looks like fire flies eh? actually, its the light from the handphones. taken during justin's performance..
posted by cider at 1:39 AM
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006
looks like fire flies eh? actually, its the light from the handphones. taken during justin's performance..
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Malaysia export electronic goods, furniture, oil, palm oil, rubber, textile, timber……….and multi-lingual human talents.
There is nothing wrong with those who choose to stay overseas. As highlighted in my view, even my best mate and the best man for my wedding has sown roots in Singapore - I definitely don't "begrudge" him for that.
To me, do not begrudge them who are justly reaping the fruit of their hard labour and paying back a debt to the hand which fed them. It is very difficult to continue to love your motherland which does not love you in return.
There is nothing wrong with having different philosophies in life and taking the route that best fit those philosophies.
And what facilities (hardware and software) do we have to offer? Besides, what financial package could local varsities offer? Last but not least, the factor of critical mass. Can some one find the like-minded colleague to pursue what he is researching right now?
To some up the things, the affirmative policies should go. However it won't take place very soon or even be forever.
I have heard those "Malaysia Truly Asia" commercials on CNN over and over. I always felt the slogan was rather fishy. But you have supplied important details about matters that I only had a vague awareness of.
Why don't you do something to challenge the slogan? After all, Malaysia is discriminating against people of the two main nations in Asia, China and India. How dare the Malaysia government claim to represent the true Asia?
There is a theory say that Malaysia may suffer in 50 years time because all the best brains will leave the country once and for all because of the affirmative policies. Brain drain still takes place even today and tomorrow, and forever as long as the government protect particular race and particular industry.
If the theory is correct (time will tell), then the so-called world class universities will stay as dream forever. To be world class, there should be 100% open policy with fair play field.
Bolehland is still in denial syndrome.
The existing government of Malaysia, seriously hasn't an inkling what depths we as a country, has plunged in educational standards, from pre-school to tertiary levels.
Or maybe, the powers-that-be do in fact know, but are completely bankrupt of ideas on what must be done to climb back out of this bottomless hole, and what they are lip-preaching is just so that they will continue their jobs, and hand the reins of a near-death nation to the next unfortunate successor.
Don't waste your time and ours. As long as your administrators, students, and teaching staffs that are chosen based on colors and religions, and not based on merits and performances, there is no way they can even be in the top 100.
Just have a look at the qualifications of all your politicians as compared to those of Singapore. Even our prime minister has no credible qualification except being a crony of Mahathir.
What is the important of building university which is not recognised by neighbouring country, i.e. Singapore!
Talk is cheap. What are the ministers strategies to make our world class universities? If you admit mediocre malay students to fill quotas, insist on having a malays as the VC and promote lecturers based on skin color rather than ability, there is no way we can move even one notch up the ranking ladder.
For a change, put a Chinese or an Indian as the VC, that is if the minister is sincere in bringing about change, I am sure there will be progress. Most importantly, bar Umno politicians from interfering in university affairs.
This is a gigantic asking. Just dream on, man……….Pray more, you may get money but not world class universities!
All talk only but in reality can't achieve. It needs patient and understanding on the education systems. The proper guideline and implementations. Not easy to do. Talk can. To do it cannot.
Sadly it seems to be that the best education system Malaysia has ever had was under the British time. Since then it has gone downhill until where it is today. Malaysia is not famous for raising standards, but for lowering standards incessantly. Now 15 A1s is nothing but rote learning bookworm.
What else have we got to lose? We are almost at the bottom and dropping, and the only way to go is up. If you have children planning university education, start looking elsewhere.
Save money if we have and send our children overseas, just like Mahathir and all our ministers have done for their children.
First of all, are we (the non-malays, that is) really to believe that the government will abolish or tone down the New Economic Policy in the near future? We must be realistic, if you have the right to buy a property at a discount and have scholarships for your children, would you let go of these rights?
With Chinese population dwindling in Malaysia, what needs to be done depends on the Chinese themselves.
There is nothing wrong with the brain drain. In fact, we should encourage our children to move to Singapore, Taiwan, China etc, if we disagree with Malaysian government policies that are based on race and religion.
When it comes to the matter of the dwindling number of Chinese Malaysians, we should talk about quality, not quantity.
We should resolve why the Chinese-Malaysian population is reducing. Official figures have more than one million Chinese Malaysians emigrating over the past 25 years. Why did they emigrate? I am sure the government knows.
