IJN Holdings Has No Plan To Privatise IJN

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (Bernama) -- IJN Holdings Sdn Bhd has no intention to privatise the Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) or any section of the nation's premier heart centre.
It denied that any submission to do so has been sent to the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) in the Prime Minister's Department.
IJN Holdings, in a statement today, said the IJN Group remains committed to deliver the best cardiac care for the people in line with its corporatisation objectives.
The IJN Group consists of IJN Holdings as the holding company and has four subsidiaries. They are IJN Sdn Bhd, IJN Capital, IJN College and IJN International.
IJN Holdings, wholly-owned by MOF Inc, was incorporated in March 2005 as part of a corporate restructuring exercise approved by its board and the government to facilitate fund-raising for redevelopment of the National Heart Centre's facilities and its expansion into education and training.
It said the exercise had also consolidated IJN's key activities to create better focus in its areas of expertise.
"The 2005 restructuring was to support the IJN in achieving its vision of becoming a global centre of excellence in cardiovascular and acrdiothoraic care and ensuring the heart centre as an institution remain sustainable in facing future challenges," it added.

tunku : there are rumour of ijn privatisation as mentioned by rockybru in his blog.first sime darby tried to take over IJN but failed. we hope the government through MOF Inc will make sure that IJN will never be corporatised.this is one of the most important thing that government do for the people of Malaysia.this is where the slogan should be:people first,performance now.