Good Intentions, Bad Debts
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
THE government must not act like a trash can for debts. Bad debts resulting from foreign subsidiary loan agreements (SLA) and investment fund accounts (RDI) at several state-owned enterprises should not be taken over, let alone canceled. This will only add to the government's burden.
These investment fund accounts and SLAs are foreign debts passed on to state companies. This practice used to be a common way of assisting government programs. For exa
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