Straight A students can't get scholarships or university places. Nothing new, it is been that way for the past 35 years. Nowadays, even enlightened malay Malaysians are speaking up on this injustice. The MCA and Gerakan? Busy making money from private colleges.
What is so great about having TAR College or Utar which took more than 35 years of begging? Why should it be so difficult to set up an independent university when we have scores of public ones?
While we push young talented people away, other countries notably Singapore, the US and Australia welcome them with open arms.
Is it logical that we drive away our young talented ones and then invite retired Mat Sallehs to live here and exploit our low-cost of living?
Singapore's success in particular owes much to these ex-Malaysians or their descendants including Hon Sui Sen, Goh Keng Swee, Goh Chok Tong, just to name a few.
About 30 percent of top management in both Singapore's government and corporate sector are ex-Malaysians. We export them so that Singapore can compete with, and then whack us.
Korea and Taiwan, both way behind us in the 70s and 80s are now way ahead. Thailand is breathing down our necks.
Sadly, there is just no integrity in the nation's leadership.
What the many stupid comments by a fourth class mentality of Malaysia ministers! Instead all this BN donkeys and monkeys as well as parrots should be grateful to us as voters to put them there in the first place.
They are matured politicians but speak like 12 years old kids……….how can this happened - are they being too free for social work? Too busy to grasp 'people money' until don't know how to think properly.
Their all childish humour is the downfall of this country. Those who have voted them are the most stupid being earth ever breed.
From those speeches by those so-called politicians who claim to work for those stupid people who voted them, it is very clear that those politicians join politics just to make money out of corruptions. Their speeches already justify that and it cannot be deny.
No surprising! I know of several ministers who are just into politics for the money and glory. It is time for all of us to rise up to the occasion and show them what people power is all about.
And the disgusting part is, they show to the public that they are really doing their jobs by inviting the press to publicize whatever small things which they do for the community, such as planting a small tree or operate a bulldozer by moving it a few feet.
Those who voted BN, where is your government during oil hike when you need them? Your BN advice is eat less and enjoy less. Petronas is making profits. Where is the money? Take a look at the leaders, big cars, big condos, big feasts and big spending.
Cabinet et al……….a bunch of hypocrites. To those who tell us to 'change our lifestyles', please walk the talk, get rid of the Perdanas, Mercedes, BMWs, and get on the LRT, commuter and buses for the rest of your natural life!
If you live in the kampung with no public transport, take the bicycle or walk! Otherwise, you have no moral authority to tell normal citizens how to live their lives! So talk to the hand because the ears are not listening!
As for Najib, how about telling your family to take the public transport for a month? Changes start from the top. Show us that you fellows can do it and not burn more holes in the national budget. Stop the tradition of utilising every cent of money available on unnecessary items.
Be thankful for what we had done - vote them again for greater corruption and higher fuel price. It is what we want - that is what we get!
3 words for the government - 'disgrace disgrace and disgrace'. 3 words for the BN voters - 'shame, shame and shame'.
In Europe, it would not take long for the people to topple the government, e.g. France. What make the ruling party so special that their interests are more important that the people of Malaysia?
Majority of the population of registered voters don't belong to any political party. Political party got no say that they represent their ethnic groups. Only handful are members and they claim that 100 percent or 90 percent has fully agreed BN plans.
As you can clearly see and if I can say so myself, majority of Malaysians want change! They are sick and tired of ministers and government officials paying lip service to their people and the respective constituents.
Those who speak out for a fairer political environment and justice in the best interest of Malaysia and its ordinary people are real courage people.
Malay special rights as interpreted and redefined by the powers that be, have to my mind gone against the spirit of the constitutional provision.
Over the years the special right provision has been abused to the very detriment of the community it was meant to help. This has been acknowledged by Dr Mahathir, our former prime minister. Clearly there has to be a reassessment on the need or relevance of such a constitutional provision.
Surely this is consonant with Islamic values, where human beings are created equal before God. Clearly, the special privileges advocates have not included a moral dimension to their argument.
Of course you find it difficult to fathom why non-malays are so opposed to the privilege you so rightfully claim. Wouldn't expect anything more from you! It is ridiculous for special rights to be based on the number of 'rich' non-malays and malays. Is that the only justification you have?
Don't get me wrong, there are some self-made malay success stories who deserve due respect and admiration. But then, if you can't succeed with all the spoon-feeding, then what can I say?
It wasn't meant to be forever. Tell me honestly, how long do you think special rights can last? Globalisation will turn Malaysia into an economic island if you start asking foreign businesses how much malay equity they have.
