By Debra Chong (The Malaysian Insider)
SHAH ALAM, Aug 11 – PAS’ Khalid Samad challenged today Umno’s Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to openly explain how discounts on luxury properties work in favour of poor Malays, in a bid to win support from his community.
“Explain to the rakyat: How does helping rich Malays benefit poor Malays?” the Islamist party’s central committee member demanded, in relation to an ongoing public debate over scrapping the obligatory seven per cent Bumiputra discount for luxury homes costing over half a million ringgit and business properties priced at RM2 million and above.
Khalid was responding to the deputy prime minister claim that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders – namely PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang and the DAP’s publicity chief Tony Pua – had conflicting takes on the issue.
“Umno is trying to cloud the issue using racial sentiments,” Khalid said and chided Muhyiddin for trying to stir up trouble among Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society.
The Shah Alam MP maintained PAS and its allies in the opposition bloc shared the view that discounts for high-end properties do not help the poor Malays, being beyond their budget; and only served to enrich wealthy Malays.
“If they can afford to buy a million ringgit facility... I don’t think the seven per cent is a make or break matter [for rich Malays],” he reasoned.
“The question of [financial] assistance for Malays is not in the Constitution… only the ‘special position of Malays’,” he highlighted.
Khalid explained that the seven per cent discount was part of the government’s affirmative action policy in the 1970s to balance out the economic disparity among the races.
“Poverty in the country knows no race,” he noted today.
The 53-year-old said savings from scrapping the discounts for well-heeled Malays could be put to better use.
“For example, instead of seven per cent, we can give 10 per cent [to poor Malays] so more people can afford to buy property,” he said.
Other suggestions include channeling the savings into a scholarship fund to enable students to continue their tertiary education.
Article courtesy of The Malaysian Insider
Related: Manipulasi Fakta Isu Diskaun, Muhyiddin Batu Api
-Pejabat YB Khalid Samad-
SHAH ALAM, Aug 11 – PAS’ Khalid Samad challenged today Umno’s Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to openly explain how discounts on luxury properties work in favour of poor Malays, in a bid to win support from his community.
“Explain to the rakyat: How does helping rich Malays benefit poor Malays?” the Islamist party’s central committee member demanded, in relation to an ongoing public debate over scrapping the obligatory seven per cent Bumiputra discount for luxury homes costing over half a million ringgit and business properties priced at RM2 million and above.
Khalid was responding to the deputy prime minister claim that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders – namely PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang and the DAP’s publicity chief Tony Pua – had conflicting takes on the issue.
“Umno is trying to cloud the issue using racial sentiments,” Khalid said and chided Muhyiddin for trying to stir up trouble among Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society.
The Shah Alam MP maintained PAS and its allies in the opposition bloc shared the view that discounts for high-end properties do not help the poor Malays, being beyond their budget; and only served to enrich wealthy Malays.
“If they can afford to buy a million ringgit facility... I don’t think the seven per cent is a make or break matter [for rich Malays],” he reasoned.
“The question of [financial] assistance for Malays is not in the Constitution… only the ‘special position of Malays’,” he highlighted.
Khalid explained that the seven per cent discount was part of the government’s affirmative action policy in the 1970s to balance out the economic disparity among the races.
“Poverty in the country knows no race,” he noted today.
The 53-year-old said savings from scrapping the discounts for well-heeled Malays could be put to better use.
“For example, instead of seven per cent, we can give 10 per cent [to poor Malays] so more people can afford to buy property,” he said.
Other suggestions include channeling the savings into a scholarship fund to enable students to continue their tertiary education.
Article courtesy of The Malaysian Insider
Related: Manipulasi Fakta Isu Diskaun, Muhyiddin Batu Api
-Pejabat YB Khalid Samad-
Comments
Malays have only themselves to blame. If they cannot progress over 50 years of heavily subsidised and free affirmative action there is no chance that they will succeed in even 500 years when most of them carry Degrees from organisations with heavily manipulated pass marks. Just give them a Dato ship and some contracts and they think they have achieved what Bill Gates or Ananda Krishnan or Vincent Tan achieved through sheer business mettle.
