Azmin repeats Dr M's assertion that govt cannot afford to bail out MAS


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 21 Mar 2019

Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said the generation of new growth sectors was one of the seven strategic thrusts in the shared prosperity economic model.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bailing out troubled local airliner Malaysian Airlines Berhad (MAS) is unlikely, because the government does not have the capacity to do so, says Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.

The Economics Affairs Minister said the government was currently considering its options before deciding on the fate of the national carrier, which had hit headlines recently after its losses caused a massive impairment into its sole shareholder Khazanah Nasional Bhd's account.

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