It is stupid to compare special rights with vernacular education. How do malays lose out by non-malays studying in their own language? On the other hand, non-malays are obviously on the losing side when affirmative action is race-based.
If after decades of special rights, the poor malays are still poor, then don't you think the system is flawed? All that has been achieved by the special rights is benefit a certain elite layer of the malay community in the name of the rest.
Why can't we just help the poor regardless of their race? That way the most deserving get assistance, and if more people from one race are more deserving, so be it. At least it is fair!
I totally disagree - Dr Mahathir was definitely wrong about spending. Mahathir's government drastically overspent during his 22 years in power. Pak Lah is now struggling to solve the problems that Mahathir left behind. He will need another few years of cutting government spending, reducing the budget deficit and finally balancing the books.
I don't think he is doing enough and I doubt he will be able to restore the economy. He lacks the courage to confront all the vested interests.
Mahathir's biggest mistake was to spend too much, and worse, to spend on the wrong things. Spending for the sake of spending is sheer wastage with little returns on investment. Examples are the Twin Towers, Proton, Perwaja, the F1 circuit, etc.
He should have spent on funding our rubber products industry, the oil palm products industry, the furniture industry, etc. Spend on things that increase our competitiveness and productivity in areas where we have a natural advantage. I hope Pak Lah does not repeat this mistake.
The person mentioned that we should be proud of the Twin Towers, signifying one of the achievements of the BN government.
Here, the Petronas Twin Towers was designed by a New York architectural firm, one of its towers was built by a Korean construction company, and the other tower simultaneously built by a Japanese construction company.
The landscape of the KLCC park was designed by a Brazil man. The elevators are supplied by an American company. Most of the workers are Indonesians and other foreigners. Now, what are we supposed to be proud of?
Is BN supporter saying that we should be proud of the BN government using Petronas money to build the towers? Isn't that sheer wastage, considering that today we are staring at rising oil prices and reduction of petrol subsidies? Is he still proud?
We must realise here the big picture that as a company, Petronas should maximise its returns on shareholders funds, unfettered with the social obligation of having to subsidise petrol users.
Petronas should be given a free hand to do their job, which is maximising return to shareholders, without any interference from the government or the prime minister. The profit it makes should be returned to all shareholders (all of us, Malaysians) in the form of dividends.
I have no beef if some or all of the dividends are given to the government on our behalf to spend on welfare, housing or cash subsidies (social welfare payments, income top-ups) for the poor, the pensioners, the low-income group and the disabled.
Most of us rightly grumble about the petrol price increase, but do we realise that our incomes could have been much higher and comparable with Singapore and other western countries if we didn't waste our precious resources on mega-projects to line the pocket of cronies?
The duty of the government and the civil servants is to serve the people and do what is in the best interest of its citizens.
Bravo to who rightly argued that petrol subsidy is classified as consumption and we should spend more money on education and health, which could be classified as investment in our future.
Just don't ask the professionals to come back and say that Malaysia is home country since we are just - penumpang.
Nice speech there……….Did Singapore pay you for that? Because you are encouraging people to go to Singapore and never look back.
You will see an exodus of people going to Singapore and Singapore will thank Malaysia for being the surrogate mother for 12 years (free education from Standard 1 - Form 6).
Managing Singapore is easy? You must be kidding me. Try to read up on the history of Singapore when they first leave Malaysia to go their own way with no signposts to their next destination.
Singapore is not a natural country, but man-made, a trading post the British has developed into a nodal point in their worldwide maritime empire - they inherited the island without its hinterland, like a heart without a body. Don't get me? Ok.
They had to build up an army from scratch, and the British had made no offer to help. They need to prevent massive unemployment when British wanted to pull out. No financial centre at the beginning, messed up the general election, the communist self-destruct was even scary……….
My history probably get the facts wrong, but what I know is that the Singapore we see today - shining, rich and modern was a poor, decrepit, colony once.
The Chinese and Indians have been in Malaysia for more than a hundred years and still some people think they are second class immigrants, not even full fledged citizens.
Let me ask you a question. If you say that the other races are second class, why collect the same amount of taxes from them? Why not has a separate taxing system for the different races? If a race contributes more to the country income, I can understand if the government decides to give that race special rights and privileges.
Otherwise, it is a silly policy that will make us lose out in the global competitive environment. How do you compete with another country, say Singapore, when you have a steady decline of human resources (the educated and technical population) to the other country? Singapore become first world within one generation. Where are we now?
