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Asia-PacificJuly 1 2004

Steady as she goes

Malaysia’s central bank governor Tan Sri Dato Zeti Akhtar Aziz tells Brian Caplen why she is focusing on economic stability, and discusses Islamic banking, keeping the dollar peg and relations with China.
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Q How is Kuala Lumpur positioning itself as a financial centre?

A The blueprint for the development of our financial sector is outlined in our Financial Sector Masterplan. When as deputy governor I started work on the Financial Sector Master Plan in 1999, we looked at where we wanted our economy to be in 10 years, and at what kind of financial system we would need to facilitate this economic transformation.

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