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Call On The Malaysian Prime Minister To Have A Comprehensive Study Of The Effects Of The 30-Year New Economic Policy, NEP. Statement by Dr Tan Seng Giaw, DAP National Vice-Chairman and MP for Kepong on the Prime Minister Dato' Seri Dr Mahahtir Mohamad's assurance to protect Malay rights and privileges. 18 August 2000 | |||||||
| Touching on Malay special rights and privileges usually sparks off intense controversy, prompting the Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's reassurance. After his reassurance, we urge the PM to study fully the 30-year New Economic Policy, NEP, compiling the good and the bad effects. There are misuses and abuses. Mahathir tells a crowd of 13 May organisations: "We are not oppressing anyone by protecting the Malay rights. In fact, we want to develop this country. We want to even out the country's wealth fairly among all races. "We do not want racial misunderstanding and animosity in the country. For that reason, all races in this country need to be careful when making statements. They have the right to make statements but it has to be done in closed-door meetings...so that it would not trigger racial hatred," he added. We should always try to narrow the gap between the haves and the havenots including those badly affected by the Information Technology, IT. We should try our utmost to avoid jeopardizing racial and religious tolerance. Promoting tolerance, we should look into the ways of making Malaysia a developed country which the PM has advocated. Education Ministers like Dato' Seri Najib and Tan Sri Musa have mentioned creating a centre of excellence in education. We agree. Granted, managing a plural society is very complicated. We have always believed that Malaysian policies should be based on merits and needs, giving opportunities to Malaysians irrespective of race, colour or creed. | |
in Parliament as Mahabumiputra--the real sons of the soil. For example, we have had NEP for 30 years. What is the state of the economy in all aspects? The Government talks about the good effects such as providing a more universal education. But would it help the nation if university administration and all academic staff become virtually unipolar? What is the quality of the academia? Can we go on for 30 years and still say that not a single non-Malay is fit to become a Vice-Chancellor? What type of centre of excellence? The same applies to the 850,000-strong Civil Service including the Police and the Armed Forces. Once it is unipolar, it is difficult to turn into miltipolar. Since 1983, a total of about 434 projects have been privatized. How many of these multibillion projects have been misused and abused? The Government prattles about saving billions during privatizations. How do these projects even out the country's wealth fairly among all races? To what extent is the Government creating a few privileged people, the plutocrats? How many of these plutocrats are genuinely helping the havenots? What is the gap between the haves and the havenots? True, some countries are doing much worse than Malaysia. But, we should compare ourselves with better ones. This is the final year of the Seventh Malaysia Plan and the Outline Persepective Plan of the National Development Policy, that is, the 30th year of the New Economic Policy. The Government has various sophisticated or complicated agencies such as the Economic Planning Unit, EPU, in the Prime Minister's Department to monitor the implementation of the NEP. Let us have a report of the comprehensive study. Dr Tan Seng Giaw | |||||
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