How NOT to increase Bumi equity?

This was what Najib said some time back... from The Star - Present Way to Raise Bumi Equity Dead End... LOL! I'm amazed it took him such a long time to realize that. *roll eyes* Could have just taken a cue from this idiom... Easy Come, Easy Go. This cliche tells us exactly that... what comes easy, goes away easy too. Language is a culmination of life's experience and there are many gems of wisdom from language itself.... Najib needn't have relied on data or 19 years to come to that conclusion. The Malays have had life way too easy... so easy that they've never really learned how to be competitive... in short what little competitive edge they had was lost over the last 19 years through the Bumi-first policy, quota system, etc., etc... so much so that it's not just the competitive edge they lost but also their confidence in their own abilities.

Right from Independence, their special position was entrenched in the Constitution... even deemed as sacred. Any questioning of if by the other races would have earned a hail of brimstone and fire.

Easy come... easy go. Adversity, produces human abilities.... just jump right into history....lots of examples there. The other races have been operating under adversity since 1970. The success of the Chinese for example is because they have to work harder. As a result of that, they became more resilient and 'innovative'. Take a look at the second generation American Chinese... they're not much different from the other Americans. Equal opportunity made them just like everyone else.

We need not look far actually. Life today is better for our kids (the non-Malays). And we, he older gen, deem them to have less competitive edge compared to the previous gen. So is it a coincident that they've lost that extra 'sting' that their parents used to have? Or... their good life has also weighed them down? But there's still this little bit of competitiveness in them because they know they've to work doubly hard for anything because this is Malaysia... where quota, racial divisiveness, double standards are a way of life.

Increasing Bumi equity.. the solution is actually there for all to see.. remove the Bumi only requirement. Compete... we have enough middle class to realize the need for hard work. And if after competition the Malays (Bumis) still lag... then theirs is a lost race! How NOT to increase? Carry on this Bumi first policy.... this 'yours and mine' mindset.... it's a sure recipe that the equity will remain at 19% (or less) for another 2 decades! Crutches! I believe in them but only temporary crutches... temporary crutches help to put a person back on track.. permanent crutches debilitate!