GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

1MDB 1Malaysia Development Berhad

1-Inno CERT 1 Innovation Certification for Enterprise Rating and Transformation

3R Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

8th MP Eighth Malaysia Plan

9th MP Ninth Malaysia Plan

10th MP Tenth Malaysia Plan

AFAS ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services

AFFIRM Awareness, Faculty, Finance, Infrastructure, Research and Marketing

AIM Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia

APEX Accelerated Programme for Excellence

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASWARA National Arts, Culture and Heritage Academy

(Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan)

BBGP Broadband to General Population

BCIC Bumiputera Commercial and Industrial Community

BGF Business Growth Fund

BRT Bus Rapid Transit

BSTC Bumiputera Science and Technology Community

BTS Build-Then-Sell

CAGR Compounded Annual Growth Rate

CBD Central Business District

CCTVs Close-circuit Televisions

CDA Corridor Development Authority

CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CO2 carbon dioxide

CPD Continuous Professional Development

CRDF Commercialisation of R&D fund

CRS Citizen Registry System

CSR Corporate Social Responsibility

CTRM Composites Technology Research Malaysia

DFIs development financial institutions

DOF Department of Fisheries

DTP double-track-project

DTTB Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting

E&E electrical and electronics

ECER East Coast Economic Region

EDOs entrepreneur development organisations

EDU Economic Delivery Unit

EE Energy Efficiency

EKUINAS Ekuiti Nasional Berhad

EMUs Electric Multiple Units

e-PBT Electronic Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan

FDI foreign direct investment

FELDA Federal Land Development Authority

FELCRA Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority

FIC Foreign Investment Committee

FINAS National Film Development Corporation Malaysia

FiT Feed-in Tariff

FPX Financial Process Exchange

FRGS Fundamental Research Grant Scheme

FTTH Fibre-to-the-Home

GAP good agricultural practices

GBI Green Building Index

GCC Gulf Coorperation Council

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GEMS Graduate Employability Management Scheme

GERD Gross Expenditure on Research and Development

GHGs Greenhouse Gases

GLCs Government-linked Companies

GLICs Government-linked Investment Companies

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GMP Good Manufacturing Practices

GNI Gross National Income

GPS School Grade Point Average

(Gred Purata Sekolah)

GPS Global Positioning System

GREAT Government Regional Electronic Advancement Transformation Programme

GTFS Green Technology Financing Scheme

GTP Government Transformation Programme

HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

HDI Human Development Index

HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

HPS High Performing Schools

HRDF Human Resource Development Fund

HRH human resources for health

HSBB High Speed Broadband

IAB Aminuddin Baki Institute

(Institut Aminuddin Baki)

ICA Industrial Coordination Act

ICT Information and Communications Technology

ICU Implementation Coordination Unit

IKBN National Institute of Youth Skills

(Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara)

I-KeuNITA Inkubator Keusahawanan Wanita

I-KIT Intensive Skill Training for Single Mother

(Inkubator Kemahiran Ibu Tunggal)

IMD International Institute for Management Development

INSEP Industrial Skills Enhancement Programme

INSKEN Institut Keusahawanan Negara

IP Intellectual Property

IPP Independent Power Producers

IPTA Public Higher Learning Institution

(Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam)

IPTS Private Higher Education Institution

(Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Swasta)

IT Information Technology

ITE Institutes of Teacher Education

ITIS Integrated Transport Information System

ITT Integrated Transport Terminal

JKM Social Welfare Department

(Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat)

JPAM Malaysia Civil Defense Department (Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia)

KEMAS Jabatan Kemajuan Masyarakat

KeTTHA Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air)

KIA2M Kelas Intervensi Awal Membaca dan Menulis

KL Kuala Lumpur

KLIA Kuala Lumpur International Airport

km kilometre

KPI key performance indicator

KPLI Postgraduate Teaching Course

(Kursus Perguruan Lepasan Ijazah)

KRAs Key Result Areas

K-SMEs Knowledge SMEs

KTM Keretapi Tanah Melayu

KTP Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Ktoe kilo tonnes of oil equivalent

KWAPM Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pelajar Miskin

LINUS Literacy and Numeracy Screening

LKIM Malaysian Fisheries Development Board

(Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia)

LMOs Living Modified Organisms

LNG liquefied natural gas

LRT Light Rail Transit

LTAT Armed Forces Fund Board (Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera)

M&E machinery and equipment

MACC Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission

MAFC Malaysian Agriculture Food Corporation

MARA Majlis Amanah Rakyat

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MATRADE Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation

