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They say Malaysians have freedom of speech in Malaysia, those who disagree are living in denial or simply not aware of the political landscape. The only problem is we don’t have freedom after speech. Write and speak without thinking twice of the consequences and our beloved government will provide free accommodation and food, and if you’re lucky, they might throw in a few body guards dressed in blue.
I love my country, but does my country love me? I don’t know how to sing China’s national anthem, neither do I care about their internal politics and social issues. To add insult to injury, I am a 3rd generation Chinese in Malaysia, why do they treat me as a second class citizen? Because racial discrimination is a god given rights? Tell me, which religion practice racial discrimination? Which country protects the majority? Usually it is the majority that protects the minority’s rights, except forMalaysia.
Some would say since I love to criticize Malaysia’s racial policy, I should migrate somewhere else, for instant Singapore, or maybe Australia or China. What these people failed to realize is, just like any parents, we criticize because we care, we want the best out of the child, and same goes for my country – Malaysia. Two years in Australia and I did not develop any interest in their internal bickering, politics and social issues. Neither do I have any interest in China’s future, why then do they tell us to go back to China? or India?
How I wish they could see this whole issue from a different point of view,a different set of lenses, we are here to build a better future for Malaysia and Malaysian, nobody is asking them to change the national language to Mandarin or Tamil, neither are we asking for an Indian or Chinese Prime Minister.
We criticize because we care, we want Malaysia to be better than Singapore, better than Australia and I hate to say this, we need to be better than China. Yes, China, I guess it is official now that we are lacking behind China in term of technology. Back in the 70′s, Korean and Taiwan used to send groups of delegates to study on our policy, because we used to be one on the top 3 biggest economy in Asia, where are we now?
Instead of fighting among ourselves who gets how many percent of the pie, we ought to focus on enlarging the pie, just like Singapore. Since China and India are both booming, don’t you think we are blessed to have the Chinese and Indians in Malaysia? They could be the missing link between China and India; we could be the middle man for them, the bridge that binds these two countries. Sadly, Indonesia is the ‘brother’, Indonesia and Saudi are our friend.
They say in time of trouble, we will know who our loyal friends are. The Tsunami that struck Asia in year 2004 revealed the true identity of these so called ‘religious’ friend. Tell me, how much did our Arab friends pledged? They are filthy rich yet the amount donated is pathetic compared to countries such as China, America, Germany, England and more.
I am a Malaysian.
p.s. This land does not belongs to the Malay alone, yes, you call me racist? Why should one race dominates all? Coz this land belongs to the Malay? Are you sure? How about the Iban, Kadahzan, Penan and more? THIS IS THEIR LAND TOO! Why don’t we use their language? Why don’t we have a Christian Iban Prime Minister? Cannot?
They say we are our own worst enemy, which is true. Tell me, what is the Malay culture? What happened to the Wayang Kulit thing? or the horse dancing thing? What happened to Malay names such as Megawati, Suharto, Budi, and more. Why are they plastering the cities with domes? It is heart aching to see the desert culture is slowly replacing the Malay culture that is unique to the surrounding, climate and environment.
Post time 11-12-2010 10:21 PM
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Post time 12-12-2010 01:23 PM
