Najib: Govt proves critics wrong with record levels of FDIs


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 05 Aug 2017

Najib said the national debt was within control and had in fact been reduced to 52.5% from 54% previously. - Filepic

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian economy has continuously demonstrated its strength by securing record levels of foreign direct investments (FDIs), said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pic).

The Prime Minister said contrary to claims that the government was going bankrupt, the country's Gross National Income increased by nearly 50 percent between 2009 and 2016, in which 2.26 million jobs had also been created.

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