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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

No Messiah of Malays


NST - 'Can Malays, Bumis compete if 3 million Chinese nationals come here?' (extracts):



KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad voiced his fear that Malays and the Bumiputera would not be able to compete if Malaysia welcomes a flood of traders and entrepreneurs from China.

The prime minister said the traders and entrepreneurs differed from the Chinese who have been in Malaysia for generations, who were originally involved in small businesses and started out as labourers.

“Today, the children of our Chinese people have achieved success. Some have become millionaires, their businesses have grown while they also own skyscrapers.




Indeed, how to compete against such poor new villagers who worked like ants and bees? 

“If we bring in another three million people from China, what will happen to us? They are strong, able, knowledgeable in business; they come not as labourers but as successful entrepreneurs.

“Can we compete with them?”


Dr Mahathir was speaking during a question-and-answer session at the Congress on Future of Bumiputera and the Nation 2018 at the KL Convention Centre on Saturday.

Dr Mahathir said the presence of numerous traders and entrepreneurs could also see the Bumiputera and Malays lose their place.

“I am certain that if we bring in three million more people from China, we will lose our place. The rich among them will buy our land. We will be moved further from the city until we have to live next to the jungle.


“This is what I am seeing. Singapore was once ours, and now we cannot dominate Singapore because our people cannot compete with the Chinese,” he said.



Indeed, how to compete against such poor new villagers who worked like ants and bees?  

Meanwhile, Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said the government will review the Forest City development in Johor as the terms of sale of its residences do not bring any benefits to Malaysia.

Azmin said the project, with a projected investment of US$100 billion (RM411 billion) could also open to floodgates to an influx of Chinese nationals
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In point form:

(1) Even ignoring the various rumours about his earlier life in Singapore while attending university and his alleged unpleasant experience there with Chinese, we have witnessed from time to time his immense dislike (perhaps even hatred) for Chinese Malaysians.



(2) If you read the article above, his speech at the recent Congress on Future of Bumiputera and the Nation 2018 at the KL Convention Centre, you would note he didn't differentiate between Chinese Malaysians and Chinese from China.

It may appear at first glance there is a difference but read his speech in full, as follows:


... the Chinese who have been in Malaysia for generations, who were originally involved in small businesses and started out as labourers.

“Today, the children of our Chinese people have achieved success. Some have become millionaires, their businesses have grown while they also own skyscrapers.

“If we bring in another three million people from China, what will happen to us? They are strong, able, knowledgeable in business; they come not as labourers but as successful entrepreneurs.


Note his “If we bring in another three million people from China, what will happen to us?.




"Another" 3 million people from China, meaning on top of those children of our Chinese people have achieved success. Some have become millionaires, their businesses have grown while they also own skyscrapers, doesn't that tell you his mental thoughts and attitude towards those "very rich Chinese", Malaysian citizens or foreigners?

For my Chinese mates and me in Ayer Itam, Penang, and elsewhere, who grew up in poverty and struggled as we saw how our parents and relatives struggled to survive, we find it galling that this once-scion of a middle class Malay, whose children are all billionaires, and whose progenies live in the lap of luxury, resents Chinese Malaysians who became wealthy by hard work, frugal living, careful saving, and wise livelihood.




Mukhriz's house 


Mukhriz's house  


Mukhriz's house  

guess who? 




(3) then his resentment in his “This is what I am seeing. Singapore was once ours, and now we cannot dominate Singapore because our people cannot compete with the Chinese,”, confirms his perpetual resentment against Singaporeans, ignoring the facts of history.

What nonsense in his Singapore was once ours?



Singapore or Singapura is by its original moniker in Sanskrit (सिंहपुर, Siṃhapura) where siṃha is "lion", pura is "town" or "city", hence indicating Indian influence or as linguist James Matisoff termed it, Indosphere, indicating areas of Indian linguistoic and cultural influence such as Majapahit, Sriwijaya and Siamese (Thai) Kingdoms.

Subsequently, the island known as Temasek (meaning 'Sea Town'), a trading port under the influence of both the Majapahit Empire and the Siamese kingdoms, when it merited a mention by that appellation in the Nagarakretagama, a Javanese epic poem written in 1365.

The Portuguese and Dutch were running around the region, though the island was nominally (meaning:
 in name only; officially though perhaps not in reality) under the control of next-door Johor but became a British settlement in 1824 after the British gained possession of it through a treaty with the Sultan of Johor for protection services.

So, how did Mahathir arrived at the notion that Singapore was once ours?



