Over 7,000 nationwide activities along with over 2,000 projects and 100 programmes identified for the six National Key Result Areas (NKRAs) were showcased to the public at a two-day Government Transformation Programme (GTP) Open Day starting today.

An "open house" is being held at the Sunway Convention Centre until 5.30pm tomorrow to gather public feedback and perception on the six NKRAs - widening access to quality and affordable education, crime prevention, fighting corruption, raising the living standard of the low-income people, upgrading infrastructure in the rural and interior regions, and improving public transportation in a moderate period of time.

NONE Koh said the government had made public the activities and programmes for the six NKRAs in line with the policy of greater transparency and inclusiveness for all Malaysians.

"The government is committed to extensive reform and delivery efforts as we focus on bringing outcomes to the people. Given the public feedback, we hope to enhance our delivery plans in a clear and measurable way," he said when officiating at the GTP Open Day.

The NKRAs and the Key Performance Indicators, launched in July by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, are part of the GTP to ensure that the nation achieves Vision 2020 of making Malaysia a fully developed country by that year.

The public will be able to view the action or implementation plans and programmes for each of the NKRAs, which were earlier devised by eight "live" laboratories set up from the best talents in the civil service.

However missing from the public display was the 1Malaysia laboratory, believed to be due to disagreements among the ministers.

And in its place, the information ministry has setup a 1Malaysia booth which explains the concept of 1Malaysia which was envisioned by Najib to create unity among the citizens.

Unfounded media reports

Speaking to reporters after the launch of the ‘open house' Koh said media reports on the downgrading of the 1Malaysia lab was unfounded.

Clarifying on the matter, Koh said that the initial plan to include a unity laboratory, which will include the concept of 1Malaysia, was put off as it was felt that more could be done to highlight the concept.

He explained that the idea of the unity laboratory started with the National Integration Department but was later extended to other ministries as all ministries have a role to play in national unity.

"When the ministers finished their workshop last Sunday, many ministries were still not covered under the unity lab hence they wanted the lab to be postponed so that more ministries can be involved to have more discussion," he said.

"We postponed it because we want to do more. We want to discuss and engage more, so the result is more comprehensive, inclusive and effective," he added.

Koh also said the 1Malaysia GTP Roadmap would be released on Pemandu's website by the end of next month after getting feedback from the public on new ideas or conditions that the government was not aware of.

"We have an open heart and mind to receive suggestions from the public, whether they are on new ideas, new conditions we are not aware of and constructive criticism. As we have pointed out, we are still imperfect and need a lot of feedback," he said.

The GTP Roadmap will provide members of the public a comprehensive overview of the GTP initiatives, including details on specific programmes, the agencies, target groups, time frame, implementation as well as costs.

However, Koh said, the roadmap was not a final document because it was an ongoing process to get feedback from the public.

"What we plan today may have certain imperfections which will need amendments," he added.

Najib busy to see ministers' reports

Following the Open Day in Kuala Lumpur, Koh said, a roadshow of the same event would be held in Kuching and Kota Kinabalu next month.

Also present were Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and Chief Executive Officer of the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) Board, Datuk Seri Idris Jala, and former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

On another matter, Koh also denied reports that 10 ministries have failed to send their KPI reports on time in November and December.

He said that it was Najib who had been too busy to meet up with all the ministers to discuss on their respective reports.

He added that Najib would be meeting with the 10 ministers upon his return from Copenhagen where he is presently attending the Climate Change Conference.

Koh further added that the reports which Najib had not seen were not assessment reports of the respective ministers or ministries but instead were reports on how to implement the transformation in the said ministries and the allocation involved.

He said that the ministers will only be assessed every half year starting from 2010.

[With additional Bernama reporting]