Dato' Wong Kam Hoong said that Namewee's act of modifying the national anthem is an act of showing disrespect to the country and he shall be executed.
Namewee is to face a RM100 fine or two-year jail term or both. On the other hand, shortly after the news reached Namewee's ears, he created a short video namely "The Song of Being Captured" (被抓之歌).
You'll have to be able to read in Chinese to understand this video ^^
Oh, so they cannot sing their own version of the national anthem? Dato' wake up lar. Ppl are trying to challenge and change some of the fundamental groundwork laid out by our forefathers...
ReplyDeleteno, it is let's crucify the poor fella. hello? will you wake up and smell the rot about the islamic state issue? Reid commission. The national constitution's, stand on religion. What happened to religious freedom? Doesn't everybody deserve the right to freedom of choice?
Whatever happened to article 10? check here. http://www.helplinelaw.com/law/constitution/malaysia/malaysia02.php
Is article 10 upheld in real practice? Ask yourselves if this is really true in with the numerous policies that have been implemented by the powers that be.
Dato Wee is full of shit. How about those Bumiputras Cabin Crew of MAS who shot porno video while wearing MAS uniforms ? Maybe you should watch their porno video and tell me that this is part of Malaysian Bumi Culture who dirty the MAS uniforms and get away with no punishment. NameWee is not showing disrespect to our National Anthem - he is telling the truth how corrupted our society is. You must be blinded by your Dato title - Dato Wee.The Malaysian government openly denies job to Chinese and deny them of their education as well. I am sure Dato Wee can afford to send his children to colleges overseas and probably own a few mansions or two outside Malaysia. Dato Wee, you are just as corrupted as those Bumi.
ReplyDeleteFollow up - actually the message is for Dato Wong - didn't know there is Chinese actually working for the Malaysian Government. Its only a matter of time when those Bumis start to persecute the Chinese just like they did on May 13th - how could the Chinese forget when thousands of Chinese were killed and Chinese girls being raped by the Bumi's with the help of the Malaysian Arm forces.
ReplyDeleteaiyo....sure ma he have to say like that, where do he get the pangkat from ah???
ReplyDeleteone would not bite the hand which feed him ma
i'm not sure what namewee raps about as i do not speak chinese be it mandarin, cantonese, hokkien or whatever other dialects there are.
ReplyDeletebut the mere fact that he distorted the national anthem, that is a grievous offense.
he may be right, or not, as to the alleged issues brought up in that song - the corruption and what not. but then, (again, correct me if i'm wrong) mimicking the "azan" is insulting and insensitive to the muslims.
some may argue that namewee has the right to exercise his freedom of expression. but this must be done responsibly, not to the extent of national disharmony. that rap version of the national anthem could create ill feelings among the people you know...
then again, this is one man's opinion. you may agree or disagree with me. i'm merely giving my 2 cents worth
Hey Steven!
ReplyDeleteI'm taking SPM this year. So about the same age la....
Glad to see a new generation of truly love the country people that fight our evil corrupted government!
Hope you continue blogging....and support Namewee!
Abotu that too.... I'M PISSED MAN!
Come on la, the politicians can say whatever they want but they never get arrested and this guy does????
Ok so he was insensitive about Muslim part, but seriously was he tellin any lies? Was he spreading wild rumours?
Of course not! I stick by my motto:
LOVE MALAYSIA, HATE BARISAN NASIONAL!
I agree with eye-zoo-dean. Just look at the wave that he's caused. Read through the comments on his videos in youtube and you will see that it has already created unrest among the chinese and the muslims. At some point the government HAVE to come in and get some action done or things might just get worse....even if it means persecuting namewee....
ReplyDeleteI'm a malay with many chinese and indian best friends. Its not easy to keep the harmony (whatever that we have now) in a multicultural country like ours. My late grandmother has a chinese best friend. He cried when she died. She's 80. They are the people who went through the hard times of the japanese occupation. The older generation respects another race and understand how hard it is to actually achieved national harmony but sadly not the younger generation who doesn't want to think beyond himself and choose to see the bad side of everything. We are not perfect but so far it works for our country. We haven't had a civil war since when? 69? Thank god some people still understand that. One good example is chinese in Kelantan. They can be racist, they can hate the malay mentality and the islamic state and just leave Nik Aziz dungeon....but they don't and they continue staying. And they became the best assimilated race in any state in Malaysia! They can live side by side with malay without prejudice. Why? Its a matter of choice and respect. A lot of people tends to take things for granted. Its easy to break the harmony. But once its broken so are our future...don't even think of having a freedom of speech, freedom of religion, career track and your children future as we will be busy cutting throats, fighting and bombing each other. I hope this will never happened. However, please know that if ever Tragedi Mei 69 happened again, I will be one of those that without a blink hide all my friends of other races in my house if shallow minded people of my race wanted to execute them. I respected my friends be it whatever races, their flaws and strength are because they are human....not because they came from a particular race.
ReplyDelete- Suzana Ahmad
Orang melayu ni bangsa paling baik hati didunia, mana ada bangsa kat dunia ni sanggup kongsi negara dgn orang cina /india,Bagi aku satu negara la kalau ko tau...
ReplyDeletetgkla taiwan/china pn dingin, pakistan/india pn gaduh..tu baru satu bangsa tu...
tak suka, keluarlah dari malaysia, cuba kamu apply jadi warganegara China plak, baru tau payah nk dpt lulus dol.. takyah bising2 cam cipan, jgn bobrokan satu bangsa.
si namewee tu dah buat mak bapak dia sendiri susah atilaa.. ko tngokla sendiri kat muar, mak bapak hantar gi belaja dia buat main2, bodo punya orang, kalau nk kutuk pn, belajala pandai2 cam lim kit siang... masuk parlimen jerit kat situ, tu baru true heroes..
ni spender namewee pun mak bapak dia belikan , ada hati nk kutuk kaum/agama lain.. bodoh punya orang..
Anonymous said... "Oh, so they cannot sing their own version of the national anthem?"
ReplyDeleteCan.. but the main issue here is that his version of national anthem is provoking other people and is 可耻 to Malaysians. Well about putting him in jail.. it is not the right step to take. To me, i think by taking his status as a Malaysian is the best thing to do since he hated malaysia and main races in malaysia.
to all Chinese political parties leaders esp those with government titles,
ReplyDeleteNamewee is telling you all the truth of Malaysian Chineses are facing all this 50 years, do u all know we all Chinese are thinking right now, Namewee is our local Chinese Heroes. Only him dare to show our dissatisfaction of the Bumi's policy & how is the government servant being bias to all Chinese. If u don't agree, pls rewatch the video, it also shows the beauty of Malaysia. What is wrong with that? Namewee with good vocal should be rewarded for his talent.
We have been swallowed all the unfair policies that Umno leaders push to us. You know why? Becoz our Malaysian Chinese politic leaders are standing just right behind their backs without voicing out our dissastifation.(little voice behind with strong publicity in front Chinese community) Chinese phrase a fox show its strongness with a paper tiger behind.
You government ministers want us to give u votes during Election with this kind of performance. Wake up pls, the answer is NO......NO way.
I urge you Chinse Ministers stand up straight like giant & stop accusing our new Heroes.
Malaysian Malaysia indeed huh?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if tun saw this coming when our fore-fathers fought for merdeka to be an independant nation and reconcile a nation with many races...
the ketuanan melayu has gone off-hand this time.
err let me get this straight
ReplyDelete1) when you were in school - you went to Chinese school,which is free (or almost) just like any other govt school here
1a) when you were in university - you go to Unitar - which is mostly chinese (i wonder if there is any quota for non chinese there)
2)when you graduated - you went to work in private sector, which is usually chinese owned that are plenty here( wow,i wonder why is this bumi racist country people would allow this, hhmmmm just wondering) that refused to deal with any non chinese businesses
3) when you get married - you marry you chinese girlfriend,in a chinese style of wedding
4) you went for your prayer - in a tokong or in a churches that are plenty in malaysia
5) you want to eat, you eat at bak kut teh places which again, easily located in malaysia.
6) you have a dog as pet, and you let you dog play in in the parks everywhere, just like in western countries, but unlike there, here we let the dogs berak and kencing everywhere and never clean it up. so when the playground is dirty and the racist bumi govenrment municipal comes and tell you you cant keep your dogs caused you are not being responsible, you say unfair!!
7)and yeah, you only read the star, sin chew, guangming, nanyang and refused to buy others especially NST.(oh my god, there are not freedom of speecehs here!!)
and all 7 + 1a of the above mentioned, you converse in -- mostly chinese .
the only time you speak malay or now we call it bahasa malaysia is when you - meet with govt officers when you try to cut corners for you business and not paying up summonses. when you cant get it your way (not following the rules and regulations set) you claim lazy govt officers,useless etc etc! but if you managed to cut corners (bribe them for your benefits) you say, rasuah!! , or when you meet non chinese people that is buying your product ( the buyer @ not considering whether the seller is of their races, that shows that hey are not racist)
OR WHEN YOU MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
and yet you claim injustice? u claim equal rights? equal rights of what?
funny that anonymous of the 29th july 7:16 mentioned about govt malaysia not giving work to chinese, errr if i am not mistaken, there was a cry from malaysian gov that chinese is not applying for govt post. ( and i'll bet you would say, if i apply, i wont go far, i wont have that,i cant do that, they never offer me, they never do that etc etc as you always have reasons, eventhough there are many high ranking chinese is govt post)
oh and yeah one last thing, you managed to become rich people despite the restrictions that were given to you, ohhh how hard live is here in this godforsaken bumi "racist" country
and yes,i know i know, THE GOVT SUCKS!
and now i want to move, to places where i have freedom, move to canada, usa, australia!! and live in chinatown...
dear just wondering...
ReplyDeletejst to get this straight...
1. Chinese schools is never free... do you somehow or rather know how much donations the students have to pay each year just to maintain the school?
do you know that only 10% of the students in chinese schools can loan books frm the school while all students in malay sch can loan books frm the school??
do you know that Chinese schools are closing down one by one by the govt because even though there is a demand for Chinese schools?
and do you also know that the government do not allow new Chinese schools to be build anymore... and Have you ever compared the compund size of a chinese school and a malay school before??
i dont think so~~ mayb u should see it for urself.... big diference in the size and the facilities...
1a) yea chinese goes to Unitar.. but is it full govt owned?? well its set up by MCA for sake...
well most malays would not even need to go unitar as they have much opportunities given to them by the government!!
do you know that the frech government offer scholarship to malaysian students that speaks french? and do you know that malaysian government only reserve those places for malays?
there are so many mara schools that jst accepts malays and the best teachers and the teaching facilities are there... UITM... all malays... universities in malaysia 60% malays and even no choice for any other races to choose their own subjects to study~~ scholarships... some 10A1 students under the "others" category cant even get one because we know that there are some bumputeras with 8A's getting scholarships..
2)well another thins about this mayb you would not know~~
a lot of these so called chinese comapnys have to have at least a certain % of bumis in the higher management level... maybe u nvr notced before... a lot of the bumi directors in the companies do not need to do anything... their names is just there to show the govt that the company has the bumi quota in it... so maYA i can ask u back one question...
why are there so many big companies with all malays but there are no big companies with all chinese or indians??
3) so you are the one who is racist!! who says chinese guys have to marry a chinese gf? cant they marry an indian or even and ang moh?!
7)nar~~ dont you know that all the papers u mentioned belongs to the government as well?? go for sun!! they give u the most uncencored news~~ and yea~~ there is no freedom of speech~~~ the government say there is but they can always use the ISA act on you anytime...
we are definately not like US... no one procecuted PINK for singing mr.president!!
Namewee has his faults... he shouldnt have used the national anthem to sing his thoughts~~ but what he sang is quite true~~
he should be procecuted for chaging the national anthem... but he should be prcecuted for telling the truth about the corrupted gvernment system...
Why don't you guys go and listen to the song before commenting? I thought he sung the national anthem particularly well frankly and I ama guessing you do not get the underlying message that the frustrations he expresses - though I also object to the racism - is because he still wants to be Malaysian. There are such things as subtlety and irony.
ReplyDeleteFor heaven sake...
ReplyDeleteYou people that support and back namewee are giving such nonsense and ridiculous reasons! I swear you, its making me laugh...alot... Foreign people reading your comments, they will surely roll on the floor like shit!
Now see the people that despise namewee, they are all giving ATLEAST logical reasons!
I myself not a fan to the government, I hate them nor will I vote them in the coming elections. Making statements on the country's ruling is alright, THAT is what we call Freedom of Speech! If you noticed, his other rap that also includes statements to the country, theres not so kecoh2. But when he start insulting ISLAM! then that sturs havoc.
Insult the government...ok
But never insult religion. We malays NEVER (as far as i had live) insults any religion! This matter is soo sensitive.
You chinnese suka sangat complain all the 'kekurangan'...
