After Najib’s first 100 days
By Sim Kwang Yang
Much has been made in the media about Najib’s first 100 days in office as the latest Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Many commentators have observed how the political and economic measures initiated by Najib is to win back the middle ground, especially the Chinese and Indian voters who had shifted their political support to the Pakatan rakyat coalition during the March 8 general election last year.
For instance, he has announced liberalisation policies with regard to share equity in public listed companies, though some say that will benefit foreign investors more than Chinese and Indian investors.
Then, on the 100th day itself, Najib announced eleven measures that are supposed to shower gifts on Malaysian people. (I did not even go through the list.) It got the Pakatan Rakyat leadership worried.
I was wondering whether his very lame attempt to right the wrongs of the NEP will indeed tempt Chinese and Indian voters en masse back to the BN camp. Then I read this list on the blog Rage Against the System.
It is compiled obviously from a Chinese point of view. I hope my Chinese readers would not fall prey to reverse racism after reading this, and start to hate all Malays. I really have to warn you against this possibility. Read it with your critical radar in high gear. I also have no way of checking the authenticity of all the statistics given.
