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Promoting Racism, I say
23 July 2005Recently, there’s been call, by the UMNO Youth, for the New Economic Policy (NEP) to be re-introduced as the country’s development policy. Aiz blogged about it, the Bootstrapper blogged about it, and other bloggers have also written their views about it. Since I was whining and grumbling about it when I read it on the newspapers in Ma’s office the other day, I figured why not jump on the bandwagon and blog about the issue as well!
In some people still don’t know, re-introducing the NEP means this:
1. Maintaining 30% equity ownership for the Malays;
2. Ensuring that the Malays dominate selected property sectors;
3. Doubling efforts by the Entrepreneur Development Ministry to produce quality Bumiputra entrepreneurs;
4. Adopting fresh approaches in the funding of and planning for rural areas;
5. Making sure the Key Performance Index of Government Linked Companies or privatised companies safeguard the Malay agenda;
6. Ensuring authorities responsible for awarding tenders understand their commitment and responsibility towards the Malay agenda, and
7. Creating a monitoring system to ensure a more efficient delivery system for the Malay agenda.
1. Do the Malays need help?
Yes, some of them need help. But then again, there are people of other races who are less well off and need help too. Think of the non-Malay bumiputras in East Malaysia, the Orang Aslis in West Malaysia, or the poorer Indians and Chinese Malaysians. They too, need opportunities and help, don’t they?
2. Is this the best way for the government to render aid?
If the agenda is to incite unhappiness and even anger among the other races or to regard our equally capable Malay countrymen as less able or to cultivate complacency among a group of Malaysians, then I guess… maybe. But I doubt either of the 3 options are part of the government’s agenda.
In order for Malaysia and Malaysians to progress, there has to be equal opportunities, based mainly on meritocracy. As a result, the more capable group of MALAYSIANS will rise, the less capable will work hard and strive to achieve their goals. Giving special privileges and making life easy will merely result in complacency among the privileged group and upset the rest of the community. And this, in the longrun, will not help anyone, whether they are Malays or not.
At the end of the day, I say… stop undermining the Malay community’s capability and stop trampling on the rights of the non-Malays. Help the people who need help, not the race which needs help. We’re Malaysians and should not be categorised according to our race.
Go read Aiz’s post about the NEP, pretty good stuff.
*points to previous post* Bye for now, everyone.
on July 23rd, 2005 at 12:19 pm
if u summarise the whole thing u will get 3 main points from it :
1. Our gomen is a farking RACIST!!!(they learn this from South Africa)
2. We (the other races) have been screwED for many years already.
3. Its time to flee and look for a new home elsewhere.
My other point of view, the original aborigines are not malays. They are those orang asli, the malays are conquerer, they came from sumatra & india (Parameswara story).
So the terms Bumiputera really cant be impose on them either. And you might be wondering, what they heck have they done for the aborigines huh ? treat them like us also lo!
on July 23rd, 2005 at 1:21 pm
I think the only help “we” need is a great whack on the head to tell the rest of us how catatonically stupid this law is. How the hell is anyone going to progress when everyone gets spoonfed all the time. I swear to God, at the end of it all…you people should take over Malaysia because the rest of us would be too lazy and not know what to do to do anything right.
on July 23rd, 2005 at 1:47 pm
Give a man a fish and he’ll live for the day, teach the man to fish and he’ll provide for a lifetime. Giving free handouts could defeat the purpose to develop a competitive Malay force while encouraging the thought that they cane asily obtain help from the government. Being sheilded might do more harm than good in the long run. We ask so when are the Bumiputeras consider themselves ready to face the world without aid?
on July 23rd, 2005 at 5:13 pm
Lengjai,
You have choices. Make a wise one. And I do agree that NEP can be looked as promoting racist (if you insist to see it that way). Maybe it’s time, we have to change our gomen. Vote for opposition in the next election. I know I will.
on July 23rd, 2005 at 5:37 pm
I told Hisham in my Post: Think Global, Not Local; Think Needs, Not Race!
But people still think power lies at the barrel of a gun; in Umno youth’s case — sharp and deadly point of a Keris!
on July 24th, 2005 at 12:40 am
I posted on Aiz’s post after you linked it. And on a totally unrelated note *smirk*, I’m so glad our Malaysian studies days are over. Btw, remind me to tell you something that OKH mentioned to me.
on July 24th, 2005 at 2:07 am
I’m glad our Malaysian studies days are over too… phew…
on July 24th, 2005 at 1:37 pm
Survival of the fittest. For a species to evolve into something better, there needs to be healthy competition, where you either need to excel, or become extinct.
If one is shielded and not allowed to compete, the species would never improve. You would never select for better qualities.
The irony of it is, while one politician is trying to convince everyone else of how superior or advanced one race has become (The Towering Malays, Melayu ‘Glokal’ etc), another is fighting for meritocracy to be abolished because of the ‘uneven grounds’ and that they still needed to be protected as a group.
How can our Malay friends then be expected to excel outside of our country, if they can only function in a discriminatory constitution, that simply put, is just racist?
Good example, if you check out the Star’s Global Malaysian Network and look for doctors/medical professionals in the USA, you get 34 names listed, of which only 1 is Malay. Doesn’t that tell you about the state of affairs, and how dependent people have become?
on July 25th, 2005 at 1:33 am
Check out Star’s headlines yesterday (24th July). Major case of OMGWTFBBQ!!!
on July 25th, 2005 at 1:50 am
And lengjai, I’d appreciate it if you don’t refer to us as aborigines. Bumiputeras will do.
on July 29th, 2005 at 1:35 pm
so what is the verdict?
do away with the policy?
stay with the policy?
do away with the policy regarding malays and put back earth princes/indegineous residents?
nobody is going to be truly happy…
on August 15th, 2005 at 1:06 am
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First of all, are we (the non-bumis, 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.
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on August 17th, 2005 at 11:08 am
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