KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian policy making tends to suppress the difference in realities of income levels among households across the country with a contextless approach and by copying international standards considered “best practices” of high income positions. Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) Director Dr Suraya Ismail said if policy makers do not root the policy based on the context of the different realities people were experiencing, then the target would definitely be missed. “For example, for the price of affordable housing, if just one number is cited, it would not be right for different states with different income levels. If we put RM180,000 as the affordable price in Selangor, it cannot be the case for those in Kelantan. “This somehow does not resonate in policy making in thinking everybody is facing the same reality,” she told a dial...