Is Malaysia fair to all?

I am reproducing this article from MsiaKini to show if there is fairness when it comes to competing for business in Msia. If we dont act now in the coming General Election, our future generations will be the one to suffer. Are you okay to sabotage the futures of our next generations?

DAP offers proof of ‘bumi only’ directives
Syed Jaymal ZahiidOct 22, 07 3:59pm

A discriminatory directive repeated in three government circulars has agitated opposition party DAP into calling Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi a "liar and a hypocrite".The documents, revealed at a press conference at the Parliament lobby today, contain instructions to different ministries to award all government contracts to bumiputera companies only. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng described this as “hypocrisy of the highest degree” in relation to Abdullah’s claim that he does not practice favouritism and will continue treating all communities equally.

One document issued last November is a Treasury circular. It specifically instructs relevant government agencies to give contracts for physical development projects with a budget below RM30 million only to bumiputera companies registered with the Finance Ministry.Previously there was no such wide-ranging directive being issued.An example is the document signed by Treasury secretary-general Dr Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah directing the Housing and Local Government Ministry to acquire children’s playground equipment through a single bumiputera-status contractor, named as Pro-Landscape Structure Sdn Bhd.

It says that, if other bumiputera companies are involved in similar ventures and are recognised by the ministry, a panel will decide which contractor will procure the contract based on the price factor. Lim also produced a third document, dated July 15, 2005 and signed by Education Ministry official Adnan Arup stating that relevant units are ‘advised’ to purchase school textbooks from only bumiputera suppliers. Lim alleged that, even if the books are in Chinese or Tamil, these must be purchased through a bumiputera company.

Protest registered DAP-Kuching member of parliament Chong Chieng Jen, who was present, accused Abdullah of lying when giving a speech during a visit to Kuching, Sarawak, last week. “He spoke of national unity and equality, yet his actions and the actions of those below him indicate otherwise,” he said. Chong said he has sent three memoranda of protest to Abdullah, his secretary and Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yackop respectively, but has yet to receive a response. Lim pointed out that non-bumiputera contractors too depend on government contracts, which is funded by taxpayers' money, for income and that the race-based policy deprives them of a livelihood. Jay Tan, (right) a children’s playground equipment manufacturer, told reporters that he was frustrated in a business where 30 companies are constantly vying for a single contract. “We have to go through a bumiputera company in order to get contracts. The company usually wants to make profit out of us and this is bad for business,” he said. Lim noted that Malaysians share one nationality and urged the government to treat citizens equally. Under the government's New Economic Policy, however, bumiputeras are given preferred status in obtaining contracts, discounts and other privileges, in a bid to raise their share of equity ownership.