Government Will Intensify Efforts To Provide Even Better Services To All - PM Najib

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 (Bernama) -- Najib Razak on Tuesday gave his assurance that the Malaysian government will intensify efforts to provide even better services to all quarters. The Prime Minister said this was important towards realising the government's aspiration to draw more foreign investors, besides being among the most efficient governments. He said this in response to recent news reports which stated that Malaysia now was the sixth most attractive destination to foreign investors, besides ranking eighth in the world in terms of government efficiency. "The government will continue to do its best to provide top services to the people and investors," he said in a Twitter post Tuesday night. The media on Monday reported that Malaysia is in sixth position in this year's Baseline Profitability Index (BPI), climbing five spots from 11th place in 2014. The BPI is a ranking of destinations of attractiveness for foreign investors, published by the Foreign Policy Magazine. Among ASEAN countries, only Malaysia and Singapore featured in the top 10, while Indonesia was ranked 12th, Vietnam (23), Philippines (30) and Thailand at 38th position. In a statement on Monday, Malaysia Investment Development Authority (MIDA) said the ranking, which covered 110 countries across six continents, reaffirmed that Malaysia was an attractive profit centre in this region for investors. --BERNAMA