//php if(!empty($last_str)){if(!preg_match('~[0-9]+~', $first_str)){echo $title;}else{echo $last_str; }}else{echo $title;}?>04 : The Changi Airport Pullout – Some Thoughts
S. Narayan
20 September 2005
Media reactions to the pullout by Changi airpor
t authority from bidding for the privatisation
of Delhi and Mumbai airports
last week have been fair
ly moderate, though one or two
newspapers did make some strident criticism.
Among the final bidders, th
ere is likely to be
some relief at removal of competition from an established entity like Changi, and the bidders
that I spoke to are confident
that they can deliver
a comparable product
within the tender
schedules. The loss, certainly, is th
at of Changi and of Singapore