Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email I suppose we should consider all organisations that have 80% of its employees from one racial/ethnic categorisation as not having racial quota.
Conversely, if we have enough people from that category who able to get jobs based on merit until can reach 80% of the staff employed, then it means other organisations are having some sort of quota that limits them to less than such high percentages (or maybe the requirements are such that they don’t qualify on merit). And it also means that those in that category are actually able to compete and excel on merit, so perhaps time to remove the crutches?
I also wonder if the non-bumiputeras also includes foreigners. Perhaps another statistics of Malaysian/non-Malaysian should be provided.
There is no racial quota in Petronas’ appointments and employment, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcob.
He said currently, the workforce composition in the national oil company was 80% bumiputra and 20% non-bumiputra.
“The breakdown this year is consistent with that of last year,” he said when responding to a question from Datuk Ibrahim Ali (Independent-Pasir Mas) at the Dewan Rakyat here Thursday.
Nor Mohamed said there was a slight increase in bumiputra appointments for senior positions from 83% in 2010 to 86% this year.
“Petronas is practising meritocracy in the appointment of employees from external recruitment, and its internal promotion exercise is based on merit, in its efforts to compete globally,” he added.
source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/11/10/nation/20111110170201&sec=nation
