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Tuesday 23 February 2010

Malaysia's 2009 Economic Performance Better Than Expected, Says Najib

KUCHING, Feb 22 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's 2009 fourth quarter performance that will be announced this Wednesday is better than expected, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Without giving further details, the prime minister said the economic performance during the period was beyond expectation.

"In other words, we have recovered from the global recession" he said at the 1Malaysia dinner here Monday night.

The dinner was held at the new State Legislative Assembly building here in conjunction with his two-day official visit to Sarawak starting Monday.

Najib said the good perfomance was due to the courageous efforts of the people of this country and various pro-active steps taken by the government in tackling the economic problem last year.

Najib described his visit to several longhouses here Monday as a very touching experience.

The prime minister visited Iban longhouse in Saratok and Lachau,Sri Aman as well as a mixed population of Simunjan town.

"I can feel the warmth and the sincerity of the people," he said adding that this was an indication of their strong support for the government.

The prime minister also said he would continue to support the development of Sarawak in terms of infrastructure.

He said this development would be done together with the state government.

Meanwhile Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud who was also at the event called on the people of Sarawak to support the 1Malaysia concept.

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