In this episode of 101 East by Al Jazeera Broadcasting, the issue is quite unique because of the New Economic Policy (NEP) discussion was in the right place, which is Penang, placing three different sides of speaker. The first speaker is Chow Kon Yeow; Democratic Action Party (DAP) representative, second speaker is Datuk Seri Dr. Ibrahim Saad; former Deputy Chief Minister of Penang and third speaker Professor Azeem Farouk; a political lecturer at University Science of Malaysia (USM). I choose Datuk Seri Dr. Ibrahim Saad as the favourite speaker because his many points and statement that really positive on this episode.
* Conclusion
Datuk Seri Dr. Ibrahim Saad agrees that Penang state government effort on changing the NEP concept.
(I personally agree with Datuk's statement on this issue.)
*Claim
Penang state government wanted to help all the people of Penang, not discriminated under the races.
(I agree with Datuk's point-of-view with this issue because he wanted an equal services among the Penang's, also to all the Malaysians.)
*Premise 1
Misuse of NEP in all of sectors really affects the Malays.
(Yes, it is true that certain Malays has misuse the authority and created a negative perspective to others.)
*Argument 1
Former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has realized the problem within the NEP and the Malays.
(Yes, the Malays has used this policy for granted and making the Malays lazy and forget the true purpose of life in this country.)
*Premise 2
From the beginning of NEP, it doesn't state that the policy was sided on Malays.
(It is true, but on a certain value, the Bumi's has the advantage than the other races.)
*Argument 2
The Malays elite used the policy for their own goods and left the unprivileged Malays to continue live in misery.
(Yes, it is true because the Malays elite has more power than the typical Malays in all kinds of fields.)
"Malays must move forward and compete with the real world."
Malays and Bumiputras need the NEP as we can see what has happened in Penang. We as Malays should help our own race not trying to be fair to other races for politics reason.
ReplyDeletewhat i can say is it's good for malays and bumiputras get help from NEP, but if we always give them help, they will became lazy. But, NEP also can help the Malays and Bumiputras of looked down upon by other races.
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ReplyDeleteNEP is something good but need more improvement. I agree with you because I think NEP give more advantages to Malays and Bumiputera and also the other races. Economy of Chinese people also up to 30%. So, it show NEP also fair to other races.
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