It seems that they are contented by the fact that we are the leader of third world countries. Nothing to be proud of - actually - but that is their mentality……….
To be honest I rather see Malaysia economic die than see people been unequal because of their race. Most of us here are eligible to vote so say no to Umno and their BN bullshit. MCA, MIC are Umno's puppet.
I wish the pro-malay special rights people could step into a non-malay shoe for one day and taste life in Malaysia.
Show me a malay who has more than 9 A1s in SPM who was turned away in his application for scholarship, and I will show you 20 non-malays in the same situation.
I will just leave. Sooner or later, they are going to realize the massive brain drain - in fact they already have.
As a post-independence-born Malaysian, I would like to offer my thoughts on Article 153 of the federal constitution which mentions the special position of the malays. Please note that there is no mention of the words 'special rights' or 'special privileges' in the constitution.
For too long, there has been a lack of understanding of what our forefathers had in mind when they included this clause in our much talked about social contract. To gain a better understanding, let us take a trip back in time to1957 to actually visualise the scene then.
In a scenario where the immigrant Chinese and Indians were seeking citizenship rights in Malaysia, it is reasonable to presume that they would have had to understand and acknowledge the difficulties faced by the majority malays.
And this is where the meaning of the words 'special position' comes into focus. What did our forefathers mean by the special position of the malays? Did they mean that the malays would enjoy a higher status than all the other races? Did they mean that the malays would have special rights and privileges in perpetuity?
If this is what our forefathers had intended, then our constitution would have mentioned this specifically. However, the constitution or social contract does not say so.
What then, could the words 'special position' mean? It is reasonable to infer that our forefathers were concerned first by the fact that the malays were left behind economically despite being the indigenous majority in the country.
Secondly, they were concerned by the fact that, despite being immigrants, the Chinese and a small segment of the Indian community were relatively much better off.
The clause was therefore more so of an acknowledgment by the non-malays of the disadvantageous economic situation of the malays. The consideration given by the former to the latter when entering into the social contract for citizenship rights was to agree to provide some measure of support for the malays to improve their economic standing.
If our forefathers had meant for these preferences to last in perpetuity, then there would not have been a request for a review in 15 years.
When I see the compulsory requirement for non-malay companies to hand over a certain portion of their equity to the malays for no input at all, I am tempted to ask: Is this what our forefathers had in mind? I can go on listing the abuses forever because there are plenty of them.
It is intriguing to hear senior BN and Umno leaders repeatedly asking the people to adhere to the social contract. What contract they are referring to? It cannot be the federal constitution. It is most probably some contract that they have entered into unilaterally without the agreement of the non-malays.
So it seems to be incorrect to firstly equate the words 'special position' with 'special rights and privileges'. Secondly, it also seems incorrect to suggest that the malays have special rights and privileges in perpetuity and, therefore, that they have a higher status than everyone else.
The non-malays only agreed to allow them preferences over the others for a finite period of time. It has now been almost 50 years since independent but has such a meaningful review of those preferences taken place at all? Absolutely not.
In fact what has happened is that successive BN governments, dominated by Umno, and especially after the 1969 tragedy, have taken the liberty to very liberally interpret Article 153. This has led to the wholesale abuse of the consideration provided by the non-malays in 1957 for their citizenship rights.
It seems to me that the real social contract of 1957 was torn up long ago by the BN government with the way in which the NEP was implemented from the 1970s onwards.
To me, the real social contract of 1957 has long been dead. I hope the day will come when the people of Malaysia in the true independent spirit will make it live again.
Then perhaps, we would not have to spend hundreds of millions of ringgit on nonsensical projects like the National Service to inculcate unity amongst the races.
It disgusts me that even I, a 23 years old, can see the folly of his words.
It is obvious that his mind atrophied around the age of 10, and is only capable of repetition of the same fascist propaganda then he seems so capable of.
We, the minority, do not give up as easily as you seem to feel we should. We will fight for our rights, as we are also citizens and members of Malaysia, and should, in fact, be allowed to stand on level ground with the "bumis".
In fact, when literally translated, the princes of the earth are hardly the indigenous people of this land. How can you ask us to leave if we dislike the political situation in this country? Do you think you should leave if the Orang Asli wish it so?
It is absurd to think that we should leave if we dislike the situation. It is an infantile idea to begin with. If you do not like the way your father behaves, should you run away from home? Or should you try to get him to better his ways for the benefit of the while family?
