25 Nov 2021
10am-12noon
Moderator: Wan Ya Shin, IDEAS
Panel: Prof. Dato’ Dr. Abdul Rahman Embong, Prof. James Chin & Netusha Naidu
This panel discussion was held in conjunction with the launch of the paper: "Fifty Years of the New Economic Policy: The challenge of social cohesion, national unity and bangsa Malaysia" by Prof. Dato’ Dr. Abdul Rahman Embong. The paper was part of the “The 50 Years of the New Economic Policy (NEP) Webinar Series 2021” organised by IDEAS Malaysia.
Prof Rahman Embong’s paper can be found here:
https://www.ideas.org.my/publications-item/fifty-years-of-the-new-economic-policy-revisiting-its-impact-on-social-cohesion-national-unity-and-creation-of-bangsa-malaysia/
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03:20 Netusha Naidu on NEP and social cohesion
17:30 James Chin on NEP and why it is very difficult to reform NEP and barriers to Bangsa Malaysia
30:50 Rahman Embong on national identity
45:30 Netusha Naidu on Bangsa Malaysia and national identity
52:00 Lack of national identity and the economy
55:40 Successful models of national unity
1:08:30 The Way Forward
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