Home Ministry achieved 90% KPI in first half of 2017

PUTRAJAYA: The Home Ministry achieved 90 percent of the 38 key performance indicators (KPI) just within the first six months of this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Ahmad Zahid, who is also Home Minister, said the figure exceeded the actual target of 69 per cent which should have been attained within the sixmonth period out of the overall KPI of 138 percent set.

"Working as a team has become a culture in the Home Ministry and its departments and agencies, which has brought about this success,” he said at the ministry’s monthly assembly, here, yesterday.

Ahmad Zahid said among the extraordinary success notched were through the Immigration Department, namely, approval for the employment pass within five working days which reached 207 percent, and online passport renewal within an hour, reaching 143 percent.

The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) meanwhile achieved 100 per cent KPI in reducing the crime index for every 100,000 local and foreign residents, and in community engagement at 82 percent, he said.

Ahmad Zahid said the Risk Area Community Empowerment Programme by the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) attained 128 per cent KPI, while the AADK’s enforcement of Section 3(1) of the Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983 achieved 133 percent.