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2. His assertion in his interview with the New York Times that “Race relations (would be) better if Singapore (had) not (been) “turfed out” (of Malaysia) is worth studying. Is it true or is it fantasy?
3. Before Singapore joined the Peninsular, Sabah and Sarawak to form Malaysia, there was less racial politics in the Federation of Malaysia. In 1955 the Malays who made up 80 per cent of the citizens gave a large number of their constituencies to the few Chinese and Indian citizens and ensured they won with strong Malay support. As a result the Alliance won 51 of the 52 seats contested.
5. In the 1959 elections the Alliance of UMNO, MCA and MIC won easily though Kelantan was lost. PAS with only Malays as members was rejected. Racialism even when implied failed.
6. In 1963 Singapore became a part of Malaysia. Despite having promised that the PAP will not participate in Peninsular, Sabah and Sarawak politics, Kwan Yew reneged and the PAP tried to displace the MCA in the Alliance by appealing to Chinese sentiments in the Peninsular. Of course the slogan was “Malaysian Malaysia” which implied that the Chinese were not having equal rights with the Malays. If this appeal to Chinese sentiments against the Malays was not racial, I do not know what is racial.
7. But the Peninsular Chinese favoured working with the Malays in UMNO. They totally rejected PAP in 1964.
8. Following the Malaysian Malaysia campaign a few UMNO leaders tried to rouse Singapore Malay sentiments. There were demonstrations in Singapore where before there were none. Kwan Yew accused Jaafar Albar for instigating the Singapore Malays. Although I never went to Singapore, nor met the Malays there, I was labelled a Malay-ultra by Kwan Yew himself.
9. By 1965 racism had taken hold and the Tunku was forced to end Singapore’s membership of Malaysia. But the seed of Chinese racialism had been sown, so that even after the PAP left, the “Malaysian Malaysia” war cry was picked up by the DAP, an offspring of the PAP.
10. With the background of Singapore’s activities in Malaysia in the short three years of its membership, can we really believe that if it had not been “turfed out” race relations would be better in Malaysia?
11. But proof of what would have happened was shown by the politics leading up to the 1969 Election. The MCA began to criticise the Sino/Malay cooperation especially on so-called special rights and demanded for a Chinese University. UMNO then began to clamour for a greater share of the economy of the country. The UMNO/MCA conflict resulted in the Alliance faring very badly in the 1969 Elections.
12. DAP and Gerakan, a new party largely made up of MCA dissidents made gains. The Alliance were shocked and rattled.
13. Then the Gerakan and DAP held their victory parade near the Malay settlement of Kampung Baru, hurling racist insults at the Malays. The result was the 13th May race riots.
14. Till today the racist slogan “Malaysian Malaysia” is the war-cry of the DAP. Racism in Malaysia is clearly the result of Singapore’s membership of the country for just three years. Can we really believe that if Singapore had not been “turfed out” Malaysia would have no racial problem.
15. While Kwan Yew talks about his belief that all ethnic communities should free themselves from the shackles of racial segregation in order to promote fairness and equality among the races, he also said that “once we are by ourselves (out of Malaysia) the Chinese become the majority”.
16. Singapore’s population is made up of 75 per cent Chinese and they own 95 per cent of the economy. It is therefore not a truly multi-racial country but a Chinese country with minority racial groups who are additionally much poorer.
17. In Singapore dissent is not allowed, People who contest against the PAP would be hauled up in court for libel and if they win elections would not be allowed to take their places in Parliament. Whereas in Malaysia opposition parties invariably win seats in Parliament and even set up State Governments (today five out of the 13 States are ruled by the opposition parties) the PAP in Singapore has to appoint PAP members to represent the opposition.
18. Whether the PAP admits it or not, the party has always been led and dominated by ethnic Chinese and have won elections principally because of Chinese votes. The others are not even icing on the cake.
19. If Singapore is a part of Malaysia the PAP can certainly reproduce the Singapore kind of non-racial politics because together with the Malaysian Chinese, the PAP will ethnically dominate and control Malaysian politics. No dissent would be allowed and certainly no one would dare say anything about who really runs the country.
20. Amnesia is permissible but trying to claim that it is because Singapore had been “turfed out” for the present racist politics in Malaysia is simply not supported by facts of history.
21. Lee Kwan Yew and I saw the same things and know the reasons why.
Tun,
saya amat kagum dengan cara orang2 Melayu di Malaysia ni bila dia-orang berdebat…fuh! cukup hebat! Lihat saja lah persidangan Umno… ucapan demi ucapan berapi-api!!
Tapi, kesian. Maaf cakap…orang Melayu Malaysia ni… bodoh sikit… sorry, wrong word…bodoh SANGAT!
Tak nampak ke mereka ni sekarang kena play-out? Tak lama lagi hilang lah hak mereka.