(4) He tok-kok as if Malaysia on allowing Chinese tourists to visit the country will permit those Chinese nationals to do business here like Malaysians. Is that what he is willing to do or he thinks his Home Minister, Mat Sabu Moody, will do?

He should instead ask himself of Indons and Filipinos allowed into Malaysia to stay permanently during his earlier prime-ministership (1981 to 2003).





(5) Finally (only in this post, wakakaka), by frightening the Malays of the Yellow Hordes of Alibaba experts, 3 million of them according to his Mamak brain, using emotional words like until we have to live next to the jungle, he has insulted the capabilities of the Malays, making them believe they are no march for Chinese.

For years (1981 to 2003) he has de-motivated the Malays into believing they must be spoon-fed from womb to tomb, whilst he rules with their blind support while his family and cronies become obscenely rich.



22 years of his rule and yet nothing substantial was achieved by the majority of Malays other than by himself, his family and cronies.

He is definitely no Messiah of the Malays.



Chinese mute stung by hornet 



12 comments:

  1. There are poor and rich people in every community and among every race.
    However, it is impossible to deny the fact that every consumer marketing practitioner in Malaysia knows.
    The large majority of Upper income people in Malaysia comprises the Chinese. And many unwritten barriers are placed against Malays breaking through the glass ceiling.

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  2. Toonsie is still stuck in the 60s and 70s mode, with NEP (Never Ending Policy) as the only solution.

    Go to Chow Kit wet market, once dominated by local Malays and some Chinese, today all run by Indonesians.

    Go to Low Yat plaza. The main shops on the lower floors are mostly run by Chinese but go higher up you will see many small IT shops run by Pakistanis and Bangladeshis. Talk to them and you realise these guys are so smart and aggressive even the Chinese better watch out, otherwise in a few years they will take over everything, just like the Indonesians did in Chow Kit.

    So what’s wrong with our local Malays? Can someone help explain?

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  3. typo 'no march' = no match

    But sincerely, I don't mind living next to the jungle or the rainforest.

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  4. https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/449845

    Bersatu division wants Dr M to be PM until next GE

    Soon many more divisions should be jumping in...

    Followed by "aligned" PKR divisions.
    How about DAP ?

    The Games have begun...

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  5. Yr sifu is playing vile & evil with mamak's current political manifestations.

    Just read what he has written about mamak lately. As if mamak is shadow-boxing with the blur-sotongs & the ketuanan freaks, with the collaboration of dap.

    That despicable moron of Manchester is stirring hard with the feudalistic alifbata sentiment of the melayu to try to achieve whatsoever aim(s) he has.

    Meanwhile u do the same things with mamak as if the mamak is fooling around with the Cinabengs to solidify his dynastic desire.

    Yr articles critically implied that mamak is up to no good for the Nons by creating fears with his past underhanded misdeeds!

    R both of u thinking that the average Joe/Jane M'sians r retards, up to both of u to manipulate?

    Karma has a way.

    Just like how mamak is feeling & doing NOW to compensate for his past misdeeds. Like it or not, so far everything he has done r for the right direction of bolihland & he has not much time left!

    He is using those soon to be ex-umno rats as tool to set the right path for M'sia while he can & still has time.

    Whatever, happen to bersatu after he is gone will not be his doing - just remember that. His bersatu successors have to determine whether bersatu to be umno 2.0 or a new transient liberal melayu party.

    What can u say about yr own karma that is going to knock on our head - atheist or not atheist?

    Sigh…

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    1. hmmm racist cum liberal..... interesting.

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    2. Hmmmm……

      小民的智慧 cultivated from the bottom of the well! Hence, no big picture view BUT just spurious bleeding heart interpretation!

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  6. With reference to the Malays, they actually owe a real debt to gratitude to Mahathir.
    In 1982, there were virtually no Malay corporate leaders, limited number of Malay professionals, and no large Malay enterprises. The Malaysian private sector economy was almost entirely Foreign and local Chinese owned.

    Mahathir's failure was in setting up the conditions for Malays to actually learn managing a business or excelling in whatever fields they go into on their own effort, instead of perpetually relying on government assistance.
    He created the Malay rentier economy as well as perpetual dependence on UMNO and or other political patronage. Some of that was deliberate, of course, to lock in permanent support for the ruling regime.

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    1. It's more correct to say that the rentier attitude of the Malay is hereditary - growing out of their taking the easy way out mindset when facing challenges.

      In fact, most races would take the same path when opportunities r seemed to fall from the sky!

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  7. Mahathir is the biggest obstacle to Malays advancements through his incessant psychopathic warfare or negative reinforcement aka dumbing down their inherent capabilities.

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