KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will ensure fairer participation for the people in government-linked companies, said Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
The MCA deputy president said the Government also wanted more ethnic groups to join the civil service.
“I have personally gone to the universities to ask students to sign up,” he said to a question from the floor during the Malaysian Chinese at the Political Crossroads forum here on Saturday.
He had been asked about MCA’s role in addressing the problems of racial imbalance within GLCs and the civil service.
At the same forum, MCA vice-president Gan Ping Sieu said it was difficult for Malaysia to have a two-party system because Pakatan Rakyat remained divided.
Gan said that although the Opposition coalition had come up with their own agenda under the Buku Jingga, there were fundamental values on which they had “agreed to disagree”, including the hudud law.
“Until now, they cannot offer a clear alternative manifesto.
“Also, if you look into the benchmark of the two-party system, there must be a shadow Cabinet.
“However, until now, there has yet to be one,” said Gan, adding that instead of a two-party system, a “three-party system” actually existed in Malaysia.
“The three parties are Barisan Nasional, PAS and the loose cooperation between PKR and DAP.
“PAS is a stand-alone party because it is clear on its ideology and ambitions,” he said.
Gerakan Youth secretary-general Dr Dominic Lau said that unlike Americans, who were proud to call themselves Americans regardless of their race, not many Malaysians could identify themselves as Malaysian first.
THE STAR ONLINE
No comments:
Post a Comment