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– Kerajaan hari ini menubuhkan Majlis Ekonomi yang berperanan sebagai badan penasihat bagi menangani masalah inflasi dan kelembapan ekonomi dunia yang memberi kesan kepada negara.... Berita Penuh
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Prime Minister Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak,
International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin,
Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Transport Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat
Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz,
Economic Planning Unit director-general Tan Sri Dr Sulaiman Mahbob,
CIMB chief executive Datuk Nazir Razak,
Cuepacs president Omar Osman,
Fomca president Datuk N. Marimuthu,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia vice chancellor Datuk Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hassan Shahabuddin.
Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed
Entrepreneur and Cooperative DevelopmentMinister Datuk Noh Omar,
Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam
Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad
Prime Minister's Department Minister Tan Sri Amirsham A. Aziz
Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Dr Wan Abdul Aziz Abdullah,
Sabah state secretary Datuk Sukarti Wakiman and
Sarawak state secretary Datuk Amar Wilson Baya Dandot are also in it.
Representatives from the private sector and government-linked companies include
Public Bank chairman Tan Sri Thong Yaw Hong,
Lin Associates chairman and chief executive Tan Sri Dr Lin See Yan,
Institute of Strategic and International Studies chairman and chief executive Tan Sri Mohamed Jawhar Hassan,
Royal Selangor managing director Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon,
Khazanah Nasional Berhad managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar and
RAM Consultancy Services executive chairman Tan Sri C. Rajandram.
Others include
Securities Commission chairman Datuk Zarinah Anwar,
Federal Flour Mills Berhad executive chairman Datuk Oh Siew Nam,
Universiti Malaya economic and administration faculty's Datuk Seri Panglima Andrew L.T. Sheng,
Felda Group managing director Datuk Mohd Bakke Salleh,
NadiCorp Holding Sdn Bhd executive chairman Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Salleh,
Kumpulan Symphony Bhd chief executive Datuk Azman Yahya,
Bernama chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Annuar Zaini,
Pan Malaysia Bus Operators Association president Datuk Mohamad Ashfar Mohamad Ali,
MRCB Group managing director Sharil Ridza Ridzuan and
Ethos & Company managing director Omar Mustapa.
Council secretariat head is Datuk Dr K. Govindan while Datuk
Dr Zainal Aznam Yusof and
Datuk Dr R. Thillainathan have been named as council working group members.
