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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks to ministers after the Second Bumiputera Economic Council Meeting 2/2024 at the Prime Minister’s Office, Putrajaya, on July 22, 2024. — Picture via FACEBOOK/ANWAR IBRAHIM

Govt has new direction for Bumiputera agenda over next decade — Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the government has discussed initiatives to boost Bumiputera participation, ownership, and control in line with the aspirations of the Madani Economy.

The prime minister said the matter was discussed during the Second Bumiputera Economic Council Meeting 2/2024, which he chaired today.

“While chairing the Second Bumiputera Economic Council Meeting 2/2024 today, the focus was on planning the transformation and new direction of the Bumiputera agenda for the next decade,” he said on X.

He said support from government-linked investment companies and government-linked companies is required through coordination, strengthened approaches, and the use of new technologies, based on their founding mandates.

Anwar emphasised the need for the planned initiatives to extend their benefits to communities in need.

— Bernama

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