QUOTE(scorptim @ Nov 8 2020, 03:11 PM)
No it’s one question why after over 50 years of NEP and tens or even hundreds of billions allocated still so many poor bumis. Don’t go changing my question to fit your narrative.
You wanna blame colonialism, then what about Singapore? Why they manage to grow to where there are now?
Firstly
Generational poverty is prevalent amongst the people in the rural because of lack to access of education, lack of job opportunities and basic need like electricity, water and roads.
This is why Bumi which resides in these locations often find it difficult to compete in economic growth compared to the people in the urban areas, which surprise, surprise, is non Bumi.
Thus billions is needed to improve the infrastructures that is needed to help their economy and giving them fair chance to compete with others.
Thus lots of training centers, entrepreneur training, industrial training, schemes and loans are given to them in order to push them to the right direction.
People in the urban areas often have access to internet, tuition centers, training centers, high paying jobs and state of the art transportation compare to people living in coastal or inlands rural places.
So you get my point or do I need to elaborate more?
Secondly
Singapore is the crown colony of British colony same to Labuan, Malacca, Sarawak and Penang but not Malaya.
Meaning Singapore is under direct rule of the Crown.
But Singapore is the jewel colony for the British because of it's location and trade route.
There is nothing to plunder because it have no natural resources but it links all the islands in the region to a central location of it's port
This is part of the reason why Penang, Malacca and Labuan declined in being the port of the region.
It was pretty successful way before the world wars.
Even when the Japanese invaded that region, Singapore is the pinnacle of their invasion objective.
British fought hard to protect Singapore but not Kuala Lumpur or Labuan.
Another reason is Singapore is pretty much one race nation where it is politically stabile thus economic growth is the by product of that
Then, it have only one language to unite all.
Lastly Singapore have developed all it's landscape and no further development like building roads or bridges or tunnels needed to connect one town to another
These three last reasons is why Malaysia is far left behind in economic growth but now only can match Singapore in infrastructure growth.