Yang dah pandai sangat tu dah dapat pergi ke Cambridge, Oxford dengan bantuan kerajaan…ada pangkat sikit.. akhirnya lupa daratan… sekarang dia orang kata tak perlu bantuan kerajaan pon boleh pergi ke London…dah tak perlu bantuan…kononnya boleh diri sama tinggi…
Tengoklah nanti bila dah hilang kuasa…dia bawak masok orang2 dia berpulohan ribu!!… say goodbye to your free education!!! anak2 melayu merempat kat negri sendiri…jadi delivery boys…cleaners…despatch riders…!
Sebelom terlambat….nasi jadi bubor… Bersatu lah… Bersatu lah…!!! wahai orang melayu… Umno-PAS… bersatu!! Apa nak takot dgn nik aziz tu..dia pon dah lama sangat kat politik … dah lapok ketinggalan zaman.
Jangan terpedaya dengan laungan meritokrasi singapore..itu semua pembohongan!
-Dari seberang tambak.
Satu keitka dahulu LKY ada mengumumkan di berita
yg kononnya Johor adalah tidak selamat,banyak perompak.
Menjadi kemarahan orang Johor dan Kerjaan kita.
Saya tak nafikan Johor ada pencuri,perompak.
Tapi perompak jalanan,kecil kecilan.
Di Singapura tak wujud pencuri,atau perompak kecil,
SEBAB wujudnya Perompak dan Pencuri Besar
iaitu Kerajaan mereka sendiri,yg merompak hak rakyat mereka.
Goodday Tun,
Personally if you asked me this old man(LKY) has gone senile in this past few years.He should look at his own country first before he jugde at other people soil.What a hypocrite person LKY is?.
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Dear Tun,
Its time you fully retired and let LHL and NAJIB bring peace and prosperity to both countries; putting jealousy aside. Your time is already over.
Enjoy your golden days – if your son is good, he will one day also become PM. If LHL or NAJIB are not good or qualified PM, they will be booted out in ballot box.
Therefore, Tun, with all respect for peace, pleased maintain silence.
Tidak ada banyak perbezaan diantara negeri yg korupsi
atau negeri yg tak korapsi,seperti di Singapura.
Negara korapsi masuk banyak kocek,tapi kocek kecil,
Negara tak korapsi masuk satu kocek kantung besar,
entah kemana wang itu setelah.
Jadi jangan dibanggakan,system anda.Dan menghina system kami.
Nak Tanya sikit Tun
Adakah apabila Lee Hsein Loong yg menyandang tempat duduk
LKY sebagai Perdana Menteri Singapura,
LKY masih sebagai MM Minister juga
dipanggil Meritrocracy.
Seolah Singapura tidak wujud manusia yg lebih layak,
kecuali Lee Hsein Loong.LKY selalu mengalu alukan persoalan meritrocracy pada kita.Adakah LKY mempractikkan apa yg beliau tonjolkan.
Apa pandangan TUN.
Di Sini saya mengambil kesempatan untuk mengucapkan takziah kepada Lee Kuan Yew di atas kematian isteri nya tercinta kira-kira 2 hari yang lalu..Dan semuga suami nya mengiringi nya secepat nya. (Coming soon)
Politics is dirty. There are few leaders who really stand out for standing up. But the real world, this is not true. A government has to make decisions for the prosperity of the nation. You cannot please everyone. LKY has made decisions that were right and wrong. You also have made decisions that were right and wrong. Mr Bush made decisions that were wrong and wrong. But, we move on. Only God knows the truth in each of us as everyone lives for selfish reasons. The Muslim countries should be ashamed for not standing up for each other. But, like I say, politics is dirty. Its just selfish reasons and taking care of themselves.
Tujuan LKY selalu meyentuh perbizaan Singapore,Malaysia
soal meritrocracy,lebih bertujuan melemahkah,memecahkan UMNO,
supaya DAP sekutu PAP,lebih kukuh.Bukan bertujuan membina jiran tertangga.
LKY lebih dikenali kawan baik beliau sebagai hati busuk,yg sering mempergunakan,memperalatkan sehingga Presiden mereka sendiri tak punya kuasa,hanya satu tayangan.
Bukti lawatan beliau ke Kelantan,dan Penang bertemu pembangkang UMNO
bukti tujuan beliau mengembelingkan UMNO.
Adakah beliau rela dan ikhlas sekiranya pemimipin kita,Tun atau Najib menziarah pembangkang PAP,seperti Encik Chee Soo Juan,atau mendiang anak J.B Jeyaratnam.PASTI dengan buah LKY pun berpeluh.
Saya berharap TUN Najib tarik balik penyerahan tanah KTM.
Menagapa Singpura masih berkeras nak ambil Tanah KTM, berserta tukaran lain,pasti ada muslihatnya.
Apakah tidak terfikir JIKA Malaysia buat pembangunan tempat tawaran di Marina atau sebagainya,dalam masa yg sama Malaysia perlu membayar cukai tahunan,gst dan sebagainya.
