Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Article 153 and the “Social Contract”

To Malaysians Check this article out
Clips from: Article 153 and the “Social Contract” at Malaysia today - Raja Petra Kamarudin
............................The Pakatan Rakyat Kedah state government’s ruling of imposing a 50% Bumiputra quota on houses in the state does not help either. Why 50%? Why even 30%? Should in the first place there even be a quota?
There must come a point of time when all Malaysians are regarded as equal. How can an Indonesian who migrated to this country a few years ago be regarded as Bumiputra when Chinese and Indians who come to this country in the 1400s are still second class citizens?
Yes, Article 153 accords Malays certain rights and privileges. But that same Article, and Article 8, do not allow imposing of quotas and permits which deny Indians and Chinese their rights in favour of the Malays. This, many people do not seem to understand
Details at http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/14365/84/