GTP 2.0 - Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia

CaSE FOR
CHaNGE
2.1
aDDREssING thE Cost
oF lIvING
The COL NKRA was introduced in response to the growing concerns over
the rising cost of living. While the initiatives introduced have helped
defray some of the heaviest burdens on less fortunate rakyat, there are
no assurances that prices will not spike again in the coming three years.
As a reactive NKRA, the COL NKRA will continue to monitor internal and
external price pressures and implement appropriate interventions when
necessary. The Government has already renewed the Bantuan Rakyat
1Malaysia (BR1M) scheme for 2013, which provides a direct cash assistance
to households earning less than a pre-determined threshold.
GTP 2.0 is aimed at broadening and deepening the
transformation begun in GTP 1.0, but this abstract
idea drills down to specific ambitions for each
respective NKRA. In line with the 3-foot philosophy
of the GTP, each NKRA has identified specific
problems and solutions that will be addressed in GTP
2.0. More detailed information is available in the GTP
Roadmap 2.0, but a snapshot will be provided here
for each NKRA.
REDuCING CRImE
Despite improvements in the
country’s crime statistics and their
continued downward trend,
surveys show that 52.8% of the
rakyat continue to feel unsafe.
There is therefore need for the
CRI NKRA to respond to these
public concerns in GTP 2.0 by
taking further action to reduce the
crime rate and to create a safe and
secure environment for the rakyat.
The CRI NKRA recognises that it
is the right of every Malaysian
to feel safe within their own
neighbourhoods, and it is the hope
of the NKRA that its initiatives will
enhance community collaboration
to fight crime.
FIGhtING CoRRuPtIoN
Public perception of the
effectiveness of anti-corruption
initiatives remains low, and the
Government has taken upon itself
to lead the change in perception by
example. Perception is nonetheless
an important component of the
NKRA’s targets, as corruption
proliferates when the rakyat are
led to believe that corruption is
part and parcel of doing business
in Malaysia. Public surveys, such as
the Global Corruption Barometer
(GCB) by independent international
market analyst Frost & Sullivan,
indicate that many Malaysians do
not believe that corruption has
improved since the institution
of GTP 1.0.
25%
23%
Public perception of
on government
effectiveness in fighting
corruption remains low
27%
Eective
25%
Ineffective
25% of the public think that the
Government’s eort in fighting
corruption is ineective
49%
Neither
eective
nor ineective
23%
Improved 37%
Worsened
40%
Stayed the same
23% of the public feel that the
corruption level in Malaysia for the
past three years has improved
Sources: Global Corruption Barometer 2011,
Transparency International
2007
International
perception of Malaysia’s
effort in fighting
corruption is declining
5.1 5.1
2009
4.5
4.5
• Malaysia’s CPI ranking has been declining,
from 39th in 2004 to 60th in 2011
• Aside from the drop in ranking, the country's
CPI score (omit 'has') also dropped from -
between and to in
• This may be attributed to the perception of
little progress in combating corruption and of
a lack of political will in implementing eective
anti-corruption measures
Sources: Corruption Perception Index (CPI),
Transparency International
4.4 4.3
2009 2010 2011
CPI score
continued to decline
from ()
to ()
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2011
4.3