Malaysia: Sub-Contracting Woes · Global Voices
Preetam Rai

Cakap Tak Serupa Bikin ridicules Malaysian government's plans to strictly enforce its affirmative action policies in infrastructure projects. Malaysia awards a lot of its official contracts to Bumiputra (ethnic Malay) contractors. These contractor in turn used to sub-contract it to local or foreign sub-contractors who may not necessarily be bumiputras. Now the government wants the contractors to sign an official declaration not subcontract the project to others.