1.On the sch/uni, tell me where it says, PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES ONLY FOR BUMI's, NO CINA N INDIA ALLOWED! The government purposedly doenst want to build anymore chines/indian sch, they are encouraging you all to go into Kebangsaan Sch. Come onla, if we that bad, we will name all the Kebangsaan sch to Sekolah Melayu!
You people, for once sedarla skit, you are all minority! Not one country in the world gives so much effort to make their minorities to the same standard as the majors.
2.I agree with (09 August 15:03), want to shout all your hatred, be a wakil rakyat and shout at the parliment or the dewan rakyat! You know our government is srewed n will not treat all these, then you yourself be the parlimen n change things as it is. Expressing you hatred like this is like....useless...it does not bring any good to you people, instead bring havok among us!
3.Continue this will surely repeat May 13...You all must realise, even if you all succeed in creating civil war, all the military and the police is still tightly in our hands. Theres exceptionally no way anything you all can do anything! Now yes the government is just threatening to put namewee in jail, lets not urge them to change the Code of Law and forbid all Freedom of Speech.
4.Other than that, you hate the country that much, GET THE FUCKING OUT OF THE COUNTRY. You the ones came into the country without invitations (if now we say as PENDATANG HARAM!), now leave the country without invitations.
Goodness me, I really hate all this, I have many chinnese friends, what you all are doing is trying to break that relationship between us!
Peace...And may Allah defeat those opposes Islam! May Malaysia throw namewee into ISA!
No countries in this world ever gave so much attention to their minorities..do they have public holidays for chinese new year?do they support chinese stream school?have you ever encountered violence racism in malaysia?Most of the chinese live in chinatown overseas and they claim they got freedom.It is just an illusion when the reality is that they are neglected. Yes u got freedom of speech overseas but i am sure it will remain unheeded for next 100 years. Take it or leave it people..migrate overseas if you like!
ReplyDeleteMost Malays think that Namewee is criticising the country or hates the country, but that is not true.
ReplyDeleteHe is infact uber-patriotic and loves the country so much that he is willing to criticise the dasar kerajaan openl
In response to Anonymous on 10 August 20:25:
ReplyDelete1. Of course the gov won't directly say the uni for bumi only....That would cause an outrage. (but not like the Chinese would go and riot and kill people...we are way too passive man...just accept whatever shot the gov throw at us)
But definitely lah, there is a feel of discrimination among us Chinese and Indian that we are being left out. But we also have to realise that is its enshrined in our constitution that the Bumis have special rights.
But I think our gov make it worse by using it as a political tool to stay in power. ANd I really hate them for that.
And yes the gov want to integrate all the srudents into sekolah kebangsaan, but the private school students want quality education. We all know that our kebangsaan schools are just plain useless, i mean, what the heck moral for what? If the gov provide good education, why would chinese want to spend extra cash to go private school for?
2. YOu are right that we should voice out in parliament, but how many of us have the capability to do so? It is not easy becoming opposition in Malaysia, cos of the stupid hegemonistic BN.
And the very fact that so many Chinese throw their support behind Namewee shows that our own politicians here that suppose to work together with UMNO hardly even do anything for us.
And since when could we even voice our opinions properly in the parliament? The stupid BN idiots won't even listen to us. They just shout and call you bocor, bodoh, and monyet. Really hate themla.
3. ok... your this point a bit tak faham but nvm i think i get the messsage.
Yes its true the Malays hold all the military and police positions, so yes we are literally defenseless if you suddenly decide to commit mas genocide.
But we Chinese won't deliberately go start riots and go around killing Malays one, come on la...We only talk a lot, but we rather not have fight with other people.
And about the freedom of speech part....We never had much freedom to begin with, but the gov is already exerting control over it for their own purposes. So even if they take it away (which is quite drastic), I don't think we'll be affected much by it, cos we still got internet!
4. Namewee never hated his country, in fact he loves Malaysia so much that he openly mengkritik dasar kerajaan.
And pls don't ask us to leave, this is our home man!
As much as we'd rather not leave Malaysia, many have already left because just canot tahan the bloody gov and think that they themselves cannot change the circumstances here.
I hope that the Malays understand that Chinese don't hate the country, we just hate the dasar kerajaan.
If we really love someone, we would openly tell the person his or her weaknesses, so that person will improve. This is what Namewee is doing.
And finally the ISA....my goodness. No country should ever have this kind of law. Every person should be given a fair trial before being sentenced, and the ISA is a violation of human rights. Where can just lock up a persp without going throught the courts first?
I hope all will realise that the ISA is a dangerous tool and should not even exist.
we are never asking u guys to leave our country,but it seems that U already had ur own way,
ReplyDeleteTOGETHER WE STAND,DIVIDED WE FALL,this is the very lame motto,but, this is the only words that will keep our country safe...
the choice is urs,but this OLD TANAH MELAYU is our land..
my great4 grandfather came to this country from china,married with malay,he chose to be this way,cause china cant give him all the luxurious that we have now...maybe u can choose the country that give all of luxury to u guys,perhaps US? the country that the government are much more corrupted that MSIA i supposed.
I have seen one idiotic Malay minister said this "Malaysia negara Islam, you tak suke, you keluar dari Malaysia". Please, if not because of Chinese, I cannot expect how/what Malaysia will be. I don't see a lot of prospects in Malaysia anymore as many of their young/talented Chinese and Indians decided to move to another country. I have spoken to so many working Chinese Malaysians in the US, and most of them quote the same reason on why they decided not to go back to Malaysia. They felt that Malaysia is becoming too Islamic and no future.....sad to see the sorry state of Malaysia. Politician like Khairy, Pahang MB are just adding more insult to the country and YES...foreigners would laugh when they see this kind of people as our leaders. As the saying goes, stupid leaders lead stupid people
ReplyDeletesince namewee insulted Islam, he should be out of the Islam country, right? OK...fine..ask that two Monkey Parliament ministers who insulted females ("bocor" incident) to go to a country without women...get them some cows, goats for them
ReplyDeletelong live namewee. really respect you. keep it up!
ReplyDeleteNo big deal. He is just using his own words to sing a song. Why dont you guys just treat this as a Aiyoh yoh tambee jingle
ReplyDeleteNo big deal. He is just using his own words to sing a song. Why dont you guys just treat this as a Aiyoh yoh tambee jingle
ReplyDeletedumbass kampung kid....he only sang what everyone already know and got himself into trouble...for what? the chinese people?..I dont think so.....what he's saying is nothing new and nothing we can do about it cus WE voted for BN, remember?....eventhough if the opposition wins the election... I dont think they are capable or have the machinary to run this country... so basically we are stuck!!....making fun of other ppl's religion only shows that he's so immature....I bet he doesnt even have a malay friend...
ReplyDeletefreedom of expression? since when Malaysia is the US?
wake up people....you are living in muslim country where corruption is already a culture?....
want to change this country? first change your melayu and cinapek mentality LA!!!
1st, I would like to point out a few things which some of you may find rather disturbing.
ReplyDeleteNAmewee Pros -
Truth...it is all so true. But he didn't do this to insult the people of Malaysia. He just says that he misses these little perks of Malaysian attitude.
Insult Malaysian NAtional Anthem? Please check your google on WHERE the national anthem came from. It is not even ORIGINAL. Please google "Negaraku, Mamula Moon". You might just notice something there that you will find quite AMUSING. And this is BEFORE Negaraku even existed. Talk about changing and ripping-off. Ha ha...
Namewee Cons -
Small and slight insult to Islam by calling the morning prayers as "Morning call"...to those who are not so sensitive...yeah...no biggie...but to those who are leaders of the islam community, this is a great insult when people are praying to their God (Allah in this case). So, out of respect for some other people, it is not a right thing to do.
OVERALL -
Government corruption is there. It was always there and heck...it will always be there. RASUAH? Nooo.... it is just some "ang pow" money for drinks and food.
Police? Corrupted? Of course...you would be too if you were getting the salary they are receiving. And working 12 hours a day to get it. RM800 to corporals...no joke dude..when you have a family to feed, this is NEVER EVER enough. Who to blame? Of course...our corrupted government.
You don't see corporals driving BMW's do you?
Richest government authority? KASTAM~! No fight....
BMW's for cars...yes...confiscated ones...but petrol not cheap in 2.5i engines leh~!
Just for your note - 7 series for the ketua.
And so....corruption is something that we all face everyday.
Malays...not all lazy...I will admit...but majority...they outspeak for those who work hard, lose thousands in trying to make a better living for themselves. And only the Malays (probably without volunteers) work for the government. Not because they want to...but no one else wants to...
Let me ask you all a few general question...(non racial based)
1. Do you wanna work for the government? I have a gf whose family does...2 of them work like mad to pay for 1 child's education.
2. Schools? Public? UM, UITM, etc...yeah....sorry Malays...I have to agree...
3. Chinese, go back to where you come from? Sorry...I would have to agree with Namewee on this one...without the Chinese and Indians here...I think 80% unemploye rate. 20% still in school.
The government even GAVE (literally) land, money and potential to the Malay community. If your name has a Bin or Binti, then you have that extra EDGE over the rest. However, most of you guys barely ever use it by working harder to become more successful.
513? Oh...this would be funny...If the malays started war against the chinese again. This would totally CRIPPLE the Malaysian economy as we know it. As we are already in deep debt with many other countries, I don't think the government can afford to even buy guns for this so called war. And if they can...guess who's money they are gonna take. EPF...look out guys...another chunk out of your retirement money, as if it will be enough already.
Personally, I prefer to sit in my position. Very very delighted. Degree from UK, work with US, money earned from US, Money spend here (with a nice exchange rate). Can't we all just get a long and someone shoot the damn government.
Malaysia boleh~! Chinese Boleh~! Melayu Boleh~! Indian Boleh~! Everyone Boleh~!
And talk about uninvited guests...
Malaysia My Second Home. You all better be expecting more and more people coming.
I urge all malaysian minorities to arm themselves. NOW. Don't wait till it's too late when the amok season begins. I can't wait to see the disintegration of the so-called malaysia. Especially for you guys in east malaysia, malays are not even majority there, and for sure they are not your "tuan".
ReplyDeleteWhats wrong with u sicko..u r suggesting we are going to solve the problem with violence.Only those 'kampung' minded plus emotional bigot would opt for that kind of actions. East malaysia is not going to be on your side because of their bumiputra status regardless of their religions.This is not about hating the majority but hating for their privileges in their own motherland. Nothing is wrong with privileges and dissatisfaction of ethnic minorities can never be quenched till in the end of time. Unlucky majority.
ReplyDeleteNamewee can said anything about government, but when he 'touch' the issue bout religion is become racist. Well I'm sure nobody likes if I said bad things bout 'tokong'.
ReplyDeleteSomebody mention about 13th May, do you want that thing happen again?. I'm sure everybody want to live in peace. LEARNED FROM PAST TO CREATE BETTER FUTURE.
I love to live in multiracial country. In peace of course.
Life is shit, so deal with it.
-Peace Malay-
All of us can notice his patriotism to Malaysia - the way he expressed his feelings and most importantly the way he sang the negaraku lyrics. It is just like a child who plays at home while not clearly understand the rules of the house, they just play around not knowing limitations.
ReplyDeleteMohamad broke the laws too, not knowing English in Australia?!
But there are people who knows the law yet they falls into corruption and crime.
Why spend so much time While not looking into the supposed serious matters Malaysia is facing? Catch the serious bad guys, rapists, corrupters, killers, robbers, violent crime.
Namewee didn't cost Malaysia a thing!
Who never pay police before? or Never seen/hear your parents/family & friends do that? Hands up!
ReplyDeleteShame Malaysia. & Shame Malaysia leaders for dragging this case while care less on other crimes in the country.
You've failed!
Are Anonymous, Eye-Zoo-Dean, Aslam members of UMNO? members from BN?
ReplyDeleteYou haven't listen to song & understand them then you just made comments.
What the?
Those who don't understand the song please do not be misled by the
Government. Wee Meng Chee is positive, he is encouraging us to be
constructive and face the real problem Malaysia has and build on it with
patriotic heart. Regardless of our background.
The leaders please don't link other blogs with this just for the sake to
press & block freedom of speech.
Most other countries, besides Asian countries, are open to other ethnics.
Instead to most the word race/ethnic/religion/nationality is not even needed
to be mentioned in daily life. Discussion & looking for job (in your
resume/cv) - Malaysians who never went abroad are 'katak di bawah tempurung'.
Too old fashion & backwards to always talk about sensitive issues.
To clear it all, he doesn't hate Malaysia but loves it so much that you
should notice the way he sang the during actual song, what do you do when it
was played on radio? The Thai will all stand even in public places, shopping
complexes.
May 13th is not purely racist, it's political. TAR said in his article - he
can't stop it. The authority used the army & police to create the scene.
Asked them to close a blind eye and that's where everyone fight without
stopping it. Still until today, the army & police still report to PM.
MCA is not stand 'standing' behind UMNO.
ReplyDeleteThey are sleeping all the time.
They are not working for the People.
Became politicians just to pursue the authority, power & be corrupted.
Then get rich and wealthy.
They have no voice, no opinion, just acting everyday.
