I have been unhappy with my work, or company. Strange that while I’m knocking it, it’s offering me what should be viewed as a positive development – personally speaking. The big boss has just offered me a posting to an overseas unit for 2 years. I have very mixed feelings about it, because I’m in the process of considering alternatives. My Christian upbringing tells me this is more His leading than anything else. I have not done anything noteworthy to warrant this. In fact, because of my feelings, I thought I had done the bare minimum to just get by, which is another reason have not been happy. Never mind; will take a few days to chew this over.
“So, I commend the enjoyment of life.” (From the Bible – really. Eccl 8:15)
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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, China, Taiwan 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’s 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’s 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 Goh Keng Swee, Hon Sui Sen, 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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Chinese getting straight As are not allowed into universities. Not allowed civil service jobs. That is blatant discrimination.Why do you support such discrimination?Chinese Malaysians have built very successful businesses, hence they have the wealth that they have. This is not greed. They worked for what they now own.Why do you envy what does not belong to you? Is this not greed?It is quite untrue that business offers are conducted on the basis of race. Starting any business is very very hard work, but the malays did not have a hard working tradition to persevere. This is a cultural change the malays need in order to conduct businesses successfully.Armed with this knowledge, do you still insist that Chinese Malaysians are greedy, and therefore it is right for malays to take what does not belong to them?Your perception of business in Malaysia has got to be wrong.Most goods and services can be conducted in open markets, and there is no particular reason to single out malays so that Chinese businessmen should swindle them. There are lots of swindlers in business so it is not just malays who get swindled.Successful businessmen depend on providing real benefits to customers and partners so that it is worthwhile for them to do business again and again to both parties benefit. It is only when customers also get rich that businesses can grow.The discrimination against Chinese, Indians and other peoples cannot be tolerated in the modern world. Countries that do this will face long-term decline.Hard working people are not greedy as you accuse them. They are hard working because they have a mission in life to prosper, to give offspring a good chance in life to live to the full, to contribute their talents to the betterment of society……….This is not greed.Whereas, envy of others wealth and taking what they have not worked for is greed.I would put is stronger. It is robbery and corruption. You talk like a Mafia extortionist when you said that worse could happen to the Chinese, so be thankful because there are more malays than Chinese, and therefore they can take even more from the Chinese if they want to.You have to be joking to believe that your greed and prejudices are the wonderful things about Malaysia. Well, may be you do.Malaysia as describe it is a country based on racism, lack of a conscience, and greed (taking from hard working foreigners).Meritocracy is denounced. Robbing the wealthy is promoted.How can there be a good future for such a country?Looking from outside of Malaysia, it is easy to see that the malay-controlled government is enforcing a wealth-robbing programme from the Chinese who earned their wealth through hard work. By barring bright well-qualified Chinese Malaysians from entering Malaysian universities, Malaysia is pursuing a discriminatory policy based on race. This is not tolerated in civilised countries. It is a policy that gives Malaysia a very bad reputation and deprives itself of its most talented. It is a policy which tells the malays that robbing from the rich is not greed because being rich, being educated is the same as being greedy. This is moral corruption and self-contradiction which Malaysia will pay back a very heavy price.
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For those who are already in oversea and live comfortably. There is no reason for you to come back to Malaysia. Life in Malaysia is getting tougher each day. Frankly, as a Chinese, I don’t see there is any future for our next generation. Another dangerous mentor that people always use is JFK “Don’t ask what the country can do for you, ask what you can do for the country”. Is sound nice, but isn’t how German Nazi and Japan militarism started the world war using the same mentor? Under the great “ask what you can do for the country”.Patriotism? Yes, I understand how you feel. Your love for the country was spoilt by the political party. Since non-malays will always be a second-class citizen, so you are probably the same in any other countries, if not better. You get cannibalised by your own countrymen, intellectually and professionally.As someone else advised, be a Global citizen.Patriotism does not need you to be in Malaysia to work your due. Let no one pointed at you and say you are a traitor if your true intention is to generate good deeds for Malaysia wherever you are.Save your time about coming back to Malaysia. Nothing will change in Malaysia. At least not even in this lifetime. Racism will still be here to stay, and also everything else.I think there is such an entrenched discrimination against the Chinese and Indians in Malaysia, that it will take probably a whole generation to undo the damage. This is happening in whole spectrum of the Malaysian government, civil service, state governments and universities. Just look at percentage of malays in all these government bodies – 98%……….A whole generation of malays has been brought up to think that it’s their inherited right to own Malaysia. The other races are damned. I think the malays especially those in power, are scared right now that if they will to compete openly with other races, they will surely be the loser. You will see very strong resistance to hire other races even the most qualified. The malays are never brought up to compete on even ground. This is fault of previous PM and now the present PM has to tread a balance ground to ensure the malays are not cast away as well as to make Malaysia competitive worldwide. In US I never met a malay immigrant, although there are thousands of Malaysian Chinese and Indian immigrants. Why? Malays in Malaysia have an easier life where they are literately prince of the land.We have infrastructure good enough to be considered first world or better. Look at the Cyberjaya, Petronas Twin Towers, Putrajaya?Gleaming high-rise buildings but also in every city, dirty toilets abound, litter clogging up the drains, public telephones damaged, plus unreliable rubbish collection and disposal. We just treat public facilities badly, not caring about others.Being an urban dweller myself, I am constantly disheartened by the poor public infrastructure and upkeep in our capital city. Faulty pedestrian traffic signals, illogical positioning of bus stops, poor public cleanliness, poor quality sidewalks (which are paved using slippery tiles), un-integrated and poorly managed public transportation system, the list goes on.Your children can’t even walk safely along the Kuala Lumpur streets, as they might be bags snatched, kidnapped, murdered, raped, or robbed, as they do not know the jungle laws of Malaysia. The police won’t help much as they now have a big pile of corruption cases running after them.You owe nothing to Malaysia, you pay your due, so live on.So, my last advice. Don’t come back unless you are really suffering in oversea.I’m sorry this sounds very racist but I think we have to be honest in discussion.
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