{"id":390,"date":"2007-07-11T10:27:46","date_gmt":"2007-07-11T02:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2007\/07\/17\/nep-stays-says-pak-lah\/"},"modified":"2007-07-17T10:42:53","modified_gmt":"2007-07-17T02:42:53","slug":"nep-stays-says-pak-lah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2007\/07\/11\/nep-stays-says-pak-lah\/","title":{"rendered":"NEP stays, says Pak Lah"},"content":{"rendered":"
"the objective to dissociate race from occupation or social standing was crucial in ensuring long-term unity for the country ? given its legacy and racial structure."<\/span><\/div>\n
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dulu: petani\/pesawah – malay, peniaga\/pelombong – chinese, penoreh getah – indian. <\/span><\/div>\n
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sekarang: can we fill in the answers?<\/span><\/div>\n
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ah long  – ???<\/span><\/div>\n
mat rempit – ??<\/span><\/div>\n
drug addict – ??<\/span><\/div>\n
child rapist – ??<\/span><\/div>\n
suicidal community – ??<\/span><\/div>\n
gangsters – ??<\/span><\/div>\n
cleaners – ??<\/span><\/div>\n
estate workers – ??<\/span><\/div>\n
petani\/pesawah – ??<\/span><\/div>\n
fishermen – ??<\/span><\/div>\n
lawyers – ??<\/span><\/div>\n
accountants — ??<\/span><\/div>\n
businessmen — ??<\/span><\/div>\n
doctors — ??<\/span><\/div>\n
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NEP stays, says Pak Lah<\/span><\/div>\n
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By LOONG MENG YEE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is willing to review policies or regulations deemed to be hindering the distribution of equity in the most sustainable, competitive and meaningful way.  <\/p>\n

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, however, said Malaysian maintained its position that the New Economic Policy (NEP) was not a cost to doing business.  <\/p>\n

"Perhaps the most difficult question we must address is to improve equity without sacrificing competitiveness. Many have come to regard Malaysia's affirmative action policies, widely described as the NEP, as a cost to doing business.  <\/p>\n

"But many fail to appreciate the spirit behind the policy, and this is crucial in understanding Malaysia," he said yesterday. <\/span> <\/p>\n

Abdullah said the objective to dissociate race from occupation or social standing was crucial in ensuring long-term unity for the country ? given its legacy and racial structure.  <\/p>\n

"Racial-based riots raged in neighbouring countries while Malaysia was spared the experience. The expansion of an educated and multi-ethnic middle class, thanks to affirmative action policies, has mitigated the risk of mass unrest.  <\/p>\n

"But great disparities in income and social mobility still exist between ethnic groups. Whereas this may just be another issue in other countries, ethnic-based disparity strikes at the heart of national unity for Malaysia," said Abdullah in his keynote address at a high-level dialogue with foreign investors and international business leaders.  <\/p>\n

The Prime Minister spoke at the two-day "Business Roundtable with the Government of Malaysia." This dialogue allowed the business leaders to engage policy makers on the on-going reform process and to discuss key economic issues.  <\/p>\n

"In this 50th year of our independence, we see an improving economy and the fruits of our structural changes. The renewed interest in Malaysia is the product of this 50-year legacy as well as recent national efforts at refining our approaches," he said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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