DPM: Why are 80% of Malays in low income category?

By TEH ENG HOCK

KUALA LUMPUR: Malay entrepreneurs must evaluate critically and openly why 80% of Malays were in the lower income category, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.
He said they should be introspective and practice self-critism to grow.
“To succeed, we need to be introspective and practise kaizen, which means continuous improvement. Introspection must include the element of self-critism,” he said at the closing ceremony of the Malay Entrepreneurs Convention here Saturday.
He said under the New Economic Model (NEM), the Government wanted to have practises based on merits, needs, transparency and market-friendliness.
“Malays must see the NEM as an opportunity and not a threat. Malays must be less obsessed with processes and procedures compared with output.
“A pragmatic and practical attitude is better than being dogmatic,” he said.