Comments on: NEP – about time the government wakes up

By: sufc

sufc — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:59:42 +0000

It is so sad to see a country falling into such a high crime stage. We need to hear idea how it can be improved. All should stand up and say we no longer can tolerate this. Any idea how to voice opinion that will have impact to cause improvement in crime rate?

By: wtf2

wtf2 — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:43:54 +0000

They way the lot of them talked about race supremacy is like what the Ku Klux Klan did.
Hate politics and race supremacy propaganda.

If they want to live in the Hang Tuah age in these modern times may God save Malaysia!

By: Loh

Loh — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:49:50 +0000

///Hang Tuah once said : Ã¢â‚¬Å“TAKKAN MELAYU HILANG DI DUNIAÃ¢â‚¬Â ///

Hang Tuah definitely had a definition of MELAYU different from Article 160(2), as interpreted currently. The Melayu that he knew was quite safe until 1981, before the new Melayu became all powerful. Now, the name melayu remains, just like democracy is alive in bolehland.

By: AnakTiriMalaysia

AnakTiriMalaysia — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:18:03 +0000

Why the Malays need NEP protection?

Is this subspesies of human is genetically inferior, so that it can’t survive in the natural competition?

If they talk about fair distribution of nation’s wealth – perhaps Communism do that better!!

WE should let the fittest to survive, as to eliminate the mediocre genes naturally, so that the nation would be populated only with the good genes people..and could compete globally!!!

Hang Tuah once said : “TAKKAN MELAYU HILANG DI DUNIA” …. ONLY TAK HILANG WITH NEP? What a shame!

By: Utopia

Utopia — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:45:56 +0000

IN NORMAL countries, affirmation plans reaffirm the minorities!
IN MALAYworld, affirmation discriminates the minorities!

By: abbas gany

abbas gany — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:51:57 +0000

This is sort of a curse that has befallen on the present government and their majority which I believe has made them complacent, arrogant, greedy, selfish, self-centred and left them in a state of tranquil. This is what will happen to a nation when the government becomes lopsided and arrogant.

We have read history didnt we? What happened to the Pharoahs? what happened to Hitler? and why not, what happened to the powerful Muslim Caliphate? Read in between the lines and your hair will stand on ends when you realise what will happen to our country? What history has taught us, it is only repeating itself?

Simple factor, when a government becomes, self-centred, arrogant, corrupt, falsifying truths for the benefit of chosen ones,
DISASTER AND DESTRUCTION IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

The present government wants to learn its lesson the hard and painful way. The consequenses for the above characteristics are going to be disastrous and no way of an immediate remedy if at all it happens and it is going to happen.

Man wont be able to teach man and/or correct his wrongdoings.
ONLY GOD CAN IF YOU BELIEF THERE IS ONE. I FAITHFULLY DO AND I KNOW HIS WRATH AND HIS POWERFUL IRREVERSIBLE ELEMENTS- WIND, WATER, FIRE, AND EARTH – WATCH OUT

By: Alvin

Alvin — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:47:37 +0000

the Malaysian Bumis’ DREAM…..
macam katak dibawah tempurung
waking them up from thier Dreams equates to challenging thier birth rights.
Ask my kris before i concede you an inch!
thats being engraved in almost everyone of them.

By: Alvin

Alvin — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:42:00 +0000

if the present beneficiaries of the NEP (bumis) believe this is the way forward and that they are entitled to by virtue of thier birth right, what more can we say.
others like me can only see pathetic futures awaiting them including thier generations to come.
We can only point out to them that that it does not benefit them anymore and the current NEP policies has outlived it’s intended use, all with good intentions for our bumi citizens in this globalised and borderless new world.
but will they take heed, no of course not, they are living in this comfort zone not realising that the next generations will suffer because of thier lack of foresight.
they want to believe that non-bumis or taking away from them thier rights.

By: Utopia

Utopia — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:46:17 +0000

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The lesson here is a simple one. When you do not allow the best and brightest to rise or lead, then you degrade society as a whole.

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I love this one. The quality of education in public school has dropped so much in recent years. You could hardly see new non-Malay teachers these days. And if you are a Malay teacher, you are always guaranteed to pass your probation even if you do not know how to teach! The demise in education quality is the sign of many future problems to come!

By: good coolie

good coolie — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:35:22 +0000

Agreed, agreed, my dear prophets of doom! There is rank injustice and manipulation of facts to maintain the mother of injustice (the distortion of NEP). However please bear in mind that when we relate with each other, we relate as individuals, whatever our race. The other fellow is my brother or my sister, not at all responsible for the injustices pepetrated by rich and powerful politicians. So, at the level of the individual Malaysian, let us show some “muhibbah”, no matter how difficult it is to do so.

By: Toyol

Toyol — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:15:19 +0000

The whole world knows about the discrimination that exist in this country. Why do you think the FDI are not coming in. Its the foreigners way of telling us that they don’t agree with our policies and are using economic power to protest. Reason is simple…any country practising discrimatory policies against their own is bad for business.

