• 2 months ago
Resolving people-related issues, particularly the cost of living, will be the main priority of the current government, said Fahmi Fadzil.

The Communications Minister gave this assurance during the "Minister's Conversation 2024" at the National Institute of Public Administration (Intan) on Friday (Sept 13), after the current unity government had surpassed 21 months and 15 days in office.

Fahmi, who also serves as the government spokesman, highlighted the fulfilment of nine key demands related to the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) as one of the administration’s notable achievements.

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00:00During your speech, you mentioned that this is currently the longest serving administration, 22 months and 15 days.
00:09Since 2018.
00:11Since 2018, and what are the challenges ahead? How are you going to move forward?
00:30We want to build a sustainable building, with a new foundation that has been announced under the framework of the civil economy.
00:41And a year after the civil economy was announced, together with the new industrial plan,
00:51as well as the energy transition plan, NETR, we have seen a good amount of investment,
01:02increasing the population for the sake of the population, compared to the previous year.
01:09In fact, the confidence among foreign investors has been translated into the strength that we see in terms of the value of RM1.
01:20When this recording was made, the value of RM1 was at 4.31% compared to the US dollar,
01:29which is a fairly good position, and we expect it will continue to grow.
01:34At the same time, the people expect not only a stable administration from a political point of view,
01:41but also that the good will overflow to the people.
01:44For public servants, starting on December 1st, they will enjoy a raise in salary,
01:48while for 1,000 companies involved in the progressive wage base program,
01:54their workers, who are estimated to cut off a total of 1 million workers, will begin to enjoy a raise in salary.
02:02And at this time, we can also see the proud KDNK growth,
02:08a reduction in the deficit compared to the KDNK, a reduction in government loans,
02:13and also a stable inflation of around 2%.
02:19So, the metrics in terms of economic growth are quite positive.
02:23The price of goods is under control, the stock of goods is sufficient, especially in the holiday season.
02:29And what is important in the future is to further stimulate growth
02:34and ensure that the issue of the cost of the people's livelihood can be handled.
02:40As mentioned in the speech of the Ministers,
02:45during the official welcome session of the World Honourable Seri Paduka Baginda,
02:55our focus is to solve the problems of the people, especially the cost of living.
03:01In the period of one month and 15 days?
03:04More.
03:05More, right?
03:06659 or 670 days, more or less.
03:14Even though it's a short period of time, we have achieved a lot.
03:18As we can see, as has been announced by the Deputy Prime Minister, Dato' Fadillah Yusof,
03:27in issues such as MA63, the government has done far more,
03:33solved far more problems,
03:37made a much greater contribution compared to the previous administrations.
03:42And it is not, it is merely to be fair.
03:48The statement of the Deputy Prime Minister is,
03:50this is an agreement that was formed by the Malaysian fathers
03:54during the formation of Malaysia in 1963.
03:57We must implement it and it is an obligation for this administration to solve as much as possible.

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