GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO REALIZE VISION 2020

Vision 2020 is a goal that was introduced by Former Prime Minister of Malaysia which is Tun Dr. Mahathir, which aims to make Malaysia an industrialized nation and fully developed nation by the year 2020. To make these goals become true various programs have been introduced by the government to improve the economy and to make Malaysia a developed nation. To achieve the goal of becoming a high income nation Tenth Malaysia Plan was introduced. Tenth Malaysia Plan is a five year development plan for the period 2011-2015 Malaysia. That plan was presented by Datuk Seri Najib Razak on June 10, 2010 in Parliament. 10 great ideas have been formulated in the Tenth Malaysia Plan are as follows economy in runway by domestic factors, while taking into account the external environment, utilizing ethnic diversity to achieve success in the international arena, the transformation towards a high-income nation through specialization, successful growth led by productivity and innovation. Moreover, nurture, attract, and retain the best talent, ensuring equal opportunities and protecting the vulnerable, concentrated growth and inclusive development, supporting effective and smart growth, value growth environment, and government as a competitive , For the success of this plan the government has introduced various programs such as the Economic Transformation Programmed (ETP) and Government Transformation Programmed (GTP). Economic transformation program is a program run by the government to move Malaysia towards a high-income nation. For more information, economic transformation program gives focus to the 12 national key economic areas of agriculture, business services, education, electrical and electronics, financial services, health. Greater Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley, palm oil, gas and energy, communications and infrastructure, tourism, wholesale and retail. According to the plan, this program will enhance Malaysia's gross national income per capita of RM23,700 in 2009 to more than RM48000 in 2020. Among other goals of this program is to create over 3.3 million new jobs by 2020, covering the whole country, including urban and rural the city and we will be able to witness the transition to middle and high income earners. In addition, the Greater Kuala Lumpur / Klang Valley will be transformed into a world class city. The main goal of the Greater KL and Klang Valley is to enable the country's economic growth reached top-20 ranking of cities that have a strong economy. Among the achievements of the Economic Transformation Programmed is improvement project Commencement. In 2010 when the program was launched, there are 131 Entry Point Projects. In 2012 the Project Initiation increased to 152, covering 149 projects has been announced with a total investment of RM211.34 billion. Through this investment the country is expected to generate a Gross National Income amounted to RM135.64 billion in 2020 and is expected to create employment opportunities for 408.433. Moreover, the gross national income per capita also increased from US $ 6,700 in 2009 to US $ 99,700 in 2012. The figure mentioned represents an increase of 48.8 per cent in the last two years, is witnessing rapid economic instigate occurred through economic transformation program implemented by the government. If it does not come into force in things that are unexpected, Malaysia has the potential to achieve a gross national income per capita of US $ 15,000 ahead of 2020 as targeted. Another achievement to be proud of is that although the world economy is not stable but Malaysia's gross domestic product continued to achieve strong growth in 2011. For 2012, gross domestic product rose to 5.6 percent in 2011 increased to 5.1 per cent, while in 2010 it recorded growth of 7.2 per cent. Subsequently in 2013, the Economic Transformation Programmed has contributed RM7.4 billion in Malaysia's gross national income, managed to create 29.737 new jobs, and spur investment worth RM8 billion. All these activities have contributed to the increase in the gross national income per capita to US $ 10,060 in 2013. Malaysia's gross domestic product grew by 4.7 per cent despite the emerging markets hit by the uncertainty but Malaysian economy remained resilient. In addition, Malaysia also enjoyed an increase in investment over three years ago. Most encouraging increased private investment firm tripled to 15,313 per cent for the period between 2010 and 2013, compared with 4.7 per cent between 2008 and 2010. In addition, private investment in 2013 reached RM161.1214 billion, surpassing the initial target set at RM148.4 billion as high as 8.6 percent. Now move on to the achievement of economic transformation program in 2014, gross national income per capita rose from £ 30.809 to £ 34,123². The increase was driven by private sector investment of RM146³ billion. The mission to open as many as 3.3 million jobs is fast approaching the target as the government can create 1.8⁴ million jobs up to 2014. A few years earlier, we have witnessed great