PM: Gov't achieves all KPI

All the six National Key Result Areas (NKRAs), introduced to gauge government performance, have achieved the Key Performance Index (KPI) set, Prime Minister Najib Razak said.

The government had introduced the six NKRAs in July last year to reduce crime, fight corruption, improve student outcomes, raise living standards of low-income households, improve rural basic infrastructure and improve urban public transport.

Najib cited the example of how members of the People's Volunteer Corps (Rela) and Department of Civil Defence had been deployed, along with the policemen, to conduct patrols to achieve the objectives of the NKRA on crime reduction.

He said, more than 7,000 police officers and men working in the office had "returned" to their core duty to be close with the people, while their task at the office was carried out by more than 4,000 civil servants.

In the first quarter of this year, the crime index had dropped 15.1 percent while street crimes were down by 39.6 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year.

Malaysia is the top 10 most competitive countries in the world

For the first time, Malaysia has earned a position among the 10 most competitive countries in the world, according to the 2010 World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY), published by the Swiss-based Institute for Management Development (IMD).

Malaysia has steadily improved its rating since first included in IMD’s well-respected World Competitiveness Yearbook in 1999.

Malaysia achieved especially impressive gains in the competitiveness ranking this year, moving up eight positions to break into the top ten.

With an index score of 87.228, Malaysia has joined the ranks of the most
competitive countries in the world, sharing the top 10 ranking with Singapore, Hong Kong, the United States, Switzerland, Australia, Sweden, Canada, Taiwan and Norway.