ADAKAH MALAYSIA TAK MAMPU MENJAGA TANAH SENDIRI,
TAK MAMPU MENJAGA HAK KETURUNAN.
Kita tak bolih bangunkan Bangunan di KTM mengapa tidak sepanjang jalan kita adakan parking.Masuk juga hasil yg lumayan daripada tanam kelapa sawit.Atau rujuk perunding pada Singapura supaya Malaysia bolih bangunkan Bangunanan sendiri,rumah kampungke,di tanah sendiri.
Seketika waktu dulu, Lee Kuan Yew pernah berkata,’Panas nya semangat Melayu ibarat secawan kopi panas,hanya seketika dan akan sejuk secepat panasnya’. Sebab itu LKY sewenang wenang menganiaya mat Melayu Singapura dan di buat seperti sampah..tapi bertopengkan tertawa ria bila bersama kepala negeri Melayu. Sungguh memalukan bagi Bangsa Melayu yang hanya banyak cakap dan banyak tulis saje. Ibarat menyiram air di daun keladi.
Tanah Melayu Sabah Serawak were and are rich resource area
with relatively low density population compare to China,India…
Now people measures wealth interm of money value but wealth
is actuall resources :land,water,light=plants thats provide foods and other materials.With technology coal,oil,tin become resources.
So abundance in space and resource the Malay and other Bumiputra
did not concern about emigrants…they treat them as guest
So early emigrant came with open arm for the Malay: Arab traders,Hang Lipo and the gang as example. They even welcome Portuguese as well but advice by Arab that what Portuguese di in Goa change the Malay ruler mind….They learn about Colonialism at the infancy. Later glaring reality Dutch,British and more intensive violent the Japanese.
PKM if not curtail probably Malaysia become colony of China.
Malay is too good a race dont mind the sharing of resources but dont kacau the Ruler (i.e politic and sovergnity)
The guest after having sharing those resource want more….Lee Kwan You is thermometer of foreign emigrants even foreign worker alike now.
Since foreign workers are not given citizen ship like Tunku did
they cannot kacau legally >> demostration in Indonesia agaist Malaysia is miror image of PKM in the 40s and 50s LKY and DAP in the 60s . PKR in 00s
Bangla and Nepal probably do not show their fang yet….as there is no agitation leaders.
Kesian Melayu kebaikan dianggap sebagai kebodohan. Peribahasa berpesan Kera di hutan di susukan Anak di rumah mati kelaparan.
Walaupun 50 tahun nasi dah jadi bubur kita perlu resipi baru supaya bubur itu lebih baik dari nasi untuk selamanya.
mr kwan yew “kayu” is actually telling us what the immigrant chinese in malaysia wants to be…..so now i ask myself….if only i could go back in time and NOT award these immigrants the 1 million citizenship!!!
Dearest Tun.
May we discuss another neighbor instead?
1-For those who oppose any sort of affirmative action to help out the Malays should just look at Indonesia where the natives are so emotional they easily become cuckoos at the slightest provocation.Just see the stupid demonstrations held by these nothing better to do people over the maid abuse issues.With millions of them here the likelihood of some crazy employers to go out of bound will always be there.Are their maids and other countrymen here all angels?
2-There are even more abuse cases happening in the Middle East but that all they can tolerate but once it involve Malaysia-they are just to ready to ‘Ganyang’ our country.They should also fault the Indonesian authorities here in Malaysia,knowing very well that these Indonesian workers contribute significantly to their foreign exchange the Embassy should have monitored their people here closely.
3-The Indonesians must realize that Malaysia is the only employment market they can really depend upon.No one really care for them like we do.Have they already forgotten Acheh and the Tsunami?With their Muslim terrorist image and speaking only the Bahasa Indonesia do they think they can so easily seek employment anywhere else?
4-This year is their visit Indonesia year where do they think is one of their most important markets?Malaysia should be naturally one of them.Malaysians may not be so turned off by Muslim terrorist threat like the rest.And how do they appreciate us?Like shit.
5-And why are we Malaysians not cuckoos yet inspite of their consistently insulting us ?Why are we so matured and tolerant and have not struck back?Because of the NEP that’s why.The Malaysians are generally well off with a roof over their head and can have a job unless they are lazy and choosy.Without the affirmative action the malays would be just like their easily to be inflamed neighbors.
6-We have a lot to lose if we let our emotions take the better of us.That is why although economic crisis come and go..although the devils have attempted to pit us one against the other..pig at mosque,cow head at temple,bomb at church,etc,we still have the sensibility to preserve peace here in our beautiful Malaysia.
7-In Indonesia come the economic crisis every time and the natives will perform the amok 513.When they have become jobless and impoverished,seeing these filthy rich Chinese and their excessive wealth is just a crime too much to bear…so once instigated by the devil they immediately turn cuckoos!
