Malaysian economy upbeat

Despite the weekend unrest in Malaysia, economists remain optimistic over the country's growth and foreign investor sentiment.

This is because they believe the situation is under control and may not cause a dent on the economy.

In fact, they expect a flow of positive economic news in the next few months ahead of a possible snap election.

The rallies over the weekend have been dubbed the biggest anti-government protest in Malaysia in four years.

But experts believe the country's growth is likely to stay on track, supported by economic policies already underway.

This includes a move to privatise more public companies - possibly more than 30 of them in the next one and a half years.

Some of the companies already listed as part of this plan include Petronas Chemicals.

"We think that the divestment programme that the government is actively pursuing at the moment is something that will be the key driving factor.