SHAH ALAM, June 2 (Bernama) — The Selangor state government is introducing two new policies to ensure a clean and transparent administration, said Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

In making the announcement, he said the two policies were the Pakatan Rakyat State Government Administration Integrity Index and the Integrity Pact (IP) which would be used as the yardstick to gauge the government’s effectiveness and progress each year.

“The Integrity Index will enable the government to evaluate its position in terms of administration and the people in the state can assess the state government’s commitment toward its policies,” he told reporters after chairing the weekly State Exco meeting, here Wednesday.

Abdul Khalid said the IP would be used to prevent and eliminate corruption especially in the awarding of contracts and public tender.

He said a representative of the Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) had also given a briefing on the new policy at the Exco meeting.

In this context, he said the state government would set up a Special Committee for the implementation of the State Government Administration Integrity Index and the IP.- BERNAMA