8-The affirmative action will always be necessary.But it must be done in a different way now.To get out of the vicious cycle is not easy.The Chinese must be emphatic with the Malays.If the Chinese are having the same background as the Malays they will perform just the same.My Chinese friends who are anak polis like me and others who do not come from business families are just as hopeless in business as the Malays.
9- Most of the Chinese are brought up in that environment seeing their parents,grand dad,uncles all doing businesses so doing business when they grow up may come natural..while the Malays mostly having a Govt servant dad or uncles and mainly rural folks,padi planters/rubber tapper etc grand dads just what do we know about business?
10-Its easy just to say that the Malays are so manja this and that.When you are new even a positive mindset is something you only pick up from experience.Just like to remind the Chinese not be too arrogant with the advantage that God have blessed them.Appreciate that and God will give them more esp if they are kind and tolerating the help now being extended their not so advantaged countrymen.
11- The politicians should also not exploit the situation to overly enrich their families…so that people like ekompute and me won’t be so angry.
Thanks Tun.
everytime tun touches on a racial topic, i ask myself, are we opening a can of worms & try to straighten out what’s not for the past 53 years? the rate tun is going, its not going to straighten anything out afterall..
i’ve followed tun’s previous writtings. i think the message is straight “wahai saudara saudari melayu, bangunlah, bangunlah dan undilah UMNO” after all, those chinese & indians are gone case, they will hardly vote for BN.
Let’s bank on the malays to “unite” under UMNO. After all, Malaysia was born with 80% malay majority. BN could also achieve that if UMNO has all the malay votes. Nevermind MCA or MIC.
tun has does have your way of delivering the message “Malays should unite & vote for UMNO”. For me, i could have made much it simpler as i did on the last sentence.
my 2 cents.
Dunia Negara Melayu,Malaysia,Indonesia,Brunei,Singapura
Perlu memperbaiki diri,sebelum bertempuh dengan Dunia Luar
perlu juga mampu mempertahankan hak dan menjadi Tuan pada tanah air sendiri.
Persoalan mundurnya melayu,adalah persoalan pelajaran, iaitu ILMU.
Keluhan perniagan melayu yg sering gagal bukanlah disebabakan kurang modal,yg sering dikeluhkan.
Kurang ilmu,kurang bijak mengendalikan modal adalah punca kegagalan.
Wang modal berguni guni akan habis jika tak punya ilmu.
Jika punya ilmu modal sikit bolih jadi bukit.
JUSTERU ITU MELAYU PERLU ADA ILMU.
Di Indonesia,Melayu bodoh sombong tidak mahu belajar English
sebagai Ilmu Dunia.Indonesia hanya bijak berpidato tidak lebih pada itu.Persantren adalah Ilmu Akhirat.
DiMalaysia juga ada pembangkang belajar English sebagai Ilmu Asas segalanya.
Di Brunei masih khayal dengan kemewahan hasil minyak mereka yg akan berkurangan.
Di Singapura,walaupan mereka fasih dan pandai dek kerana system perlajaran English,di tindas dan tak berupaya bersaing.
Terimalah kenyataan bahawa Ilmu Pembangunan,Sains,Tecnology,Perubatan,Ketenteraan malah kebanyakan asal dari Ilmu Barat.Walau kita selalu aggongi ilmu sains,algebra
asal dari orang Islam dahulu kala,kenyataan sekarang Barat telah memiliki kesemuanya.
Kenyataan yg perlu kita terima,negara melayu/islam
dirahmati dengan hasil bumi yg mewah,sayang
oran melayu ada hasil tapi tak mampu menghasilkan.
Yg menghasilkan adalah orang Cina yg menentukan anak mereka berpelajaran hingga keluar negeri.
Jangan salahkan orang Cina kerana mereka memiliki apa yg kita fikir hak kita.Salahkan Kita yg tak berilmu.
Orang melayu seumpama lalang yg berdiri tinggi tapi sayang tak seperti padi yg tunduk tapi berisi.
Salam TUN,
LKY’s recent chauvinist outburst on his critical success factors for Spore’s racial intergration will not augger well in shaping his legacy.
He boasts about a vast arrays of implementations,which create a ‘level playing field’ within all races.Intentionally,he left out or shy away from the subject on Spore’s wealth distribution.
Predominally,the Singaporean Chinese are in business, a headstarts which they inherit or command before the word meritrocracy was coined.
More than 90% of Spore’s 40 richest by Forbes .Com are Chinese.
If we are allowed one word to describe’meritrocracy’ in Spore.
Meritrocracy = Chinese
During his tenure
Assalamualaikum,
Sila rujuk komen dari anak johor. People wouldn’t care unless they or their family experience the pain themselves. Banyakkan bersabar. InsyaAllah akan terbuka rezeki yang lebih besar di dalam negara sendiri. This should become a strong reminder for other Malaysian who plan to work there.
