Bangi: Malaysians who are unhappy with the government’s unfulfilled promises can expect more changes for the better.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak acknowledged yesterday that the ruling party had failed to meet the expectations of certain groups.

“Quite a number of people felt that the reforms that we have promised way back in 2004 have not been fully implemented or that they had not gone far enough to fulfil the people’s expectations.

“So the leadership wants to continue with these reforms.”

However, Najib said in its efforts to bring about reforms in areas deemed necessary and appropriate, the government would not be pushed into doing anything without a thorough study.

He said even in the case of Anti-Corruption Agency’s proposal that it be allowed to operate along the lines of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), the government had and would hear more views on the best ways for the agency to operate.

“We are still open to suggestions and the Prime Minister (Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) is personally looking into this.”

Since its inception in 1974, the ICAC had embraced a three-pronged approach of law enforcement, prevention and community education to fight corruption.

With the support of the government and the community, Hong Kong has now become one of the “cleanest” places in the world.

Abdullah said on Thursday that apart from initiating a review of the judiciary’s terms of service and remuneration, the government would announce other measures which would form a comprehensive package or reforms to strengthen the capacity and credibility of the judiciary.

Abdullah hoped this would also help start a new chapter for the Malaysian judiciary, and further strengthen the country’s democratic institutions.

Earlier, in Cyberjaya, Najib was conferred an honorary doctorate in socio transformation by the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology for his role in transforming Malaysia’s rural heartland.

A graduate with a Bachelor of Honours in industrial economics from the University of Nottingham in England, Najib said it was crucial for students to understand that education and economic opportunities have always been at the core of Malaysia’s social transformation.

He told 416 students from Felda settlements who received their scrolls from the university that they could not afford to run away from challenges but should embrace them.

The Class of 2007 is the maiden batch of “Generasi Baru Programme” students to graduate from the university.

The “Generasi Baru Programme” is one of the university’s contributions to the Ninth Malaysia Plan, focusing on meeting the needs of the industry and bridging the digital divide between urban and rural youth.

At the graduation ceremony, Najib launched the Limkokwing Industry Link Accelerator, a unit within the university, aimed at building entrepreneur skills among the university’s alumni.

Also present at the ceremony were Najib’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and Tan Sri Lim Kok Wing, the university’s founder and president.