KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional has pledged to address Malaysians' concerns over issues ranging from corruption and public safety to religious freedom.
These commitments are clearly spelt out in Barisan's manifesto, which covers 17 areas of focus, explaining what the Government has done so far and what it wants to achieve in the next five years.
In the fight against corruption, it plans to introduce measures to further curb graft, strengthen public confidence and improve Malaysia's ranking in anti-corruption perception indexes.
These include the setting up of more special corruption Sessions and High Courts and public disclosure of contracts to enhance transparency in Government procurement.
The manifesto outlined the coalition's commitment to boost police clout with an additional 4,000 personnel a year, expand closed-circuit television (CCTV) monitoring in high traffic public areas such as car parks, recreational areas, night markets and schools.
There are also plans to upgrade the welfare, professionalism and capability of the police, the Armed Forces and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.
The manifesto also pledges to employ a fairer mix of all races in the civil service, from frontline counter staff to government-link companies (GLCs), to provide better and more efficient services.
More 1Malaysia daycare centres would be set up over the next five years in government offices and GLCs, a move aimed at increasing the number of women involved in nation building.
The manifesto also detailed Barisan's commitment to quality education. Among others, it pledged to expand pre-school education to cover all types of schools, provide free wireless Internet access at all public universities and introduce a laptop ownership scheme for schools.
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