• Pak Lah leaves open prospect of change to currency peg
  • Eileen Ng
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  • Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today left open the prospect of change to Malaysia's six-year-old currency peg against the dollar as he sought to boost private investment in his first key meeting with top corporate leaders.

    • PM outlines economic vision, sees currency peg as 'long-term'
    • Economy grows 5.1 percent in third quarter, outlook bullish
    • Abdullah backs currency peg
    • Economy set to pick up steam in 2004
    • Malaysia�s economy �mostly unfree�, said US-based research group
    • PM pledges transparency in awarding gov�t contracts
    • Caution against hasty change
    • Reaction from businesses