Kilat kasut! Kiss buttocks.
Shame Chinese.
MIC also the same.
UMNO also the same. Give wealth to own families.
You can compare how good countries leaders work for the people.
Service the people.
Malaysia leaders work for themselves.
i read the translated version (written by namewee himself)and i dont find it insulting my religion.
ReplyDeletewhy are they making such a big fuss. when are we going to be matured society....
Malaysia is not ours, it belongs to our children, and not just the Malay children, but the Indian, the Chinese, the Orang Asli, the Kadazan Dusun, the Dayak and etc.
ReplyDeleteSo how can we continue to dig out what our forefathers' words (even if they actually said what Malays have been claiming they said) to formulate national policies that will affect our future generations' competitiveness?
I don't remember any of our forefathers said about Malaysia was an Islamic country, or Supreme Court had no jurisdiction over Syariah Court, or who was the tuan, just to name a few points only...
p/s Isn't Ketuanan Melayu sounds like Ketuanan Orang Putih? Merdeka for 50 yrs already? How come we still can see the ghosts of British colonization in our daily life under the broad day light?
It is all about the control and manipulation of the rich natural resources in this country we call home by a certain class of people. The Malays are "herded" into their "mainstream" mindset that make them feel that they are being taken care of and being protected, while our leaders systematically rip this country off.
First, they take away the power of their own Sultans and Rulers gradually so that they have free hands on the richness on this corner of the earth, then, they divide and rule all of us, so all problems will square off by itself, then ... they make sure you and your children work harder and spend more to support the economy, and if anything were to go wrong, then of course they have plenty of reasons and victims to blame, such as the Malays are lazy, the Chinese are greedy, the Indians are drinking again and the Dayak are not assimilating.
Thus, having said this, it is an open secret that everyone knows their race don't stand a chance in global competitions, and who can they blame this time? The Chinese again? or the Indian? or the Orang Asli?
Victims like us, who do get the "sweets" but have to toil and sweat, will eventually prevail, because this is a "dogs-eat-dogs" world we are talking about, and the strongest will always survive.
Namewee didn't belittle the National Anthem, we did!
ReplyDeleteWe did when we blew it out of proportion on something as childish and tasteless as a rap song as it is.
We did when we infringed upon the copy right of the original song --- "Mamula Moon".
We did when we hijacked, pirated and violated the original song writer's intellectual property and credit.
We did when we took something from someone and claimed it as our own works.
We did when we turned it to be a racial issue just to shift public attention further away from the truth and problems that plaque our country.
We did when so many of our so-called honourable ministers showed their immaturity in their thinking and comments, and in their pre-mature way of handling something equally immature.
Namewee is an artist, he express his feelings through his arts, and if politicians can understand arts, then they are not politicians in the first place.
If a government can't allow alternative views, what kind of government we would call it?
The last time I heard of such governments were the communists and the apartheid and lately, the Islamic. Are we admitting that we are any of this?
Last but not least, tell me that I am not supposed to say "I AM ANGRY" otherwise you will think of something to arrest me.
First the mix-up of state and religion, then Special Police moonlighting as part-time assasins, now, arts bent under politics.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a country!
Congratulation! and my condolences!
50th Merdeka, more Merdeka and yet to Merdeka.
Malaysia sure boleh! no doubt about it! semua pun boleh, I mean, BOLEH JADI......
Malaysia tak BOLEH.
ReplyDeleteRakyat Cina tak cukup patriotik untuk memulihkan deraan bangsa mereka, lebih gian jaga diri sendiri.
Rakyat Melayu memegang teguh keunggulan bangsa sendiri, hak individu bangsa lain diketepikan dan mempergunakan polisi Bumiputera untuk keuntungan sendiri.
Kezaliman dunia ini akan diadili nanti di Padang Mahsyar. Tunggu balasan Allah.
Chinese in China are called Chinese....Chinese in Malaysia are called Malaysians...please be clear about the difference between race and citizenship...Its far too obvious about the bias especially in the education field.
ReplyDeletewake up u so called extreme chinese ... look around urself
ReplyDelete1. u hav tokong to pray
2. u hav sek keb cina
3. u hav ur own chinese university
4. u can practise ur religious thing almost everywhere in this country
5. u hav ur own chinese city (PENANG)
6. almost all private company in this country is occupied by CHINESE (graduate from almost non-recognise uni/ colledge with low **** CGPA and yet still can be an RnD engineer)
7. u hav ur own theme park (genting) where u can play JUDI whatsoever.
8. BAHASA MALAYSIA is our first language but yet u r still using ur chinese dialect to communicate at public and yet we still allow that. take a look at indon.
u still want me to list more. what else do u want u ****** maggot. remember, we MALAYS adopt ur chinese ancient. give a good care even give nationality some more. u are in MALAYsia. so follow the rules. if u want to show u r the best, can simply express ur feeling to outside world, then go to HELL. change ur nationality. dont come back to MALAYSIA. we want peace in here. do u really know exactly what happen in the f****** 13 Mei. dont always read from one side u moron.
I dont know if malaysia is an islamic country or not but Malaysian's OFFICIAL RELIGION is ISLAM since we achieve our merdeka on 31/8/1957.
ReplyDeleteThe proof is on our very own malaysian flag.
" Bendera Malaysia mengandungi 14 jalur merah dan putih (melintang) yang sama lebar bermula dengan jalur merah di sebelah atas dan berakhir dengan jalur putih di sebelah bawah, tanda keanggotaan yang sama dalam persekutuan 13 buah negeri - Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Perlis, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor dan Terengganu dan Kerajaan Persekutuan.
Bahagian yang berwarna biru tua di atas sebelah kiri membawa ke bawah hingga atas jalur merah yang kelima itu maknanya perpaduan rakyat Malaysia. Bahagian biru tua itu mengandungi anak bulan tanda Agama Islam - agama rasmi Malaysia. Bintang pecah 14 itu tanda perpaduan 13 buah negeri dan Kerajaan Persekutuan. Warna kuning pada anak bulan dan bintang itu ialah warna Diraja bagi Duli-duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja-raja. "
Hey you Malay people out there
ReplyDeletelitsen ...
First thing you should do before
you insult chinese / indian you go
open you Sejarah Text Book and read.
You will find that last time Chinese
and Indians are the one doing all
this things. Example Biji Timah ,
Rice , Kelapa Sawit , Roads , Buildings tars and so ON.
You will find that we do so much
hardwork but you Malay just know
how to sleep and wait to get pay.
Without chinese / indians .. you
guys will only know how to wash
drains .
People are proud of malaysia because Malaysia is a multiracial country but it got screwed up
by many Politicial Leaders.
So think before you guys insult
us .
my fellow malaysians,
ReplyDeletewatever namewee did, has created or will create frictions amongst the multiraces.. and yupp from the arguments and debates that i've read so far are getting there.. arguing about chinese have this and that, bumiputera rights etc, come one people, our nation is celebrating its 50th merdeka... fought by our forefathers.. regardless races, religions.. we're 50 years old but we still have "unity" issues, we still don't understand and appreciate each other.. this is sad... we should just see this from malaysian point of view, not malay, not chinese, not indian, not other races.. but as malaysians.. our country is the most beautiful place on earth.. where we can find temples, churches, mosques built side by side.. when we go to mamak stalls, we can see group of friends made of different colours and religions chatting, laughing with each other.. we celebrate chinese new year, deepavali, hari raya, christmas, hari gawai, kaamatan, vasakhi etc etc. don't you value all this? are there any countries in this world doing the same as us? penjajah's mentality... "divide and conquer" do we want this to happen? they've done it all over the world and most of these places are singled race, singled religion. they have turned the countries into a war-torn place where the people have to beg for food and basic amenities. do we want this to happen here?? if they can do that to these countries, it must be pretty easy for them to divide and conquer us here in malaysia. the only way to avoid this is to stand united as Malaysians.. and it's not MALAYsia btw.. it's just MALAYSIA and we all are MALAYSIANS. that is why that just a little bit of hoo-haa is being closely monitored because it can lead to many unpleasant things. do not insult each other because indirectly we are only insulting ourselves, showing our immaturity and our narrow-minded mentality. we have come so far to get to this level.. so please get to know other cultures and religions in Malaysia, widen our circle of friends.. only then we will understand and respect each other. Merdeka means nothing if we don't stand united.
We have criticized USA, UK and EU for so long, but we have never noticed how their countries been managed and governed.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt we can have the tallest, longest or biggest "whatever" here as long we are stupid enough to pay for it but we can never match up to even our own neighbours, even already given 50 yrs of self-rule, WHY?
Why Singapore which has no natural resources at all could be an industrial and modern yet maintaining its growth rate while we can't even get off the ground? Proton is like candle in the wind, even we all paid through our noses for our proton cars.
Why we can't progress like our own neighbours?
Could it be that 4 of us have to toil and sweat whole day to feed the other 6 sitting at home arguing about their right to be fed, demanding their shares of our rewards, and shouting threats if we don't respect them as the "masters" of the house? I thought respect need to be earned and can't be demanded.
Why Australia and New Zealand which were once British colonies just like us could progress and became modern countries and not our beloved country? Why Korea and Thailand which was wrecked by Asian Financial Crisis and had to live under IMF, could bypass us so fast and so ahead of us now? Why Vietnam which was in total wreck after its 30 yrs war is taking over?
Look at how few of our made-in-Malaysia products that can actually compete in the global market, why? Why British get to buy exported model Proton cars cheaper than we buy our local model? I know I am proud of our national car but at what a price my pride came to be! and even so, why proton is still dangling in the wind?
and just forget about UMNO for a while, leave it for the Malays to deal with it if they know how to, since we can't possibly talk any sense into their heads while still maintaining our discussion of relevant subject matters. It is bringing about the downfall of its people who would jump up and scream abuses whenever others mention its name.
Even if we can bring about wealth and progress into their miserable lives, why should we? They are not even thankful. PERIOD
We have to look closer in our communities, (unfortunately yes, we have to narrow ourselves to smaller scope and to lower our objective to more personal level, since they keep telling us to mind our own business), What have MCA AND MIC done for their people's future?
NOTHING! Absolutely nothing concrete to be considered as affirmative except sweet talks after sweet talks just to get our votes to vote for UMNO/BN, one thing they do for sure though --- it is COLLABORATING! and what do you call those collaborators during Anti-japan/WW2?
"Why we can't progress like our own neighbours?"
ReplyDeletehmm.. can we progress when all we do is blaming each other? blame this race, blame that race, blame the government, blame the politicians... can we really progress if we still have racial issues, religion issues? can we really???
What is so special about the Islam religion that it cannot accept any critism. Come on. Get real. If you want to talk about progression. First thing that you need to do as a country. Ne mature and accept critisms.
ReplyDeleteThere will always be those that would be unhappy and those that you critize. Be it government, policies, race or religion. What is more important is for you to reflect and filter the rubbish and acknowledge the real issues. That's where your focus should be and not this endless arguments and pot calling the kettle black about blaming. You are doing that yourself.
And there is a difference between blaming and voicing out facts. The real cause of the issues isn't the rap by this poor chap. It is merely a catalyst that trig the feelings of inequality and corruption that exists in your government.
Don't kill the messenger. The message contains truths. You cannot denial that. He did not create the frustrations that Malaysian feel all these while. In the same logic, we should blame internet, the technology and YouTube. Now... that's what I call BLAME.
Well done Malaysians! You can call him a villiam, hero, childish kid or whatsoever. It doesn't matter. Its nevertheless a much needed WAKE UP CALL. You need more of such people to dig out the worms that corrupted officials try to hide and wayang for years.
Namewee is like Mandelas wannabe but with lesser brain and very irresponsible. He want to fight but only half-way...afraid of what? Govt?
ReplyDeletehis future? People might think he is con-man cause he's taking back his words..If he believe that he's telling the truth...then fight till the end...fight the govt..dont afraid to lose nationality, dont afraid ISA, dont afraid the bribe-accused policeman....real MAN/HERO don't hit
and run..held responsible for any consequences made by him, maybe Namewee is just..going nowhere, just a mere kid with a little understanding on multi-racial co-existence...pity him, not enough evidence but talk big..
Could it be that the present government in your country has been around for far too long? It has always been the case when a party has been in power for too long, they will certainly be ambiguous, indifferent and "politically incorrect" in their works. In my country, if we think the present government does not perform well then we simply elect another party in next election. Well, we may not have come to the stage where we actually go "national" to choose candidates to be astronauts and spend millions of dollars to get them in shape then buy them "tickets" in spacecraft so they can bring "fame" to my country, but our unemployment, inflation and social problems are low, things are cheaper, highways are free, modes of public transportation are efficient and reliable, policies are unbiased, pro-active and transparent, government listens, civil servants maintain high standards in their works, different ethnic groups are united not by economic policies that favor only certain group while leave others out to fend for themselves but are united because we are considered and bonded as one people, we have national policies that encourages variety in thinking and of cultures/languages/religions, affordable health care and open education policy, and definitely more intelligent brains in charge of my country. --- Jeanne Thompson, Canada.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I call 'the practise of Freedom-of-Speech' and 'Democracy'. Dont focus on the person who expresses it, rather focus on why it was expressed.
