What alarming is an allegation that the Iskandar development project attributes mostly to such a phenomenon although no official surveys or fact-findings could support it.
However, it is true that not many Malays could afford the price of land in Iskandar Malaysia but more Malay and Bumiputra companies are in joint-venture with non-Malays and foreigners to embark on new business there.
So, what has PM Najib and our experts have to say on this issue?KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — The Malay Chamber of Commerce (DPMM) claimed today Johor Malays are currently the country’s poorest community, a problem it blamed on Iskandar Malaysia.Its president Datuk Syed Ali Alattas said Putrajaya’s land privatisation programme and large-scale land sale to foreigners under the project had triggered massive inflation in the state.This had made it more difficult for the state’s Malay majority, which he described as poor, to cope with the higher cost of living.“During the 1800s, the Johor Malays were the richest in the country but they are now the poorest. This is caused by foreigners buying up land here (and caused inflation). We can no longer cope with the high cost of living,” he told a press conference here.“The development of Iskandar is pushing the Malays backwards, making them more marginalised economically,” he said, adding that the economic disparity between the Johor Malays and the non-Malays was one of the key issues raised at its recent congress.The Iskandar Malaysia project, situated in Nusajaya at the southern tip of Johor, was conceived during the Abdullah administration. It covers 2,217 sq km and is thrice the size of SingaporeInitially seen as competition, a Singapore paper had reported that the Iskandar project had swayed more expatriates into opting to live on this side of the Causeway, drawn by cheaper and bigger homes in Johor, while Malaysians are grappling to find affordable housing.
On the contrary, it is not fair at all to zoom in to Iskandar only in making such a 'shallow' summary of the poorest Malays in Malaysia.
I still believe the Malays in Kelantan, especially in the rural Gua Musang, Jeli, Tanah Merah and Bachok, and also some parts of Terengganu and Kedah are among the poorest in the country.
Why? Because they are years away from politics!
Another thing is, which political party is Syed Ali with?
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No, Johor Malays are not the poorest.
Kelantan Malays are worse still. Many run away to other states to look for jobs.
That Syed Ali is a glib fler. But I agree with him saying some time back that there is not even one Malay-owned shop in Johor Bahru. I haven't seen or know of any.
Not just Najib, also Menteri Besar Ghani has to do something about it.
It is Interesting that whenever a person or leader makes a constructive Comment UMNOITES starts asking which party he belongs to!
Being the head of the Malay Business Community he is expected to know how the Malays are doing in each and every state of the Peninsula. His statement that Johor Malays are faring worse than their brothers elsewhere should not be mocked!
Joe Black
almost all malays get poorer and poorer since the govt launched too many development corridors.
why?
they cant afford to acquire it. so, they govt is left to no choice but to sell it to singaporeans and others.
that also u dont know aaar!!!
bumiputras in sabah and sarawak are still living in poor conditions.
compared with those in the peninsular, the issue is politically afffecting barisan nasional and opening doors to the opposition.
you people, bloggers and journalists alike should do some research in borneo and highlight it for the attention of the government.
salam tn,
jurang kekayaan di antara melayu kaya dan melayu miskin makin luas kerana kerajaan asyik memberikan kontrak kepada kumpulan yang sama, misalnya projek MRT puluhan bilion ringgit itu.
kontraktor kecil dan yang baru naik sukar bersaing kerana kurang diberikan peluang.
taraf hidup orang kita juga tidak banyak berubah, kecuali di segi pendidikan.
banyak lagi dasar perlu digubal untuk memelihara nasib orang melayu kerana dasar yang ada bukannya tidak baik tetapi melencong daripada matlamat asalnya.
fikir-fikirkanlah...
this ali al-attas is actually ali al-bawah.
he didnt do any proper research on iskandar...
idiot!
ni semua akan bangkitkan kemurkaan baginda sultan.
ada ke patut dia kata melayu johor paling miskin.
dia ingat baginda main lepas tangan ke dan membiarkan rakyatnya jadi sedemikian?
syed ali ni waras ke tak waras?
some malays deserve to be poor..
lazy!
si ali ni org pembangkang, bro. klu boleh, dia nak kata melayu johor ni semua bankrap. bangang!
hahahaha!!!
tanya la datuk najib pasal konsep 1malaysia dia tu, yang mengutamakan bangsa lain daripada melayu. ni semua salah dia!
betul tak?
salam waghih,
melayu miskin ni masih gamai, ado di mano2, bukan setakat johor yo.
di gombau ni pun masih ado yang kais pagi makan pagi, kais potang makan potang.
semakin maju negaro, makin gamai yang hidup eh makin sompit sobab banyak peluang dibagi pado org lain...
ontahlah!
you guys are so blind.
the malays are not the only ones still living poorly.
there are still many chinese and indians who are very, very poor, esp in perak.
the govt sometimes is not being fair in formulating the objectives of certain projects and policies.
am i right, mr bujai?
Dear Just Read,
If you want to say or make a reference to something, please state facts and figures.
If you want to make a point that the Malay from Johor is the poorest then come up with numbers and figures.
I am A Johorean. I was informed that this Syed Ali person is a trustee for large pieces of land in central of Johor.
Instead of developing the land (He is the head of malay chambers of commerce). He sold it to the chinese. I was informed that Best World is one of them.
Now he said the Malay do not own land in Johor Bahru.
He did not even paid the "cukai pintu" for the wakaf mosque (He is the trustee) in Johor Bahru which lead to the land of Mosque (Masjid Wadi Hassan)being confisticated by the Johor Religious Authority.
Truth or Gormal? Go visit Johor Religious Authority or Masjid Wadi Hassan.
Please state facts and figures and not fictions. Orang Johor is not stupid.
Orang JB.
ramai melayu masih miskin sebab:
- terlalu kuat main politik. dalam politik, yg kaya raya ialah pemimpin yang mereka undi dan naikkan.
- mudah lupa diri. bila dah senang sikit, mulalah enjoy sana, enjoy sini, kawin sana, kawin sini
- jadi sombong dan takbur, lupa pada kawan2 yang pernah bantu mereka
- boros!
- padan la muka!
Have you any suggestions, Joe Black?
?
Any constructive criticisms
idiot 11:17 AM,
Did you do any proper research on Iskandar?
If not, are you also an idiot?
11:22 AM,
Dia waras. Dan bebas.
Dia dah dapat Dato Federal.
11:22 AM,
If you are a non-Malay, you ought to be shot. Seditious. Wild allegation. Not justifying what you said.
buta sebelah,
Padan le kamu mengata macam macam. Sebab kamu buta sebelah.
Cakap pasai DEB kan lebih baik.
Need to correct my comment for the sake of accuracy.
My comment,
"He did not even paid the "cukai pintu" for the wakaf mosque (He is the trustee) in Johor Bahru"
Correction, its cukai tanah not cukai pintu.
Orang JB
Tanah Rezab Melayu kerajaan UMNO ambil. Lepas dibangunkan boleh dijual pada orang asing, kiasu, PAP communist, pukimak Singapore. Tapi kalau Melayu miskin UMNO tetap salahkan orang Cina di Malaysia. Ptooiii!!!
Dear Just Read
Plse go to Iskandar or the investment arm's office as a Malay company?You dont get any help at all..This is from my own personal experience
Syed Ali is trying to stir the pot. Still there is some truth. But he should not say the Malays are getting poorer compared to the non Malays. He must include the elite malays with the non Malays. Also there must be poor Chinese and Indians etc in Johore. What happen to them?
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