What price Malaysia’s corporate reconstruction?

Three years ago Khazanah, Malaysia’s state investment body, was instructed to become activist, holding on to most of the state’s corporate holdings rather than privatizing them, and setting tight performance targets. Chris Wright assesses the successful reconstructions, such as Malaysia Airlines, and those still under way, as at car maker Proton.

Malaysia Airlines made fit to fly

Malaysian prime minister Abdullah Badawi

Turning around Proton is one of the key challenges for Malaysian prime minister Abdullah Badawi as he tries to remake Malaysia Inc

THERE’S A NEATLY ordered timeline in the presentations that Khazanah, the investment arm of the Malaysian state, gives out to investors. It charts the progress and future of the agency’s attempts to reform the 47 government-linked companies (GLC) under its control. It’s divided into different phases with titles like “mobilization” and “generate momentum”.

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