IN the recently-announced Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP), a whole chapter (Chapter 10 – Streamlining Privatisation) has been allocated to outlining the Government’s plans to refine and improve on the previous privatisation programme of the 8MP.
The Government announced that private finance initiatives (PFIs) will be introduced in the implementation of privatised projects. The Prime Minister, at the recent Kuala Lumpur Business Club dinner, said: “I would also like it to be clear that the PFI that we are promoting today is a different animal from the concessions of the past.