PROFESSIONALS BEHIND FORMULATION OF MALAYSIA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH FIGURES

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian government's figures on the
nation's economic growth are formulated by professionals including
statisticians.

Deputy Higher Education Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said ideas of
profesional groups were also tapped before government policies were formulated.

He said the government of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak
needed views from interested parties as they were also advisers to the
government.

"The wrong figures will result in wrong decisions. We received good support
from statisticians but will have to educate the public on statistics," he said
after launching World Statistics Day at Universiti Malaya here Saturday.


Saifuddin said the advice from experts and professionals was proven with
setting up of laboratories and formulation of the Economic Tranformation Plan
(ETP).

He urged the people to nurture interest in statistics as it would help them
command various fields including mathematics.

-- BERNAMA