BUKIT MERTAJAM: The Penang Bumiputera Development Council will be reactivated with former Prime Minister’s Department Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU) director-general Tan Sri Khalid Ramli appointed as its new chairman.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the decision was made at the first Penang Bumiputera Development Council meeting this year chaired by himself as a move to empower the socioeconomic aspects and human capital of Bumiputera Madani in Penang.
The Penang Bumiputera Development Council is a platform for meeting members to consider proposals for the implementation of programmes and projects specific for Bumiputera in the state in order to expand and improve the level of achievement of the Penang Bumiputera community, especially in socioeconomic aspects.
The Prime Minister said to ensure that the desire to increase Bumiputera property ownership in Penang is achieved as well as to drive the development of waqf land, the government agreed to approve an allocation of RM200mil as a soft loan fund. He said the programme strives to produce Bumiputera Muslim children who are holistic and complete with religious knowledge and technical skills.
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