Sunday, 1 April 2007

Malay Bankrupt due to credit card??



Recently, we can see a lot of articles on the above matter in prime media. Here is statistic from Jabatan Insolvensi Malaysia copied from Berita Harian 1 April 2007.

Kayveas berkata, mengikut statistik Jabatan Insolvensi Malaysia sehingga Februari lalu, seramai 153,676 individu diisytihar muflis di seluruh negara.

Daripada jumlah itu, Melayu mencatat angka tertinggi dengan 1,075 muflis, diikuti Cina (917), India (226) dan kaum lain (64).

“Secara keseluruhan Melayu mencatat angka tertinggi sejak 2004 sebanyak 23,256, Cina (20,256), India (4,391) dan kaum lain (969),” katanya.

We should compare it with Malaysian population:

Population (2006): 26.9 million.
Annual growth rate: 1.8%.
Ethnic groups: Malay 50.2% (13.5 million), Chinese 24.5% (6.59 million), Indian 7.2% (1.94 million)


How did they justify their statement? Just use a simple mathematic!!

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