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MARA's Ambitious New Era

Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah bin Sanusi, Chairman, MARA Corporation

12-Nov-19 08:05

MARA's Ambitious New Era

MARA's assets have been or are in the process of being transferred to MARA Corporation Sdn Bhd with hopes of higher performance and even dividends to the government. The continued political-business nexus hopefully doesn't get in the way of achieving MARA's challenging mission of truly uplifting poor Bumiputeras. Apart from the focus on what is believed to be the virtuous cycle of educational social enterprises, MARA Corp doesn't believe Lynas is dirty business.

Presented by: Julian Ng


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