10th. Malaysia Plan 2011-2015 - Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia

CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
10th Malaysia Plan
Chart 4-10 Significant progress has been achieved in providing basic physical
infrastructure in the rural areas 174
Chart 4-11 Women in Malaysia have high education attainment, however labour
force participation is still low 179
DEVELOPING AND RETAINING A FIRST-WORLD TALENT BASE
Chart 5-1 Malaysia needs to close the gap to achieve the characteristics of
a first-world talent base 192
Chart 5-2 Integrated human capital and talent development framework for
Malaysia 194
Chart 5-3 Pre-schools enrolment rate for 4+ and 5+ year-old children is targeted
to reach 87% by 2012 199
Chart 5-4 The nationwide LINUS programme is aimed at improving literacy and
numeracy for primary school students 200
Chart 5-5 High Performing Schools programme: The inaugural batch of 20 HPS
announced in January 2010 203
Chart 5-6 New Deal for Principals: All primary schools across Malaysia have
been ranked by performance 204
Chart 5-7 Teacher quality is the most important lever for changing student
outcomes 206
Chart 5-8 Mainstreaming Technical Education and Vocational Training: Dualpathway
to employment 217
Chart 5-9 Number of foreign workers in Malaysia has increased significantly
over the past decade 234
Chart 5-10 Sectors with high reliance on unskilled foreign workers have low
productivity 234
BUILDING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ENHANCES QUALITY OF LIFE
Chart 6-1 Over 70% of Malaysia’s population will be urban by the year 2020 249
Chart 6-2 There is a strong linkage between the wealth of cities and the quality
of life within cities 250
Chart 6-3 Growth will be concentrated in urban conurbations 253
Chart 6-4 Case study: New Urbanism, a shift towards compact urban models 256
Chart 6-5 Other Asian cities have recognized the importance of vibrant arts and
culture scene 258
Chart 6-6 Focus in rural areas will be on upgrading basic infrastructure 260
Chart 6-7 The mass rapid transit system will be a landmark project for Greater KL 266
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