Malaysian PM Mahathir urges Malays to work harder, compete

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KUALA LUMPUR - As Pakatan Harapan (PH) ushers in its first year of governance, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has issued a cautionary warning to Malaysia's majority race to stop expecting handouts and work harder.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

KUALA LUMPUR - As Pakatan Harapan ushers in its first year of governance, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has issued a cautionary warning to Malaysia's majority race to stop expecting handouts and work harder.

After a tough year of administering government and trying to appease an increasingly conservative Malay community, Dr Mahathir on Wednesday urged the Malays to buck up or forever live in the shadows of other ethnic communities like the Chinese and Indians. Umno and PAS agreed to cooperate formally in March this year, and won three by-elections against PH by agreeing not to run against each other in Cameron Highlands, Semenyih and Rantau.

"Everyone thinks the government is paying attention to the other communities and not them," he said."But the fact is that we are dealing with all communities. We have to make sure everybody is more or less satisfied," the 93-year-old said. "It's only been a year. Nothing happens overnight," he said. He noted that he himself needed five years to prove his mettle when he was first made PM in 1981.

 

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