Delay continues for release of Malaysia’s 2021-2025 development plan
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has suspended the announcement of its long-awaited twelfth five-year plan until at least January, since the pandemic has thrown any previous government data “out of the window”, according to a senior cabinet minister.
Mustapa Mohamed, the minister in the Prime Minister’s Office responsible for the economy, said that a third coronavirus wave has delayed Malaysia’s anticipated recovery in the fourth quarter of this year, and it continues to impede the government from naming its five-year development priorities, more than four months after this was anticipated.
Speaking at an event hosted by the World Bank Group in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (Dec 17), the minister acknowledged the fourth quarter would be “more challenging” than expected, especially after the return of movement restrictions for most Malaysians in late August.
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