The government is launching several policies, which will be more powerful and stronger, to face the world's challenges, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

He said the policies would include the National Industrial Plan, to be launched in August, the Mid-Term Review of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) at the end of September and the second MADANI Budget in October.

He said these policies were required to deal with the challenges facing the world, which included the power struggle and war; global economic slowdown and the climate and environmental crisis.

"This big framework that will be launched will serve as a platform for good, transparent and responsible governance," he said in his congratulatory speech at the investiture ceremony in conjunction with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah’s birthday celebration today.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency