IT IS not easy to step into a position of authority and importance, especially when the nation is facing a crisis like never before.
A political crisis had engulfed the nation just prior to the outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic, but it was dealing with the potential economic catastrophe from shutting nearly the whole economy down to deal with the pandemic that was the real challenge for policy makers at the onset.
For Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, the job was a mammoth task, given where the domestic and global economies were heading. He dug deep into his experience in the corporate sector to navigate through the task ahead.
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