Published: Friday July 10, 2009 MYT 11:23:00 AM
Nine experts join economic advisory council
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has appointed nine experts to the National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC).
They are Universiti Sains Malaysia vice-chancellor Prof Tan Sri Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, economic council member and former Bank Negara chief economist Datuk Andrew Sheng, economic council member and former World Bank consultant Datuk Dr Zainal Asnam Mohd Yusof and National Implementation Task Force adviser Datuk Dr Hamzah Kassim.
The rest are corporate adviser Datuk Nicholas S. Zefferys, Institute of Strategic and International Studies director-general Dr Mahani Zainal Abidin, World Bank and Asian Development Bank senior adviser Dr Yukon Huang, World Bank east asian regional chief economist Dr Homi J. Kharas, and London School of Economics economics department head Prof Dr Danny Quah.
In a statement Friday, Najib said he also appointed Universiti Malaya economics dean Prof Dr Norma Mansor the council’s secretary-general.
Najib had earlier appointed Tan Sri Amirsham Abdul Aziz as the NEAC chairman.
The council will advise the Government on a new national economic model, which is aimed at boosting the nation’s economic status from middle to high income and towards a developed nation status by 2020.
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