[ hang nadim] ETP letak Malaysia di landasan betul.....

ETP letak Malaysia di landasan betul

PUTRAJAYA 11 Jan. - Pengumuman 19 lagi projek di bawah Program Transformasi Ekonomi (ETP) negara oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hari ini menunjukkan kerajaan mempunyai pelan terancang untuk meletakkan negara di landasan yang betul.

Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah, Datuk Seri Mohd. Shafie Apdal berkata, pelan perancangan terperinci itu merupakan sebuah kerangka yang dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan pendapatan ekonomi negara.

Menurutnya, pengumuman projek-projek itu boleh dijadikan sebagai struktur sokongan dalam menyempurnakan keupayaan negara melakukan transformasi terhadap bidang ekonomi dan pentadbiran negara.

"Saya yakin pengumuman 19 projek baru ini merupakan langkah terbaik untuk membawa negara ke tahun 2020 sebagai sebuah negara maju.

"Ia tidak akan dapat dicapai dalam sekelip mata sahaja sebaliknya memerlukan perancangan yang rapi dan tersusun," katanya.

Beliau mengulas pengumuman Najib itu pada sidang akhbar selepas menyaksikan Majlis Menandatangani Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) dan Pakatan Strategik antara Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) dengan Unit Inovasi Khas Pejabat Perdana Menteri (UNIK) di Pejabat Perdana Menteri di sini hari ini.

Pada majlis itu, Mara diwakili oleh Ketua Pengarahnya, Ibrahim Ahmad manakala UNIK oleh Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Datuk Dr. Kamal Jit Singh.

Hadir sama Timbalan Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah, Datuk Hassan Malek dan Pengerusi Mara, Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pagi ini mengumumkan pelancaran 19 lagi projek di bawah Program Transformasi Ekonomi (ETP) melibatkan pelaburan sebanyak RM67 bilion yang akan menjana Pendapatan Negara Kasar (GNI) sebanyak RM36 bilion lagi serta menyediakan 35,000 peluang pekerjaan baru.

Mohd. Shafie berkata, pelan terbaru itu bukan merupakan pergerakan popular atau angan-angan kosong yang seperti dijanjikan oleh pakatan pembangkang untuk mengaburi mata rakyat.

Mengenai kerjasama strategik antara Mara dan UNIK, beliau berkata, langkah itu dapat membantu memupuk budaya kreativiti dan inovasi di kalangan usahawan-usahawan bumiputera dalam sektor perdagangan dan perindustrian.

Selain itu, katanya, kerjasama itu mampu memberi kesan positif kepada pelajar-pelajar institusi pengajian tinggi(IPT) di bawah Mara.

Sementara itu, Ibrahim berkata, pakatan strategik di antara kedua-dua pihak bakal menyediakan ruang persekitaran yang kondusif untuk menghasilkan inovasi.

"Ia boleh dilakukan melalui bantuan khidmat nasihat pakar, perkongsian pengetahuan, pemindahan pengetahuan serta beberapa program lain yang telah dikenal pasti," katanya

PUTRAJAYA:‘It’s irresponsible’
Pakatan’s 100-day plan could bankrupt nation

Malaysia will go bankrupt like Greece in two years if the Pakatan Rakyat’s 100-day plan is implemented after the next general election, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said.
“If we believe in something that is too good to be true, then we are deceiving ourselves and we will be taken in by our own errors.” Under the populist plan, announced last month, Khazanah Nasional Berhad and the Employees Provident Fund would be asked to facilitate the takeover of highway assets by the government to enable the abolition of tolls. as a “black-and-white guarantee” that Pakatan would work for the benefit of the people if it came to p owe r.

MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek poured scorn on the plan, calling it a “g immick” to divert attention from Pakatan’s failure to deliver on its 2008 general election pledges.

Dr Chua cited as tangible examples what Pakatan had promised for Kedah after the last general election. These included giving civil The subsidy structure was also to be revamped and teaching allowances raised to RM500 per month.

If it comes to power at the next general election, Pakatan also intends to get rid of Felda Plantations, with the farms managed by Felda’s second and third generations.

Addressing the Prime Minister’s Department’s monthly gathering yesterday, Najib said Pakatan’s plans were irresponsible.

They were also unrealistic because they did not state the source of funds to finance the plan.

Najib said one should not be too populist to the extent of putting the future of the nation at risk.

“It is irresponsible and will cause our children and grandchildren to suffer.

“If their plan is implemented, it won’t take long... in just two years, according to our estimates, our country will be like Greece.” Specifically making references to civil servants, Najib said they were knowledgeable and would be able to see the follies of such a plan.

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng had termed the 100-day plan servants interest-free loans and nursing care centres, upgrading of the garbage disposal system, not tearing down any pig slaughterhouses as well as no increase in water tariffs.

“Is Pakatan capable of reform or carrying out what they promised? “They made all the promises but if you look at their election manifesto, these have not been delivered.

“This is a gimmick and I hope the rakyat would not be taken in by it,” he said after meeting second-hand spare-part dealers.

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19 new projects worth RM67bil under ETP's second phase (Updated)
By DHARMENDER SINGH, FLORENCE A. SAMY and TEH ENG HOCK

PUTRAJAYA: Another 19 entry-point projects (EPPs) worth RM67bil in investment were announced Tuesday as part of the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the projects from 10 National Key Economic Areas (NKEAs) would generate RM36bil in gross national income and create 35,000 new jobs.

"As we approach the first 100 days after the launch (of the ETP), I am pleased to announce 19 more EPPs and developments," he said at the Third ETP update at his office here.

Najib noted that the impact of the ETP was clear, as seen in the performance of Bursa Malaysia which closed on a high of 1,572.21 points on Jan 7.

In October last year, Najib announced the first 18 EPPs under the ETP. The ETP, which forms part of the New Economic Model roadmap, will transform Malaysia into a high-income, inclusive and sustainable nation.

The roadmap aims to raise the living standard and quality of life of the people to a higher level.

It was announced earlier that the ETP had identified 131 Entry Point Projects and 60 business opportunities that will help the country achieve its high-income nation status by 2020.

Four of the EPPs are under the Oil, Gas and Energy NKEA, three under Business Services, three under Greater Kuala Lumpur, two under Healthcare, two under Tourism, and one each under Education, Agriculture, Wholesale and Retail, Communications Content and Infrastructure, and Electrical and Electronics.

Najib also announced the formation of the Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation, which would be led by CEO Dr Mohd Zamzam Jaafar.

"The Government is studying the possibility of deploying nuclear energy to meet future demand and diversify the energy mix for Peninsular Malaysia.

"Dr Mohd Zamzam will lead the planning, based on the current development timeline of 11 to 12 years, from pre-project to commissioning," Najib said.