Thailand is having militant activities in the south, yet their ariports boast more traffic than KLIA can ever imagine. Our politicians harp about the racial tolerance and harmony but this is hogwash. True undercurrents belies thatfact that our social system is on the verge of collaspe.

By: JusticeII

JusticeII — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:35:57 +0000

Are non-Malays really that well-off? There are a lot of non-Malays that “kais pagi makan pagi, kais petang makan petang”. Look on the road, who are the majority who drive big cars? Who are majority who patron the designer boutiques in KLCC? It is the Malays! The datuks and the datins. Non-Malays have to save for their children education, save money to either buy property or plan for investment. We may also need to set aside a sum of money to leave the country in case 513 re-occur – if we dare to question the bumi’s priviledges! We have lived under this threat long enough and we tolerated it for 50 years. Is it not enough?

By: Cinapek

Cinapek — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:48:00 +0000

“In my dealings with the Malaysian government, I have learnt that there is a feeling of Ã¢â‚¬ËœentitlementÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ among Malays that makes for a curious insight.”

A most astute observation and I totally agree.

The Malays feels that they are “entitled” to:

1) A share of whatever you have earned
2) the lion’s share of the university places
3) the lion’s share of the banking, plantation,financial sectors
4) to kickbacks to any massive purchases made with taxpayers money such as the USD100m commission for the submarine purchase
5) all the senior positions in all the GLCs
6) all the top positions in the civil service, police and armed forces.
7) all the lucrative construction projects awarded by the Govt.
8) all the privatisation projects

By: Godfather

Godfather — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:04:10 +0000

What makes us think that the Malays want to compete in a borderless world ? There is only a small minority that wants to do that, and the vast majority want the world to revolve around their kampung lifestyle. And it is this minority that gives crumbs to the majority as they know that the majority is easily satisfied, and is not likely to rock the boat because of the lack of ambition.

Who cares if University Malaya has gone down the drain ? Down the drain based on whose benchmark ? Their sons and daughters will still graduate from UM and find government jobs.

Why is it that the Chinese keep pushing the Malays to change and compete in the real world ? Why is it that the Chinese are so smart and diligent that if there is no affirmative action, all properties in the cities would belong to the Chinese, all key university places would go to the Chinese, all businesses will be dominated by the Chinese ?

Believe me, the majority of the Malays don’t want this sort of pressure, and the minority representing the rich UMNOputras in partnership with the rich Chinese are simply throwing them crumbs knowing that it is enough to sustain the status quo.

By: lakshy

lakshy — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:46:10 +0000

….or accept it!

By: lakshy

lakshy — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:45:35 +0000

I heard DPM say that 400+ years of colonial rule cannot be corrected in 30 years of special rights. So NEP will continue!

So there is no end to NEP. Even when malay equity stands at 70%, special rights will continue. The faster the non-malays realize this and leave the better!

By: moong cha cha II

moong cha cha II — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:53:00 +0000

Imagine Proton car project.

With all the advantages given, Proton survived but only locally, it still could not succeded internationally.

Imagine taking away the advantages from the Proton car project. Is it going down hill now ?

Imagine Proton is Melayu and take away the quotas, …

By: Plaintruth

Plaintruth — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 06:04:19 +0000

On June 30, 2007 postings Loh’s last sentence was “let us see Petronas account”.

How many of you out there have any idea how much money Petronas is raking in everyday and every year. Most of the money has to go to the UMNO cronnies.

For starter, Malaysia produces 720,000 barrels of oil per day. Assume each barrel is US$60 (or equivalent to RM 216 per barrel). This means every day Petronas revenue is RM155, 520,000.

The cost to produce one barrel is US$2.50 for Petronas and this means the net profit is RM149,090,000.

Multiply this daily profit by a year and you get RM54,399,600,000 For 54.4 Billion ringgit every year do you think UMNO wanted to give up the NEP?

Who has the power to open up the (account) books of Petronas to see where all the money gone to? We do. We the Rakyat. We the people of this country – bumi, second and third class citizens own every single drop of oil.

We have to speak up!

By: smeagroo

smeagroo — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:27:19 +0000

The “special” malays are dragging the whole country down. So are you gonna stand aside and watch them do it? ANd this goes out to the “not so-privileged” malays who get nothing from this dubious NEP.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:46:44 +0000

One major part of the NEP is political funding. Our political elites have perfected the way. To deal with the sophistication of methods used, one can really write a thesis on this. The Americans have upped the ante by redefining corruption through their lobbying system for political financing, building into the system rules and regulations so that within these rules, its so called not corruption but outside them one could go to jail – but even there, like here, those in power and are protected seldom get implicated : it is those expendable like lobbyist Jack Abramoff (whose services TDM used for his photo operation with Bush) who face the music for breaking the rules.Transparency International ranks the US lower than last year in the Corruption Perceptions Index.

Transparency International lately lowered the United States’ ranking, based on political funding and business (Enron and Worldcom) scandals, from 17 to 20, with a 7.3 mark.