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Document Type: | General |
Publish Date: | 2008 |
Primary Author: | Shahabudin Abdullah & Hasmah Abu Zarin |
Edited By: | Arsalan Hasan |
Published By: | Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia |
Bumiputera housing had been the problems and issues that to be solved in the democratic system of distribution among the ethnics in Malaysia. Although various policies and implementations had been introduced and carried out by the Government, bumiputera housing problems and issues is yet to be settled. This is because the distribution of housing between the bumiputera and non bumiputera is still imbalanced. Housing sector in Malaysia had been and still dominated by the Chinese ethnic, especially in the major towns and cities such as Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Ipoh and Penang. The housing quota, especially for the bumiputera ownership was introduced through New Economic Policy, (NEP), 1971 and until now, the policy failed achieved its goals. The New Economic Policy era was passed and replaced by National Development Policy (NDP), 1991. However, many housing units allocated specially to the bumiputera, under the Bumiputera Lot Quota were not taken up or bought fully (Ramon, 2003). The percentage of housing units bought or taken by the bumiputera is low, i.e. less than 25 percent of the total provided