PUTRAJAYA: The Perikatan Nasional government’s plan to rehabilitate the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) is on the right track, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economic Affairs) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
This included a decision in October last year where Felda would issue a RM9.9bil sukuk and also take back 351,000ha it leased to Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd, now known as FGV Holdings Bhd, under its new recovery plan.
He explained that these measures allowed Felda to reduce its debts by allowing the government to acquire FGV shares.
“So debts will be lowered because the interest rate now is lower compared to when Felda acquired those debts. So that addressed the issue of debts, ” he said to reporters during a joint press conference here on Thursday.