FINANCE MINISTRY BAGS PRIME MINISTER'S INNOVATION

AWARD 2014
Bernama News | General News | 05/09/2014 | Author: / NSF AYU LES TVKB CJ

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 5 (Bernama) -- The Finance Ministry won the Prime

Minister's
Innovation Award 2014 for its Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) concept which
provides key government and private services under one roof.
The Secretary General of Treasury, Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar
Abdullah,
said UTC's innovation concept proved it could be implemented at a reasonable
cost and still performed the task quickly, showing improvements in service
delivery to citizens more effectively.
"Services at UTC are opened from 8 am to 10 pm, thus enabling many
people,
especially those who work during the day, to go to the centre and make use of
its services after work. Housewives can also perform various transactions in
one place," he told reporters after the prize giving ceremony here today.
A cash prize of RM1 million, a trophy and a certificate of appreciation
was
presented by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to Mohd Irwan and
senior
deputy director of the National Strategy Unit Dr Aminuddin Hassim.
He said currently eight UTCs and a Mini UTC had been opened while three
other UTCs, namely in Sabah, Johor and Sarawak would be inaugurated by the
prime minister soon.
"The ministry is also planning to open centres in Terengganu, Kelantan,
Negeri Sembilan and the other states. The concept of Mini UTCs will also be
developed in small towns," he said.
The UTC centres are opened in old or existing buildings which are
renovated
within a period of about six weeks with minimal costs.
"We have received positive response from the people with the number of
people coming to UTC rising daily," he said.
During the past year, a total of 1.6 million people were recorded
visiting
the six opened UTCs, while up to July this year 1.7 million visitors were
recorded with the opening of two more new UTCs.
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