Najib launches new bumiputra economic empowerment agenda


Najib at the launch of the Bumiputera Economic Empowerment Council.

SHAH ALAM: The Government has announced new measures and strategies to empower the bumiputera economy, with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak himself heading the Bumiputera Economic Council (MEB), to be set up soon.

Najib said the MEB, which will replace the Bumiputera Agenda Action Council, will implement five main strategies as a continuation of the implementation of the bumiputera economic empowerment agenda.

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