Racial quotas are a common refrain in success stories involving Malaysians who leave the country in search of opportunities elsewhere. In July, US webzines wrote of Penang-born “Mamak” Azalina Eusope’s rags-to-riches tale in which she also said she left the country after failing to enter university here. Former street vendor Azalina is opening a 15,000 sq ft restaurant in Twitter’s headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area. A World Bank report from 2011 concluded that 20 per cent of Malaysian graduates opt to quit the country, with Singapore cited as the preferred destination. More than two million Malaysians have emigrated since Merdeka. Last year, a total 308,834 high-skilled Malaysians moved overseas, with 47.2 per cent going to Singapore, 18.2 per cent to Australia, 12.2 per cent to US and the rest to other countries like UK and Canada. - See more at: themalaymailonline/malaysia/article/in-tale-of-rainbow-loom-maker-racial-quota-rears-its-head-again#sthash.oBxzb8nn.dpuf
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