ocr: and finance grew explosively under the plan. The stringent quotas of the NEP have been relaxed in recent years, but special assistance for Bumiputras is still a fact ofl life, Imet some Chinese, but not many, who are: bitter about these preference programs. In fact the most articulate and heartielt defense of attirmative action I heard came from a Chinese politi- cian-Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon, the slender, friendly chief minister (in eflect, governor): of the: state ofl Pinang. Making the best ofa "Look, the NEP was not perfect," he said in bad: situation, a Kay- the easy, Americanized English he ...