ReplyDeleteI ask fellow politicians to look at our current political, social and economical structure of Malaysia. Look hard and assess the situation before making any judgement calls.
If there was no truth in the gibberish song, why the strong reaction?
Personally, if he had not done it on the Anthem, although I agree it was done in 'bad taste',
it would not have shaken the nation by storm.
It was done .... and he apologised, which he should and did.
This is will definitely be in my "Hari ini dalam sejarah" as long as I live.
"Selamat Merdeka" everyone.
Where do we go from here? Condemn the singer? Send out warnings to people to never utter / sing / write / blog about sensitive issues? I think... for Malaysians to improve - We need to address those sensitive issues. We need
to talk about equality, meritocracy, transparency (IN ALL ASPECTS).
Let's look at where we have gone wrong and consciencely act to improve; taking away Religious and Race differences.
Move Forward.
I dont think Dato' has a full say on this matter, if he does respond to it,honestly,by heart, the nxt thing you know he'll be behind bars for sodomy charges - by the government that is.
ReplyDeletei don't quite agree with one of the commenter here which said about reading back the history book..for me, if u r a good reader u will find facts about MALAYSIA being a malay country long before the Chinese and Indian came..they came uninvited..they are brought by the British..so, feel free to go back home if you don't feel like staying here..so, being the longest cultural group living in Malaysia, malays are getting what they deserved to get..
ReplyDelete"being the longest cultural group living in Malaysia, malays are getting what they deserved to get.."
ReplyDeleteThis is the stupid mentality that too many years of spoon feeding have brought. You think it is a god damn right to claim the unequal privileges just because of your race. SHAME on you.
So what that you are born a malay. What difference does it make from a fellow malaysian born of a different race. Does it give you more rights? If you believe so, that racism.
Your forefathers ruled the country during their era. It is long past. No one is going back to stay in caves and monarchy is long gone. Policemen used to wear shorts, we used to carry pagers. Wake up!
A country is what the people make out of it. This includes every Malaysian regardless of race. No one is more equal than another. You can argue till the cow comes home but you cannot denial you are benefiting unfairly.
Take this from the words of a non Malaysian. Multi-racial society? Prue bullshit. What kind of multi-racial society has a race thinking they deserved a different treatment.
to add... your racism attitude is a disgrace to fellow Malays. But I have confidence of my fellow malay peers in my country are not like you.
ReplyDeleteI'm grateful that I'm not born in country like this!
He should be executed? A Barbarian you are, for the sake of using National Anthem? Get a life.
ReplyDeleteToday's breaking news 'Student must face the law, Cabinet, however, accepts his apology'
ReplyDeleteYes, the law upholds public order.
And they have found an Act to persecute him.
I urge all quarters, Cabinet and its Ministers to understand the intention of the underlying issue. It does NOT stop at persecuting a citizen from voicing out an opinion for practising true democracy of the so-called 'one nation'
Malaysia recognize the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(http://www.un.org/rights/50/decla.htm ) as being a member nation of the UN. However, some countries(and Malaysia is one of them) do not practice the content of the Declaration of Human Rights 100%.
As mentioned before, Wee Meng Chee had no intention to act "seditiously" as claimed by people who WANT to persecute him, possibly (and I repeat - possibly) to send out a message to the nation that the current ruling party has a jurisdiction power over all matters.
Well, my hope is that this matter is tread from the minority's point of view. We shall see....
There, I have spoken - let Him go.
Malaysia is a Multicultural race.
ReplyDeleteWe all lived peacefully to each other. As a nation you must learn to love and accept your country.
You are a fool.
I am not a Malaysian, but i do know something about Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteNo matter What Country you are in, there is always some political issues.
We are living in the world that is not always what we want and intented to be.
What He is doing will cause hate and putting a lot of innocent chinese in danger.
I just hope that the Malaysian Govenment will goes easy on this matter.
Aiya... after reading all this stupid and racist comment, I had came to my conclusion that all of this would not happend if Tuanku abdul rahman was a good Negotiator.
ReplyDelete50 + years ago when negotiating for independence, Tuanku had to agree to the british condition that all chinese, and indian to be given a full citizenship once independence was given.
when this happen 50 years ago, tuanku had tried his best to maintain this country and keep it in harmony between this different races.
Talking about being the monority and non bumi's. is there any other country in this worlds that gives this kind of previledges to their minority??? US, free country?? you kidding me.. US is a very racist country, there a white man, black men and asian. they used to discriminate the blacks, now they are targeting the asian. we asian had to work twice as hard as the whites, just to be recognizes.
How many chinese(or asian) in US parliment, none.. There is a few in canada..
How many chinese are there in Malaysian Parliment (many - i guess).
How many Malay (or asian) in Chinese -in china/or singapore parliment (???)
SO you tell me that Malaysian is a racist country.. runs by racist malays
Can you suggest any country in this world that treats the minority in their country better that malaysia.
US, Australia, ?? you kidding.. Try going to australia, buy a land and said you want to open a budhha temple there. While working in Asutralia a few years back, I have seen how the goverment had to close a few temple bacause the white people thinks it was too noisy
Taiwan perhaps.. try being a mainland chinese migrating to taiwan, and you will learn what does it mean of racism by the same group of people
What bother's me is that this minority always trying to makes some noise, just like Namewee, on being unjustice, not being treated fairly.. bla-bla-bla... Its like here in US, where all the lesbian & gay always claimed that they are mistreated. every year they organized a gay parade just as a showoff because being a minority, you always looking for attention.
so all this S**t is just a cry for attention.
Yes I agree that Malays were given a lot of oppurtinity that the chinese. (because they were the majority) Do you think that chinese goverment (in china or singapore) give equal oppurtinity, ofcourse not, they are giving it to the chinese, bacause they were the majority. same goes to every country in this world.. Majority rules...
So open you eyes, smell the flower, If you don't like it, to bad ... who cares.. may be a few of your minority freinds will..
Hi,
ReplyDeletereferring to your comment:
"Do you think that chinese goverment (in china or singapore) give equal oppurtinity, ofcourse not, they are giving it to the chinese, bacause they were the majority. same goes to every country in this world.. Majority rules..."
One suggestion for Malaysia. If you want to progress, stop focus on the worms of other states. The focus should be on improvement yourselves. You can be looking at the issues of other states but the purpose is to learn from their mistakes and not form a smoke screen or comfort zone to lie to yourselves... "okie... I'm quite fine here".
Let's not pretend racism doesn't exist. It exists in every society. As a Singaporean, I do not denial it exists here in my country too. This risk is real and must be guard against if you want progression and peace. You cannot have peace if you insist to protect your racism and use the weakness in others to cover yours.
my 2 cents on this.
Referring to the above comment, it is clear that you have missed the message and also the subject matters being discussed in this blog.
ReplyDeleteAre you saying Singaporean government is the same as the Malaysian government in the way they conduct themselves and their business?
Do they demanded that any Malay business that has made it big be given 30% share to their Chinese since they are the majority there?
Do they set up quota in public school, government sector, armed forces for their Chinese majority?
Do they allow the Chinese to wake up everyone every morning at 5am with loud speaker blazing at full blast installed at their temples literally everywhere?
Is the police efficient and reliable in Singapore? Do they allow moonlighting in the police force? Do they assassinate people?
Do you have to worry that your Malay children will be targeted by the Chinese in Singapore if the government start to blame them on anything they fancy if they are under any pressure?
Does your government excuse itself for any misbehavior of its officials or scandals by negotiating loop holes and cutting corners in legislation?
Last but not least, does your government fore go national efficiency and competitive edges for the sake of Chinese self ego and self confidence?
Wise up pal!
My friend's father who knew all along that our so-called National Anthem is the PLAGIARIZED version of the original song --- Mamula Moon, has always sing "Negaraku" with a slight off tune.
ReplyDeleteHe was a song writer and a composer, and he was born before "Merdeka", and he was a Malay with royal blood!
Now, tell me what the hell all these commotion is about, and tell me why the Malaysian government is so delicately sensitive on this issue that the ministers acted like some low-paid actors in some cheap low-rated movie?
Are you talking about my comments on 17 August 2007 17:11?
ReplyDeleteYou wrote : "it is clear that you have missed the message and also the subject matters being discussed in this blog"
No, I did not missed the message. I completely understand what is discussed. I have no interest to continue this comparisons. It is completely pointless to try and compare the best of another country vs the worse of malaysia. And then, another chap comparing the best of malaysia vs the worst in other countries.
I'm not here to sell you how wonderful or good my country is. It is its fair share of downs too.
What I'm pointing out is it is a complacent mentality to use the weaknesses you find in other countries to excuse your weakness. In this way, there is no progression.
The only reason why the dominating race believes they deserves the right over the minority is simply because they have never really treated the minority as a fellow malaysian. Regardless of race, you guys are bros and sister of the same nation. Would you feel right to have an unfair advantage over your siblings?
Search your hearts. We are all born as humans. What give you the entitlement to think Chinese Malaysian somehow don't belong here and have to go elsewhere?
Those things that we are talking about are responsible for the definition of a country 's identity and image, and they are also responsible for the shaping of a nation's future and direction.
ReplyDeletelet's just take one look of what you are saying:
Since you admitted that those are "the worst of Malaysia" then we might as well take it that you are saying "I know the PDRM is scandal-ridden and its members are corrupted, with some even moonlighting as assassins, but that's Malaysian police and let's stop comparing them with other police forces, give them a break"
Hell, "NO!" How dare you said that irresponsible remarks! everyday people are dying because of the corrupted police directly and indirectly; and you said "OK" ? What are made of pal? How did you grow up? I mean, how were you raised? I am sure, your parents must have put in a lot of efforts in raising you and have also taught you good values, where are senses now, then?
Those are not the minor things that could be swept under the carpet of Putrajaya which we mentioned and discussed here. Those are "NATION-DEFINING" things!
I wonder as any Chinese politician in your country has ever talk with a broad Chinese sword in their hand, in any political party's annual meeting, or any official gathering, they should pull that stunt, I mean, why not? They ought to try that since Chinese is the majority in Singapore, and if they want to address the assembly, I don't think the Malay would dare to say anything.
ReplyDeleteBut have they tried to do that? NO. Why? Even given the fact that holding a weapon in one hand would give them all that imaginary power, strength and authority they need to finish their speech. Why would not they resort to that measure? I mean, Osama bin Laden often seen making his political statement with an AK 47 in his hands.
Of course not in Singapore, because they don't need that pre-history way to feel strong about themselves, they are confident of themselves, that's why you have a strong-willed country that is being led by equally strong-willed and confident people.
I met a Singaporean Malay engineer in Japan once, he was on Singaporean government scholarship to take up post-graduate studies there, and since we were both from Southeast Asia, we became very close and the fact that he was open-minded, I got to ask him quite a few of personal question without the fear of backfire like in Malaysia.
My first question was, "I can imagine, it must be hard for you to make it to where you are now in Singapore, given that they don't give Malays special privileges?"
To my astonishment, he replied, "Why do I need special treatment?"
His answer still echoes in my mind until this very day.
Can anyone tell me what is this man made of that the Malaysian Malays are lacking?
For my duration in Japan, I didn't have to take him as a Malay and he didn't care if I was a Chinese or a Marshian. He displayed total self-confidence about himself and his work.
Since then, whenever I read about the gallant Malay warriors, I can't seem to avoid thinking that the author of the story I was reading must be making reference to the Singaporean Malays.
I hear you. And I do agree with most of the points brought up about the corruption etc.
ReplyDeleteyou wrote : "let's stop comparing them with other police forces, give them a break"
My entire point is taken out of context. The reason why we should stop this comparisons is simple. Don't you see it? What's has the arguements done so far? Nothing really constructive.
One group comparing and saying how good other countries are and how lousy malaysia is. On the other hand, the other group is saying how bad are those countries in other ways.
What's the objective of this non-stop ping pong? Nothing really.
It is very easy to marvel at the greener pastures elsewhere but nothing will change in your country by comparisons alone. Resolving differences needs alot more EQ than insisting ONLY on your side of the story.
No one except Malaysians can help yourselves. It doesn't help by dividing yourselves any further. It only worsen.
Don't focus on comparisons. It only increases the frustration and frictions. Focus on the improvements, that's the way the nation can unify. No country can stand divided.
The content can actually be exactly the same. The difference is in the approach. Do you build or do you destroy?
Be it Malay, Chinese, Indians, or Ang Mo, you are all Malaysians. I see one origin source of the problems. Racism. It applies not just to the majority but the minority too.
