THE Cabinet’s decision to defer Sime Darby’s proposed takeover plan of the National Heart Institute (IJN) is certainly a welcome relief. An outright rejection of the idea, however, would have done more to allay concerns and anxieties.
The IJN was set up as a statutory body, through an act of Parliament using taxpayers’ funds, 16 years ago. It was never designed for commercial considerations.
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