{"id":9964,"date":"2021-06-15T22:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9964"},"modified":"2021-06-15T22:40:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T14:40:01","slug":"berjaya-corp-to-streamline-businesses-sell-off-non-core-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9964","title":{"rendered":"Berjaya Corp to streamline businesses, sell off non-core assets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 &#8212;&nbsp;Berjaya Corp&nbsp;Bhd (BCorp) has revealed its three-year strategic plan&nbsp;(2021-2024) to reduce its debt&nbsp;to RM2.5 billion from RM5 billion at present.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its chief executive officer&nbsp;Abdul Jalil Abdul Rasheed said the conglomerate\u2019s strategic plan&nbsp;included&nbsp;streamlining its businesses&nbsp;and selling off non-core assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan\u00a0incorporates prospective mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures, and initial public offerings, as well as divesting assets\u00a0worth RM2 billion over two years and RM5 billion over five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39.png\" alt=\"berjaya\" class=\"wp-image-9965\" width=\"518\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39.png 576w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39-161x100.png 161w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39-350x218.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berjaya also plans to close\u00a060 dormant and existing companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have identified four companies so far and we will reveal and share more details in future announcements,&#8221; he said during a virtual press media briefing today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abdul&nbsp;Jalil&nbsp;also said that BCorp&#8217;s strategic plan would see the holding company focus on its consumer segment, while reorganising certain aspects of its retail, food and beverage, property, hotel, and services business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have spent the past three months studying the businesses in detail and this strategic plan is to address the gaps we have and enhance our strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis process will optimise our resources, improve synergies and efficiency within the group, and enhance corporate governance and transparency,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He believed&nbsp;that with these initiatives, the group would transform into a high-performing organisation and realise the unlocked value of the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news.php?id=1972314\">BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 &#8212;&nbsp;Berjaya Corp&nbsp;Bhd (BCorp) has revealed its three-year strategic plan&nbsp;(2021-2024) to reduce&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39.png",576,358,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39-300x186.png",300,186,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39.png",576,358,false],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39.png",576,358,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39.png",576,358,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39.png",576,358,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39.png",576,358,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39.png",576,358,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-15-at-22.37.39.png",576,358,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=41\" rel=\"category\">Business<\/a>","tag_info":"Business","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9966,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9964\/revisions\/9966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}