Najib Sees `Uphill Battle' for Malaysia Over Next Five Years
Malaysia under economic program to achieve developed status
Najib faced with biggest political crisis amid funding scandal
By
Chong Pooi Koon and Manirajan Ramasamy
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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak said the country faces an "uphill battle" over the next five years in its plan to become a developed nation.
Najib introduced a program in 2010 to lure private investment, improve education and add high-quality jobs to propel the economy into high-income nation status by 2020, fulfilling a goal laid out by former leader Mahathir Mohamad. Najib said Tuesday that despite challenges he remains confident of achieving that target.