Malaysia is a beautiful place to stay if only we have a clean and sensible govt.A good govt is a govt that willing to listen and accept critism.To build up a multiracial society is not as easy as it says.We must be equal in all expect be it education or work.How do one race feel when we purchase property they have to pay 15% more than their Malay counterparts.Bumiputra policy has been established way too long .It is about time we do away with it and treat everyone equal in one society.How do I tell my children that we are Chinese therefore we buy house more expensive,or our quota is only 30% to go to local university.These youngster might be thinking we are Malaysian why like that??So they might be thinking we are 2nd class citizen.It is not a healthy sentiment in a society.We can see now that we are brain-drain.The smather one has all migrated elsewhere where opportunity are better.Let me tell you a true story of my schoolmate.He has all A1 distinction on all school subject in SPM but only got pass in Bahasa Malaysia.Therefore he could not go to STPM to study in science stream which is his dream to become a doctor someday.He apply for schorlarship everywhere in Malaysia no one accepted him.He try Singapore and Singapore govt except him right away.I have not seen him for a long time and one day while watching T.V. I was surprise he is a cardiologist consutant in one of the Hospital in Singapore.What an acievement.My question is do you think he will come back to Malaysia to serve the nation???.There are many talented Chinese and Indian Malaysian that could not find opportunity in their homeland migrated to elsewhere to work.The govt.must ask themself why do people leave.Why can't they listen and be equal to all races regardless of race and religion.I sincerely hope that this will happen one day in Malaysia but till than I will not be back to my homeland as I will be treated a 2nd class citizen.It makes no difference to me if I leave in other country.What Namewee has express is a true colour of Malaysian goverment and they can't bear to face the facts
ReplyDeleteShame on You!!!
Give Rulers like the Sultan of Selangor who is definitely a good ruler and leader more say in the governance of Malaysia!
ReplyDeleteFor God's sake, they are the Rulers, and why are they being "marginalized"?
Give them back their constitutional powers.
UMNO has been acting like the club of "little Napoleons" for far too long, just to quote the famous term by Tun Dr Mahathir.
UMNO inherited the "divide and rule" strategy from the British, lock, stock and barrel, and it is time to put all these nonsense to a stop.
How can you continue to call for equality and "perpaduan" while at the same time:
1.differentiate and judge the regular Malaysians by their skin colors and which day they pray to their gods;
2.remind the "non-malays" that they are always "pendatang" no matter how many generations they have been born in this country;
3.treat people differently according to their packages;
and the list could just go on and on.
I remembered my sister came home from school crying because her teacher called her "pendatang asing", and my brother was beaten up by his classmates in full view of their Bahasa teacher the day after one of our nation's greatest prime minister gave his flaming speech about the status of Chinese, and we are, or, to be more precisely, were, the 6th generation "Baba and Nyonya".
My close friend then whose parents came from Sumatra were classified as "Bumiputra" while we were "Pendatang Asing", making my grandfather and his brothers who died fighting the Japanese along side with the British Army, the first "Pendatang Asing" who gave up their lives for the "Malay's" land.
After the incident, my brother took up Chinese Language feverishly attending night classes, and changed his name to a Chinese-sounding name.
We, the younger siblings, followed suit and now, we are no longer "Baba and Nyonya", but CHINESE, and we are proud of ourselves.
We would have been more "malay" than any of the millions of muslim immigrants, be they legal or illegal, in the facts that, we have been around even before the Malay Union laws were drafted, and in the way we LIVED and in the food we ATE, except of course, the way we pray to our god, and that was conveniently taken as the point to classify us, into something else.
Back then, my brother said, "Dia gelar kita Cina, biar kita jadi Cina!" and we became Cina. Yes, that's the truth of how we were reborn as Chinese, we learned how to use chopsticks instead of eating with our hands, we learned how to do Chinese Calligraphy and enjoy doing it until today, we learned Chinese language and customs, we learned to appreciate Chinese Opera, and we learned Chinese History from books and senior citizens...
All these would have been impossible if the malays didn't force us to "assimilate" into the Chinese.
Thank you UMNO, but no thanks.
BTW, UMNO, has anyone ever told you that you were the biggest hippocrates on earth, even bigger than Hippocrates himself?
Wow! now I understand why I read about Baba and Nyonya from story books & can only watch their way of living from documentary, as if they varnish from the surface of the earth overnight.
ReplyDeleteTo them, I say, "Welcome back!"
Hmm, interesting commentaries above.
ReplyDeleteHere are a few points mentioned by recent patriotic contributors.
Point 1 : The Majority rules - Quite True actually.
Even if democracy is perfectly practised, looking at the ratio of Malays / Chinese / Indians / ‘Lain lain’ as usually provided on application forms…. prior to independence and today, the % of minority has gotten smaller. I presume in our children’s generation, say 20 years’ time – ceteris paribus the birth rate of each ethnic continue as they are, the % of the majority will increase and the % of minority will decrease further.
I don’t remember if I read this off somewhere but the government is setting up an Indonesian University for our neighbouring counter-part in our country? Someone please confirm this fact? I am just wondering if eventually, one way or another – this would add to our majority population to our country…
Now, don’t get me wrong – the issue here is not about race. It’s about rights – Equal rights, which somehow ties back to special privileges given to a specific race.
I think I speak for many, when I express fear of my child’s future; as it is, the minority has been denied of equal opportunities in many areas; as in the earlier comments.
Point 2 : Noisy Minorities
Now, referring to a Commenter who quote
‘What bother's me is that this minority always trying to makes some noise, just like Namewee, on being unjustice, not being treated fairly.. bla-bla-bla...’
Why does a baby cry? There’s always a reason. People don’t shout / cry without a reason, other than being insane. Of course, they are seeking attention! They have been denied – is that so hard to understand? If you are a minority – you would write differently and would be on the other side of the fence!
Point 3 : Anonymous said... 17 August 2007 13:09 says….
Malaysia is a Multicultural race.
We all lived peacefully to each other. As a nation you must learn to love and accept your country. You are a fool.
Why, of course we are a Multicultural race – who doesn’t know that?….
Yes, we are now living in peaceful tolerance – but at whose expense and for how long?
Yes, we love our country – that’s why we need to face constructive criticism and progress with it, not sending out remarks of “Too bad – you’re born minority – Accept It”
How are we to progress to ‘Satu Bangsar, Satu Negara’? Please… tell us.
I personally feel that Namewee SHOULD NOT go to the jail, but I think he shoud be stripped off Malaysian citizenship. Quite an embarassing of him for not give a real thought before launch any of his 'unique' contribution to music.
ReplyDeleteRE : How are we to progress to ‘Satu Bangsar, Satu Negara’? Please… tell us.
ReplyDeleteI think if you really feel that to live, find money, eat, shit, die in Malaysia is not desirable to most of the so-caled "minorities", I think you can all started to find jobs overseas & convert nationality to their countries. Well, at least most of your income tax is not wasted to fund unity program that they do in Malaysia (PLKN, Kemerdekaan Negara, etc etc). It's time to move on & have a new paradigm shift.
RE : How are we to progress to ‘Satu Bangsar, Satu Negara’? Please… tell us.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, it's not "Bangsar" it's "Bangsa".
There are always two sides of a coin, and the way I look at it tells me only one thing, that is either UMNO lies or Islam is not the religion millions claim it to be.
ReplyDeleteFirst, Islam as claimed by every Muslim, is a JUST and PEACEFUL religion, and we are living in a country where the official religion is Islam which I personally has no comment at all, as long as it leaves me alone, but the truth is far from what it seems.
Were it really peaceful, then I would not have to sell my lovely and comfortable house which I built my own because my children would be literally shaken out of whatever dreams they were in every dawn, freaking and crying, busting into my bed as the call for prayer from the loud speaker which is barely 10 meters from our house, blazing in all directions every morning.
At this point, I must admit that, I was always jolted out of my own slumber when that happened, EVERYDAY 5 TIMES DAILY!
You see, we built our last home on a hillside because it was secluded and peaceful. Every morning, there would be birds chirping and singing on the tree branches in our compound and across the land, it would have been just the loveliest corner on earth to raise a family, or so we thought.
However, the government decided to build a mosque on the adjacent land confiscated from its previous owner who failed to settle what he must have owed the government. After that, all our problems started.
The people who gave sermons apparently must be politicians as well, because very often we heard their sermons turned into political discourses and naming others who don't follow their way as "kafir" who ought to be conquered and all muslims must rid this land of any impurity, and that freaked my eldest daughter out as she began to understand their language by then.
I wonder why such people would be allowed to insult others and call out abusive terms in a so-called multiracial harmonious society which Malaysian government always never fail to call itself?
The fact, all these were done openly implies the good old Malaysian government allowed that, as they were definitely not making their political statements, holed up in some remote "rocky caves" in Afghanistan and send out those "now-you-see-now-you-don't" kind of video, but in a modest neighborhood with loud speakers at full volume?
Then it was the daily "morning call" for prayer that drove my wife and I crazy, as both of us worked in a hospital and were 24-hour on call, besides the morning round of vigorous walking from one ward to another everyday.
WE NEEDED SLEEP! YES, PEACEFUL SLEEP.
My wife and I tried to talk to the mosque keeper, and he told us to mind our own business; then we tried to reason to the person behind the loud speaker, and he told my wife to bust off and I "diam!"; then we tried to complain to the district official and he told us this, "kan dah bagi tau, Malaysia ni negara Islam, kalau tak suka, boleh keluar dari sini, senang saje."
My wife made up her mind and packed her things, "...since you could put up with all these, you might as well go sleep with them... BARBARIANS!...I shouldn't have come back here."
After we have voiced our "unhappiness" about the volume of their religious calling which I, became ambiguous and indifferent to after all I was born and raised in this country, (yes, we were just trying to get them to lower their volume to an eardrum-permitting level, and that's all) and since they found it insulting to their religion even if it were as petite as just turning the volume knob a little, we soon found ourselves in front of a group UMNO members waving banners and hurling abusive words at us, even my little children were not spared as they got down from their school buses.
Given the two options between my lovely home and my family, I had no choice but to sell my house and moved else where, and that's basically, how we ended up in Singapore years later, and here, WE CAN SLEEP PEACEFULLY, AT LEAST!
So that is how come we only got baba and nyonya in school textbook and not in any application form.
ReplyDeletewe have to fill in as MALAY, CINA, INDIA,..... but no baba dan nyonya!
I see, they become cina.
I thought melayu killed them all in May 1969.
"Selamat Balik Ke Bangsa Cina"
I believe most of the chinese out there stil tak faham kenapa ada azan. Azan perlu dilaungkan bagi menandakan masuknya waktu sembahyang termasuk waktu subuh/pagi.Azan or adhan as the Islamic call to prayer in place of the bells, horns, etc used by other religions.Malaysia adalah satu negara berbilang kaum,dan semua sudah ketahui Islam adalah agama rasmi.Jadi satu kewajipan untuk semua rakyat menghormati agama Islam dan apa2 yang berkaitan Islam (termasuklah laungan azan).Laungan azan bagi umat Islam menyuruh mereka bangun untuk menunaikan sembahyang dan memulakan hari mereka seawal mungkin untuk mula bekerja.Jadi, kaum cina di Malaysia,jangan lah sesekali menyentuh atau mempersoalkan tentang azan.Azan telah dipraktik kan semenjak beratus tahun dahulu(untuk negara Islam) dan sekian lama di Malaysia.Kami tak pernah mempersoalkan tentang cara hidup/agama kaum lain di Malaysia. Belajarlah menghormati bangsa lain.Bangsa Cina di Malaysia bagi saya patut lihat betapa mewahnya dan bernasib lebih baik dari segi ekonomi berbanding penduduk melayu dan lain2 bangsa di Malaysia yang kebanyakannya masih miskin dan melarat.Katakan lah apa sahaja, bantuan subsidi,peluang ke universiti dan sebagainya namun majoriti melayu dan kaum lain masih tidak semewah bangsa cina.Jadi kenapa bangsa cina masih mahu menghina negara ini, kaum Melayu dan yang paling UTAMA agama kami?.Islam adalah agama yang suci mengajar manusia menjadi lebih baik,tetapi kenapa selalu mempermain2kan agama kami?Jgn katakan kami sensitive bila ada sesiapa menyentuh tentang Islam.Sebagai penganut agama suci ini, wajib bagi kami mempertahnkan kesucian agama kami.Bila bercakap tentang kebebasan bersuara,silakan bercakap,tapi bukan dengan menilai dan bercakap tanpa ilmu tentang agama kami.Bila jadi perselisihan faham dan tak puas hati tentang ketidak adilan di negara ini,jangan babitkan orang melayu,tapi pemimpin2 negara yang patut anda nilai.Kami orang melayu masih mahu bertolenrasi setakat ini.Jangan sesekali bangkitkan lagi isu2 menyentuh AGAMA kami dan kaum kami.Belajar merendah diri dan menghormati orang lain.
ReplyDeleteThank you for correcting the word 'Bangsa' which was my key point. And 'thank you' for your short and sweet solution as well. Sure was easy for you to say it, wasnt it? 'Dont like it, just leave - time to move on and have a paradigm shift'
ReplyDeleteI tell you, those who could - they already have. But many chose to remain, because they love their country and are proud to have an identity of a Malaysian.
