As Putrajaya takes baby steps in reform, UiTM’s Bumi policy continues debate on purpose of affirmative action policy

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Political observers see Malaysia’s affirmative policies aimed at advancing Malay economically lie at the core of ongoing debate over enrolment in the...

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Some observers suggest that Malaysia’s affirmative action policy needs to be reworked to be more inclusive, considering the changes to the country’s economic situation and its demographic population today., Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam, one of the original architects of the New Economic Policy in 1971, said the plan to address the socio-economic imbalances faced by the Bumiputera had initial success until it continued past 1990 when it was supposed to end.

“Any attempt to even slightly deviate from these practices would thus come with huge political costs such as sizeable losses in Malay votes. This is especially so now that the Anwar government is facing relentless political onslaught from the conservative Malays, so Anwar could ill afford to even inadvertently be perceived as detracting from Malay-exclusive affirmative actions,” he was quoted as saying.

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