[UPDATED VERSION] MCA vice-president Chua Jui Meng and Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin will appear on TV3 tomorrow, from 7.30pm to 8pm to discuss the call for the revival of the New Economic Policy (NEP).

The discussion will be featured on the station’s business programme, The Exchange.

Three questions that will be asked:

#1: Whether the NEP is a retrogressive policy?

#2: Whether its revival will create fear and anxiety among other communities?

#3: Ways to tackle poverty issues among the Malays?

Lately, NEP becomes a hot topic due to Umno Youth call led by Khairy to revive it, saying that the Malays have still not been able to achieve the 30 percent equity target under the NEP.

MCA and Gerakan came out strongly against the NEP revival, arguing that it will be a major set-back in facing the challenges of globalization.

The Jui Meng-Khairy debate was arranged yesterday and the invitation is believed to have come from the latter, where Chua was accused of raising the issue to gain personal mileage in the forthcoming MCA elections.

If this is so, how about the another way round?

Let’s hear their opinions tomorrow.

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Bernama reported the proposal by Chua to setup a national committee to study why the Bumiputera’s economic ownership remained constant at 18.7 percent, which was already achieved 20 years ago.

In return, the idea was well accepted by Khairy, saying that what Umno Youth doing is just to finish an unfinished business of achieving the 30 percents Bumiputera economic ownership.

Now, you judge.

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