Complex sentence: The NEP expired in 1991, and was replaced by the National Development Plan (NDP); despite its criticisms, it was also praised for having created a Malay middle class and creating a "greater ethnic balance in the professions".
Split into simpler sentences: The NEP expired in 1991, and was replaced by the National Development Plan (NDP). Despite the NEP's criticisms, it was also praised for having created a Malay middle class and creating a "greater ethnic balance in the professions".