Salam Tun,
ASM
1963 Jumlah pengundi Cina mengatasi jumlah pengundi melayu dan bumiputra yang lain. Atas prinsip demokrasi sepatutnys Cina menguasai politik Malaysia di masa akan datang. Oleh yg demikian slogan Malaysian Malaysia diketengahkan bagi mengaburi orang Cina dan India Malaysia untuk menyokong PAP. LKY memang lebih rasis dari Tun. Biasalah orang politik akan menuduh orang lain lebih teruk darinya untuk mengaburi sifat mereka yang sebenar. Begitu juga DSAI dan LKS mengatakan UMNO nepotism dan sebagainya. Hakikatnya anak beranak yang kontrol parti masing-masing. Melayu yg sokong mereka tak akan sedar kerana mereka mengidamkan janji-janji apabila berkuasa nanti….
I cannot help but laugh when i read one of the above comments made by one Collin Ng.
To quote a line written by him:
“While our MM Lee could have stepped down as PM, he remains effectively powerful in cabinet till present. You should know from him if you wish to remain vocal in the political scene in Malaysia and internationally.”
Effectively powerfull?.Still in the loop? Why? Because MM Lee IS Singapore.
Here are some pointers:
Lee Kuan Yew is currently Minister Mentor of Singapore, a cabinet position created specifically for him, announced in 2004 by Lee Hsien Loong; his son.
I tried googling the position of Minister Mentor for other countries, but alas, i found none, except of course for Singapore.
I particularly love this one quote by MM Lee himself, made during the 1988 National Day Rally, when he discussed the leadership transition to Goh Chok Tong in 1990.
“Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up”
This of course speaks volumes about the mindset of MM Lee, and gives out the appearance that the fate of Singapore is his, and his alone to dictate and that not even death can stop him.
From Prime Minister to Senior Minister. And from that to Minister Mentor. So what’s next for MM Lee? Seeing that death is irrelevant.
The Supreme Deity of The Republic?
As for Collin Ng’s suggestion that Tun learns something from MM Lee in remaining “effectively powerfull”, i say Tun has no need for that, being that Malaysia practices Democracy while Singapore..well…i’ll leave that to all of you to decide.
Salam TUN,
LKY recent display of chauvinism did not auggur well for his legacy.
He boasted over his critical success factors on race intergration,but shy away on the subject of fair wealth distribution within all races in Spore.
95% of Spore’s 40 richest by Forbe.com are Chinese.
The Spore Chinese are predominantly wealth due to their inclination towards private businesses,and the headstarts they inherit or command.There is no ‘level playing field’ as perceived.
Meritrocracy is a myths being coined to ‘turfed out’ the Singaporean Indians,Malays and other races from the economic pie,thus enriching only the Chinese.
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salam Tun
dear Collin Ng
im quite confuse until now, why are u Chinese(more to Singaporean) too exaggerate anything from the U.S? don’t u see that u’re just their dog? barking to praise ur beloved master? hey, please study more detail la who run the media la my friend.. even in Malaysia.. u chinese always highlighted the money and your prosperity than the sincerity for finding knowledge and towards divinity.. u’re only their puppet la.. lame one… they don’t even care about u.. laughing and make funny about u guys(chinese) in their propaganda medium called Hollywood la… hahaha i remember, people around me often said ‘see the chinese student, they are intelligent, see chinese people, they are relly civilize or whatever’.. but i realize now, u are nothing than a dog mastered by a humanize system and money.. and i never wanted to be a dog even most of my colleague(malay) intend to do so..
asifadio
What is success.
LKY is still a poor man.
At his age he still dreams of craving more wealth,more money,
meaning he is still not rich,the reason for his not retire not even when his son had his seats.Wow He is still in fear.
Could his son betray him
or other bully his son.
Always likes to critise Malaysia.
Yaya like papaya ,Nana like banana.
One has to understand,most successful malay muslims
when they reach mostly 40,s,they tends to go to religion
putting asides most of their material needs.
More to family caring than wealth caring.
Chinese at age of 60,70s still craving for more wealth.
Family disputes about wealth,engage lawyer,let,s fight in Court.
Can I bring my wealth along,when I can,t even carry myself upon death.I need someone to bury me.Can I bring my wealth when my child worship wealth more than respecting me.
The KAFIR
Does my children prays for my death soon,
so they can inherit my wealth.
Will my children divides my wealth
OR
My wealth divides my children
The MUSLIMS
Does my children prays for my health,asking Allah
(ya ALLAH, panjangkan umur orang tuaku,ampunilah dosa mereka,
ringankan azab kubur,ringgankan seksa neraka,masukkanlah mereka ke syurga.) with tears
These are a very SCARY questions one ask onself,
when we are returning to like a baby.
IF Baby,eh so cute,so chubby
IF Olang Tua,
heh,pengotor,dah nak mampus agaknya.
THIS are scary remarks.IT hurts deep.
Compare what is success to you.
What wealth can do to you,if you believes wealth is success.
