KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has instructed the federal government to accelerate the procurement and preparation for the Sarawak Cancer Centre, Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said today.

He confirmed today that the PM has issued a directive to ensure the project’s “timely completion, following an unprecedented commitment from the state government, which has now pledged a total of RM1.5 billion to equip the facility.