"Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mendakwa syarikat pelaburan negara Khazanah Nasional telah menyimpang daripada matlamat asalnya untuk membantu bumiputera.
Dalam wawancara dengan laman web perniagaan Investvine, Mahathir turut berkata mahu memotong gaji tinggi bos syarikat-syarikat berkaitan kerajaan (GLC)
Bercakap mengenai Khazanah yang ditubuhkan pada 1993 ketika kali pertama pentadbirannya, Mahathir berkata firma pelaburan itu ditubuhkan untuk memegang saham bumiputera, sehingga mereka mempunyai keupayaan untuk membeli saham tersebut.
"Tetapi dalam proses itu, Khazanah memutuskan ia perlu mengambil semua saham itu untuk syarikat itu dan jika ia suatu saham yang baik mengapa tidak mendapatkan saham berkenaan semasa penyenaraiannya ketika harga saham itu masih sangat rendah dan lantaran itu mereka lupa sepenuhnya tentang memegang saham untuk bumiputera.
Kecenderungan jual saham
"Mereka memutuskan perlu memegang saham berkenaan untuk selama-lamanya menjadi sebahagian daripada syarikat-syarikat kerajaan yang dimiliki oleh kerajaan," katanya.
Ini menurut beliau kerana bumiputera yang mendapat saham berkenaan memiliki kecenderungan untuk menjual saham itu dan memperkayakan diri mereka sendiri.
Beliau berkata Putrajaya kini sedang meneliti pegangan saham Khazanah dalam syarikat-syarikat tersebut dan akan menyusunnya mengikut kategori keuntungan serta mengembalikan tujuan asal penubuhan Khazanah.
"Kami perlu bersetuju untuk beberapa syarikat ini mengurangkan bilangan (saham yang dipegang oleh Khazanah) dan setakat ini kembali ke niat asal untuk memegang saham yang diperuntukkan kepada bumiputera sehingga tiba masa apabila mereka boleh membelinya," katanya.
Era lantikan politik bergaji besar telah tamat
Sementara itu mengulas syarikat berkaitan kerajaan (GLC), Mahathir berkata zaman pemegang jawatan lantikan politik mengetuai firma tersebut dan meraih gaji besar telah berakhir.
"Gaji orang-orang ini (dilantik politik) sangat tinggi dan mereka menikmati gaji tinggi tanpa ambil peduli sama ada syarikat itu membuat keuntungan atau tidak.
"Di sisi lain, kami mahu meletakkan profesional dan gaji mereka tidaklah terlalu tinggi, ia mungkin sedikit lebih tinggi daripada gaji perkhidmatan awam, tetapi jika prestasi mereka bagus maka kami akan membayar mereka bonus.
"Sekiranya mereka tidak bagus, mereka tidak akan mendapat pendapatan tinggi yang mereka dapatkan sekarang dan kami akan mengubah pengurusan supaya kami dapat melantik golongan profesional (tidak kira) sama ada mereka orang parti atau tidak, itu semua tidak penting, tetapi mereka mestilah profesional yang mahir dalam urusan perniagaan syarikat itu," katanya.
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My comment
1. I did not know that Khazanah was meant to hold shares on behalf of bumiputra's. Has always thought that it is meant to be a sovereign fund which is the country's wealth.
2. Since this is mentioned, we have to be mindful of the past days of Halim Saad, Tajuddin Ramli, Samsudin Abu Hassan whose businesses were rescued by government eventually. They did not just get millions in salaries but many people know what they did. MAS, Renong, Time, UEM. Where do these companies ended up today?
3. Khazanah's dividend currently goes to the government which is used for development, operational expenses of the government. We as a country could do more with entrepreneurship but threading this is a fine balancing act between good and bad.
3. Khazanah's dividend currently goes to the government which is used for development, operational expenses of the government. We as a country could do more with entrepreneurship but threading this is a fine balancing act between good and bad.
4. At the very least when the new government takes over today, those under Khazanah need not be rescued. Maybe except for MAS and Silterra. The Renongs and UEMs of those days were ripped apart - by business people.
5. Hence, while promoting entrepreneurs is important, we have to thread this very carefully. Many people are on the high over the new government - me included. But when "rubber hits the road", we have to be also be mindful of what we wish for.
2 comments:
Hi felicity .. side tracking from abv a bit ... would like to know yr views abt toll operators particularly WCE ... in view that uncertainty may linger further with govt potentially abolish tolls in next 5 yrs ... tht also after the govt is financially ready I supposed ... time vs value thingy to consider if it still worth to fall in love with those counters ... thx for yr views :)
Thanks, There is nothing to fall in love into. If the government will want to abolish tolls, they would have done it within this one year or even 100 days. There are many things which was put under the manifesto which will be very difficult to implement. There are shares which fundamentals would have changed tremendously, such as TM, MYEG but I cannot see how WCE can be affected much even with government wanting to abolish toll.
It is also very hard to abolish especially now that the government has so many other things to handle. Even then at the price right now, it is below costs which the company has invested into. Why should I sell a share which is below its intrinsic value?
However, if anyone needs those money which has been invested in next few years, I would suggest do not wait for the harvesting from WCE. It may take a long time.
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