Comments on: Khir Toyo: UMNO needs NEP http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2007/khir-toyo-umno-needs-nep/ Malaysian social political blog with discussions on public safety, education, economics, government, corruption and human rights issues. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:18:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: YeinJee http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2007/khir-toyo-umno-needs-nep/#comment-111 YeinJee Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:22:16 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/khir-toyo-umno-needs-nep/#comment-111 Butterfly... true that. Butterfly… true that.

]]> By: Butterfly http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2007/khir-toyo-umno-needs-nep/#comment-110 Butterfly Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:30:30 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/khir-toyo-umno-needs-nep/#comment-110 YeinJee, All Malaysian plans and policies are good, no doubt. But Malaysian politicians are good at keeping 2 sets of plans and policies. The first set is "what they say". The second set is "what they do". So, whatever new plans and new policies are the same to me. They only change the cover and the name. Nothing else YeinJee,

All Malaysian plans and policies are good, no doubt. But Malaysian politicians are good at keeping 2 sets of plans and policies. The first set is “what they say”. The second set is “what they do”. So, whatever new plans and new policies are the same to me. They only change the cover and the name. Nothing else

]]> By: YeinJee http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2007/khir-toyo-umno-needs-nep/#comment-24 YeinJee Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:17:03 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/khir-toyo-umno-needs-nep/#comment-24 'Pretty' political blog... that is a strange compliment, I'll take that though, thanks. I am not sure what you mean 'apologist' approach. I agree that it's discriminating, has been abused a lot and probably prolonged beyond a reasonable time as you mentioned. I certainly hope that they would be a new economy plan replacing the current NEP, so that all the poor can be taken care of instead of just the Malays; but it is obvious that it won't be happening in near future. I still stand on my ground that NEP is not all bad though; I do think that bridging the economic gap between races is important for the stability of this country... Besides, considering that the Malay population is ever growing and that UMNO is getting richer and stronger in recent years... NEP is going to stay here for a long while regardless of our likings. It's a fact of life in Malaysia. ‘Pretty’ political blog… that is a strange compliment, I’ll take that though, thanks.

I am not sure what you mean ‘apologist’ approach. I agree that it’s discriminating, has been abused a lot and probably prolonged beyond a reasonable time as you mentioned.

I certainly hope that they would be a new economy plan replacing the current NEP, so that all the poor can be taken care of instead of just the Malays; but it is obvious that it won’t be happening in near future.

I still stand on my ground that NEP is not all bad though; I do think that bridging the economic gap between races is important for the stability of this country…

Besides, considering that the Malay population is ever growing and that UMNO is getting richer and stronger in recent years… NEP is going to stay here for a long while regardless of our likings. It’s a fact of life in Malaysia.

]]> By: Jonson Chong http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/2007/khir-toyo-umno-needs-nep/#comment-23 Jonson Chong Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:41:07 +0000 http://yeinjee.com/malaysia/khir-toyo-umno-needs-nep/#comment-23 Dear YeinJee, I note that you've got a pretty political blog here. I just wanted to say that I think we should not take an "apologist approach" towards NEP. The facts are clear: it's discriminatory, it has been abused, it has been prolonged beyond a reasonable period of time... It's time for NEP to go. We should not fall into the mind-trap of "sensitive issues", and pussyfoot around fundamental issues like racial discrimination. It's unacceptable and abhorrent, no matter what the justification. In any case, these so-called "justifications" are myths to control our minds. Peace, Jonson Dear YeinJee, I note that you’ve got a pretty political blog here. I just wanted to say that I think we should not take an “apologist approach” towards NEP. The facts are clear: it’s discriminatory, it has been abused, it has been prolonged beyond a reasonable period of time… It’s time for NEP to go. We should not fall into the mind-trap of “sensitive issues”, and pussyfoot around fundamental issues like racial discrimination. It’s unacceptable and abhorrent, no matter what the justification. In any case, these so-called “justifications” are myths to control our minds. Peace, Jonson

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