King proclaims Kuantan a city


Birth of a city: The King (second from right) and Queen (in blue) looking at a landscape model of Kuantan, Pahang. In attendance are Muhyiddin (left) and Noorainee (second from left), Wan Rosdy (fifth from left) and Hamdan (right). ­ — Bernama

KUANTAN: Kuantan was proclaimed a city by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.

His Majesty, who is the Sultan of Pahang, decreed the appointment of Kuantan Municipal Council president Datuk Hamdan Hussin as the first Datuk Bandar (mayor) of Kuantan.

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