Mission Thrusts
Driving greater economic value from core clusters namely Agriculture, Manufacturing and Tourism
- Make the NCER Malaysia’s premier food production centre
- Make the NCER electronics and electrical sector the largest in the region
- Position tourism as a differentiated, premium product
- Generate new sources of wealth by intensifying the use of mechanisation, modern methods, biotechnology and R&D
- Adoption of international standards of excellence
- Empowering youth and women
Raising the capacity for knowledge and innovations
- Create a culture of continuous learning through a holistic approach
- Streamline education goals to meet the needs of the core economic sectors
- Accredit and rank tertiary education centres
- Nurture quality research and development initiatives
- Attract, retain and develop world-class know-how
Addressing social economic imbalances
- Eradicate poverty
- Reduce income and wealth disparity between rural and urban areas
- Reduce regional income disparity
- Enhance the development of BCIC and Bumiputera wealth ownership
- Create education opportunities for all citizens
Improving the quality of life
- Enhance social amenities (health services, welfare services, recreation areas, public security, energy, sanitation, clean water and air)
- Improve the transport infrastructure
- Provide affordable housing
- Promote a healthy living environment and utilising resources sustainably
- Build on culture, arts and heritage
Strengthening institutional and implementation capacity
- Practice good governance
- Promote regional coordination and integration
- Create an NCER implementation organisation for speedy and coordinated implementation
- Promoting smart partnerships between private sector and GLCs to develop and nurture small, medium-sized entrepreneurs
- Leverage on strategic enablers (education and logistics infrastructure) to promote new investment and raise competitive advantage of core sectors
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