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(May 21): Without a concrete plan to tackle leakage and abuse of power, the numerous programmes under the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP) would not proceed smoothly, PKR deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali said today.

In an immediate reaction to the 11MP, which charts Malaysia's path to achieving developed status in the next five years, Azmin said investor confidence would be eroded if nothing was done to address leakage.

This would throw a spanner into the government’s strategies to ensure Malaysia becomes a developed country in five years.

“Unfortunately, there is no focus on scrutinising and examining the issues of leakage, abuse of powers and misappropriation, which is already huge, as reported in the auditor-general’s report,” the Gombak MP said at the Parliament lobby.

“I am worried that with the current economic situation being unpredictable, if the government does not have the moral support to ensure that the leakage was stopped, such programmes will be disrupted and stunted (terbantut).”

Azmin said this was due to the mismanagement of federal funds and pointed to the RM42 billion debt raked up by government-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) as proof, as well as pilgrims’ fund Lembaga Tabung Haji’s purchase of 1MDB land.

Putrajaya today outlined its strategies to ensure Malaysia becomes a developed nation  by 2020 with a per capita income of US$15,000 where, among others, hardcore poverty is eradicated and 45% of the population are middle class.

It announced that it was allocating RM260 billion to achieve these aims through a set of policies under the 11MP, which ends at 2020.

The 11MP, a five-year development blueprint, has six strategic thrusts namely inclusivity, people's wellbeing, human capital, green growth, infrastructure and innovation and productivity.

In order to achieve these strategies, Putrajaya would use six game-changers: increasing productivity; generating wealth through innovation; improving the percentage of the middle class; making education and technical training a core; implementing green growth; and investing in competitive cities. – The Malaysian Insider

 

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