COMMENT During the past few months, the government and Felda authorities have been engaged in a public relations exercise aimed at persuading Felda settlers, as well as the Malaysian public, that floating Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGVH) on Bursa Malaysia is in the best interests of the settlers.

But is it really so?

What has emerged from the government-controlled media has been almost exclusively the government version as to why the listing should go ahead.