Further improving governance

I APPRECIATE the comments made in the letter “Good governance the best way to fight corruption” (The Star; online at bit.ly/star_govern). I would like to add two further steps to strengthen the case for tighter corporate governance in Malaysia.

> The approving committees within the government should comprise individuals who are independent of each other. Also, committees should constitute civil servants who are not junior to the chairmen of the committees; they should be of the same grade at the very least.