PERMODALAN Nasional Bhd is preparing its strategically-owned companies to be world class players at least that is the ultimate aim of the recent asset swap exercise between Golden Hope Plantations Bhd and Island & Peninsular Bhd (I&P).
We are looking at size and efficiency here. When we go to the international arena now these companies are considered nothing. We want to create entities with the optimum strength to compete in the world market, said PNB chief executive officer Datuk Hamad Kama Piah Che Othman.