These require focus as well as commitment. To this end, it is my hope that the MAP and MBC community will continue to be our partner in the thrusts and the reform agenda that I had outlined. I look forward to your support as together we tread the road to sustained economic growth. Thank you and good day to all!
But as our economy experiences severe hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic, now is not the time to congratulate ourselves. 1/7  The world is now faced with the defining health crisis of our time.