Govt to boost number of bumiputra accountants


SHAH ALAM: Apart from doubling the number of professional accountants in Malaysia by 2020, the Government wants to boost the number of bumiputras in the profession, from only 8% currently.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar said there was a “gross under-representation” of bumiputra accounting professionals in the country.

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