Economist can’t see fairness in Bumiputera-centric Budget 2022


Hailey Chung Wee Kye

Budget 2022 has come under sustained criticism for being Malay-dominated and focused on the next general election. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 5, 2021.

THE massive disparity in funding for Bumiputera and non-Bumiputera communities in Budget 2022 is unfair, economist Muhammed Abdul Khalid said.

He highlighted that the RM345 million earmarked for the Chinese and Indian communities combined is merely around 3% of the RM11.4 billion allocation for the Bumiputera community.


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  • Racism through and through. Time for the opposition to throw out the MOU and the current bunch of monkeys.

    Posted 2 years ago by Loyal Malaysian

  • This inequality towards the non bumiputeras will come back to haunt them in ten years time. Just watch.

    Posted 2 years ago by Elyse Gim