Economics
Malaysia’s Mahathir Races the Clock With Many Promises to Keep
- New leader, at 92, is pushing on tax promises, 1MDB probe
- Mahathir has said at some point he will hand to Anwar Ibrahim
Anwar Talks Najib, Mahathir and Malaysia's Future
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Mahathir Mohamad has been in a hurry since his shock election win in Malaysia.
Less than two weeks in power and the 92-year-old Mahathir, who previously governed from 1981 to 2003, has been busy forming a cabinet, cutting a goods and services tax rate to zero, starting a review of big-bang infrastructure projects and government spending, and reinvigorating a probe into billions allegedly missing from a state fund set up by his predecessor.