You can't blame David Teoh for lambasting him because of this:
"The NEP definition itself should be reapplied as part of the national development policy, so that the Malays would be empowered and not sidelined from now till the year 2020."
Aizuddin has listed them out the points in his speech:
- to allocate 30 per cent equity to Bumiputeras;
- to ensure that Bumiputeras dominate in the bio-technology, farming, aero-space, defence, information technology, halal food manufacturing, petroleum and gas, finance, automotive, services and tourism sectors;
- for the Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development Ministry to redouble its efforts to create capable Bumiputera entrepreneurs;
- to increase allocation for rural infrastructure development;
- for the performance of government-linked companies to be judged on their contribution towards the Malay agenda;
- for civil servants to fully understand the importance of the Malay agenda when awarding contracts or tenders; and
- to monitor the implementation of the NEP.
Where in the world did he get this idea from? When were the Malays ever sidelined?How much longer must the Malays continue to be hide under the (over)protection of the government? NEP was formulated to help the Malays to stand on their own, not to be pushed around in wheelchairs for the rest of their lives!
How can one be successful without hard work? How are we going to get quality graduates and corporate people without, first, filtering out the
Taking a step back to the NEP is a blatant insult to the Malays- you're simply saying:
1) the Malays are not good enough for an equal playing field; and
2) the Malays who worked hard and succeeded, cannot make it on their own;
Like spoilt children, some Malays are taking the government assistance for granted- it is as though their God-given right to be spoon-fed till the day they pulang ke Ramatullah... while non-Malays struggle and work hard for everything in life. This reminds me of my cats in Penang.
I have 2 cats- 1 is about 2 years old while the other is 1 year old. They both stay outside the house; the older one goes out a lot while the younger one is always around the garden. Because of being out in the world, the older one has collected quite a lot of scars from his encounters with his feline friends. The younger one looks nice and fluffy most of the time.
Sometimes when my nephew/mom forgets to feed them, the older ones can always go out and find his own food... but the younger one just hangs around the house UNTIL someone feeds him. Granted, the older ones is scarred here and there, but should anything happen, he can always fend for himself and survive- not so the younger one. HE'S SO USED TO BEING TAKEN CARE OF THAT HE'S LOST HIS COMPETITIVE EDGE.
On the other hand, Chua Jui Meng pointed out a very serious issue that is happening in the current political/social/economical scene. Chinese parents who sent their children overseas to study nowadays don't expect their children to come back. There are also those who took their families abroad completely because they no longer believe their future lies with tanah tumpahnya darahku.
I remember years ago, the then-DPM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wrote in chinese "wor men dou shi yi jia ren"(we are all one family)... since when a true family discriminate one child from another?
Hisham O Hisham! There are poor Malays, poor Chinese AND poor Indians everywhere. Please open your eyes and see them... Don't just talk like a Malay- TALK LIKE A MALAYSIAN.
