Pemandu: Details of 131 projects out next week
The initial 131 projects and 60 business opportunities worth US$444 billion are part of Malaysia's Economic Transformation Programme
The Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) under the Prime Minister's Department will reveal on September 21 details of the initial 131 projects and 60 business opportunities worth US$444 billion (RM1.39 trillion) to be implemented over the next 10 years.
These are part of the federal government's Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) to ensure that the country's gross national product (GNP) and per capita income increases to US$523 billion (RM1.63 trillion) and US$15,000 (RM46,800) respectively by 2020 to meet the World Bank's definition of a high-income nation.
"The 131 project details will be revealed to the public at the ETP Open Day on September 21 at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur," Pemandu chief executive officer Datuk Seri Idris Jala said at a senior editors' briefing in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.