COMMENT | The Malay friend that a non-Malay may have.
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COMMENT | The main obstacle to a modern, progressive Malaysia is not the rural Malay, but the educated, well-travelled, English-speaking urban Malay, who controls a government department, a GLC, a bank or a business.
We re not talking about the ordinary
pak cik managing his stall in a
warung, but the Malay
taiko who owns franchises, or multi-million ringgit companies, or markets luxury foreign brands.
These Malays wield power and influence. Some are decision-makers in government. The rural Malay is too busy trying to make ends meet. He has no control over policymaking.