00:00Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin today asked if the current government would
00:05develop its own Bumiputra economic policy to improve the community's socio-economic
00:10standing. Muhyiddin claimed that Bumiputras were still lagging behind other races.
00:15Debating the King's Address in the Dewan Rakyat, the Pagok
00:20MP said that the government's Bumiputra economic transformation plan 2035
00:25was only part of the government's existing policies rather than a master policy.
00:30that covers and drives other policies.
00:33Muhyiddin also said that under the
00:35business master policy, ministries, government departments and agencies would be
00:40mobilized to achieve these targets. Earlier he said statistics showed
00:45that the Bumiputra community's participation rate in both the high skilled and professionals.
00:50sectors remained low. He also said that the unemployment rate among Bumiputra
00:55graduates was at a worrying level and that the community's home ownership rate
01:00and household income remained low compared to that of other races.
01:05Pan Neutral FMT
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