Communications and digital minister Fahmi Fadzil said the retreat, which would be held at an undisclosed location, was to discuss the future direction of the government and set the key performance indicators (KPIs) for each ministry.

“The retreat is timely because over the course of the last few months, the ministers have familiarised themselves with their ministries.

“By now, they would have an understanding of the organisation and functions.

“This (retreat) is important in charting the direction of the unity government,” he told reporters after presenting New Year contributions to the Chinese community in the Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency here today.

Earlier, Anwar was reported to have said that a special retreat would be held for ministers to set the KPIs for each ministry and get input on their performance after about a month’s work.