Delving into the ‘social contract’


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 09 Nov 2008

In this first of a two-part series, Sunday Star looks at the terms ‘social contract’, ketuanan Melayu and Article 153 of the Federal Constitution that have been the subject of public debate of late. Of the three, only the last is articulated in writing, but are they interchangeable?

TAN Sri Dr Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman, 75, retired as MAS managing director in 1991 after 20 years there. He is currently legal adviser for the Malay National Consultative Council. More important, the senior lawyer was legal officer to the National Operations Council in the aftermath of the 1969 race riots. The following are excerpts of an interview with Sunday Star where he shares his views on the ‘social contract’.

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