Robert Kuok’s return adds optimism


The right man: Kuok, meeting with Xi in 2016, is seen as the most appropriate person to help mend the currently uneasy relations between Malaysia and China.

THE unexpected return of billionaire Robert Kuok to the Malaysian scene has added optimism among investors and the public in the new government of Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

It was an exciting news for the local Chinese community when Dr Mahathir named the global trader and businessman as one of the five members in the new Council of Eminent Persons, two days after he led Pakatan Harapan to topple the Barisan Nasional government of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

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