A radical change is needed …

First, is to admit the fault present in the current system and admit we were wrong …

Second, is to right the wrongs … n continue to do the right thing no matter how painful it is … Major sacrifices are needed … same as what the Japanese went through during their long recession …

It’s like deciding whether to amputate a festering arm or leg …
Do we leave it there and try to slow the decay or do we cut it off and deal with whatever we have left ?

I believe not many have the will to make the decision let alone stomach the consequences … therefore the hesitation, doubts, apathy and delays will continue until one day the whole thing collapses like a gangrenous limb undergoing auto-amputation …

1. that when a general public walks into a government office for assistance, the officer in attendance feels that he or she obliges to assist not because the general public is a tax payer but because the attending officer is doing you a favour!
2. that our BN leaders will turn blind eyes to people who amass wealth through unknown means in BN spirit. We, the general public, observe that a career polician with no economic background but has sibblins who amass enormous wealth during hte politician tenure as the YB! Yet, he has the guts to argue that the sibblings have the right to involve in the corporate world! In a genuine democratic country, though the sibblings may involve in corporate sector, they dont become SO RICH during the politician’s tenure!
3. that we normally have to buy our way to get approvals of our applications! It’s wrong in law but our government machinery is designed in such a way that you really need “assistance” from the officer if you require quick approvals.
4. that because of the so called NEP, a small group of bumiputra has been enriched by the NEP while the majority of the bumiputra dont benefit at all. It amazes me to observe that our bumiputra are so tolerance of the wealth of this small group at their expense! Yes, tolerance of corrupt practices has become a culture in our society!

Because of our cultures, therefore our per capital income is falling behind other Asian countries. Our BN leaders always compare our country with countries like Indonesia, Thailand, n those countries who dont have so many natural resources like us but they never compare us to South Koreaq, Singapore, Taiwan, or Hong Kong! It’s a shame that our BN leaders dont realize!

“Invited” is an understatement - a word favoured by the Brits as opposed to “force to accept British advisers.” It is polite language for “forced to” just like the word “advice” when the Agong is “advised” by the PM. “Invitation” does not mean invitation

Hi Undergrad2,

I don’t think you are criticizing my post here but I want to elaborate certain points.
There are reasons why I used the word “invited” as opposed to “forced to accept British advisers” which is the official version of the history.

The main reason being, the only reason that the Sultans in the olden days were “forced” to accept British advisers and thus begin the start of the colonization of Malaya was that they either accepted or asked for British assistance in the first place. No one held a gun to their head and “forced” them to get British assistance. They did because it means that they would stand a bigger chance of winning the internal political struggles. Of course, it comes with a price. A price I don’t think they realized at that point in history.
It is part of the deal or contract between the Imperial British and the Sultans and local Malay rulers. If you purchase something with a price tag, it is only natural that you are obliged to pay the price. Where’s the element of being force here ? Can I argue that I am being forced to pay for anything or any service I procured ? I don’t think anyone can. Whether or not, they realized that by getting the British in, Malaya would be colonized is another issue, but they surely understand that the British would require certain payments in due time.

Second reason, being that even as respected rulers of the Malays in Malaya or any of the Malay sultanates, they have done little to change the fate of their people. The different states exist as separate independent sultanates, each minding their own business but doing little to modernize and improve the living conditions of their local populace. Local political bickerings and fights for ascension to the local throne worsened the situation.

Unfortunately, I can easily draw an analogy between these 2 points I mentioned above with the current government and leaders.

First point, inviting foreign entities into local scenarios and land. The local government is doing exactly the same although I doubt many Malaysians realized this. A lot of MNCs have came into Malaysia, made their profits and at the same time profiting their local connections. Once, the $$$ is made, it is siphoned out of the country. What difference is this from what has happened during the colonization of Malaya? Probably, only the previous one have been overt and the current approach is a covert one. If anyone is doubting my point here, please take a look at the a local companies that started off as joint ventures with foreign companies. When they first started and the foreign partner is active, they made tonnes of money. But once the foreign partner takes a back seat or sell off their stake, most if not all declined and some even went bust. Best example, Proton and Mitsubishi, both companies earn tonnes, but what is happening to Proton now? Still struggling even though it had so much profits in the ’80s and ’90s. Where has all the money gone ?

Second point, doing little to improve the populace at large. Don’t think I even need to elaborate here.

Human beings don’t learn from history and in particular, M’sians at large are general the most ignorant people when it comes to lessons learned.

*shake head* please wake up. Things like this has occurred in the past and will continue to do so until we wake up and change our ways.

I mean, there is no point debating without giving any facts to support your claim, right? It would be akin to going to war with empty barrels. You may be able to say how great your military prowess is, but unless you show the fact that you have these weapons, then its pretty useless.

I think it would be a good start to think criticallly and cite the sources and informations. Then it would reflect a more mature, critical and supported argument, rather than a baseless critism.

Thanks for letting us know the tool. Its great! But I wonder how accurate the source is. And i notice that the time scale starts from 1976. It would help us (and YB Lim) a great lot if this tool can furnish information way earlier, perhaps 1950’s (when we got our independence?)

By the way, try setting the scale to “linear” instead of “logarithmic”, and you will be able to see how much far we are left behind comparatively to Singapore, Australia, Korea and a few other countries.

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YB Lim, I think this is a great tool and information to counter claims from BN that NEP is helping/sustaining our country’s economy. But before that, you may want to verify the validity of this statistic.

“Invited” is an understatement - a word favoured by the Brits as opposed to “force to accept British advisers.” It is polite language for “forced to” just like the word “advice” when the Agong is “advised” by the PM. “Invitation” does not mean invitation.

Thereafter, Malaysia transformed from a tiger to a tortoise. But at least the tortoise is moving albeit very slowly.

No offense, but in my opinion, the Malays at large have been hoodwinked, lied to, brain-washed and manipulated for generations by their own leaders …

How did the colonials managed to gain foothold in Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan etc ? They were INVITED by the different sultans, temenggungs, putera etc who were involved in internal power struggles … They didn’t come and bombard us using their canons and guns but they were invited in along with their soldiers, advisors, guns, cannons, military and ultimately colonisation and exploitation by plantation owners, British India Company and all ….

Can we blame wolves to be ruthless meat-eating predators ? It is their nature … but the people that open their doors and welcomed them in are the ones to be blamed when the “invited” wolves devoured all the available food and the people that welcomed them …

Same for the current situation in modern M’sia …. The malays at large have been under the manipulation and fingers of their own leaders who are profiting at the expense of their own people …

The Malay Dilemma is nothing but self-inflicted sorry state … Nobody did this to them .. They did to themselves by believing in the wrong people to lead them and being ignorant.
It is nothing but self pity which is something that will never change anything, you can feel sorry for yourself and continue to do so forever, nothing will change … the world goes on and leaves you behind …