One-size-fits-all policy has failed East M’sia, says economist

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Madeline Berma says policies and programmes that were drawn up by Putrajaya in the past had limited input from East Malaysia.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/09/one-size-fits-all-policy-has-failed-east-msia-says-economist/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/09/dasar-seluruh-gagal-di-malaysia-timur-kata-ahli-ekonomi/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Sabah #Sarawak #Bumiputera #EconomicSecurity

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00:00An economist said the one-size-fits-all policies drawn up for Bumi Putras in both Peninsular

00:07and East Malaysia have failed to close the economic gap between the two.

00:12Madeline Burma of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia said, programs that Putrajaya previously

00:18implemented had limited input from Sabah and Sarawak, which has had a detrimental effect

00:24on the economy of both states.

00:27She said this is because the Bumi Putra communities in these states are diverse and face different

00:33socio-economic realities.

00:36Madeline also said that despite the successful implementation of various development policies

00:42in the past, such as the National Vision 2020 policy, the gap between rural and urban areas

00:48in Malaysia is widening.

00:51Meanwhile Awang Azman Pawi of University Malaya called for a new economic policy to be drawn

00:57up for Bumi Putras of Sabah and Sarawak.

01:00Earlier this week, World Bank senior economist Rewin Salwa Purnama Sari said the economic

01:06security of the Bumi Putras has grown rapidly over the past two decades, although this progress

01:12has not been felt equally in East Malaysia.

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