Chinese New Year Greetings
Happy New Year,and a Prosperous New Year.( more of wealth)
Islam/Muslims
Selamat Hari Raya,Maaf Zahir Batin.
We ask forgiveness among each,We don,t ask for wealth.
These are our differences,one has to understand,which makes our difference
How bad he critized Malaysia,
which he put up directly more to the malay,
how poor we are,how not develop we are
Malaysians did not die of hunger.
(Matinya kita masih seumpama merpati mati atas padi)
Dear victormc,
I sincerely doubt Tun is jealous. I truly believe he is far from such, seeing how much health & strong memory he is blessed with. You may have translated the picture a little too far and it is time to snap to back to earth.
Tun enjoys his retirement doing what he does best and like what Tun mention in his PM days is that he does not want to create a title to keep himself in the political world. Till today, despite doing at his own will, he is able to win the hearts of many individuals, excluding yours of course.
If you have forgotten, Tun did apologise the nation for making a less accurate selection on his successor and plus, I look up to him that he did not appoint any of his sons to take over his position.
45 years ago, LKY had to fix poverty problem based on a population of a couple of million citizens. That is one-third of the problem in Malaysia. Did you mention “big numbers”?
I am sure you did.
Forget about your retirement talks to Tun. It is time you sit back, take a chill pill and A.N.A.L.Y.S.E
Singapore’s education is world class isn’t it? I am sure you are not educated for nothing but your spelling error (“unniquely?”) and grammar (“unniquely singaporean”) is truly a disgrace to the nation.
Enjoy decoding!
It is very sad that a lot of people agreed with LKY and supported the statements he made. All that he mentioned in the press are merely theories & methodologies proposed with no proven track records, using Singapore as a prime example that Malaysia is not up to mark.
It is natural for us to always feel that the grass is greener on the other side.
1. All the LKY said about the malays being english-educated is true. However, the Malaysians are english educated too. A subject in curriculum made compulsory. It does not have to be a first language to make us first class people.
2. I am a Singaporean Malay, born and bred in Singapore. I fought with my cohort to get into the university and failed. I fought with the working people to do my masters in the local uni and failed. I am still fighting to climb up the corporate ladder and still struggling. I have to be 300% better than the majority before we can be graded on par in the corporate system. Suddenly, a London degree is not as good as National University of Singapore when the whole world knows that London School of Economics is one of the top universities in the world.
3. How many Muslim women today in the working world wears the hijab to work today? My answer? MANY. Many do. But what people fail to realise that most of them are teachers, administrators or blue-collared workers. What career prospects for the Malay women is LKY trying to highlight? Or is he simply highlighting employment vs unemployment?
Hijab wearer politician in Singapore? Only ONE.
When Ramadhan begun, no one was aware that it was the fasting month and did not know that it lasted a month!
Racial harmony he called it?
Put aside foreign talent (those from China and Philippines or even India). Jobs openings are many in Singapore and are advertised to make favourable to the Chinese (mandarin speaking only; must be able to converse mandarin) I thought our citizens are English educated? Why is there a need for Mandarin to be mandatory? So many reasons will be provided eg. dealing with Chinese clients overseas. But then again do all of us deal with only China-nese? They come to Singapore to look for better living.
In short, it is like opening up an IT tender bid to IBM, HP, Microsoft, DELL, ACER, Apple and drawing the requirements specifications close to Apple’s capability.
4. How many malays are in the Army and Police force compared to those in the Air Force? If this is seen as a tactical war move, then why is there perspective today that Air Force is for the elites? Sadly, they are made up of the majority.
5. I recently purchased a house and was surprised how easy it was to apply. Reason? Because my family is a minority. An advantage you think but Geylang is known to be flooded with Malays and Bishan is known to be flooded with Chinese.
Another example of racial harmony?
6. A lot of campaigns designed in Singapore is meant for the majority. Speak English campaign. Be Courteous campaign. Wash your hands before you leave the toilet. Please flush campaign. Keep the toilet clean. It just shows what barbaric acts they can be up to that the government needs to educate in masses.
Speak Mandarin. The last time they had a Bahasa Melayu campaign was eons ago. (ok I am exaggerating.. but say 15yrs ago?) Today Mandarin is seen as an active 2nd Language. Bahasa Melayu papers are made tougher and Chinese exam papers are made simpler in the education system today because they know the Malays have an advantage of performing in exams due to their Mother Tongue and so deemed as unfair competition.
Why the need when gone were the days, even Indians & Chinese in Singapore communicated to each other in Malay.
Worse, when I travel to Europe and tell them that I am from Singapore, they thought it is a city in China. How disgraceful!
7. Our muslim government bodies in Singapore preachings and acts of Islam are also governed by the Singapore government who probably has little idea of Islam in religion as they are the majority. For example, in the recent years, citizens are advised to zakat our CPF(equivalent to Malaysia’s EPF)? Zakat CPF? but why? it is not our option to put aside the 20% of our monthly salary and freeze the 5% which is seen as a retirement fund.
