The Borneo Post

Eight ministries achieve 100 pct KPI target

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PUTRAJAYA: Eight ministries achieved the 100 per cent key performanc­e indicator (KPI) target under the Ministry Bumiputera Economic Empowermen­t ( PEB) programme last year (2016), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

They are the Natural Resources and Environmen­t Ministry; Home Ministry; Foreign Ministry; Youth andSportsM­inistry;Energy,Green Technology and Water Ministry; Rural and Regional Developmen­t Ministry; Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry; and Women, Family and Community Developmen­t Ministry.

Najib, who is also Finance Minister, announced the KPI achievemen­ts after chairing the Bumiputera Economic Council ( MEB) meeting, the first since the launch of the Economic Transforma­tion Roadmap 2.0 and the Bumiputera Wellbeing Transforma­tion ( TKB) Plan on April 19, here yesterday.

He said 93 PEB KPIs, which were endorsed by the MEB, had high impact, mosly based on results with a higher target set for 25 ministries, including the Prime Minister’s Department for last year.

“We took note that the 23 ministries had reached at least the 90 per cent KPI target set last year,” he told reporters after chairing the meeting.

The Prime Minister said the main achievemen­ts of the PEB of ministries and agencies in 2016 were, among others, the awards of 63.8 per cent of the estimated value of annual works to Bumiputera contractor­s in the constructi­on of major highways such as the West Coast Expressway ( WCE), the Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway 2 ( DUKE2), the East Klang Valley Expressway ( EKVE), and Sungai Besi- Ulu Klang Expressway (SUKE).

He said the others were the awards of contracts worth RM1.48 billion to Bumiputera companies in the constructi­on of the KL118 Tower ( Warisan

We took note that the 23 ministries had reached at least the 90 per cent KPI target set last year.

Merdeka); increased involvemen­t of Bumiputera companies in the Vendor Developmen­t Programme; increased Bumiputera percentage in house ownership, and cumulative­ly, the increased total turnover of Bumiputera cooperativ­es of RM31 billion with an increase of RM2.44 billion last year.

Najib said the PEB KPI for Ministries this year was formulated in line with the strategy and objectives of the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP) and the Bumiputera Economic Transforma­tion Roadmap 2.0.

He said 125 Bumiputera Economic Empowermen­t KPIs, which were high-impact in nature and result-based, were approved by the MEB for all ministries and the Prime Minister’s Department.

“The Bumiputera Empowermen­t Agenda ( BEA) KPI for 2017 will focus specifical­ly in the areas of vendor developmen­t, Bumiputera supply chain in strategic sectors, the training programme under the 1Malaysia Training Scheme ( SL1M), the constructi­on of affordable housing, and the introducti­on and improvemen­t of the police for the specific distributi­on, and Bumiputera procuremen­t,” he said.

On the 2016 KPI achievemen­ts of Government-Linked Investment Companies (GLICs) and selected Government-Linked Companies (G20), Najib said that five GLICs and 17 of G20 demonstrat­ed a level of maturity with positive results and more robust growth since the programme was implemente­d in 2014.

Under the implementa­tion of the BEA KPI of the GLICs and G20, he said seven key areas involved were vendor developmen­t programme, main companies dedicated to the specific supply chain distributi­on, human capital, ownership of nonfinanci­al assets, Bumiputera equity ownership in the corporate sector, and procuremen­t, he said. Najib said among major achievemen­ts registered last year were absorbing 72 new vendors into the Vendor Developmen­t Program from 49 in 2015, coaching eight national- champion category vendors and a regional- champion category vendor, and training 11,888 graduates under SL1M from 6,422 in 2015.

In addition, he said 3,476 affordable housing units were built from 213 in 2015 and the procuremen­t of Bumiputera companies amounted to RM13.4 billion compared with RM11.8 billion in 2015.

The prime minister said overall, the value of the Bumiputera initiative last year surged to RM42.1 billion compared with RM30.0 billion in 2015, while GLICs and G20 achieved 95.3 per cent of the KPI target set last year. — Bernama

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Prime Minister

 ??  ?? Najib (centre) addressing the media after chairing the Bumiputera Economic Council meeting. From left are Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan. — Bernama...
Najib (centre) addressing the media after chairing the Bumiputera Economic Council meeting. From left are Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan. — Bernama...

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