Posted by omong on July 3, 2008
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Posted by omong on July 3, 2008
To the defence of Bar forum
Criticisms levelled against the Bar Council for its Social Contract Forum show a lack of mutual tolerance and is not helpful to achieving racial harmony, said the MCA Youth.
MCA Youth legal bureau chief Gan Ping Sieu said the wing was disappointed with parties who cited political sensitivity as a reason to disallow such forums or discourses.
In a statement yesterday, Gan said the wing was particularly 
disappointed with statements made by Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar as reported in an English daily.
The minister was quoted as saying that action could be taken against the Bar Council for holding the forum last Saturday and that the police could begin investigations if a report was lodged against the council for sedition.
“Discussing the process in the drafting of the (Federal) Constitution, including its historical background and reasons, must not be interpreted as questioning the special position of the Malays,” Gan said.
He emphasised a subsection of Article 153 of the Constitution – the Article that touches on the special position of the Malays – which, among others, states that nothing in the Article should deprive any person of any right.
He said forums conducted by organisations sincere in discussing the Constitution objectively and rationally without distorting the facts should be accepted by all.
“All Malaysians are knowledgeable and mature enough to discuss any matter related to the Constitution openly.
“Anyone who wants to prevent or object to such forums has actually gone against the freedom of speech as enshrined in the Constitution,” he said.
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Posted by omong on July 3, 2008
Call to review policies that are unfair
The Government should review existing policies which limit fair and equitable economic opportunities for all.
“The positive and constructive policy revisions and improvement of implementation processes will contribute greatly to enhancing national unity in the country,”
Centre for Public Policy Studies chairman Tan Sri Ramon V. Navaratnam said in a statement here yesterday.
He said the centre does not share the views of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak that the Government’s drive for restructuring the country’s economy will not be to the detriment of the non-bumiputra communities.
“The Government’s redistribution policies have always been predicated on the principle of an expanding pie but in practice, the gains stemming from government intervention in the economy has gone towards a limited segment of the bumiputra community,” he said.
He said the non-bumiputra participation in the Government’s economic agenda was limited by policies that explicitly limit the expansion of non-bumiputra policies.
“The awarding of government contracts (both closed and negotiated), licences and permits are skewed in favour of bumiputra firms at present. This limits the opportunities non-bumiputra entrepreneurs have to expand, especially in industries where government demand is a major factor,” Navaratnam said, adding that only favoured individuals and organisations, mainly bumiputra-dominated, saw significant gains.
He said the Government could increase the limited opportunities of the majority of non-bumiputra entrepreneurs by acting without fear or favour towards any community or individual.
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The public’s impression of public service delivery is even lower than its perception of corruption.
