"PETALING JAYA (June 1): Malaysia Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government will respect the terms of contracts inked by the previous administration in relation to mega projects in the country. He said Malaysia will stick to the rule of law as the nation reviews these contracts.
Speaking at a press conference here today, Dr Mahathir said the government will, however, take a different action if it discovers something wrong was done in a contract.
"We will go according to agreement or contract that has been given. We will stick by that..."
"Definitely company will avoid challenging gov in court." I didn't say never. To challenge gov in court is last choice. It all depends on the re-negotiation terms and proposed deals. Re-negotiation is the way to maintain good business relationship in long term.
On compensation issue, I would rather see the company get a one-off compensation than to wait for it to collect its toll concession over its concession period.
One-off compensation will most likely translate to one-off special cash disbursement to shareholders but smaller amount as compared to total toll collected over the concession period.
Imagine like this, in the US if you win the powerball lottery you can either take a single payment at 60% which is likely to be 45% net due to tax deduction or you get paid the full sum of the jackpot in monthly divided amounts but over 30 years!!.
Thus, I would rather hope that the government abolish toll concession, pay AZRB a compensation which in turns pays off some of its debts and then pay me a big cash dividend or even say a dividend in specie.
PS: If the compensation were to be lesser than the cost that was incurred in the run up to developing the EKVE and so nothing is paid as special dividend, then AZRB to be blamed for not making contingency for such scenario, however, I am sure the NEW government will be fair if not HAPRAK PENIPU semua.
Agreed... The profit margin may shrink due to re-negotiation but it will eventually still a profit. New gov will honor every contract as what they had declared on 1 June. Otherwise, (foreign) investors will not dare to come Msia.
Thank you for your input and just to add to my earlier post. Ni kerajaan baru haraplah jangan je dok piker pasal manifesto rakyat sampai terlupa plak kat investors / shareholders. If not, bukan kerajaan yang nak tanggung tol rakyat, kita sebagai pemegang saham yg kena.
You baca jampi apa hari ni....go go go AZRB .... kuda sudah mau lari
Most retail investors are rushing to sell off when there is even a slight rebound. That is the typical behavior after being trapped for sometimes at low... Today volume is nice. Let us see how far it can go this week.
calvintaneng Debt Rm1 Trillion with Population of 30 millions in Malaysia
USA has Rm84 Trillion Debt with population of 300 millions
So US population is only 10 times more than Malaysia with Debt 88 Times Higher. See US Debt Clock http://www.usdebtclock.org/
If US ok why not Malaysia?
What is the Overall Net Net Wealth of Malaysia? <-- People only wan USD instead of RM. So u cant compare Malaysia with US. Try to compare it with developing countries not developed countries
"... Included in other receivables of the Group and of the Company are an amount of RM91,321,000 (2016: 92,758,000) and RM47,945,000 (2016: RM47,592,000) respectively, which were classified as non-current in 2016, consist of the award issued by the sole arbitrator of the International Court of Arbitration under the International Chamber of Commerce in 2013 pertaining to the arbitration initiated by the Group in year 2011 against a particular contract customer in respect of the development of a university campus in Saudi Arabia. The Group and the Company, through its external legal counsels in Saudi Arabia, had filed the arbitrator award with the local Saudi court on 2 February 2014 in order to obtain an enforcement order. Based on the advice from its external legal counsels, the whole process of obtaining an enforcement order and recovering the award will approximately be completed on or before 31 December 2018, therefore in the current financial year, these amounts have been classified as current receivables..."
More reasons for you to buy and hold. Without any stimulus, AZRB should be going back to around RM0.6...
If compensation amounts (91m+47m) mentioned above are recovered, you can imagine the special dividend! *Please be reminded that the market cap now is only 226m...
It is always much more difficult to push a correction (downtrending) stock than a uptrending stock. But as long as the fundamental is there, it is a matter of time.
Without fund institution or super investors like cold eyes and KYY, the price will be moving sideways... But if AZRB can keep up with consistent improving Q results, they will comeback eventually.
With its Debt/Equity ratio of 5x, its virtually working for the bank, not shareholder. Never come across any company in Bursa that is so highly leverage than this.
Ahmad Zaki Resources Bhd (AZRB) is anticipating a positive outlook and an improved bottom line for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2018 (FY18), on the back of ongoing projects and better performance from its plantation division.
“We are looking at improving our divisions such as the loss-making division — plantation division — and also improving the bottom line of our oil and gas division,” its group managing director Datuk Sri Wan Zakariah Muda told reporters at a press conference after its annual general meeting here yesterday.
He noted that the construction division will still remain core to its performance, adding that AZRB will be seeing growth in terms of work volume for its construction division this year.
“Being in the industry for the past 36 years, we are very confident that we can actively and competitively participate in any new projects,” said Wan Zakariah, noting that he does not see any long-term impact from the change in government policies on the construction industry.
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"PETALING JAYA (June 1): Malaysia Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government will respect the terms of contracts inked by the previous administration in relation to mega projects in the country. He said Malaysia will stick to the rule of law as the nation reviews these contracts.
Speaking at a press conference here today, Dr Mahathir said the government will, however, take a different action if it discovers something wrong was done in a contract.
"We will go according to agreement or contract that has been given. We will stick by that..."