PUTRAJAYA: All Cabinet ministers were instructed to attend a two-day, one-night closed door meeting at a 5-star hotel in Petaling Jaya on Friday.

The only agenda for the meeting was the key performance indicator (KPI).

From what we have found out, besides listening to the opinion of consultants, the meeting also wanted the ministers to be familiarised with the KPI requirements so that they could monitor the performances of their ministries more effectively.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has earlier fixed the month of November for the first appraisal of various ministries.

The meeting was not open to the press, and all reporters and photojournalists in the vicinity of the hotel were asked to leave the heavily guarded venue.

Other than Cabinet ministers themselves, each of the ministers must also be accompanied by a specific senior official in charge of the KPI. Nevertheless, deputy ministers had not been invited to this meeting.

It has been learned that Cabinet ministers were instructed to cancel all their appointments after the Cabinet meeting Friday morning, and to report themselves at a 5-star hotel in Petaling Jaya at 3.00 p.m. for the unusual closed-door meeting.

The meeting is expected to conclude on Saturday afternoon.

From the information we get, other than delivering his opening and closing addresses, the prime minister would also participate in group discussions. (Sin Chew Daily Exclusive/Translated by DOMINIC LOH)