The true spirit of Peace and Unity wont work, when people make shallow remarks such as this. Zero progress. Nothing useful made by the contributor here.
Why is the majority so afraid of being equal as how God made us to be? Did we have to read and sign 'terms and conditions' of being born a Malaysian?
I hope Namewee's plea is heard.
I am also deeply saddened by the fact that the contents of the song was gravely mis-interpreted and mis-represented; and caused unnecessary anger on religious grounds.
Honestly... I believe, it was not his intention to do so. Give him the benefit of the doubt. Refer :
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-TW&u=http://namewee.blogspot.com/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnamewee%26hl%3Den
Read till the end please; then, have your say.
what happened to the video?
ReplyDeleteI think both of them were doctors, and what they said ring "bells", yes, many bells, in my head.
ReplyDeleteThey never said they were against Islam or they were questioning Islam' call for morning prayer at 5am every morning.
They just said that they tried their best to reason with those people in charge, and were frustrated by the attitude and treatment of those people they tried to talk to.
THEY SAID THEY JUST WONDER IF THE VOLUME COULD BE LOWERED TO "EARDRUM PERMITTING LEVEL" ONLY.
I think what they asked was reasonable, and if any of you start to accuse them of insulting Islam or challenging your special rights again, then you just proved the content of Namewee's song is correct.
Let's say, the mosque used a 100-watt loud speaker and one day, someone in charge decided that the speaker was old and changed to a new speaker which happens to be 1,000-watt, their plight and my question is: "Is it necessary for the mosque's new speaker to operate at full volume with the new 1,000-watt capacity?" If your answer is yes, then you are abusing the status of your religion in this country!
There is exactly the problem with muslims, THEY JUST DON'T LISTEN THE REAL MESSAGE AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL ISSUE, when they hear/read/see someone ask /say something about them or their religion, straight away they would jump to the conclusion that their race and their religion is under attack and all hell will break loose.
What is it that their race and religion can not be mentioned? or even questioned?
Huan Na is always Huan Na, because they lack the capacity to be reasonable , logical and rational both in their thinking and conducting themselves.
They can have all the privileges, wealth and power, but they can not be reasonable, logical and rational. It will be ages before they can really have the 1st world mentality, like the rest of the modern world.
p/s, I like that word, "Barbarians" hmmm, spot on.
STOP! Stop debating with mindless people.
ReplyDeleteWe debate only if we can people more intelligent with us or at least on par with us. What is the point of debating if everyone of them that show up here is below our level of intelligence?
Just type "kroni-kroni UMNO" in your google search engine and you will have enough reading material for the whole of your life time. Trust me, they are really good stuff. Those blogs are written by some very intelligent Malays, and we should work hand in hand with them.
I typed "kroni umno" and I found other results but equally meaningful, you guys ought to try it out.
ReplyDeletebye, back to my reading...
Fact 1: There are articles in the Constitution that enshrines the special status of the bumiputeras. This includes education as well.
ReplyDeleteFact 2: The government could do more for non bumiputeras but has in the past 50 years chose not to.
Fact 3: Most non bumiputeras feel like second class citizens because of Fact 2.
Namewee is just expressing his frustration at what many of his generation are perceiving to be injustices that should not be in a country that seeks to promote itself as a modern, vibrant and democractic society that espouses the beliefs of freedom of speech and equality for all citizens.
As a Malaysian, I do not envy the rights of the bumiputeras but I do deplore that many deserving non-bumiputera students are denied the opportunity of scholarships under the guise of NEP and other such government affirmative action programs. Perhaps the government needs to seek a better way to address the problem of wealth sharing. Also after 50 years, I'm pretty sure that wealth has been shared quite equally considering so prominent bumiputeras run so many flagship companies in Malaysia like MAS, EON, Proton etc.
With only the help of my parents and my own determination, I have managed to make a comfortable lifestyle for my own family while also assisting my siblings to their education. These is without any assistance from the government. Now I feel proud of my achievement but still feel that I am one of the lucky ones because my parents saved like hell to pay for my education.
Many of the posters here still have a bumi/non-bumi mentality. That is normal as can be seen in so many countries, immigrants are always considered 2nd class. Yet in many of these countries e.g France, Germany, UK, there is nothing in their constitution that places one race ahead of others. Only Malaysia is one of the few democracies that has such an odd clause.
I have no issues with Islam or its practise. Yet, does it have to be so prominently in your face? Let's face it, if someone is devout, you don't need to wake the entire neighbourhood at 5am to show your devotion do you? To me, religion is a personal thing, between the deity of your choice & yourself. Why the need to broadcast to the world? This applies to Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism as well. Church bells at 8am on a Sunday morning is a definite no no when I have a hangover :) nor should there be bloddy firecrackers throughout the night during CNY because I want to sleep after my hard partying.
But yet we all accept these because we know deep down inside, Malaysia, for all its faults and little schisms is still a wonderful melting pot of a country. Each race contributes the story of Malaysia. Where would Malaysia be without Murtabak, Popiah or Rendang? Where eles in the world can we have 3 headstrong cultures and still live in peace & harmony.
It's time Malaysia left behind the mentalities of the 50's and the 60's and look forward to growing as a united nation. Give everyone born in Malaysia a chance to feel Malaysian, let them progress on their merits and nothing else. Otherwise we'll all be still bickering for the next 50 years.
Bismillah al-Rahmân al-Rahîm (in the name of Allah Who is Compassionate and Merciful).
ReplyDeleteHow many of you invoke his name and yet say hurtful and racist things against others? You claim that ialam is the official religion of this country? How many practise it in its finest form? In its true spirit?
And how many stand here claiming to be muslims defenders of their religions, but stand idly by when injustices against other races are committed before their very eyes.
What kind of muslim would bring up again and again the threat of 513? Have you no shame? Where does it in the quran that says a certain race is above others?
I am not a muslim and neither are the ones here claiming to be so. All hypocrites!!! Remember each time you invoke his name and the attrocities and injustices that you allow to happen in this country. Shame on you! May the gods be merciful on you hypocrites on judgement day!
To all supporters of Namewee and also supporters of freedom of speech & expression, myself and a few volunteers are planning to hold a silent protest on the National Day. We need your support as there’s only a small amount of us.
ReplyDeleteWe won’t force any of you to participate but I must ask you this, you can bravely defend Namewee behind your computer screen, but are you brave enough to defend him in public?
Some detractors say that we are only all talk and no show, how we are all cowards who will run away when it actually comes to taking action. Well, now is our chance to prove them wrong.
I won't deny that this will come with some risks. But if you are serious in joining us and want to know further details, please email us at:
laksarian@gmail.com
or
anitatahir@gmail.com
What's done is done..
ReplyDeleteNamewee did not hurt anyone physically..
Nor did he did much damage to the soul, mentally. I believe ppl who throw insult at ur immediate family members are by FAR WORSE than insult thrown at RELIGION. I stumbled upon heaps of ppl who wishes to PHYSICALLY harm Namewee and his family on the net..heaps of them...before u actually do anything of that sort, answer this:
"Is this what God would like me to do? Is this what God would do himself? Or would God FORGIVE?"
If God is someone unforgiving, and *touch wood* violent..then...i got no further comments..except..that idea sounds "evil"...
For those of us who are open enough, just treat it as a Satirical thing as he claimed. If he did do something extremely wrong, let the one he mocked handle him..it's none of our business as mortals.
From what I see, religions had led to wars...so i wouldn't support religion if I were u. but don't get me wrong, I do believe in God, the Creator and Author of Life.
What i would suggest to everyone is, analyse the problem. Not find a solution to it...I'm proud of some ppl in this blog who actually did some analysis themselves. It shows the application of critical thinking. Just remember, being too emotional wouldn't solve problems. "Force", on the other hand, would just complicate things.
Regardless of parties, my advise: DON'T DO ANYTHING REGRETFUL!
I would suggest that future comments, or next comment, be more constructive and begin to ANALYZE PROBLEMS. DONT POST SOLUTIONS becoz none of us is totally clear with the problems in this country. To critical thinkers, now is your time to shine. It'll show that Malaysians aren't just theoretical bookworms!
~cheers
Huh????
ReplyDeleteCan we please focus on Equal Rights and not God please... geez.
ReplyDeleteHere are a few links (just highlight, copy and paste in your search engine's address bar) which might help you understand why it is so difficult to reason with them.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.prophetofdoom.net/Prophet_of_Doom_24_Profitable_Prophet_Plan.Islam
http://www.uga.edu/islam/hadith.html
http://www.faithfreedom.org/
http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/submit/subchron5.htm
http://www.islam-watch.org/SherKhan/TreatyTrickery.htm
And don't give me the talk of "your forefathers agreed on this". No forefathers ever will agree on something that will subject their descendants to discriminations, prejudice and oppression.
When muslims try to shift to the forefathers of their respondents, they are just going by the book.
malaysian chinese politicians have no guts. they dont stand for the chinese, only stand for their own business. if namewee wanna be a political leader who seek equality, i think millions of chinese will back him up.
ReplyDeleteyou present politician gutless. WEE ARE THE CHAMPION
The world would be a much better place without religion. Human race would have gone beyond the Stars and live forever.
ReplyDelete"Lessons from Singapore and HK"
ReplyDeleteby Tunku Abdul Aziz.*
*THE very idea of a new metropolis in southern Johor to rival Singapore and Hong Kong is intriguing, to put it mildly.
Sceptics, of whom there are many in our midst, are already raising their eyebrows, plucked or otherwise, as if to say, "Here we go again!"
Malaysia 's thirst for the "superlatives", and don't we know it, is unquenchable.
I see nothing wrong with our trying to replicate the best; the verdict of the international business community is that Singapore and Hong Kong are the best cities in our region in which to live and work.
We, too, have a great city, Kuala Lumpur, the pride of the nation.
Why is it that in spite of the iconic Twin Towers and the biggest this and the longest that, we do not measure up to international standards?
Some years ago, the Economist Conferences invited me to deliver a speech in Bangkok on (no prizes for guessing) fighting corruption.
The three-day gathering was attended by dozens of high-powered chief financial officers of multinational corporations in the Asia-Pacific.
The Economist's straw poll during the conference asked which city they would choose if they were setting up a regional office, and, by implication, where they would prefer to live as expatriates.
To a man/woman, the choice was Hong Kong first and Singapore second. Kuala Lumpur , to my utter consternation and embarrassment as a proud Malaysian, did not even get a look-in.
In the late autumn of 1999, I was a guest at a private dinner in Washington DC . An American private investment banker who had just returned from a "shopping" trip to Malaysia was asked, "Of all the countries in Asia , where would you invest your clients' money?"
His reply shook me to the marrow: "Anywhere except Malaysia ."
He then mentioned how a senior government official had told him that a foreigner could not buy a Malaysian company unless he had a Malay partner and he would be more than happy to recommend one in the spirit of US/Malaysia relations.
Upon further enquiry, it turned out that the proposed partner was the civil servant's brother-in-law.
I spent much of the evening explaining to the Americans that it was not government policy that a foreigner had to have a Malay partner before he could acquire assets in Malaysia .
The point about these little stories is that both Hong Kong and Singapore set out deliberately to become attractive, well-ordered and safe cosmopolitan cities in which business could be conducted with minimum inconvenience. They have not become great cities by accident.
For us, so used to and comfortable with our slapdash approach to doing things, it will require a complete culture change, which in turn can come about only if there is an unequivocal commitment by the government to facilitate the necessary change management.
Nothing less than a thorough going reform of our legal framework, rules and regulations will suffice.
When we talk about the Iskandar Development Region (IDR) as a metropolis to rival both Hong Kong and Singapore , we are entering the realm of serious competition, in every respect, with the top world competitiveness heavy weight champions.
While I have not the slightest doubt that we are more than up to pouring colossal amounts of cash and concrete into this project, do we have the capacity and inclination to see it through by continually seeking to meet the ever-changing global environment and business requirements?
Judged by almost all the important social, economic and environmental indicators, these two cities beat the Twin Towers hands down.
Our only claim to fame is that Kuala Lumpur is the cheapest city in the world for visiting businessmen.
What we want badly are those who will come to set up offices and live here and add richness not only to our economy but also to our national diversity.
Being cheap may count as a competitive advantage, but in our case, listening to the woes of foreign businessmen trying to set up operations here and dealing with the bureaucracy, we seem to offer a service that is cheap but with a nasty twist in the tail.
And when we factor in corruption, then doing business in Malaysia becomes costly.
Ever wondered why more foreign direct investment is not parking itself here? Talk to both the local and foreign business communities, and what they have to say based on their experiences would make your hair curl.
Both Singapore and Hong Kong, which the IDR aspires to rival, started as very corrupt societies and yet today are among the top10 least corrupt countries in the world, according to the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index.
In short, they have shown that corruption is bad for business, especially global business, and they are making sure that the good old days will never come back to haunt them again.
Have we the political will to confront corruption decisively or have we run out of steam?
If the dream of a new super metropolis is not to become a fiasco and a burden, to be borne, as always, by the hapless taxpayer, the government must ensure that the IDR is as different from Kuala Lumpur as it is possible to be.
Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur has absolutely nothing to offer in either efficiency or integrity. Again, do not take my word for it; ask the long-suffering taxpayers of Kuala Lumpur. Monkeys run the show.
We have the great fortune of starting from scratch, from the ground up, and we have the biggest advantage of all: The lessons we can learn from Hong Kong and Singapore on what makes them tick as the preferred business destinations of East Asia and the Pacific.
No shame in learning from two "little red dots" which, in my book, are truly "islands of integrity".
In summary, therefore, do not put crooks in charge, so that good governance can take root to make the IDR shine even brighter than Hong Kong and Singapore and while we are in a dreaming mood, why not throw in Dubai for good measure?
We are entitled to our dreams. This is Malaysia, after all. Its Bumi monkey business.
* Tunku Abdul Aziz is a former special adviser to the UN secretary-general on Ethics. *
eh sometimes berterusterang is not agood policy.
ReplyDeleteIgnorance is NOT bliss.
ReplyDeleteThe country falls behind for very obvious reasons...
Dont be afraid of constructive critism and progess, Malaysians!
'Tidak Apa' attitude makes us lose in global competition in every sense of the word.
Face the facts!
Refer Publication : MALAYS FORGET EASILY
ReplyDeleteIn MALAYS FORGET EASILY, Dr Mahathir Mohamad speaks his mind by imploring the Malays to overcome their weaknesses, defy stereotyping and never ever forget the history of their struggle.
In one of his bluntest wake-up calls to the Malays, Dr Mahathir drives home the fact that the Malay mindset must change to enable them to face up to the tough challenges that lie ahead. They must make an effort to be hardworking, strive hard to seek knowledge and other essential skills, and to hold on to good values in their conduct. They must never take their special rights for granted. They must discard the belief that they will always be safe and to start thinking they may no longer be protected by their special rights and privileges.
My dear beloved ppl of Malaysia... Pls wake up! If we are going to realize the Vision 2020, we need to work together. The government should change their policies towards non-Bumis... Without the non-Bumis, Malaysia is not what she is today. Please be considerable.
ReplyDeleteTake Kuala Lumpur for example. OK, the Chinese is brought in here to work as slaves at first. Sure, that's a fact no one can deny... But without Yap Ah Loy there will not be a Kuala Lumpur today. It's the Chinese's effort on building a good ground base for it to be the Kuala Lumpur today. The chinese works together with other races to build this country. The Malay needs the help from Chinese. The Chinese needs the help from the Indians and so on.... we had been living together for more than 50 years now. Why is the non-Bumis are treated unfair?
Together we can conquer any possibility. The Chinese work hard for this country and they deserve an equal treatment... Please look back at the 1992 Thomas Cup squad. The Chinese help Malaysia retain the Thomas Cup back after so many years.... together we stand strong... but we need support. They government is not taking good care of those non-Bumis.... are those Bumis ever notice about that? Do you not care for your Chinese or Indian friends?
Look at out "Harimau Malaya" football squad in the 80s... it is comprise of different races. We got Mokthar Dahari, Soh Chin Aun, Sheby Singh and so on.... With their help we are the strongest in the SE Asia back then. No look at the Malaysia's football squad today. We had been a laughing stock for the whole wide world. We are the only host that failed to score a point out of the Asian Cup tournament. How embarrassing.
Don't ever chase them back to their own country... if all the Chinese go back to China and all the Indians go back to India, this will not be Malaysia. They help build the country and the Bumis can "kacang lupakan kulit" about their effort. Please wake up!!!
Religions are the problems. They should be banned, removed, deleted, bleached, and flushed off Planet Earth. Then Human has a chance to develop a global community and live happily together.
ReplyDeleteEvery single person and soul is entitlement to have their own beliefs. Just as long as we keep it as our personal beliefs and not some God damn right to discriminate against another. This has nothing to do with religion.
ReplyDeleteIt has to do with the mindset of the people. Time for a awakening.
Just read n listen to what u guys have been saying.
ReplyDeleteThere are probably all of 3 of you who can write in anything that passes as English. You guys think Malaysia has some God given right to survive in this world? That's just dandy!!! The govt has managed to blind all of u while it is systematically robbing the system.
The only way forward is meritocracy. Which unfortunately means some of u lazy bums (and u know who u r) need to get your arses in gear. No more handouts, everyone competes on a level playing field. Oh how painful that will be to watch hahaha. Don't worry, fear not. It is so far from reality that I dare say it will never happen. Malaysians will never have the courage to abandon ridiculous policies that favour one segment of society over the rest. The favours doled out to that segment are diametrically opposite to their contributions (if it can even be in the plural) to the economy of the country, which just means that they will have to get lazier than they already are to get more from the govt hahaha. Which is just as well, becos it just ensures that Malaysia stays behind the global curve, which means less competition for the rest of the region.
You guys probably win hands down on number of Protons. Thats progress!!! Whoooppeeeee!!! Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Corporate chiefs from Malaysia's ethnic Chinese minority made a rare plea for racial fairness Monday, urging the government to ensure its economic policies benefit every ethnic community and not just the majority Malays.
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The call by Malaysia's main ethnic Chinese trade coalition, which represents 28,000 businesses, touches on one of this multiracial country's most sensitive subjects -- affirmative action programs geared at helping the ethnic Malay majority catch up with the more prosperous Chinese by allowing them advantages in education, housing, bank loans, government jobs and contracts.
"We must also allow other races to have opportunities to perform," said William Cheng, president of The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia, or ACCCIM.
Minority Chinese and Indians have occasionally called for such policies to be reviewed. But Malay leaders, who hold political power, have repeatedly defended the decades-old privileges as necessary to curb Malay poverty and warned minorities not to question them, insisting that too much public debate could hurt stability.
ACCCIM released internal survey results Monday that showed 39 percent of 256 of its members cited "government policies" as a factor that adversely affects business performance.
ACCCIM officials said the members were mainly referring to red tape that often delays construction projects and other initiatives, but they acknowledged that affirmative action policies were also causing concerns.
"We don't (oppose) the government helping the poor, but when (the poor can) stand up already, then we must let them freely compete," Cheng told a news conference.
Many analysts say that the objective of the affirmative action policy has already been met and that the Malays hold a substantial amount of national wealth. The government denies that with both sides providing conflicting statistics to make their case.
Cheng stopped short of asking the government to review its policies, stressing that "if we go into detail, we're going to quarrel."
Malays comprise about 60 percent of Malaysia's 26 million people. Chinese form 25 percent, Indians nearly 10 percent and the rest belong to other minorities. The ethnic communities have coexisted peacefully since racial riots in 1969 sparked by Malay frustration over the Chinese's wealth left at least 200 people dead.
Politics is dirty.
ReplyDeleteSo, know who you vote for the coming elections...
We all want a better Malaysia!
Religion is not the problem people are. Not sure why the song created such an uproar if it is without substance. Kudos to Namewee, displaying such courage, shame to the rest of us for waiting for someone like him to show up. National song is a song after all.
ReplyDeleteIf someone from Malaysia approaches the podium for the gold medal, would the paper report; "A Malay Malaysian, or a Chinese Malaysian or a Indian Malaysian .."
Or should it say; historical moment for the proud Malaysian.?
So with this laughable episode unfold over Malaysia's rapper song, should all Malaysians give out the right of speech and expression to protect the racial and religions "stupid sensitivities"?
ReplyDeleteStupid Sensitivities?
ReplyDeleteWhen you're not affected by Religious or Racial discriminaton, you wont be labelling it as 'stupid' Sensitivities.
They affect the very people who live in this country. The views are expressed and heard. Trouble is, they prefer to live in the luxury of government spoon feeding.
And why not, people who make insensitive remarks - arent affected anyway...
this is an example of new communism in this country and this region. namewee is bustard communist asshole .. never you there come back here we will arrange for 'potong kepala' ceremony for you... using your head namewee!
ReplyDeleteyou thing you save 'there'? never try come back here!
ReplyDeleteThe two comments above is exactly the reason why there is no true democracy in this country. To begin with, the commentor made shallow remarks without fully comprehending the contents of the whole episod.
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Syabas to you. Have you read the whole blogger's inputs or you're just instigating hate and fear for everybody else? So much for peace loving, polite, tolerant people of Malaysia!
The problem remains, irregardless of your clueless, pointless idiotic and foolish remarks. I wonder how it helped. 'Backward' mentality is something we are not looking for and need to do away with.
I applaud Namewee's courage on expressing the truth. Truth hurts but truth prevails!
Oh Goodness, look at how Syed Hamid Albar bullshits and lies thru' his teeth when approach with the truth by BBC Commenter.
ReplyDeleteThe event that was supposed to be televised on Astro Channel 93 and somehow "disappeared" can be found on youtube by clicking on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1ixwn3Isw
Altogether there are 4 parts to it.
14/09: Syed Hamid Albar Fumbles and Bungles by Old Sea Dog
Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar was grilled last night, Thursday, September 13, 2007, on BBC's HardTalk over many issues in Malaysia. To Malaysians listening to Syed Hamid's 'Malay' English, it was obvious that Syed Hamid fumbled and bungled his way through the half-hour session.
But to non-Malaysian viewers, Syed Hamid was totally incoherent - his 'Malay' English had no grammar or properly constructed sentences. Hamid's incapacity to be coherent in the English language was underlined by his frequent mentioning of 'we have to do things our way'. 'Our way' was plenty obvious to everyone including foreign investors who Syed Hamid said he did not really care about. According to him, if one fund manager pulled out of Malaysia, ten more were still around. Well said Dato. You are such a conquering hero.
As to the question of racial inequality in higher education, Syed Hamid should have just said that non-Malay university graduates outnumber Malays by a factor of say 4 to 1 (these numbers are not accurate) at the private universities whereas Malay graduates at Government universities outnumber non-Malays by a factor of about 90 to 1. However, since there are only 20 Government universities and over 1500 private universities and colleges, the total number of non Malay university graduates each year is still more than the number of Malay graduates. Instead, he mumbled and fumbled something which I cannot really recall.
But this is Malaysia. The Minister gallantly walks into a major media interview without being properly prepared for the questions - knowing that he will still secure the two-thirds majority at the next general elections. This is also Malaysia where the Minister of Foreign Affairs answers questions about education and religion. There was not even one question put to him about Foreign Affairs. Surely Hamid must have been briefed about the angle of the interview yet he went in fully unprepared.
When it came to religion the Minister lied through his teeth. Before he lied he did mention that Islam was like a 'tribe'. He said that in this tribe there were tribal customs to be observed. One could not just get up and leave the tribe without observing the tribal laws. That was why Revathi was jailed for six months. It's all just a tribal custom.
But isn't it so, Dato, that after human beings got out of tribal behaviour we started calling ourselves 'civilised'? In fact, wasn't it one of the major successes of Islam that the Arab desert tribes stopped being the 'kabilah-kabilah badawi jahiliyah' or 'jahiliyah bedouin' tribes and started calling themselves Muslims instead?
Then the Minister lied. He said that nothing is stopping Lina Joy from changing her religion. She can change her religion anytime she wants to. But she cannot change her name on her identity card. According to Syed Hamid, every Malaysian 'is born with an identity card'. I thought ICs are issued when you become 12 years old. This is a purely nonsensical, fictitious and lying statement.
Chinese and Indians can change their names and religions anytime they want. They can move from Hinduism to Christianity to Buddhism to Sikhism to Islam anytime they want. Baljit Singh Joginder can become BJ Dave. Then BJ Dave can become Dato Sultan Chandra Muzaffar Shah or whatever. There are no tribal laws to observe when a Sikh leaves sikhism to become really sick.
All in, the overweight and paunchy looking Syed Hamid completely fumbled his way through the BBC interview. It was an embarrassment for all Malaysians. Of course those people who speak English like Syed Hamid will not know the difference. Relak aje brader. Eh what talking you, no?
Kalau tak reti nak cakap orang putih, elok jangan cakap saja Dato. Kita belum sentuh lagi pasal syarak hukum orang murtad. Bab itu belum settle lagi, ada banyak pendapat. Mufti Perlis cakap lain, Sheikh Al Azhar cakap lain, JAKIM cakap kut buntot.
Relak aje.
Failing Malaysian varsities
ReplyDeleteSim Kwang Yang
Sep 22, 07 11:45am
SIM KWANG YANG was DAP MP for Bandar Kuching in Sarawak 1982-1995. Since retiring in 1995, he has become a freelance writer in the Chinese-language press, and taught philosophy in a local college for three years.
He is now working with an NGO in Kuala Lumpur, the Omnicron Learning Circle, which is aimed at continuing learning for working adults and college students. Suggestions and feedback can reach him at: kenyalang578@hotmail.com .
'An Examined Life' appears in Malaysiakini every Saturday.
In the last years of his tenure as prime minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad must have realised that there is such a thing as too much nationalism. Without nationwide consultation, without any penetrating studies by experts, and certainly without seeking opinions from parents, teachers, and students, his government decreed overnight that Math and Science must be taught in English.
