Positive impact
2011/03/28
Driven by six National Key Result Areas (NKRAs) and Ministerial Key Result Areas (MKRAs) to address the immediate concerns of the people, the GTP was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak last April.
Last night, Najib made public the GTP’s maiden annual report at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, where he said the programme had positively impacted the lives of millions.
Michael Barber, who had once British prime minister Tony Blair and as head of Blair’s delivery unit, said: “You have delivered results even much faster than what other countries, including Britain, have done.
“The quality and commitment of Malaysia’s leadership has been impressive.” The six NKRAs which have delivered results are: REDUCING CRIME • Nationwide crime reduced for the first time in four years, with street crime and crime index slashed by 35 per cent and 15 per cent respectively, the highest drop since independence; • Last year, 2,001 violent crime backlog cases were cleared.
• For the first time, all 753 police stations nationwide were ranked based on their performances and services delivered to the public; and, • Redeployment of 14,222 officers and 7,402 back-office personnel to street and patrol duty, while police’s General Operations Force was reassigned with support from the army to fight crime.
FIGHTING CORRUPTION • The Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 has encouraged more whistleblowers to work with the police, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and other enforcement agencies; • MACC’s “Name-and-Shame” online database was created bearing the names, pictures, identity card numbers and case details of convicted offenders. Last year, 284 offenders were listed; • The Myprocurement website was launched to reflect the government’s commitment to transparency. It lists more than 3,500 government contracts as well as advertised or awarded tenders, dates and values of the contracts and the winners of tenders; and, • The percentage of people who view the government’s action in fighting corruption as being effective saw an almost two-fold increase, up from only 28 per cent in 2009 to 48 per cent last year.
IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES • The first comprehensive school-ranking system was introduced to track the performance of secondary and primary schools; • More than 700,000 preschoolers aged 4 and 5 were enrolled, up by 54,569 pupils compared with 2009; and, • Fourteen secondary and six primary schools made it into Malaysia’s first-ever High Performing Schools list.
RAISING LIVING STANDARDS OF LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS • The number of extremely poor households nationwide were reduced by 44,643 cases, with only 108 (0.2 per cent) remaining in the category as at Dec 31 last year; • Training for 2,000 women entrepreneurs resulted in their income increasing from an average of RM750 per month to RM3,500 per month or more (for a consecutive period of three months); and • For the first time ever, 35,095 low-cost housing units were offered to deserving families at a subsidised price that was 75 per cent lower than their market values.
IMPROVING RURAL BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE • More than 35,000 rural households received clean water supply; • More than 27,000 rural households gain access to 24-hour electricity supply; • More than 16,000 houses built or restored for the rural poor; and, • More than 750km of rural roads laid nationwide, touching the lives of more than two million Malaysians.
IMPROVING URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT • The Integrated Transport Terminal in Bandar Tasik Selatan opens in January. It connects the Express Rail Link Transit, Keretapi Tanah Melayu Komuter, Light Rail Transit system network and, thus, reducing congestion by diverting more than 500 expres buses away from the Kuala Lumpur city centre daily; • The refurbishment of 634 bus stops in the Klang Valley to provide better shelter and comfort to commuters in Ampang Jaya, Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Selayang, Sepang, Kajang, and Petaling Jaya; and, • The new four-car train sets on the Kelana Jaya line (PUTRA Line) resulted in an additional 2.43 million ridership.
The MKRAs and Ministerial Key Performance Indicators define the desired outcomes that ministers must achieve and be accountable for. The ministers will be given a scorecard that is reviewed by the prime minister twice yearly.
Source: New Straits Times
No comments:
Post a Comment