KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is set to embark on a new 30-year transformation plan, titled Transformasi Nasional (TN50), which will set a new ‘vision’ for the nation.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, announcing this at the 2017 Budget tabling in Parliament today, said TN50 aims to transform Malaysia into a nation of calibre, with a new mindset.
He said TN50 will serve as a national discourse series geared towards charting the nation’s direction via a new canvas.
“The New Economic Policy under the late Tun Razak was planned to create a successful New Generation within 30 years. So is TN50, which will span three decades, to form a calibre nation state as well as with par excellent mindset,” he said.
He said youths of all races will form the core of the TN50 vision. The discourse series will be handled by the Youth and Sports Ministry under his patronage.
“Let TN50 bear witness; (let it) be recorded in history that we are responsible citizens and forefathers, to leave behind the best and he greatest legacy to be inherited by future generations.
“From now on, TN50 is our lucky charm. Let the old legacy pass. The future of Malaysia, we will recreate,” he said.