Dr M: Govt studying feasibility of privatising parts of civil service


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 12 Mar 2019

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is looking at the feasibility of privatising parts of the public sector in a bid to address its bloated size, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

He said the government had introduced a similar drive in 1983 that touched on the functions of the private sector in the development of the nation and had reduced the  financial burden while improving efficiency and quality of work, stimulating economic growth and improving the effective distribution of resources.

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