Businessmen glad with GE13 results

The business community today heaves a sigh of relief and its joyful
following the outcome of the 13th general elections (13th GE) where the
rakyat gives Barisan Nasional (BN) the mandate to rule again.

Maybank
president/chief executive officer, Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar, said
the fresh mandate given to Datuk Seri Najib Razak reflected the rakyat's
confidence in the government to continue building a more progressive
and economically-competitive nation in line with the country's Vision
2020.

He said the BN victory will provide a solid platform for
the government to continue its various development programmes introduced
over the last few years.

Abdul Wahid said the Economic
Transformation Programme (ETP) was of critical importance to help
Malaysia achieve its objective of becoming a developed, high-income,
inclusive and sustainable nation.

"I can say with confidence that
the banking sector looks forward to supporting the government's ETP. We
obviously will stand to benefit from the many financing opportunities
that will arise in the near and medium term.

"Indeed, together,
we can make Malaysia a leading business and economic centre in the world
and cement its position as a leading centre of Islamic finance in the
world," he told Bernama today.

The positive reaction over the BN win was also share by leaders.

J.P.
Morgan's managing director and senior country officer for Malaysia,
Steve Clayton, said now that the 13th GE were over, the political risks
had been reduced and this will ensure continuity in the business
environment.

SAS Institute Sdn Bhd managing dierctor, Andrew Tan,
said investors will now be more confident to participate aggressively
in business.

Help International Corp Bhd excutive director of
corporate planning and investor relations, Adam Chan Eu-Kin, said the BN
victory will provide certainty in the market and and this will attract
foreign investors to Malaysia.

He said the win will give Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak the time to actualise the projects that had been planned.

Chief
executive officer of Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK), Datuk Abdul
Kadir Mohd Din, said before the 13th GE, the government had planned a
few policies on sewage tariff rate and desludging services for
individual septic tanks.

"IWK is now on its way to work on the national water structural programme," he told Bernama.

Abdul
Kadir said had the government changed, IWK will probably had to re-plan
the programme and it will take time to seek approval from the new
government.

He said IWK was also willing to help the government
save cost in water treatment process and to increase treated drinking
water for Malaysians.

"We propose to the government that we
should treat water only for drinking but not for the other activities to
save costs," he said.

Managing director of Sun + Lite and Power
Sdn Bhd, Nik Hanif Kadir, was confident that the BN will ensure a
brighter future for the economy.

He hoped the government will encourage people to get involved in the green technology as the sector was very demanding now.

Sun
+ Lite and Power has invested '40 million ('1=RM3.98) to acquire 3.2
hectares and a full-fledged solar photovoltaic factory in Germany.--
Bernama