MALAYSIA MAY MAKE EARLY RECOVERY FROM CRISIS

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is expected to be one of the first
few countries in the region to recover from the economic crisis, said Ismail
Dalla, a visiting professor at the School of Business, George Washington
University, United States of America.

"Based on what's happening on the ground, it seems like we are already in
the recovery mode," he said.

An international consultant on capital-market issues, Dalla said this when
asked to comment on the country's economic outlook following a public lecture
from him on "Malaysian fixed-income markets in the context of global bond
markets".

Dalla, who has extensive experience in the financial markets including 25
years with the World Bank Group dealing with both the public and private sectors
in the emerging markets, said recovery was on the way with indications of better
gross domestic product growth.
-- BERNAMA