CYBERJAYA: While the Cabinet meets weekly to discuss issues and the national agenda, the ministers' retreat that is taking place serves as an opportunity to ensure the government’s objectives are well aligned and to form greater unity among the Cabinet members.
"The retreat, which is taking place until today (Jan 17) will serve as a platform for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to deliver his mandate to his ministers as well as to the top leadership of the civil service on the government’s way forward and strategies for the year," said the Prime Minister’s Department.
It added that long and mid-term plans were also expected to be spelt out by the Prime Minister during the retreat, which started on Tuesday (Jan 16) at a resort here.
"The programme is meant to ensure objectives are aligned, to create joint ownership and unity among Cabinet members on the government’s action plans that are based on the concept of the whole of government and the whole of the nation.
"The retreat also brings the objective to strengthen synergy and cooperation between the ministers and top management of the civil service, so that there will be focused execution in realising the administration’s economic objectives," JPM said in a statement on Tuesday.
Several forums and discourse sessions involving experts in the public and private sectors, industries and international organisations had been planned.
Among the issues to be discussed were economic challenges and the way forward, welfare and social security, governance and innovation and communications.
On Tuesday, when asked about the Cabinet retreat, the Prime Minister said it was to explore new ways to raise the economic strength of the country,
The Cabinet retreat, he said, was to look ahead at the implementation of various programmes and policies, and to discuss taking more specific steps on issues such as energy transition, investments and digital existence.
