Friday, March 06, 2009  Q & A with Tun Daim Zainuddin : More
should be done fast  THE ongoing global financial crisis has had
many concerned that the local economic environment could soon
start deteriorating in the same way that many suffered during
the 1997 Asian crisis.  Having seen how astute and bold local
economic strategies instituted in 1998 had helped the nation
successfully circumvent the worst of the financial crisis then,
expectations are now high that success could be repeated with
the upcoming Mini Budget that the government is set to reveal on
Tuesday.  As one of the key architects who helped guide the
nation successfully through the last economic turmoil, former
Finance Minister and ex-National Economic Action Council
executive director Tun Daim Zainuddin is well-versed with some
of the hard decisions that had to be made for the good of the
nation’s economic viability.  In an interview with Utusan
Malaysia this week, he gave his views on current developments on
efforts undertaken in the he face