PUTRAJAYA: The 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP) must be the focus of the civil service without allowing other factors to distract them from their objectives.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he had tabled the 11MP as simple as possible, as the country set its sight to become a high income advance nation.
In this respect, Najib said the civil services must adopt five main thrusts namely being a government that is pro-growth, pro-rakyat, pro-business, pro-sustainable and environmental development and continued in the nation building process.
"As a pro-growth government, we must practice the policies that ensures higher and medium growth.
"We must also be pro-rakyat through distribution of wealth for those in the lower income group and address the high cost of living.
"In terms of pro-business, the private sectors and government linked companies (GLC) should be the key drivers of the nation's economy instead of relying solely on the government per say," he said at the Prime Minister's Department monthly gathering this morning.
Najib also cited the recent flooding in the East Coast as a valuable lesson for all to be a pro-environment government.
"The civil service must also remember the country is still in the process of nation building and there are many things that needed to be carried out, hence the government should promote solidarity, racial unity and strengthen its policies founded on the Wasatiyah (moderation) as well as the 1Malaysia concept."