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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 21. September 3 1979
Racial Policy after the May 13 Incident
Racial Policy after the May 13 Incident.
In the aftermath of the May 13 Incident, the Malaysian government, under the Alliance Party, enunciated the New Economic Policy in 1971 as the foundation for the creation of a just and racial harmonious society. Not surprisingly, "National Unity" was again the overriding objective of NEP. The twin objectives of this policy are:
| (a) | eradicating poverty among all Malaysian, irrespective of race; |
| (b) | restructuring Malaysian society to correct racial economic imbalance. |
The NEP will be based on "the principle of the expanding cake" whereby the deprived groups are to be systematically lifted without detriment to the others.
Since its announcement, the NEP has become the foundation of the government's subsequent policies for achieving "national unity" in the next two decades. Today, a decade has nearly passed since its enunciation. At this point, one would certainly be interested in finding out how effective the NEP is in solving the racial problem. The following is an analysis of some of the consequences of the implementation of NEP.