The Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, YB Dato S.K.Devamany with the assistance of KITA-UKM hosted five Working Groups to receive input pertaining to Malaysian Indians. These were held from August 24 to 26, 2009 at the office of Deputy Minister in Putrajaya
The five areas were:
Poverty & Social Issues (August 24 from 10am to 1pm)
Civil service Recruitment & Promotions (August 24 from 2pm to 5pm)
Economic, business & entrepreneurial development (August 25 from 10am to 1pm)
Education/ Training & Human Capital Development(August 25 from 2 to 5pm)
Effective delivery & implementation (August 26 from from 10am to 1pm)
Each of the working groups had between 17 to 26 people from a cross section of the community including a number of EPU staff. There was a strong participatory dimension to the discussions and all had an opportunity to make the comments and recommendations.
A simple framework which guided the discussion was based on three key points:-
We have also indentified a three- fold framework for analysis:
Review the policies & provisions in the Ninth Malaysia Plan
Analyse the effectiveness, noting achievements & challenges
Chart recommendations for the Tenth Malaysia Plan
These discussions were facilitated by Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria at the same time all present make some important contributions. Mr Victor Joseph was busy with his note book undertaking a basic record of all the exchange of ideas.
A report of the working group’s findings will be finalized by this weekend and made available to all the participants.
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