All this hue and cry about discriminatory policies is just a tip of the iceberg.

It is well known that the policy of the government is to provide contracts to bumiputera companies.

This practice is on-going in the healthcare industry where we have to deal with the Ministries of Health, Finance and Education. Only bumiputera companies are given supply contracts for equipment and consumables.

Construction contracts for new hospitals are also given to bumiputera-controlled companies.

The policy of Maybank, which is a GLC company, is basically to continue a policy that has been set by the government.

There is no denying this, as this was a policy set forth from the time of our former premier.

The question is, should we boycott all these companies?