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2016

INTRODUCTION

The Prime Minister’s Department (PMD) was established in July 1957 a month
before the declaration of independence of Malaya. PMD is an important Ministry
in the administration system for its role as the administrative agency responsible
for key government policies.

The scope and functions of PMD can be summarized into seven key areas:

1 Planning and implementation 4 Management of national
of socio-economic security;
development;
5 Management of legal and
2 Planning and management judicial affairs;
of human resources of the
public sector; 6 The affairs of the relationship
between the Federal
3 Management and Government and State
development of Islamic Government;
affairs;
7 Implementation of special
functions.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES Tan Sri Dr. Ali Hamsa, Chief Secretary
Civil Servant Housing Convention to the Government in his speech at
2016 the closing ceremony of the Civil
Servants Housing Convention 2016
on 3 March 2016, said the 1Malaysia
Civil Servants Housing (PPA1M) which
is a government initiative to help civil
servants to own quality houses at a
strategic location with a selling price
of between RM90,000 and RM300,000,
which is 20% to 30% below the market
price aiming to reach 100,000 housing
units throughout the country by the
end of 2018.
He said to date, 48,695 units under
PPA1M had been approved and in
various stages of implementation.
Until now, a total of 22 housing
projects are opened for applications
in various locations such as Putrajaya,
Alor Setar, Pulau Pinang, Bukit Jalil,
Seremban, Kuantan and Sabah.