Anwar: Break free from old mindset

2008/06/15

Anwar: Break free from old mindset

PETALING JAYA:

Malays need to break out of their "neo-feudal" syndrome which is being used as a means of patronage and control by an elite few.

Pakatan Rakyat de-facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the mindset, which was drilled since colonial times, gave rise to an inferiority complex that had prevented the Malays from advancing with the rest of society.

"What Malays require is not a unique form of affirmative action to help them. What they need are opportunities and space to move forward together as a great Malaysian family.

"What we require is support, so that genuine Malay talent and creativity can flourish," Anwar said in his keynote address when launching the revised edition of The Malays - Their Problems and Future, written by PKR deputy president Dr Syed Husin Ali, at Hotel Armada here last night.

Also present were Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim and former Labour Party of Malaysia leader Dr M.K. Rajakumar