success in eradicating poverty. According to the latest data from the Department of Statistics, Malaysia (DOSM), only one percent of the population was living in poverty in 2014, compared with 3.8 percent in 2009. The percentage is very much different from the first record that is collected about poverty in Malaysia, when 49.3 percent, or almost half of the population classified as living in poverty is constitute a tremendous achievement and closer to the goal of becoming a high income nation. Economic Transformation Programmed showed a very encouraging achievement, this indicates that the program implemented by the government have helped Malaysia to boost the economy in turn lead Malaysia towards a high-income nation. GTP is a program introduced by the government and was presented by Datuk Sri Najib in April 2009. There are two objectives in the Government Transformation Programmed is the first of transforming government to be more effective in the delivery of services and is responsible for the success of a priority to the people and second, to spur Malaysia towards a developed society, united and fair with high standards of living for all. This is in line with the national mission to achieve Vision 2020. The program focuses on six key result areas of the State, namely reducing crime in the country, fighting corruption, improving student outcomes, raising living standards of low-income households, improving rural basic infrastructure, and City improve public transport. Such as the Economic Transformation Programmed, Transformation Plan also draws on the success of many of them in the street crime rate has decreased by 39.7% and the crime rate index dropped to 11.1%. For the first time Malaysia was recognized as the safest country in Southeast Asia and his fourth safest in the Asia Pacific region behind New Zealand, Japan and Australia have been confirmed by the fifth edition of the Global Peace Index 2011. When the crime rate reduced state and country become more secure this will increase the percentage of safety in the country's tourism sector would improve the country's economy. Furthermore, the government managed to improve the Living Standards of Low-Income Households (LIH). In addition, some 998,357 people living in remote areas of East and Peninsular Malaysia have been changed for the better in 2011 when they received a wide range of amenities such as roads, housing and clean water and electricity. Cumulatively this program has improved the lives of nearly 3.2 million Malaysians in rural areas in the last two years alone. In 2014 also demonstrated the effectiveness of this Government Transformation Programmed. Implementation of the National Key Result Areas (NKRA), which focuses on fighting crime successfully demonstrated the effectiveness when the crime rate dropped by 12.6 percent last year, the second highest decrease for the next five years. According to its 2014 annual report decreased levels of this index has surpassed the set target of five per cent each year and is measured by three major focuses of vehicle theft prevention, rehabilitation and upgrading of skills as well as rehabilitation of prisoners and drug use. In 2013, the Government continues to provide a range of assistance to the people in order to reduce the cost of living. Among them is help Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) delivered to households with a monthly income of RM3,000 and below with cash assistance of RM500. This assistance is extended to single individuals aged 21 years and over with a monthly income less RM2 thousand a month with RM250 cash aid. An allocation of RM2.9 billion enjoyed more than 4.8 million households and 2 million singles in 2013. Through this program the government is also likely to provide financial assistance of RM100 to 5.2 million primary and secondary school students in 2013. The higher education institutions also benefit through this program where the 1Malaysia Book Voucher (BB1M) has been increased from RM200 to RM250. To further ease the burden of household expenditure, Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M) which offers a variety of products with lower price than the market increased by 40 units in 2013 to 125 KR1M whole. Even the price is the same KR1M goods between Peninsular and East Malaysia. A total of 70 Klinik 1Malaysia (K1M) has opened and operated in 2013 and bringing the total to 238 since 2010. K1M has provided treatment to 9.2 million patients since its implementation. Program Menu Rakyat 1Malaysia (MR1M), which also received increases of as much as 1,110 food handlers in 2013 bringing the total number of participants MR1M the country is of 4 thousand shops. Achievement showed very instigate next show the government's ability to bring Malaysia into a developed country. Finally, to achieve the goals of Vision 2020 several of programs carried out by the government. This shows that the government is working hard to improve the country's economy and make Malaysia a developed nation. As Malaysians, let us mobilize energy to be resident in the country that reached the level of developed countries.