“Spurring productivity and innovation will provide the basis for sustained economic growth, create new economic opportunities and ensure continued well-being and prosperity of the rakyat,” said Najib.
He added that under the 11MP, the people will be the focus of all development efforts.

“The Plan will disproportionately focus on the people – the rakyat will be the centre piece of all development efforts,” said Najib.

The 11MP will see further improvements to safety in Malaysia, with an optimised emergency response time being set at eight minutes, a 5% reduction in the annual crime index.

Additionally, the 11MP aims to improve universal access to healthcare for all Malaysians, with a target of 2.3 hospital beds for every 1,000 people and a 1: 400 patient to doctor ratio.

It also aims to provide adequate quality, affordable housing to poor, low and middle-income households with 47,000 houses to be constructed or repaired for the poor and 606,000 houses to be developed for low and middle-income households

“The Eleventh Plan will be premised on the Malaysian National Development Strategy that will focus on rapidly delivering high impact outcomes to both the capital economy and people economy at affordable cost,” said Najib.

It was also revealed under the plan that the plan would work on strengthening disaster risk management (DRM), improving food mitigation and enhancing climate change adaptation as well as creating green markets, increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix, promoting low-carbon mobility and managing waste holistically.

“In order to sustain our growth momentum and ensure that the rakyat continue to prosper, we need to forge ahead with greater resolve and introduce bold measures for the long-term benefit of all Malaysians,” said Najib.

He added that greater volatility and uncertainty in the global economy was foreseen due to declining oil prices, realignment of exchange rates and geopolitical risks.

“We have to be cognisant that the global landscape is going to be increasingly challenging,” said Najib.



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