MAVCAP Malaysia Venture Capital Management Bhd

MBMMBI Upholding Bahasa Melayu and Strengthening English

(Memartabatkan Bahasa Melayu, Memperkukuh Penguasaan Bahasa Inggeris)

MBOs management buy-outs

MCMC Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

MDGs Millenium Development Goals

MERS Malaysian Emergency Response System

MICE Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions

MIDA Malaysian Investment Development Authority

MIF Mudharabah Innovation Fund

MITI Ministry of International Trade & Industry

MKRAs Ministerial Key Result Areas

MLNG2 Malaysia Liquefied Natural Gas Project 2

mmscfd million standard cubic feet per day

MNCs multinational companies

MOA Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry

MOE Ministry of Education

MOSTI Ministry of Science, Technology & Industry

MQA Malaysian Qualifications Agency

MQF Malaysian Qualifications Framework

MRSM MARA Junior Science College

(Maktab Rendah Sains MARA)

MyBayar Government Online Payment

MyCoID Malaysian Corporate Identity

MyExport Malaysian Export

MyGovXchange Malaysian Government Exchange

MyProcurement Government Procurement Information Centre

MySMS Government SMS Gateway

NCCIM National Chamber of Commerce and

Industry of Malaysia

NDP National Development Policy

NDTS National Dual Training System

NEM New Economic Model

NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations

NHD National Housing Department

NHS National Health Service

NIC National Innovation Council

NIEs Newly Industrialised Economies

NKEAs National Key Economic Areas

NKRAs National Key Result Areas

NPP National Physical Plan

NRS National Registry System

NSDC National SME Development Council

NSRC National Science & Research Council

NSW National Single Window

NUP National Urbanisation Policy

NVS National Vision Policy

NWRP National Water Resources Policy

OECD Organisation of Economic Co-Operation and Development

OSCs One-stop Centres

PAAB Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad

PbR Payment-by-Result

PDRM The Royal Malaysian Police (Polis DiRaja Malaysia)

PEMANDU Performance Management & Delivery Unit

PEMUDAH Special Task Force to Facilitate Business

(Pasukan Petugas Khas Pemudahcara Perniagaan)

PERMATA Early Childhood Development Programme for Children Aged Four and Below

PETRONAS Petroliam Nasional Berhad

PhD Philosophy Doctorate

PISA Programme for International Student Assessment

PLCs Public Listed Companies

PMU Project Management Unit

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PNB Permodalan Nasional Berhad

PNS Perbadanan Nasional Berhad

PPP public-private partnerships

PROTIM Program Pemulihan Asas Kemahiran Membaca, Menulis dan Mengira

PSP Principal Submitting Person

PUNB Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad

PWDs persons with disabilities

R&D research and development

REITs Real Estate Investment Trusts

RELA People Volunteer Corps

(Ikatan Relawan Rakyat Malaysia)

RGCs Rural Growth Centres

RISDA Rubber Industry Smallholders

Development Authority

RM Malaysia Ringgit

RPL Recognition of Prior Learning

RSEs Research Scientist and Engineers

SAIDI System Average Interruption Duration Index

SCORE Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy

SCORE SMEs Competitive Rating for Enhancement

(Penggredan Daya Saing untuk

Peningkatan EKS)

SDAs Strategic Development Areas

SDC Sabah Development Corridor

SETARA Rating System for Malaysian Higher Education Institutions

(Sistem Penarafan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia)

SIRIM Standards and Industrial Research

Institute of Malaysia

SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises

SMS Short Message Service

SPAD Public Land Transport Commission

(Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat)

SPAN National Water Services Commission

(Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara)

SPM Malaysian Certificate of Education

(Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia)

SPNB Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad

SPP II Project Monitoring System II

(Sistem Pemantauan Projek II)

SQEM Standard Quality Education Malaysia

SRIs Strategic Reform Initiatives

SSM Companies Commission of Malaysia

(Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia)

STOL Short Take Off Landing

STPM Malaysian Higher School Certificate

(Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia)

SWM solid waste management

TAF Technology Acquisition Fund

TC Talent Corporation

TEKUN Tabung Ekonomi Kumpulan Usaha Niaga

TEUs Twenty-foot Equivalent Units

TEVT Technical Education and Vocational Training

TFP total factor productivity

TH Tabung Haji

TI-CPI Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index

TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

TOL Temporary Occupation License

UiTM MARA University of Technology

(Universiti Teknologi MARA)

UK United Kingdom

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

US United States

USM Science University of Malaysia

(Universiti Sains Malaysia)

WAN Wide Area Networks

WDR World Development Report

YAHB Yayasan Amanah Hartanah Bumiputera

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