On Apr 27, 10:30=A0pm, "Ir. Hj. Othman bin Ahmad" <othm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> On Apr 27, 4:40 pm, Monster <dku04...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Apr 26, 2:00 pm, "Ir. Hj. Othman bin Ahmad" <othm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > wrote:
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> ...
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> > However, after thirty-odd years of the NEP, those it has meant to
> > benefit have allegedly still not managed to catch up. =A0One is
inclined=
> > to think that if the beneficiaries of the policy still cannot rectify
> > the situation after thirty years, when will they ever? =A0A lot of my
> > hard-working bumiputera colleagues are still relatively poor despite
>
> Are they given the affirmative action?
>
> > all these years of "affirmative action". =A0One only has to look at
the
> > ultra-rich ruling class to see where the problem lies.
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> > As for corruption and bribery, it takes two to tango and this has
>
> And yet you blame only one party, the Malays, and not those who
> actually pay the bribes, and thus perpetuating the briberies.
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> > unfortunately become the price of doing business in Malaysia. =A0The
> > lack of transparency w.r.t. government tenders, and the award of
> > government contracts without competitive bidding, only perpetuates the
> > problem.
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> > So don't blame the Chinese and the Indians. =A0It is the bumiputera
> > politicians who are corrupting the country, enriching themselves at
> > the expense of their constituents. =A0Who put them there in the first
> > place - certainly not me.
> Are they given the affirmative action?
You know better than me that they are given affirmative action - I
really have nothing against the affirmative action that was given.
However, the help given to these people was small compared to that
given to those in the Malay ruling class. As you well know, the kids
of well-off Malays were given scholar****ps to study overseas and in
good universities, while Mister Average Bumiputera Scholar had to put
up with studying in local universities (if at all).
Let's get something straight, I am all for affirmative action, it
makes society fairer as a whole and one would expect that those who
have been helped will in turn help others. Unfortunately, the reality
is that the majority of those who have benefited from government
scholar****ps have not bothered honoring their bonds or paying back
their loans.
> And yet you blame only one party, the Malays, and not those who
> actually pay the bribes, and thus perpetuating the briberies.
As I've said it take twos to tango, and obviously both parties need to
share the blame for this. That said, it wasn't the Chinese
businessmen who did away with the checks and balances which are
required in a parliamentary democracy. Who did away with the
independent press, the independent judiciary and the opposition? And
who kept those people there???
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