Malaysia’s new-look water sector
- From: Vol 10, Issue 6 (June 2009)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: Malaysia
- Related Companies: Konsortium Abass, Ministry of Finance , Puncak Niaga Holdings, SAJ Holdings, Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (SPAN), Syarikat Pengeluar Air Sungai Selangor Sdn Bhd (Splash) and Water Asset Management
Malaysia is centralising and liberalising its heavily-indebted water sector in an attempt to improve services. With state-led opposition and restrictive tendering practices, is it working in practice? GWI's Max Borchardt reports.
For the last two years, Malaysia's water sector has been undergoing a restructuring process in an attempt to improve the service of the country's heavilyindebted water utilities, and this process is nearing completion.
Malaysia has opted to centralise its water sector, and in the process open up more areas of water provision to private investment. The newly formed ...
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