COMMENT | Bumi congress fails to move past top-down approach

COMMENT | Social media users had a lot to say about the Bumiputera Economic Congress and the government initiatives announced by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

The reactions to the congress varied depending on the social media platform and the language medium.

On Instagram, for instance, an English news article about bumiputera owning only one out of 97 listed companies drew this comment: “You have to work for it, not by comparing races.”

On TikTok, a suggestion in the congress that 30 percent of goods in hypermarkets should be bumiputera products attracted varied reactions:

“Why 30 percent? Just make it 100 percent happy?”

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