Baginda bertitah, keadaan yang berlaku itu menggambarkan terhakisnya rasa hormat segelintir ahli dan pemimpin politik terhadap institusi raja dan kesultanan Melayu yang menjadi payung kepada umat Islam, orang Melayu dan bangsa lain.

Highlighting the occurrences of floods which had inconvenient the people, the sultan called for the implementation of short, medium and long term plans to resolve the problem.

Amirudin also cautioned against the rise of extreme identity politics that could potentially ignite racial division within the state and country.

“If we increase our contribution from 0.4 per cent to 0.5 per cent to the national GDP, it would raise our share of contribution from 25 per cent to 26 per cent,” he told reporters after delivering his New Year’s resolution speech at the state secretariat here today.

“Kita gunakan mesin. Jika guna bom peledak, akan beri kesan kepada kejiranan di sekitar stadium. Jadi proses ambil masa kerana banyak kerja dilakukan,” katanya.