Where in the Federal Constitution does it say that rich Malays shall be given discounts to buy expensive houses?
Cukuplah merepek tu.
Wake up man!
Bukan main berlagak mereka tu di dlm kereta mewah mereka, memandang rendah kita ni bermotor kapcai. Di khalayak ramai, bukan main berlagak lagi kononnya pandai speaking, meskipun perbualan adalah sesama kaum sendiri, seolah-olah kita ni tak wujud.
Memang jelas sistem pembahagian kekayaan negara di antara orang-orang Melayu berat sebelah ataupun telah salah-digunakan of golongan-golongan tertentu. Hak istimewa Melayu apa? Banyak di antara kita ni cuma tidur 4 jam atau kurang sehari, terpaksa bangun pukul 2 pagi setiap hari membuat kuih-muih yang dijual di tepi jalan atau kaki lima kedai orang lain. Pada pukul 2 pagi, orang kaya Melayu di mana? Kalau bukan lena tidur, ada kat pub-lah happy dgn member, betul?
Nampaknya orang kaya Melayu menjadi semakin kaya manakala orang miskin Melayu menjadi semakin miskin.
Jadi, diskaun-diskaun rumah mewah memang harus diberhentikan memandangkan ketidakseimbangan yang dialami!
Si Johan (3:49pm) ni kalau bukan buta dan bodoh, mesti dari golongan orang kaya Melayu. Kini, ia bukan soal "Hak Istimewa Melayu" lagi tetapi "Penyelewengan dan Penyalahgunaan Hak Istimewa Melayu"!
Begitu nyata bantahan mereka ni bukan pasal "Hak Istimewa Melayu" tetapi "Hak Istimewa Melayu Kaya"!
Johan, tak perlu susah payah membandingkan dan membabitkan kekayaan kaum lain untuk merumitkan perjuangan kau tu. Siapa rajin kerja, tanpa kira kaum, maka kayalah dia. Bukan seperti orang Melayu kaya kita sendiri ni yang saya amat malu kerana kekayaan bukan akibat titik peluh sendiri tapi tipu menipu mengambil kesempatan hak istimewa Melayu!
Johan, meskipun majoriti kaum kita masih miskin, kita ni bukan bodoh lagi yang dapat diperalatkan dan diperbodohkan oleh mereka yang kaya raya seperti kau ni!!! Hidup Melayu!!!
I am not being a racist..but the fact remains that other races are becoming greedier and greedier...
Why ? Because we have so many "tolols" among the malays who support them just garner their votes.
YB, your arguments are going nowhere.....just to please certain quarter to garner their votes.just like DSAI.welcome to club of "tolols".
TQ
YB,
Can I suggest that PAS propose so that the amount saved from the 7% are actually given to the poor. Just to shut UMNO up, say 3% goes to the Malay population, 2% goes to the chinese and indian, each. I would like to see how UMNO will play their race card now :)
Lau
Mun siew
The poor can't afford a 500k house anyway. In fact most Malaysians can't afford a 500k house.
One only need to do some simple Maths to expose the lies.
Tajuk "How does helping rich Malays Benefit Poor Malays?", saya berpendapat agak too general dlm isu memberi diskaun kpd bumiputera untuk rumah mewah.
Melayu yang berkemampuan (dari segi pelajaran, pengalaman dan modal)yang kaya boleh lebih berdaya saing dan maju. Maka golongan melayu ini boleh memberi peluang kpd yg kurang kemampuan atau miskin seperti pekerjaan, sambil berkongsi pengalaman dan seterusnya pengalaman dpt diteruskan/digunakan. Zakat juga dibayar (wajib) untuk membantu.
Tapi pemberian diskaun kpd rumah bertaraf mewah kpd bumiputera pula lain isunya. Isunya masih praktikalkah dimana harga mencecah RM500 ribu ke atas? Berapa kerat bumiputera yg mampu?
Mungkin ada mekanisma lain perlu diambil untuk lebih praktikal?
Sila rujuk kepada sebuah rencana yang menyentuh tentang komen Tuan mengenai pemberian diskaun kepada golongan kaya-raya.