October 19, 2009 14:30 PM

Government Seeks Public Feedback

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 19 (Bernama) -- The government is seeking public feedback and ideas on ways to improve national unity in Malaysia.

According to a statement from the office of the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, the feedback and suggestions received from the public would assist discussion on unity and 1Malaysia at an idea-generating session or "labs".

The feedback sought by the Government Transformation Programme led by the Prime Minister's Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) cand be submitted to Pemandu's website www.transformation.gov.my via email at ideas@transformation.gov.my.

The public can also write in to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator Datuk Seri Idris Jala at Blok Barat, Aras 3, Bangunan Perdana Putra, 62502 Putrajaya.

Through the labs, the government planned to come up with radical, practical and innovative solutions to achieve and promote national unity and social harmony in the country, the statement said, adding that the effort to promote national unity, the cornerstone of nation building, was in line with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's commitment to "1Malaysia, People First, Performance Now," and the creation of "One dream, One people, One Nation,"

In addition to national unity, Pemandu is also seeking public feedback on each of the six National Key Result Areas (NKRA) -- reduce crime, fight corruption, widen access to affordable and quality education, raise living standard of the poor, improve infrastructure in rural areas and improve public transport.

-- BERNAMA

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