Halim Saad wins again with UEM put option

What a Christmas gift! After a year of speculation about Halim SaadÆs put option, he wins (again).
December 13, 2000

If you follow Malaysia’s ups and downs – although increasingly, few people do these days – you will know that the central question on people’s lips this year was whether Tan Sri Halim Saad would honour his put option to United Engineers Malaysia (UEM).

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