Governments can't use public-private sector projects to offload all the risks, say industry players

Singapore

PUBLIC-private sector partnerships (PPP) are a constant tussle of risk-splitting between governments and private-sector investors and lenders.

But governments have to be realistic, said industry players at a recent investor conference organised by Maybank. They said governments can try to offload as much risk as possible - but not to the extent that the project no longer makes commercial sense to the private sector.