It is pointless to debate that the "ingrates" should leave if we "want to". We do not want to, which is the whole basis of multitude of comments flooding this comment page in the first place. Is it really that hard to understand that we are not going to give up so easily?
We aren't like the majority of the race (i.e. you) who depend on crutches to help us through our lives. We have had to be independent and self-reliant from the very beginning, as the government is obviously not going to extend a helping hand to a non-malay very easily.
The reason the young aren't interested in getting involved is that we already suspect that there is hardly any hope for redemption for this country, especially with racial elitists in this country and government like malay racist.
He insults and defiles forum based on the fact that he makes racist-based remarks, but he already shows his true hypocritical personality by his screen name.
It is embarrassing to realise that he as an obviously well-educated person, cannot even seem to understand the fact that differing points of view exist, even when concerning the same exact situation. It is studied in the first chapter of history, damn it.
Not one single person who commented on this pig, requested any of the things you believe that the minority want. We do not want a 90% quota in tertiary institutions for the non-minority, as that is a sidelining of the malays, the majority. We do not want the power to be shifted over to the minority, we want an equal share between all the races of Malaysia, which is what this country so proudly proclaims from its rooftops to its neighbours.
Do you honestly see an equal share of anything in this country anymore? Due to the sensitivities of certain races, many constructive views and ideas have been trusted aside merely to avoid certain "feelings" from being "perturb". Honestly, who do these people think they are?
Think before talking!
It is deeply saddening that people like you still exist in a civilised world. Do you seriously see this country being a potential competitor in the world market with mindsets that are so narrow-minded that a needle got barely slide through?
Many of the points in the above comments are practical and useful. But I doubt they will be undertaken in the near future, sadly. Does anyone seriously think differently? I doubt it.
Don't think that we, the minority, are so enshrouded in naivety that we will run away due to malays ridiculous allegations against us. We want a better place to live, and obviously there are some among us who will in fact try to the utmost extent of their capabilities for such a dream to occur.
Among them will be Chinese, Indian and Malay, and also those from the other minorities. I for one, am looking forward to that day.
Malays today are nomadic people that originated from the China as well.
The Chinese made their money before the NEP anyway. Before there was no any affirmative action. All the people like Robert Kuok and the rest of them made their money before 1957 when there was no affirmative law.
Probably it is time to take away the cane from the rich malays and give it solely to the poor ones. I am sure the nelayan and petani would appreciate the aid better.
The very reason why Malaysia has not yet to achieve a similar status like Singapore is due to the very reason that we are arguing or disputing on the malay special rights. There is just no unity among races. We manage until now is due to tolerance. And this would not get us very far.
What has become of this nation of our? Is it going to the dogs? To be fair, I don't blame it on the Pak Lah government, this all started some twenty-five years ago during Mahathir era and it has been left to rot. Twenty-two years is a long long time he ruled the country, but did he care to rectify the situation?
Umno were responsible for our Malaysia Malay, Indian and Chinese identities in their divide-and-rule policies. Racial and religious bigotry is the result of a long history of discrimination, lack of political and cultural space, and abuse of power for the non-malay Malaysians.
This nonsense and tyranny has gone on for too long. Malaysians want a clean, corruption-free, just and transparent government that ensures equal rights to all Malaysians, without the current institutionalised racism and blatant discrimination.
The New Economic Policy has degenerated into a subsidy policy and programme, benefiting a handful of Umno-members at the expense of the many bumis.
But they came across as smug, hypocritical, conceited humbugs when they lectured the people about the need to be weaned from the subsidy mentality - when they are not prepared to set an example of eradicating such a subsidy mindset in the first place
Without accountability and transparency, the record of the use of the Petronas hundreds of billions of ringgit to bail out mega-financial scandals like the repeated Bank Bumi rescues, Malaysian International Shipping Corporation and Renong, and to fund mega-projects like Twin Towers, Proton, Formula 1 Circuit, and Dayabumi - the most spectacular examples of a subsidy culture and mentality - is it any wonder that the people are not convinced by the government's case for the hefty hike in fuel prices?
They were elected through the grand subsidy of the politics of money, running into hundreds of millions and even billions of ringgit, totally against the principles of free, fair and clean elections.
Malaysian students are sadly very ignorant of what is happening around them now. When I look at some of my friends in the universities now, the most they care is how can they pass in the exams and even if they are reading the newspaper, most probably they will be reading the entertainment or sports section rather than national or international news. The things that are really affecting them are ignored.
