Why do we still have race-based economic policies, asks don


Looi Sue-Chern

Universiti Malaya political economy professor Edmund Terence Gomez says it is concerning that Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad had put Bumiputera affirmative policies at the centre of his speech in Parliament today. Dr Mahathir had presented a mid-term review of the 11th Malaysia Plan. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, October 18, 2018.

WHY is there still a need to have Bumiputera affirmative economic policies in a new Malaysia, asks Universiti Malaya political economy professor Edmund Terence Gomez, who warned that this race-based policy will deter foreign investors.

“In post-racial Malaysia, or New Malaysia, one would think this Bumiputera economic community would be reviewed, with (business and economy) nurtured beyond racial lines.


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  • Of course it has to be affirmative policies la - talking the obvious

    Posted 5 years ago by Oli oh