COMMENT | B40: Moving up the ranks by living down a notch

COMMENT | Wage increases and handouts alone are not going to fix the B40 group’s problems. They never have and they never will. And no one likes to remain at the bottom of the economic pile forever.

But our history tells us a different story. Before Merdeka, we had a B90 economy running at full steam.

The B90, toiling in rubber estates, tin mines, paddy fields and farms, endured a harsh life. Schooling and healthcare were not free, and price controls and public housing were unheard of.

Parents toiled from dawn to dusk, making all manner of sacrifices to give their children a better chance at life.

It was a life steeped in...