Comments on: Suaris Interview: The Future of Malays Part 3:

By: sotong

sotong — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:41:14 +0000

Like most Malays, obligated to the govt. for their ‘benefits’ including scholarship, you cannot expect Bakri to speak his mind.

His wife is not a Malay and he lived and worked overseas.

To the conservative Malays, to speak up for what is good for his community, he is considered a traitor or ‘kacang lupa kulit ‘.

By: rjbeee

rjbeee — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:46:16 +0000

it it a complete waste of time allowing Bakri to write this rubbish..As said he is no better just waiting for another contract ….already you read now that Petronas is not helping the Bumis… How many petronas petrol stations are managed by non bumis…..still not enough for bumis……Please you mthink we are stupid …mamaks time is up………

By: waterfrontcoolie

waterfrontcoolie — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:29:20 +0000

Bakri, by now I believe you would have known the truth behind UMNO/BN policy with regard to NEP. It aims at making the average Malays feel comfortable with UMNO/BN preserving their so-called birth-rights share of the natural resources based on NEP; in the process, they undermine very subtly their confidence by making them Jaguh Kampong by lowering the general education standard by churning out A’s through the local public examination system knowing very well the results will be only good for working in the civil service. They can hardly compete in the open market. At the same time, they can frustrate many non-Malays which makes people like cintanegara and chengho very happy. You and I know that such policy is merely short-term shiok-sendiri syndrome and soon enough even the civil service cannot absorb them any more. The final option will be to devalue the ringgit at faster pace, which is being done steadily at the moment. Sure enough, we will be left competing with Zimbabwe. As for the pendatangs, they will find it harder to lay back on complacency and will continue to find ways and means to overcome all such obstacles, they may not be able to achieve what the Jews have achieved but they will certainly become smarter than before, as many are already proving the point by being able to hold their jobs in the international open market. Such experience gained will never be a negative gain! As the world becomes flatter, as envisaged by Friedman, there is no way, the Malay society as a whole can hide behind such policy. Where would they be then? I sincerely believe, Malay leaders like yourself owe it to your society to more than just writing about this dilemma but to sincerely act for a total change. The saddest part of the current practices is that the so-called leaders of the Malays are just bleeding the national coffer while being indoctrinated with lies that the helpless non-Malays are depriving them of their opportunities; while the Half-breed is robbing them dry!

By: Loh

Loh — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:47:07 +0000

///Our neighbor Indonesia had one revolution after another under Sukarno, but its people remained destitute. Mahathir too aspired to revolutionize our culture and people. In the end it was he who cried.///–Bakri Musa

The author no doubt considers that Mamakthir was sincere with his pledge to fight for Malays’ interest and failed. It shows that the author either does not know Mamak’s true intention, or he is no different from Mamak in outlook and in practicing racism without realizing that through UMNO and Mamak, he has lost his race.

By: rjbeee

rjbeee — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:31:22 +0000

Malays are at the crossroad, alright, the TATA truck will be waiting for you

By: Dap man

Dap man — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:51:14 +0000

With people like Ms.Listen, and institutions like BTN, Jakim, Jais, PAS Syura Council, and media like Utusan, NST, TV3 etc, do you honestly think the Malays will be allowed to ‘progress intellectually’ or ‘think critically’?
After five decades of holding absolute power, the Malays still blame the other races for their economic plight.
They are even told (and they believe) that the minorities will make them slaves if UMNO is not permitted to rule.
Nay, they are even told that the use of the word ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims will result in Muslims becoming apostates.
The fact is, UMNO, has cleverly shackled the Malay mind.
It will take generations if they want to live as ‘free people’.
Just look at Mahathir’s daily diatribe. He talk down to the Malays as though they are a dumb community.