Tough balancing act to reform Malaysia's economy


Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak accompanied by Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Muhd Hanadzlah after delivering the 2015 Budget in Parliament. AZMAN GHANI / The Star

PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has a challenging task ahead.

Having inherited a “weakened” economy, laden with legacy issues and structural challenges, amid the onslaught of the 2008/09 Global Financial Crisis when he took up the premiership in 2009, Najib knows time is not on his side to realise the nation’s Vision 2020.

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