As a Malaysian, I beg to differ. It's true that we have to know the political climate, but the political climate you're looking at is only a small part of it.

As a Malaysian, I beg to differ. It's true that we have to know the political climate, but the political climate you're looking at is only a small part of it. If this bill is passed, it will not only hurt people of a particular ethnicity, but everyone and the whole IT industry in the country. Given the track record of the incumbent political party, I strongly believe that most of the 'registered' people will be the people who are very close to them. The 'registered' people will make use of their status to get themselves into rent-seeking activities to take advantages of the companies/people who genuinely want to start up an IT company or involve in an IT project. This will in turn hurt the IT industry in Malaysia, which is already very weak due to current rent-seeking activities. What will happen eventually? More brain drain to the country, and not to forget a stagnant, if not backward-moving, IT industry in Malaysia. You only see the racial thing here because you are not looking at the bigger picture. It's true enough that the 'registered' people will most probably be ethnic Malays, but those are ethnic Malays who are close to the incumbent party. The majority of the ethnic Malay will get as little as the ethnic Chinese get. EDIT: > University places are allocated based on racial quotas. Therefore, the people who are most concerned by this legislation are ethnic Chinese, who are more likely find themselves disqualified from doing certain work due to their inability to access higher education places. It's true that qualified ethnic Chinese are having less chance to enter the public colleges, but most of them who can't get into public colleges go for private colleges or study abroad instead. In average, the literacy and qualification of ethnic Chinese is higher than other ethnics in Malaysia. So it's untrue to say that they are concerned due to their inability to access higher education. While there probably is an issue of education equality but the bill does not relate to the issue.