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26-09-2006, 09:15 AM
"NEP vs Vision 2020: Where has all our money gone?"
Date: 7.30 pm TUESDAY, 26 September 2006
Place: KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
The New Economic Policy (NEP) is a "Never Ending Policy", said former UKM political science professor Dr P. Ramasamy. "This is because it has come to stay with us and will be with with us for a long period of time," said Ramasamy who is also DAP international secretary.
He said public discussion or debate about the NEP very often than not degenerates into non-Malay versus Malay discourse, leaving little or no room for open and rational discussion.
"Given the highly-controlled media, any discussion of the NEP will be interpreted in such a way as to suit the objectives of those in power," he said.
Ramasamy is one of the five speakers to be featured in the DAP forum titled: "NEP vs Vision 2020: Where has all our money gone?" tomorrow night in the at 7.30pm.
Other speakers are
1) Former United Nations and World Bank economic advisor Prof Dr Lim Teck Ghee,
Dr Lim, who is now Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (Asli)'s Centre of Public Policy Studies director, is expected to talk about the target of 30% bumiputera corporate equity ownership.Asli had recently argued in its study that the objective of the NEP to achieve the 30% bumiputera corporate equity ownership had exceeded.
2) Abdul Khalid, the former Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd group chief executive director
Abdul Khalid, treasurer-general of Parti Keadilan Rakyat will argue on whether there is transparency in resources management and whether it is achievable for the country to be a developed nation.
3) Former chief executive of Permodalan Nasional Bhd Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
4) Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang
5) DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.
Guan Eng said the focus of the forum will be on the achievement of targets in the NEP, the prospects of realising Vision 2020 and the inequitable nature income distributions with the allocation of resources for the few at the expense of the many.
Date: 7.30 pm TUESDAY, 26 September 2006
Place: KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
The New Economic Policy (NEP) is a "Never Ending Policy", said former UKM political science professor Dr P. Ramasamy. "This is because it has come to stay with us and will be with with us for a long period of time," said Ramasamy who is also DAP international secretary.
He said public discussion or debate about the NEP very often than not degenerates into non-Malay versus Malay discourse, leaving little or no room for open and rational discussion.
"Given the highly-controlled media, any discussion of the NEP will be interpreted in such a way as to suit the objectives of those in power," he said.
Ramasamy is one of the five speakers to be featured in the DAP forum titled: "NEP vs Vision 2020: Where has all our money gone?" tomorrow night in the at 7.30pm.
Other speakers are
1) Former United Nations and World Bank economic advisor Prof Dr Lim Teck Ghee,
Dr Lim, who is now Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (Asli)'s Centre of Public Policy Studies director, is expected to talk about the target of 30% bumiputera corporate equity ownership.Asli had recently argued in its study that the objective of the NEP to achieve the 30% bumiputera corporate equity ownership had exceeded.
2) Abdul Khalid, the former Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd group chief executive director
Abdul Khalid, treasurer-general of Parti Keadilan Rakyat will argue on whether there is transparency in resources management and whether it is achievable for the country to be a developed nation.
3) Former chief executive of Permodalan Nasional Bhd Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
4) Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang
5) DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.
Guan Eng said the focus of the forum will be on the achievement of targets in the NEP, the prospects of realising Vision 2020 and the inequitable nature income distributions with the allocation of resources for the few at the expense of the many.