Continue Efforts To Develop Tourism, Says Dr Ng KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 (Bernama) -- Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said she would continue with the plans and look at the proposals made by her predecessor in efforts to develop the tourism industry in the country. She said the proposal to be studied was the one by former Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said that all State Tourism Action Councils be closed down and replaced with a single government agency under the Tourism Ministry effective June 1. "I will consider the proposal closely. I'm certain that Datuk Seri Azalina had an objective in making the proposal. "To me, tourism is not really a formal industry, not a bureaucratic industry. It's a peoples' industry and flexible industry. We will study its effectiveness if it were to be upgraded to a department," she told reporters after taking over duty from the former Tourism Minister at her office at Menara Datuk Onn, Putra World Trade Centre, here Monday. In November last year, Azalina had made the proposal to ensure that the tourism sector in all states could be promoted more aggressively and creatively with the full cooperation of the ministry. At the same time, Dr Ng said the ministry would review tourism products in the country. She said political stability in the country was also important to attract tourists, and learn from what was happening in the neighbouring country, Thailand. -- BERNAMA