Equitable opportunities policy to reduce wealth, income gap


PUTRAJAYA: A policy to promote equitable opportunities in jobs and businesses has been proposed to reduce the income and wealth gap between bumiputra and other communities.

The proposal, which was revealed at the Bumiputera Economic Congress 2024 on Friday (March 1), comes as the convention revealed that as of September 2023, the monthly median wages of bumiputras were 45% lower than that of Chinese employees in the formal sector.

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