not affected by the road closures. “This facility is given to ensure the convenience of the members of higher education institutions and enable them to plan their trips and ensure that the learning process runs smoothly,” MoHE said in a statement, reported by Astro Awani.
Earlier, the Public Service Department (JPA) announced that it will allow civil servants to work from home during the ASEAN summit period to ease traffic congestion. Also, around 70 schools will switch to online classes for the same reason.
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