Malaysia in 1998: A cornered tiger bares its claws

Asian Survey

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-53

  Felker, Greg ^a  

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EID: 0040294517     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/as.1999.39.1.01p0417w     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), EIU Quarterly Report, 3rd Quarter, 1998.
2. Anwar later asserted that much of Zahid's allocations were actually held in trust for UMNO Youth.
3. Straits Times (Singapore), June 22, 1998.
4. Asiaweek, October 2, 1998.
5. Star, January 23, 1998.
6. Ibid., January 23, 1998.
7. New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur), April 17, 1998. Loans to the sprawling Renong conglomerate accounted for some 5% of the entire banking sector's commercial credit exposure.
8. Petronas Chairman Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin confirmed that "if the nation needs the liquidity, we will assist." Business Times, July 30, 1998. Besides financing the government's mounting deficit, the EPF indeed made direct loans worth RM 7.6 billion to nine companies. See Singapore Straits Times, November 27, 1998. Its governing board felt compelled to hire consultants "to restore contributors' confidence." See the Star, December 28, 1998.
9. Petronas Chairman Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin confirmed that "if the nation needs the liquidity, we will assist." Business Times, July 30, 1998. Besides financing the government's mounting deficit, the EPF indeed made direct loans worth RM 7.6 billion to nine companies. See Singapore Straits Times, November 27, 1998. Its governing board felt compelled to hire consultants "to restore contributors' confidence." See the Star, December 28, 1998.
10. Petronas Chairman Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin confirmed that "if the nation needs the liquidity, we will assist." Business Times, July 30, 1998. Besides financing the government's mounting deficit, the EPF indeed made direct loans worth RM 7.6 billion to nine companies. See Singapore Straits Times, November 27, 1998. Its governing board felt compelled to hire consultants "to restore contributors' confidence." See the Star, December 28, 1998.
11. New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur), June 2, 1998.
12. Ibid., November 17, 1998.