00:01Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Dato Ismail Lassim says he has the undivided support of all 24 government assemblymen and dismissed
00:10talk of his impending resignation as rumours.
00:13He says budget preparations are in the final stages, with the State Administration meeting once more at the end of
00:20this month to finalise it.
00:21On whether a new executive council will be appointed, he says any decision must wait for the court to rule
00:28on the validity of the previous member's removal.
00:47Ismail spoke to reporters after visiting victims of a fire in Ampangan, where four houses were badly damaged on Sunday,
00:55affecting four families.
00:56He says the State Islamic Affairs Council will help pay rent for their new homes for three months, extendable to
01:03six if needed.