PM wants to bring M’sia to be amongst 22 top nations

KOTA BHARU: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has pledged to take Malaysia to be the 22nd nation among the top in the world if Barisan Nasional ( BN) is given the mandate to administer the nation again at the 14th General Election (GE14).

Najib said that as a leader he must initiate something that was the best for the people at all times.

“We must do something so that today will be better than yesterday and that tomorrow would be better than today. Insya Allah, under the BN we will carry the nation forward. We don’t want to retreat.

“We want to go much further, not one or two years in front. We want to take Malaysia to become a great nation, among the top 22 nations (in the world),”he said in his speech at a friendly gathering with the people of Ketereh at the Kompleks Yayasan Kemiskinan Kelantan ( YKK) at Kampung Wakaf Tok Wali, Melor here yesterday.

Also present were International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development Datuk Jazlan Yaakub, Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister’s Department Senator Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki and umno Ketereh division head Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

Commenting further, Najib, who is also BN chairman, said among the closest example was the efficient management of the economy which was implemented by the government currently.

“Our efficiency in managing our economic resources enabled the income to increase. I tell the officials at the Finance Ministry to look at the books, if the income has increased, we return it to the people.

“I said we can increase the 1Malaysia People’s Aid ( BR1M), and they (the officials) said possible. And they asked (me) to increase by how much? RM200, RM300? I said we don’t play with RM300, we increase by RM400,” he said. — Bernama