Not a note of protest was heard from the Malay teachers association, and other usually irascible Malay nationalist bodies.
The move was an open admission that the exclusive emphasis on Bahasa Malaysia in schools and universities has failed to produce globally competitive human resources. Dr M may have been a giant figure in the short history of Malaysia, and has been instrumental in shaping the political landscape of our country. But his brand of Malay nationalism in the matter of the national language has victimised many generations of young Malaysians in developing their potentials in more ways than one.
The first casualty of this language policy has been the academic standard of our local universities. In the 80s, I used to be invited to student forums in local universities, in my capacity as an opposition MP. Representatives from other political parties were also invited, bit it seemed these talks generally degenerated into a BN bashing session by students of all races.
After one such session, the moderator of the talk who happened to be the dean of one faculty told me aside on the quiet that the performance of his students had declined over the years, partly because they were illiterate in English and could not read international journals and reference books.
(He also told me that he and other university lecturers were compelled to mark the students on a curve, so that those Malay students who failed will be given a pass mark anyway! But that is an open secret.)
Publish or perish
Those who are acquainted with the unwritten rules of the academia know that academic standard is subject to international scrutiny. An academician has to publish or perish. It is very difficult for a professor to obtain the security of tenure if his original composition or research findings are not published in prestigious international journals. Better still, he can publish an authoritative book, which soon becomes a best seller and a university text book everywhere.
The idea is that one of the essential roles of the university is the production of new knowledge through research. The findings of research must then be published to allow the world academic community to test and evaluate the research results. Only when it is so verified can the new theory or findings be accepted as orthodox truth.
Naturally, students - especially those in senior years and in graduate programmes (or "post-graduate" programmes, as they are called in British universities) – must refer to an enormous amount of journals, reference books, and related research materials, in order to master their area of specialisation.
Invariably, their thesis must contain a great number of quotations from authoritative sources, footnotes, and a lengthy bibliography. In conclusion, the thesis writer is supposed to come to his own theory or perspective, by engaging himself in a debate with all the authorities, and synthesising all contentious stands into a harmonious view entirely his own.
Then, the graduate is qualified to pursue an academic career, as a professor, an assistant professor, or a humble lecturer. This is that original signification of the term "professor", as one who professes his own theory through some kind of publication. His academic worth is often determined by how often he is quoted by other books and publication. The standing of a university is also determined partly by how many such professors they have on their faculty.
Though I do not have the figures, I suspect that most academic and professional journals in the world are published in English. If our universities are such that English literacy is lacking, we will be producing graduates who are intellectually like frogs under the coconut shell, no matter how fluent they are in the national language.
Perhaps the problem lies with the philosophy of education determined by the government in the first place.
Academic freedom
The idea of the Western university evolved very much after the model of Plato's Academy. Plato's model was shaped very much by his philosophy of searching for truth and knowledge as its own end, and not as a means to an end. It was meant to be a community of scholars living in close proximity, a refuge free from the power play of the outside world.
Plato's Academy continued in Europe even after the fall of Athens at the hands of Alexander the Great from Macedonia and the rise of the Roman Empire later. The last Academy was finally closed down by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in AD 529 because of religious bigotry on his part.
That is why an institution of higher learning has to enjoy academic freedom, because without the freedom of thought and speech, there can never be truth with a capital "T".
Thirty years ago, I did study philosophy in a small university, the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Unlike Malaysia, the Winnipeg university came under the purview, and was funded by the provincial government of Manitoba. The unranked university was administered by a University Senate made up almost entirely of faculty members, and 12 student representatives. I served as a student senator for a couple of years, sitting on several committees like the one in charge of admission of foreign students.
Many of those liberal arts colleges and universities in the West are run on the assumption that the most important people in a higher institution of learning are the teachers and the students, and they should be given a big say in all things in the administration of the campus.
One year, the provincial government of Manitoba proposed a raise in tuition fees. The student union organised a demonstration, marching down from the campus to the state legislature downtown peacefully in protest, with professors marching with them in support. The proposal was withdrawn. If such a march happens in Malaysia, the police, the FRU, and the water cannons will arrive in full force to quash the "riot"!
The comparison may not be all that fair. As an important institution, like all other political, social and economic institutions, the university takes even centuries to mature. We are but a young nation on the world stage.
I can actually understand how, during the early uncertain years of independence, the university was seen as a powerful political tool for nation building. Much stock was placed on the university as a symbol of independence. Since education tends to be the quickest way towards social upward mobility, the eradication of poverty and the lifting of the socio-economic position of the Malays and other native communities must indeed depend on a tilted policy on university education.
Nearly half a century of experiment with our own tertiary education later, in the context of a rapidly changing world, the glaring negative impacts of our university education are legion.
Send them overseas
Naturally, in all universities, you get the small percentage of the cream of the crop who would do well anywhere in the world. The bulk of the university student population though are just glorified super secondary scholars in terms of their intellectual achievement.
(I had the chance to interview some graduates who were certified to teach English as a second language. Upon my request, they could not name even one prominent writer of English literature!)
What ails our universities is more than evident when it comes to the employability of their products. Tens of thousands of fresh graduates cannot find a decent job after graduation. They have to be re-trained at great public expense in order for them to find their place in society. If you ask me, it is this training mentality that forms the bedrock of our philosophy of education which stunt students' growth.
Finally, the government is making some noise about creating "apex universities". There is some welcome talk about academic freedom, financial independence, and campus autonomy. So far, what little public discussion there is on the proposal borders on the superficial. We are indeed a Third-world nation. But the discussion is better late and superficial than never.
Blame me for being pessimistic, negative, and cynical. As long as Umno is in power, and they seem determined to do so for the next half century, no meaningful reform on our tertiary education system will arrive at our shores. There will be too much politics and too much vested interests in the way of moving our nation forward in matters of education. All this talk about making Malaysia the educational hub of the region is only marketing language to be taken with a giant block of salt.
My advice for my friends who have children contemplating university education has always been this: send them overseas!
THE MALAYSIAN MALAY
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Dear Editor,
As you know, I am an avid watcher of Malaysian affairs. I must confess that lately, Malaysia appears to be failing. Not a day passes by without more events that clearly highlight Malaysia 's race-religion fault-line. If things keep going this way, I fear for Malaysia 's future.
Today, schools in Singapore celebrate Racial Harmony Day. I can visibly see the joy in the children's faces as they wear their ethnic costumes and have fun together at school. But in Malaysia - even the right to choose a religion has become a sensitive, national issue. No doubt, there are many in Malaysia who hate my liberal views on Islam, family included. But I will say what I must say openly. I have come to the conclusion that Malaysia cannot progress any further without first addressing fundamental questions regarding its identity and soul.
I remember the days when we can laugh at Lat's cartoons on everyday Malaysian life. But sadly, the Islamic tide has polarised Malaysians. Some people ask why I should bother about Malaysian affairs since I am a Singaporean. May I remind Malaysians that it was Tan Siew Sin who once said that Singapore and Malaysia are Siamese Twins. Should Malaysia go down - it would hurt the region tremendously. Especially Singapore .
Where do you think Malay apostates would head for if Lina Joy loses her case? Singapore of course! I find the Malaysian Malay to be very under-exposed. For them, it's all Islam and the NEP and everything under the sun would sort itself out. I am sorry to say this - but Islam and the NEP may be the cause of the undoing of the Malaysian Malay.
There is nothing wrong with religion or affirmative action. But, like everything else in life, they must be taken in moderation and with a pinch of salt. A little doubt is good. Unfortunately in Malaysia , emotions over Islam have overcome reason. What we see today is the result of the NEP and Islamisation policies of the past thirty years or so.
No one owes Malaysian Malays a living. Let me assure you that should Malaysia fail - the Malaysian Malay will suffer enormously. And rightly so. After all - they have been pampered with all sorts of goodies over the years. They cannot now expect more goodies. Perhaps the day of reckoning for them, is near. Whatever it is, Malaysia had better wake up to the realities around her. The globalised world of the 21st century has no NEP to offer the Malaysian Malay. And humans cannot live by religion alone.
Regards,
Dr Syed Alwi
Executed?? Thats pretty sad.. whats the use of that.. Malaysia is not a third world country. Hopefully we wont regress ...
ReplyDeleteLess arguing and maybe a more positive reaction to namewee's criticisms would definitely bring our country together.
The more action the government will take the more discomfort it will stir in the government..
So what if he said something bad?
but the harsher the punishment the more insecurities the government actually portrays from getting aggravated easily from some teen's rap video's comments on how the malaysian government is run.
just going to make students not want to come back to malaysia= brain drain = leads to less growth= leads to less development= leads to even more corruption= harder for malaysia to develop..
In 2004, Morgan Stanley issued a report that estimated that over 100Billion US Dollars (360 Billion Ringgit) had been lost to Malay patronage in the 20 years preceding 2003. (1984 to 2003) One economist estimates that in the 36 years of its' existence, the NEP has been used to channel over ONE TRILLION RINGGIT to the Malay community through ASN, ASB and other related Govt policies.
ReplyDeleteSince 1970, the Govt has used the NEP to divert education, employment and every other conceivable benefit to the Malays. These measures have largely been successful with all the top posts in GLCs, Government, Universities, Public listed companies and practically every single area that the Govt has any control over being reserved for one race. No company may be listed with a lower than 30% Bumi equity but there is absolutely no problem if it is otherwise. Some industries have a mandatory 51% Bumi ownership and some industries are reserved exclusively for them. Petronas for example only employs Malays for it's top managerial and executive positions and awards contracts only to Malays.
ALL Govt and Municipal contracts are reserved to class "F" Bumi contractors. All the proposed projects under the 9th Malaysia Plan thus far are reserved for 100% Bumi owned companies. Even open tender projects are awarded to Malays even if their prices are higher with blatantly inferior materials. Micro business loans, business licenses, discounts on property purchases, new Govt employment, EVEN LICENSES FOR HAWKER STALLS are reserved for one race. The list goes on and on but the summary is that the Malays now believes undoubtedly that he is racially privileged and it is their right ASLI's figures of 45% are opposed to the Govt's 18.9% because, firstly, equity value is calculated at par value. For example, if you hold 1,000 Maxis shares of RM 5/- market value each, the Govt says that it is only worth RM 250.00 as these shares have a par value of 25 cents each. If you owned a company with a paid up value of RM 2/- but conducted business worth millions of Ringgit worth of transactions, the Govt values that company at RM 2/-.
The chief setbacks of the abuses of the NEP are rampant corruption and > cronyism, worsening racial polarization, unrelenting brain drains, warped educational system, thwarted economic competitiveness, ineffectual bureaucracy, retarded economic growth and perverted social values. Such anachronistic and regressive policy has no place in the present globalizing world, and for that matter, in any civilized society.
PM Badawi recently intensified the imprint of the perverted NEP philosophy by prohibiting inter-religious and inter-racial discourse which would otherwise have contributed to greater understanding and harmony among the races. Consider the hegemony this has created……..
The Jasin MP's saga of cheating millions from Customs over timber imports went unpunished. APs are reserved for Bumis only and despite the millions that each of them make year after year, a senator's son has the audacity to clone the APs several times and the whole thing gets swept under the carpet. A Port Klang councilor buys a 43,000 sq ft plot of land set aside for low cost housing valued at 1.8 million Ringgit for 180k and builds a palace without any approval. He gets fined RM 5,000 and still has 30 days from today to submit his building plans. Yesterday, despite all the bad press this issue got, the Selangor state Govt confirms his position and that of his son and daughter in law as councilors. The message is clear. Power has shifted from the people to the executive.
The whole issue of Bumi chauvinism started at last year's UMNO assembly when the very very vocal UMNO Youth leaders stated in short that "It's our turn to be rich." This greed is not going to end. We as a nation of loyal citizens have to put a dent into this rubbish for the sake of our children.
We don't need a change in Govt. We need a stronger opposition. We need to send a message to the powers that be that we will not accept second class status for our children.
Jus Soli!
ReplyDelete"Jus soli (Latin for "right of the soil" or, somewhat figuratively, "right of the territory"), or birthright citizenship, is a right by which nationality or citizenship can be recognised to any individual born in the territory of the related state" - wikipedia.
Not just citizenship - equal rights! Malays were not the first people to inhabit Malaysia, so why are they considered the dominant people group, because of numbers? The Chinese and Indians as well as every other ethnic group that have toiled in this nation for GENERATIONS, deserve live as equals.
WE ARE ALL MALAYSIANS!
If i want to set up a satay store in Malaysia, i prefer to cook it with propane gas rather than charcoal, is that mean i disrespect our national heritage by using a much efficient method, and should be charged for sedition ? honorable Datok Wee!!!
ReplyDeletei just wonder, if we the non-bumi don't like malaysia have to complaining & blaming.
ReplyDeletewe just can migrate to other country or just 'back' to where our grand parent come from.
Why must we making chaos is malaysia???
Can't you differentiate 'national song' with charcoal??
it's two BIG different things