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Govt In Business: Yea or Nay?

Laurence Todd, Director of Research, IDEAS

03-Sep-20 07:47

Govt In Business: Yea or Nay?

The country's Entrepreneur Minister wants locals to build and shop at the Malaysian equivalent of Lazada or Shopee, prompting a hailstorm of criticism that this is yet another example of the government trespassing its administrative boundaries into the private sector. Laurence Todd, Director of Research, IDEAS, discusses the pros and cons.

Image credit: K X I T H V I S U A L S on Unsplash

Produced by: Dayana Mustak

Presented by: Khoo Hsu Chuang, Wong Shou Ning


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