QUOTE(seriosekitt3h @ Nov 8 2020, 12:40 PM)
you used MALAY 3 times instead of using BUMIPUTERA in you counter argument.
The BUMI polices is not exclusive for the Malays only.
Answering your question above,
Who do you think the non Muslim Bumi (they are not all Christians or Catholics, some are pagan and atheist)
voted for in Sarawak for the last 50-60 years?
DAP? Who is vocal about bumi policies?
Sarawak is the stronghold of BN and they are quite unique in social demographics but they often stand united with the Federal government.
Sarawak is a fixed deposit for BN because they know their constitutional right is protected.
I have been to this one longhouse in deep Sarawak. The leader is pagan/atheist and also a political party leader of this one major ethnic.
This specific longhouse of 50 families have 22 degree holders, 3-5 post graduate holders.
In fact the nearest town sees more development in a decade than the one city being held by opposition nearby.
The small town have Rural UTC, government buildings that helps famers/entrepreneurs in between the town and longhouse.
Even the new highway passes through that town.
I have been living in that city for quite a bit and Opposition did nothing much in helping the poor economically there when I was there.
My point, if if was not for the Bumi policies on education, loans and housing, i doubt that the people in that longhouse will have anything higher than a SPM certificate
and they will be farmers and laborer for the rest of their lives.
I have many real life personal examples to share that involves non Malay Bumi
U do know that the benefits sarawakian gets are mainly from the state govt and not federal right? Federal ones still mainly goes to Malay.
QUOTE(judas @ Nov 8 2020, 01:06 PM)
u my friend. are right.
where the money go? if they really genuine in help bumis, with those billions spent every year, i dont think bumi will be still driving grab or foodpand right?
You need connections to get it. This applies to both BN/PN and PH times. Everytime this kinda grants are announced by the govt, the members of political parties gets first dibs. During BN era, everytime a new grant is announced, all those mid level macai in each Umno bahagian will have a gathering and discuss on getting the allocation and they usually would then submit it in a group and prepare the surat sokong an etc and submit it to the relevant ministry to get their applications fast tracked. The same happened in 2018-2019 when PH was in power, both PKR and PPBM mia members all day were just talking about getting this and that grant/funding.
QUOTE(seriosekitt3h @ Nov 8 2020, 01:15 PM)
There is a difference. Thank you for correcting it. I already answered it initially.
What you are suggesting is we should be equal in distribution according to demographic
and the rich Bumi is exploiting the allocation of these poor Bumi?
A shorter answer:
A rich <insert race> will give back to it's own less fortunate kind because we are a self segregated society bounded by race and religion.
Example:
Middle Income Ahmad got good education because he got tongkat to University making him smart.
Middle Income Ahmad got tongkat in loans making him able to start his own business.
Middle Income Ahmad also got tongkat in housing making him saving his money more.
Middle Income Ahmad got rich in the span of 10 years, now people call him Rich Ahmad.
Now,
Rich Ahmad need to hire workers for his new project he got from tongkat.
Rich Ahmad hires Middle Income Abu and Middle Income Hassan to help with the project.
Middle Income Abu and Middle Income Hassan hires Poor Ali, Poor Sufian, Poor Hafiz and Poor Mohd to work for them.
In 10 years time,
All the Middle Income becomes Rich and all the Poor becomes Middle Income.
Rich Ahmad is getting richer, don't forget that. We call him Mega Rich Ahmad now
So,
Mega Rich Ahmad now opens up another tongkat business producing lots of newly Rich guys and Middle Income guys
Now Rich Abu and Rich Hassan tongkat summore.
Now
The son of Mega Rich Ahmad wanna marry a Poor Syed daughter, his dad approves and financed a grand wedding
Mega Rich Ahmad hires Moderate Income Hussein as caterer, Middle Income Halimah as Mak Andam, Rich Azman as Event Planner.
Now all the people working for Mega Rich Ahmad's son wedding hires a lot of Poor individuals for work.
And,
Family of Poor Syed also benefited from marrying the Mega Rich Ahmad by getting some work or small projects
Poor Syed's family boosted their statues to now as Middle Income Syed.
So in short, wealth trickles down to it's own society in a long run, this is why race based tongkat policy works.
It is a way to get of from the poverty cycle.
If Middle Income Ahmad does not have a university entry approved, his bank loans rejected, his housing quotas rejected
Abu, Hassan. Ali, Sufian, Hafiz, Hussein, Halimah, Azman and Syed would be stagnant economically.
So tell me, if it’s working so well, why after 60+ years still got so many poor bumis and majority b40 consist of bumis?