EDITOR’S NOTE: The trip was supposed to be to Berlin, Germany, according to clarification from the Prime Minister's Office, not Paris as the PM initially mentioned. The headline has been amended to reflect this.

A planned overseas trip for 68 government officials has been cancelled as Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's administration clamps down on excessive public spending.

“We are more stringent. We want all government agencies and companies, even boards, to have authority.

"All new projects and overseas trips must be...