{"id":6145,"date":"2020-09-30T11:19:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T03:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6145"},"modified":"2020-09-30T11:19:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T03:19:47","slug":"race-politics-in-multi-racial-society-should-not-continue-muhyiddin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6145","title":{"rendered":"Race politics in multi-racial society should not continue – Muhyiddin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30\u00a0 — Prime Minister\u00a0Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin\u00a0said\u00a0identity politics or race\u00a0politics in multi-racial Malaysia should not continue even if it can\u2019t be totally erased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhyiddin said with social media now a part of our lives, society is easily triggered when issues related to race, religion, and income are raised, in the process affecting inter-racial relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone has their own sentiments, but even so it should not bring about detrimental effects. For example, when it comes to the distribution of wealth in the country, the Malays who form a big part of society feel their welfare is not taken care enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey feel they need more help although there had already been the New Economic Policy,\u00a0but when we look at it now, many leakages\u00a0and bad things happened, causing dissatisfaction to still exist,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Muhyiddin said this at the \u2018Balai Rakyat Makmur Bersama\u2019 dialogue session, here today which was also attended by Senior Minister (Education) Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin and Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhyiddin said at the same time, similar feelings and issues were also felt by other races in countries such as China and India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are also among them who are poor and of low income. The same feeling also exists among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe question now is what are the policies and ways that the Perikatan Nasional government can do to address the shortcomings and weaknesses mentioned earlier, (so that) it is not seen as a race-driven or favouring one particular race while neglecting the rest,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, he said, the government\u2019s shared prosperity policy is seen as one of the solutions in addressing the problem in the next 10 years, including matters on how to bridge the racial economic divide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the prime minister said the policy will not marginalise matters concerning women and family development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the Ministry of Women and Family Development, and its agencies, are always on the ground for feedback to ensure targetted groups are not neglected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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