We must educate our young on the freedom of choice and he responsibility of electing a government that truly upholds and protects the freedom of all Malaysia people through the rule of law and the constitution of Malaysia.
Any government who fails to protect the constitution and the Malaysia people could be removed from government seat.
I refer to prime minister Pak Lah call to BN leaders to go on an info blitz to 'provide extensive information on the rational for the government to raise fuel prices'.
I think the prime minister should know that there will be price increases when fuel prices are raised. Most people are forced accept the multiplier effect of a fuel price increase in their daily lives.
I did not really bother about the billions of the government claims it will save in subsidies with the diesel price increase. The amount is too much for me to fathom. And I have a niggling feeling the billions will be lost somewhere in the distribution channel. And come next year, we will be no better off than from today.
Imagine our luxurious city buses, plying the streets, shaming all the best cities in the world. Nowhere in the world does a government provide such buses as public transport. Truly, we will lead the world.
In a few months, we will have so many of such luxurious buses on the road that we will certainly leave our cars at home and take the bus to work.
Then I woke up. It was just a dream.
However Pak Lah, don't waste any more of our precious and scarce money on this info blitz, please. Don't spend more time and money just talking and talking and talking……….it is time to walk the walk.
Just roll up your sleeves and get to work immediately to improve public transportation right away. In the meantime, direct your whole cabinet to use public transport on a daily basis especially areas outside of Kuala Lumpur to experience first hand what you are asking us to do.
If you all have first-hand experience of the current nightmare that is public transportation, you will be better equipped to find the right solution double quick.
If the people can be provided with a public transportation system comparable to Singapore's, I will be the first to readily and willing give up car ownership. I am sure a huge chunk of the working-class population would do so too.
We are feeding the government servants but they are now instead trying to make us look like beggars. They are supposed to serve us but now they are treating us otherwise.
What has does the government ever done properly? The roads? The public transport? The government-related services? The government hospitals? It has no respect at all for we the public, we the Malaysians.
Ordinary people like me just cannot understand why that after making profits from the global rise in petrol prices, the government cannot use this extra profit to absorb the cost of rising fuel prices.
Just look at our oil producing neighbour, Brunei. The extra profit they made because of the world oil price increase was used to continue subsidising the people. This is a noble way of a caring government.
And please prime minister, do not associate the people with the opposition whenever they criticise the government. For sure, the government is not always right. The oil belongs to all Malaysians and therefore it is appropriate for them to voice out their anger and disagreement when they see things are not being done properly.
Thank you for hearing me out Pak Lah and I hope you will give this plea due consideration.
Shames, shames, shames! We shall always remember that Malaysia citizens is the one who had established such a corrupted administration in the past 30 years from the coffee money to the cop - up to the bribery to the US administration.
So deep rooted the damage in instilling the bribery as a culture such that no wonder Pak Lah and gang find it so difficult to disentangle.
People life is getting more and more difficult and yet all the parasites and cronies still need to be fed. What country is this go? It is truly amazing to know there are so many crooks in our govt. From the very top to the very bottom there are crooks.
The sky is full of black crows and a couple of white crows if any exist, they will be pecked to death. The white crows hence have to watch their backs alertly.
Pak Lah has at times to nod his head as the saying goes, "If you can't fight them, you join them; for survival." What can we do, we taxpayers are the losers. We are advised to change our life style to suit their stupidity or rather greed.
Unfortunately, in the growing global economy, this would devolution and we'd be left far behind. We are behind already, with companies like MAS and Proton and white elephants like the crook bridge and Putrajaya.
Essentially, we have to accept that the Chinese and Indians, and even Malays, who have the opportunity to leave the country, will partly due to the government's policies. You can either change it and attempt to stem the outflow, or accept it and attempt to evolve.
Someone I know is somewhere outside London now, trying to lay the foundation for a better future. He is a Malaysian Chinese just like me. He has just relayed to me his thoughts and concerns about how this future will unfold.
I feel his anxiety, I know it. What is it about Malaysia which drives its people away, to rebuild something which has taken years to successfully create, in Malaysia?
My point? I don't know if given the current rate of development in Malaysia, there would soon be introduced malay quota for parking spaces. Or places for overseas education even. I don't know.
I often think these mongrels are capable of the most stupid and unfair policies, as decades of policies have proven. Yes, it is painful but I guess Malaysians who are tired of fighting stupid battles like these will go, to save their future generations from strives.
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