NINTH MALAYSIA PLAN

'Ninth Malaysian Plan' abbreviated as '9MP', is a comprehensive blueprint prepared by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister's Department and the Finance Ministry of Malaysia with approval by the Cabinet of Malaysia to allocate the national budget from the year 2006 to 2010 to all economic sectors in Malaysia.
The blueprint was announced on 1st April 2006, unveiled by the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Contents

Highlight issues of 9MP

Infrastructure

Health

Environment

Agriculture

Education

Culture, arts and heritage

Highlight issues of 9MP

Infrastructure

★ RM28.6 hinggit savings from privatisation

★ RM10 bil for Iskandar Region Development Authority (IRDA)

★ RM3.5 bil for building and upgrading rural roads

★ RM2 bil for biotechnology (physical and soft infrastructures)

★ RM1 bil for upgrading and extension of KKIA, second low cost hub for Malaysia

★ Second bridge and monorail for Penang island

★ Additional runway and satellite building for KLIA

★ Double tracking at selected priority stretches

★ An upgraded works of Pasir Gudang Highway and the construction of JB Eastern Dispersal Link

Health

★ RM10.28 bil for disease prevention

★ RM2.3 bil for setting up National Institute of Cancer, National Forensic Institute and National Institute for Oral Health

★ Eight new hospitals to be built...

Environment

★ RM510 mil for cleaning, preserving and beautifying rivers

★ RM4 bil for flood mitigation projects

Agriculture

★ RM4.4 bil for modernising agriculture farming

★ RM2.6 bil for support services

★ RM1.5 bil for agricultural irrigation programmes

★ Revitalising cocoa industry

Education

★ RM 690 mil for teachers' accommodation or housing quarters

★ RM 143 mil quarters in remote areas of Sabah & Sarawak

★ Universities for the states of Terengganu and Kelantan

★ 180 primary, 229 secondary and full boarding schools to be built

Culture, arts and heritage

★ RM11.6 mil less for culture