Indians excluded in RM 750 million (99% malay muslim) Felda scheme and RM 6 billion allocation in 2010 for food production (NST and The Star headlines 24/12/09).

RM 750 million allocation for Felda to become Malay-sia’s top food producer by establishing the National Food Warehouse in the short term (2010-2014) and in the medium term (2015-2020) This project is to benefit 40,000 malay muslim settlers and comprising 11,000 to 30,000 new entrepreneurs . This food warehouse project is expected to give settlers an additional income of between RM 500.00 and RM 2,500.00 per month , says UMNOs’ One Malay-sia Prime Minister Najib Razak (NST 1/1/09 at page 2-Special FELDA pullout)

But this One Malay-sian Prime Minister Najib has no inhibitions in almost completely excluding the pre existing Indian plantation workers who were the very first and pioneer rubber tappers and plantation workers in Malaysia since the British Colonial era. In fact these Indians should have been given the first priority in these Felda , Felcra , Risda , Fama and Agropolitan 10 acre agriculture land ownership schemes and the aforesaid 30,000 entrepreneur opportunities.

UMNO most of the times talks about the many “non existent and long term programmes” for the Indians to give them hopes and “empty promises” and keep them going in the meantime. Hardly the short term and medium term programmes as above.

Indians have done extremely well in most other parts of the world with equality and equal opportunities accorded in their host countries.But the Indians are the worst off in Malay-sia the world’s most racist and religious extremist country.

P.Uthayakumar