Confidence in the Economic Transformation Programme is riding high if the feedback from the Kuala Lumpur open day is anything to go by.

Based on theidris jala pemandu subsidies frontimage 1,060 questionnaires returned during the launch on Sep 21, 86 percent of respondents said that they believe that the ETP is a viable plan to transform the economy.

This was presented by Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) chief Idris Jala at the Perdana Leadership Foundation CEO Forum today.

More than 80 percent of the respondents gave scores of 6 and above on the scale of 1 to 10, to all but three questions.

The questionnaire was intended mainly to gauge the level of scepticism to the ETP.

The three areas which fared relatively worse, but still garnered at least 76 percent of the respondents’ support, include confidence in execution be it in terms of the projects themselves, the rate of local versus foreign investment and Malaysia’s ability to reach high income status by 2020.

The Kuala Lumpur open day had attracted about 4,000 visitors, while the Kuching and Kota Kinabalu events will take place next month.

According to Idris, among the follow-on projects that they will embark on based on public feedback, which he said they take seriously, is a ‘project fair’.

“We will have the government agencies and the banks there like SME Corp, Matrade, Mida, etc, people can come with their ideas and we will play the role of facilitating.”

He added that this is still in the planning stages.

Pemandu is also looking set up a “youth lab in short order” to figure out ways to further engage the large portion of Malaysians who are under 35.