I refer to my article ‘Be inclusive to achieve vision’ (The Star, April 28) and the Performance Management and Delivery Unit’s (Pemandu) response in the Malay Mail on May 3, 2016.

Firstly, I am happy that my comments were well received and would like to thank Pemandu for the prompt response.

In the response, it said “The high-income target set by the government has not deviated despite the fact that the threshold figure may rise or dip according to various economic permutations".

My request was to review the targets and identify solutions and to be pragmatic and ask whether the targets are still achievable, and if so, how? It is not a matter of deviation.

In a separate detailed response it was highlighted, using the Atlas method, Pemandu’s estimate of GNI per capita in 2015 is higher at US$10,110 per capita (BNM at RM9,291). But this is about 33 percent lower than the US$15,000 target.

My concern is the global economic prospects for the next few years are not that rosy. Using historical GDP numbers from 2011 to 2015, our growth were between 5-6 percent (except 2013: 4.7 percent). These growth numbers translate to an increase of GNI per capita from US$9,080 to only US$10,110 (about 11 percent increase) during the same five-year period.

That was why I requested for a review and identify solutions. Especially, to push for a 33 percent increase to US$15,000 in the next five years.

Another suggestion, is it possible to standardise important statistical numbers like the GNI per capita?

I also appreciate the details given in the calculation of the KPI formula. But why do we need three different results?

‘If you chase two rabbits, both will escape’

On Reducing Crime National Key Results Areas (NKRA) key performance indicator (KPI) of replacing multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs), agreeing with the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) to include this as a KPI is not a strong reason to include it as a key performance indicator as it is a standard task.

I am not clear on the explanation on Accident Frequency Rate KPI for the EPP4: MRT project. If it is the year’s average calculated by the total number of reportable accidents against the total number of man hours worked, two represents a huge number of reportable accidents! My question was what happened to the two accidents involving deaths, have the reports been made public?

While we begin with the end in mind, we should focus on the journey and not the destination.