Interesting for all Malaysians to reflect on this news report...
Personally, I believe government should still practice positive discrimination in favour of the poor - not on based on any particular ethnic, religious or cultural basis.
We need to seriously evaluate who the 'special status' policy really benefited over the years? The rich few, or the poor - given the fact that many Malay households remain poor till today.
Shameful for Malays to still depend on crutches, says Rafidah
Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz (right) with author and social critic Dr M. Bakri Musa at the launch of his book in Shah Alam, today. Rafidah says it is time Malays stop thinking they are 'special' and must continue getting help from government policies. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Kamal Ariffin, January 30, 2016. "That was why the government undertook the restructuring, because the Malays were very underprivileged, not because you deserved it because you are Malay. "You deserved it at that time because you were so far behind, you needed the scholarships, you needed the MRSM (Mara Junior Science College), and so on.