Affirmative Action Bites The Dust …

in Malaysia.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has outlined plans to dismantle the decades-old preferment system for ethnic Malays.

He told newspapers in Singapore that the long-term benefits of ending the scheme would outweigh the “pain”….

In an interview for Singapore’s Straits Times newspaper, Mr Najib said that ethnic quotas damaged his country’s competitiveness and ran counter to global trends….

There is much our new president, always sensitive to international opinion, could learn from Malaysia.

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