A recent newspaper headline, ‘Malaysia mulls law to end Ali Baba culture’, caught my attention, especially because our neighbour is making the effort to combat these rent-seeking activities, including conducting a study on the culture and drafting policies to curb it.
Our country has also been seen an increase in rent-seeking activities, from small convenience stores to large-scale businesses. Since foreigners who ‘rent’ these business licences tend to practise nepotism, it doesn’t benefit the local workforce.
I believe it is high time that the authorities do something to curb this Ali Baba culture and instead, come up with policies that benefit the people of our country.
Observer In BSB
