Abstract

Privatisation which was made popular as a policy instrument in the western economies during the early 1980s has now become a global economic phenomenon. The Malaysian response to it, however, was relatively early. When the Thatcher government in Britain and the Reagan administration in the United States started their economic liberalisation policy during the period, the Malaysian government under the administration of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamed immediately saw its potential not only in balancing the role of government and the private sector but also as instruments for lessening the national debt burden and attaining national economic restructuring.

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