Scomi the money

Will the new government of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi continue the policy of favouring certain businessmen? The Prime Minister says no, but the market is not so sure.

As Mahathir Mohamad leaves power in Malaysia, connected capitalism is meant to be following him out of the door. His anointed successor, Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi, is known as Mr Clean, an honest politician who has said that it is time to stop the favoured treatment of certain businessmen with government contracts and lucrative concessions, a one time hallmark of the corporate landscape under Dr M.

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