NAJIB: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TAKES A NEW ROUTE IN NEM.

from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SINGAPORE, June 28 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he did not promise to do away with the affirmative action with regard to helping the Malays and Bumiputeras when he introduced the New Economic Model (NEM) for Malaysia.

"I did not promise to do away with it. I promised a new approach," he said during an exclusive interview with Singapore-based Channel News Asia (CNA) which was aired here tonight.

Najib said the whole notion of the NEM was to have a fair and balanced society, and this economic model had been practically accepted by all Malaysians.

The question now was how to get …