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wow! this is the best they can think of to solving the ali-baba problem...i wonder if the 'saya anti rasuah' badge has reduced corruption among the mata-mata...
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Malay contractors required to sign 'Akujanji'
Feb 16, 07 4:31am
Malaysiakini
Malay contractors will have to sign declarations vowing not to pass contracts for projects obtained from the government on to non-bumiputeras.
The Finance Ministry's secretary-general, Izzuddin Dali, said Malay contractors who flout the new ruling will have their contracts and registration terminated.
"Contractors that have obtained projects must sign an official declaration that they will not 'sell' the contract or break them up into smaller contracts and distribute them to other parties," Izzudin was quoted as saying in the Malay-language daily Berita Harian.
The move is a bid to curb the abuse of government projects awarded to the economically disadvantaged bumiputera - ethnic Malays and indigenous groups - under positive discrimination policies.
Elite group
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi complained on Tuesday that 85 percent of projects won by bumiputera contractors were passed on to other races in the country.
Malaysia's population of nearly 27 million is made up of 60 percent Malay Muslims, 26 percent ethnic Chinese and eight percent ethnic Indians.
The bumiputera policies are aimed at boosting the economic development of Malays but critics say its poor implementation has mainly benefited an elite group of Malay entrepreneurs.
- AFP
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Malay contractors required to sign 'Akujanji'
Feb 16, 07 4:31am
Malaysiakini
Malay contractors will have to sign declarations vowing not to pass contracts for projects obtained from the government on to non-bumiputeras.
The Finance Ministry's secretary-general, Izzuddin Dali, said Malay contractors who flout the new ruling will have their contracts and registration terminated.
"Contractors that have obtained projects must sign an official declaration that they will not 'sell' the contract or break them up into smaller contracts and distribute them to other parties," Izzudin was quoted as saying in the Malay-language daily Berita Harian.
The move is a bid to curb the abuse of government projects awarded to the economically disadvantaged bumiputera - ethnic Malays and indigenous groups - under positive discrimination policies.
Elite group
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi complained on Tuesday that 85 percent of projects won by bumiputera contractors were passed on to other races in the country.
Malaysia's population of nearly 27 million is made up of 60 percent Malay Muslims, 26 percent ethnic Chinese and eight percent ethnic Indians.
The bumiputera policies are aimed at boosting the economic development of Malays but critics say its poor implementation has mainly benefited an elite group of Malay entrepreneurs.
- AFP