The second social contract involves the importance of the Rukunegara, the national governing principles formulated in 1970, which among others acknowledged a belief in God by all races. The third social contract involves colour-blind affirmative action, in the form of the National Economic Policy (NEP) that was supposed to stretch from 1979 to 1990. The fourth social contract involves the agreement to respect the Malay rulers and vice versa. The final social contract, according to economist Professor KS Jomo, would be Vision 2020, where all races ideally see themselves as Malaysians, with equitable incomes and a comfortable social safety net. Reinventing Malaysia means de-constructing old ideas of what Malaysia is, without harming the social contracts.

Source: The Star October 23, 2019 03:45 UTC