Who Said Malays cannot perform?

[updated] Penang Pakatan Rakyat government reveal that 66 projects awarded by Penang Water Supply Corporation since 2008, a total of 44 were won by Malay contractor. 67% of Penang Development Corporations given to Malay contractors. 88% of the state contracts in 2008 and 2009 were awarded to Malay contractors and 76% contracts were given to Malay contractors through call for open quotations.

On allegations that state government bias against Malay hawkers, the statistic shows state government took action on unlicensed hawkers without any biasness. The numbers was 2,809 chinese hawkers, 1,600 Malay hawkers and 443 Indians hawkers who run the unlicensed business was taken to task.

The first para figures shows Malay contractors can perform much better under the open tender system. By opening up the state procurement process the more capable Malay contractors gained. Then why there was street demonstration? Majority was umno contractors who all this while gained the state contract through the cronyism and political cable. Now under the open tender system they couldn’t perform and for the sake of rice bowl they went to street to sent message to state government they will die under the new system. They have no other choices rather than going to street to save their rice bowl. But no one bother them since very small crown only gather while others who believe on transparency and open tender system ignored them.

The second para shows irrespective of race or religion, state government through local municipality want to regulate the illegal business. State government just ask the illegal hawkers to legalise their business and what’s wrong with that request? For those who believe umno will come to help them when their unlicensed hawker centre demolished was cheated because umno has no power in state any more. The Chinese hawkers was most effected but umno through his racist paper Utusan Malaysia has potraited that state government victimising the Malay hawkers which is not true.

The one who demoted Malay contractors is umno him self. They used Malay supermacy not to bring up the malay contractors but to en-rich their family and cronies. Malays can perform much better than others with the implementation of open tender. Only umno putra couldn’t. Umno putra’s failure shall not be considered the Malay’s failure. Who said Malay’s cannot perform – only umno putra said it.