Gerakan Youth deputy chief Oh Tong Keong said today that Barisan Nasional government policies should not only help all races but more importantly must be seen helping all races and not just a single race.

“Similarly, there should be fair and equal opportunities for all races in the award of government scholarships and contracts, entries to public universities and business opportunities,” he said, adding that this should be the new approach by the BN government.

Oh was commenting on Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s statement on Sunday that the people would want the Barisan Nasional to fight for all Malaysians and not just the Malays alone.

“We should no longer fight for our own race like what we did some 50 years ago where Umno fought for the rights and interests of the Malays, MCA for the Chinese and MIC for the Indians,” Muhyiddin said.

Oh said Gerakan Youth welcomed DPM’s refreshed call for BN for all but stressed that the people want all the talks to be translated into concrete policies that would truly benefit them and not mere beautiful promises or rhetoric.

He said government scholarships, for instance, should be given on merit and need and not based merely on race and the whole process must be done in an open and transparent manner.