KUALA LUMPUR 26 Feb. - Asas kewangan yang kukuh dan dasar negara yang pragmatik sejak lima tahun lalu diyakini meletakkan Malaysia dalam landasan yang betul untuk menjadi sebuah negara maju menjelang 2020. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Unit Pengurusan Prestasi dan Pelaksanaan (PEMANDU), Datuk Seri Idris Jala berkata, sehubungan itu, negara perlu kekal fokus dalam memperkembangkan sektor-sektor ekonomi utama dan memperbaiki persekitaran perniagaan di negara ini. “Kita tidak boleh berputus asa dengan cabaran-cabaran sebaliknya meneruskan perancangan sedia ada,” katanya dalam program Rangkuman Ekonomi 2014 di sini hari ini. Yang turut hadir pada program itu ialah Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar dan Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri, Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamad. Tambah Idris, pertumbuhan ekonomi 2014 yang kukuh diterajui oleh aktiviti-aktiviti pelaburan swasta dalam pelbagai industri utama termasuk...

The Economic Wrap-Up session held in Sasana Kijang organised by the Performance and Management Delivery Unit (PEMANDU) recently featured Dato’ Sri Idris Jala, CEO of PEMANDU and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, fellow Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, and Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamad, Minister of International Trade and Industry. The session brought home the point that while Malaysia’s economy was in good shape throughout 2014, several areas still remain to be improved before the nation can fulfil its aspiration of becoming a high-income developed country by 2020. Dato’ Sri Mustapa, in his concluding remarks, reminded the audience that everyone needed to work together in order to make 2015 a success, as it would most likely turn out to be a challenging year. The way forward for Malaysia Dato’ Sri Idris reiterated the need to remain focused on completing existing projects and not to keep brainstorming new ones. “If...