Changing diet to produce more Malay professionals - Arshad Ayub

SHAH ALAM: Some 53 years ago, Tun Dr Arshad Ayub, when he was director of Institute Teknologi Mara (ITM) or Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) as it is now known, proposed changing the diet of rice to bread in an effort to produce more Malay and Bumiputera professionals.

Many found the idea by the ITM founder and director, a post he held from 1967 to 1975, a weird one, and to be honest, this writer also wonders what is the connection between one’s diet and producing professionals.