I am still trying to understand his regret for not ‘keeping the two nations together’. A suddent regret after 45 years? Thinking aloud, I think he is concern his successor (of which now Singapore is seen to be practising nepotism) is not a “tough leader” as he is.
Does LKY think that Singapore is not polarised?
Tun, I appreciate your gracefulness to excuse him from having amnesia but do excuse him from his failing sight as well. Age is truly catching up!
My utmost respect to you since I was much younger till today especially the fact that you have never fail to keep my spirits up with your principles!
Keep going Tun! You are the (unofficial) mentor to our asian races today – regardless Singapore or Malaysia. It is just up to the individuals to take it with a pinch of salt and do something for themselves.
If we are to allow PAP Govt to interfere with our affairs
through their CNA activiy,LKY interferance with DAP,
you will see later they will topple the Sultan Existance.
As what happen to Singapore Sultan heritage.
No more Sultan,no more Malay School,no Madrasah which they try to abolish.
Many more Schools bearing Chinese names as seen now,Estates by Chinese name,Mosques relocated and being minimised,temples still intact and even upgraded and expand.
Tun Sri Lanang,Sang Nila Utama,Kaki Bukit,etc School in Singapore has all been gone.
Clear evidance of their said meritrocrcy
Tun,
Saya dengar rasa rendah hati minta Tun jawab segala apa yang utarakan supaya rakyat Malaysia akan tahu samada apa yang saya kata betul atau tidak. Semalam Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin katakan bahawa ” The contribution of the chinese people towards the country’s development economic growth are greatly valued ” dan ” He said the work ethics of the chinese should be emulated by anyone ho wished to succeed “.
Apa lagi melayu nak katakan lagi, orang Cina tak sumbang apa-apa kepada negara Malaysia sehingga apa yang melayu nikmati sekarang adalah hasil dari percukaian yang dibayar orang yang dianggap pendatang. Orang Melayu terpaksa bergantong kepada kaum pendatang untuk hidup mewah, kalau tidak mereka sekarang masih lagi bertani di kampong.
Kalau melayu betul-betul kuat, cabar kerajaan supaya cuma gunakan hasil kutipan cukai dari orang melayu sahaja untuk memenuhi 100 % hak-hak istiwemah melayu. Manakala hasil kutipan dari kaum bukan bumiputra khas untuk pembanguaan kaum tersubut. Kaum bukan bumiputra tidak mahu sentuh sesen pun hasil kutipan cukai dari anda semua, lagi pun melayu sepatutnya tak boleh guna atau sentuh hasil yang dikutip dari kaum bukan bumiputra kerana duitnya adalah haram dan tak bersih.
Saya nak tanya kenapa bila ambil duit dari kaum bukan bumiputra tak anggap haram tetapi bila memasuki Masjid yang dijemput secara hormat dianggap haram dan kotor, mana pergi kewarasan melayu ?????
Betul kata YAB Tok Guru Dato Nik Aziz(Menteri Besar Kelantan) bahawa masjid di negeri Kelantan ada juga yang dibina oleh orang cina dan mereka juga tampil memberi sumbangan, kenapa diterima dan tidak ditolak ???? Saya masih ingat lagi ketika Tan Sri Sanusi Junid jadi Menteri Besar Kedah, beliau mengarahkan supaya semua murid di seluruh negeri kedah buat kutipan amal. Apa yang saya nak tegaskan di sini ialah hasil dari kutipan itu ialah untuk bina masjid, anak-anak Cina dan India disuruh kutip derma untuk melayu bina masjid. Tidak ker itu memalukan melayu, satu tangan kata duit mereka adalah haram dan tak bersih tetapi satu lagi tangan senyap-senyap ambil.
Sampai sekarang adalah melayu yang masih tak ada otak yang memanggil orang bukan melayu balik ke negara masing-masing kalau tidak pandai berbahasa melayu, melayu lah yang sepatutnya kena kutuk. Sudah 53 tahun merdeka dan duduk bersama-sama dengan kaum bukan melayu tetapi sepatah bahasa cina pun tak erti nak sebut. Malu sungguh, kalau saya melayu saya akan rasa ” MALU BESAR “.
Hari ini saya dapati ramai juga melayu yang hantar anak-anak mereka berlajar di ” Sekolah Rendah Jenis kebangsaan Cina ” di seluruh Malaysia, saya berkesempatan bertanya kepada mereka kenapa mereka berbuat demikian. Jawapanya, Negara Cina sedang menuju ke sebuah Negara Economi Dunia jadi peluangnya amat luas. Melayu pandai ini mahukan anak-anak mereka boleh menulis dan bertutur dalam bahasa Mandarin supaya apabila masanya tiba, peluang terbuka untuk anak-anak mereka menceburi dalam bidang perniagaan di sana. Inilah melayu yang saya cari, bukan melayu yang tak ada otak jerit sana jerit ini macam Ibarahim Ali. Apa Ibrahim Ali boleh buat untuk melayu ???? Minta dia tunjukkan apa perancangan beliau bagi 10 tahun akan datang untuk melayu, saya boleh katakan jawapanya adalah kosong ( 0 %).
