Here we go again: Man...these Umnoians must be a confused lot! At one time they profess to being the champion of the religion, at another, its the race. Don't they realise the two can be totally different! For one, there is no racial polarity in Islam. Yet, there people talk as though Islam belongs to them solely and hence the bidaah of Islam Hadhari. In fact just today in Harian Metro it seems, a Malay man profess to being a Rasul specially designated for the Malay race. Though UMNO does not to that, there's similarity there...
In another report today - also posted by Raja Petra - UMNO wants the Media to downplay the failings of the Malays in business, who are mainly from their party. This, they cannot deny as in this report below it quotes:
"Besides that, he said the government was also asked to restructure companies linked to Umno or Umno-Linked Companies (ULCs) to stimulate the growth of entrepreneurs among Umno members."
This is an unwitting admission to the failures of UMNO businessmen cum politicians which, as stated earlier, they do not want the Media to highlight to the people. That's right, take the people's money, fail, and forget about it. If it succeeds to a certain extent, provide financial backing for UMNO at the general elections - money that rightfully should go back to the people of Malaysia!
Also, again this very quote expose how racially biased and un-Islamic they are. At best, a confused lot they are.
Raja Petra Kamarudin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(Bernama) -- The Umno Youth movement Friday proposed that the government create a new national agenda for a 15-year term, beginning next year to empower the Malays in the economic sector.
Its vice head Khairy Jamaluddin said the agenda should be based on four key strategies aimed at increasing bumiputera share ownership of 30 percent by 2020.
It should also cover ownership of land, housing, business premises and intellectual property, he said when delivering the motion on economy at the Umno General Assembly here Friday.
At the same time, Khairy said, the new thrust for the new agenda should cover bumiputera ownership in new and strategic technology such as biotechnology, communication technology, information, communication and technology (ICT) and services.
He said the agenda was aimed at increasing the number of highly educated and professional Malays as well as implementing the development programme for the low income populace in the city and rural areas.
Khairy said the Umno Youth was of the opinion that the philosophy on the New Economic Policy (NEP) must be clearly revived and outlined in detail under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP), so that its implementation and target of achieving the Malay Agenda could be monitored and its success assessed from time to time.
The movement also wants the government to take a prudent approach in resolving the liberalisation and globalisation issues so that economic growth to be created would not merely focus on growth alone but on distribution aspects.
Khairy said, in reality, the position of the Malays in the national economy was still disappointing especially when the targeted 30 percent bumiputera equity ownership had not been achieved.
The Umno Youth also wants the government to look for the source of the weakness because, if the problem is not quickly addressed, more benefits of the Malays would be transferred to other parties, thus causing the failure of achieving the NEP objectives.
This was clear when early estimates showed that out of the 90 percent of the value of contracts awarded by the Public Works Department to Malay entrepreneurs, only 21 percent were implemented, he said.
Khairy said the movement also proposed the setting of a non-government institution called the Bumiputera Economic Secretariat sponsored by Umno.
It could play its role of assisting the government in addressing the shortcomings through market intelligence, establishing integrated networking with Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) and small bumiputera businessmen and traders, he said.
With the involvement of the GLCs, economic consultants, academicians, politicians and the private sector, the secretariat could be regarded as a think-tank and could act as the eyes and ears of the Malay community in all sectors of the economy, he said.
"Quarterly reports of bumiputera economic participation must be prepared, outlining several key performance indices on bumiputera participation in various sectors," he said.
Among others, the secretariat could also ensure that attempts to deny bumiputera participation in the national economy be exposed, thus providing room for corrective action.
"As an example, discrimination towards Malay workers, which is one of the factors that contributed to the problem of unemployed graduates, and the alliance planned by non-bumiputera companies to reduce bumiputera firms' participation in the supply chain, could be exposed," he said.
He also criticised some GLCs and State Economic Development Corporations which also ventured into small and medium industries although they had the capital and expertise to venture into wider and global markets.
As such, he asked the government to monitor and ensure that GLCs focus and specialise in their core businesses.
Besides that, he said the government was also asked to restructure companies linked to Umno or Umno-Linked Companies (ULCs) to stimulate the growth of entrepreneurs among Umno members.
He said profits generated could be channelled towards financing the party's various programmes and activities at all divisions.
On the agricultural sector, Khairy asked the government to restructure Bank Pertanian Malaysia to be market oriented while other financial institutions should increase their loan allocation for agriculture, especially for the small and medium enterprises.
On new sectors, Khairy said the Youth wants the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation to create a Bumiputera Participation Unit which plays the role of creating more Malay scientists and technologists especially under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.
"A comprehensive blueprint must be formulated to realise the aspiration of producing a bumiputera science and technology community," said Khairy.
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Posted by Raja Petra Kamarudin to MT-news at 7/23/2005 10:26:00 AM
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