Selangor to present RS-1 progress at special sitting, with 79% of targets met and 65% of projects fully completed
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government will present the full achievements of the First Selangor Plan (RS-1) at a special sitting in the middle of this year, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said.
He said preliminary findings of the state’s five-year development blueprint showed that 79% of planned targets had been achieved, with 65% of projects, programmes and initiatives fully completed.
Amirudin said two key indicators were still pending, namely the state growth rate, usually announced by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) in June or July, and the latest economic valuation.
“Last year, Selangor’s economy stood at about RM432 billion, so we are waiting for the 2025 figures,” he told reporters after the RS-1 Showcase programme at the Selangor State Assembly here.
He said Selangor had exceeded its economic growth target, recording 7.9% year-on-year growth, while approved investments averaged RM61.3 billion annually throughout the RS-1 period.
According to Amirudin, the investment figures, which included domestic companies, showed Selangor was not overly dependent on foreign investment, strengthening the state’s ability to remain adaptive and resilient in facing future crises.
On poverty, he said DOSM data showed Selangor had eradicated hardcore poverty in 2024. However, the absolute poverty rate remained at 0.9%, down from 1.5% in 2022.
He said relative poverty had also declined from 14.2% in 2022 to 8.5% in 2024, but the issue still required more serious attention under the Second Selangor Plan.
This would involve stronger employment policies and a review of welfare assistance programmes, including more effective progress monitoring and exit strategies, he added.
Yesterday, state opposition leader Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said the state government had failed to give due attention to the royal decree of Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and had not presented a clear direction after RS-1 ended last year.
