The objective of NEP is to be lauded. However its implementation has left much to be desired.
Instead of benefiting the privileged few with the connections the allocated share should be given to Malay cooperatives where all Malay employees should belong. This way the benefit would be spread to benefit as many Malays as possible.
At the moment the privileged few would have to resort to Ali Baba arrangements in which only the few non-Malays with connections benefit.
So the many non-Malays complain unfairly blaming the many Malays who have only their jobs to cling to.
With a shrinking economic cake the country is now experiencing as more and more foreign investors bypass Malaysia for other Asian countries such as China, Vietnam and Singapore, the dissatisfaction and frustration are growing at the expense of the many non-Malays and Malays.
Therefore it is imperative that a more equitable economic policy and formula be drawn up to benefit the many Malays and non-Malays for the continued wellbeing of the country.
In the Malaysian context, any meaningful dialogue should begin with the unequivocal acknowledgement of Malay political dominance and institutions in the country to allay Malay phobia.
An analysis must then be made to government contracts and tenders, transportation (it has been decreed as a Malay preserve), manufacturing (many non-Malay plants are unlicensed for obvious reasons) etc for the most effective and equitable ways to benefit the many Malays and non-Malays.
Without such a starting point we can talk until the cows come home, inflaming emotions unnecessarily all along the way.
Instead of benefiting the privileged few with the connections the allocated share should be given to Malay cooperatives where all Malay employees should belong. This way the benefit would be spread to benefit as many Malays as possible.
At the moment the privileged few would have to resort to Ali Baba arrangements in which only the few non-Malays with connections benefit.
So the many non-Malays complain unfairly blaming the many Malays who have only their jobs to cling to.
With a shrinking economic cake the country is now experiencing as more and more foreign investors bypass Malaysia for other Asian countries such as China, Vietnam and Singapore, the dissatisfaction and frustration are growing at the expense of the many non-Malays and Malays.
Therefore it is imperative that a more equitable economic policy and formula be drawn up to benefit the many Malays and non-Malays for the continued wellbeing of the country.
In the Malaysian context, any meaningful dialogue should begin with the unequivocal acknowledgement of Malay political dominance and institutions in the country to allay Malay phobia.
An analysis must then be made to government contracts and tenders, transportation (it has been decreed as a Malay preserve), manufacturing (many non-Malay plants are unlicensed for obvious reasons) etc for the most effective and equitable ways to benefit the many Malays and non-Malays.
Without such a starting point we can talk until the cows come home, inflaming emotions unnecessarily all along the way.
2 comments:
Helping our Malay brothers is a noble thing. I think nobody can dispute it. In fact, i am very happy to see Malay entrepreneurs succeed. But sad to say only the chosen few are reaping the benefits, leaving the majority an unhappy lot. Oh by the way, Umno and BN acolytes will be having a field day demonising Rommel.
It reaches a point, some Malays can't be considered for NEP anymore.
But why are they still benefittign from it.
Till today, I still do not understand what is Agenda Melayu of Pak Lah all about.
And, its coming to 4 years, why a more equitable NEP and truly national is yet to be brought forward by Pak lah.
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