Beliau tahu melayu tak pandai senang diperkudakan, pasal itu lah beliau berani. kalau orang Cina yang buat maka soalan pertama kaum Cina akan minta dari ketua mereka ialah apa yang beliau boleh buat dalam tempoh tertentu, kalau tidak lebih baik jangan buka mulut kerana memalukan kaum Cina sahaja. Kaum Cina tak ada masa menyokong mereka yang hanya pandai cakap kosong sahaja.
Tolong jawap saya TUN,
Terima Kasih.
SALAM TUN
LET US PUT THE BLAME TO THE MALAYS
1) MALAYS IS WEAK AND MENTALLY NOT STRONG TO COMPETE, WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO IS TO HEAR ALL THE SENSATIONAL THINGS . THEY SUPPORT PKR BECAUSE OF ANUAR IBRAHIM. DUE TO THAT OUT OF 60% BUMIPUTRA , 30 % WILL SUPPORT UMNO AND 30% WILL SUPPORT PKR. THEREFORE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE SAY OR ACTUAL POWER IS NOW THE 40% OF THE NON MALAYS. NOW THOSE NON MALAYS HAVE MORE BARGAINING POWERS AND UMNO/PKR WILL GIVE WHAT THE NON MALAYS WANT JUST TO GET THEIR VOTES…. WHO WE NEED TO BLAME… MALAYSLAH AS WE ARE NOT UNITE AND MENTALLY WEAK.
2)FORGET LKY…, FORGET RACISM…AS AT THIS MOMENT MALAYSIAN MALAYS ARE AT WORSE SITUATION AS THEY KILLING THE BROTHERHOOD BETWEEN MALAYS. MALAYSIAN MALAYS WILL NOT SURVIVE IF WE ARE STILL HAVE THIS KIND OF MENTALITY.
3) POLITIC IN MALAYSIA IS SO TERRIBLE TO ALLOW ALL THIS HAPPENING JUST FOR THE SAKE OF INDIVIDUAL POLITICAL LEADERS.
FOR MALAYSIAN MALAYS TO BE SUCCESSFUL THEY MUST BE UNITED FIRST, WORK HARD AND HELP EACH OTHER . OTHERWISE JUST SURRENDER MALAYSIA TO NON MALAYS ON THE ECONOMY AND POLITICAL POWER AS WHAT WE ARE ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN.
I AM MALAY BUY I AM NOT PROUD TO BE A MALAY AS I HAVE NOTHING TO BE PROUD OFF. YOU ALL MALAY ASK YOU SELF WHAT MALAYSIAN MALAYS ACTUALLY CAN BE PROUD OFF.????? EVEN MALAYS THEMSELVES STILL KILLING THE BROTHERHOODS OF MALAYS BY SAYING THEIR SIDE IS MORE ISLAMIC THAN THE OTHER SIDE.
SORRY TO SAY THAT MALAYS IS MORE THAN JEWISH BUT JEWISH IS SO MUCH POWERFULL AS THEY ARE TOTALLY UNITED. THEN YOU WANT TO COMPARE WITH NON MALAYS THAT THEIR RACES ARE MORE WORLD WIDE AND GLOBALLY BETTER THEN MALAYS ON MENTALITY,ECONOMY,LANGUAGES ETC. IT IS NOT RACISM ISSUE AS IF ALL RACES ARE SUCCESFUL NOBODY WILL COMPLAIN…AT THIS MOMENT MY BLAME IS TO THE MALAYS AND OUR MALAYS LEADERS.
LKY HAD DONE GREAT FOR HIS OWN SINGAPOREAN AND HIS RACE… YOU CAN ONLY COMPLAIN BUT THE FACT SINGAPORE IS BETTER THAN MALAYSIA… BUT UNTIL NOW MALAYSIAN MALAYS GOT NOTHING TO BE PROUD OFF THAN NON MALAYS ..EVENTHOUGH TUN MANAGED TO MAKE US FEEL GOOD WITH KLCC/KLIA/PUTRAJAYA /CURRENCY CONTROL ETC …BUT THAT ERA ALREADY GONE. CAN THE MALAYS SEE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN AND WILL ALLOW ALL THESE TO CONTINUE DUE TO CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION. YOU ALL MALAYS ASK YOURSELVES AND BLAME YOURSELVES….WE PROBABLY NEED MALAY LEE KWAN YEW IN MALAYSIA FOR MALAYS TO BE SUCCESSFUL…SORRY TUN DAN SELAMAT HARI RAYA TO TUN AND FAMILY.
BEST REGARDS
MANHAKIM