1 Malaysia.
A couple of weeks ago, the government of Malaysia announced its budget. Budget 2010 allocations totalled RM191.5 billion, of which RM138.3 billion is for operating expenditure and RM53.2 billion for development expenditure
We are gearing for high-income nation, as what PM Najib announced. We are aiming to sail for the high life instead. We have billion dollar F1 team, privately sponsored. We have astronauts, or space-tourist who did in space, what I have no idea. We are a rich country now. The per capita income is projected to increase to RM24,661. Or roughly Rm 2055 a month.
We are a rich country.
For 53 years, this rich country still cant provide the simples clean water supply to these darned Malaysians. The right to have a clean water supply is not guaranteed? Thanks to video by Citizen Journalist; Mr Shanmugam.
Where the HELL are the BN and Pakatan? Where the hell is the governmental institutions and its governing system? Hail 1Malaysia.
u should not blame Pakatan, blame BN is wise.. Pakatan never been a government even for a year in Perak, so can’t blame them.. think before u release a statement bro
Pakatan was there for nearly year. They couldnt have done this? That issue apart, isnt that constituent is under Pakatan?
Main point that we should focus, is not BN nor Pakatan shit again. But where the hell is the Government machinery? Where is the SYSTEM?
according to the villager and EXCO(the adun for Kampar).. the land matter is under state rule…
but yes, may be less than year not enough for Pakatan.. but 51 years (plus one more illegal year) not enough for BN? now the state government is BN…. what BN doing now?
sleeping? hahaha.. that as usual..
you know that when the time the local council passed the project, the changing of government (the power snatch by BN) did happened in Perak… so that as usual back to the old political style, that’s BN empty promises…
y blame pakatan or bn…blame sammy value lah..oh yah, the fat mama got US$2million from saudi alibaba…guess she can help. Hope her next trip will find soros’s underwear, soros will give her a deep one!
“Racial polarisation in the country is not caused by the country vernacular school system but more by the government political, education and economic discriminative policies.” - an educationist said today.
The prime minister and all the Umno ministers will never admit that polarisation arises more out of the race-based policies and privileges one race gets over another.
Similarly, there are other areas of our daily lives where terminologies used have made us view certain practices as privileges rather than sacrifices. For instance, the bumi discount for houses.
The total sale value to the developer is still the same. It is just that the non-malay buyer is likely to be required to pay for some of the discount given to the malays.
But the longer the NEP policies continue and the greater the vehemence with which Umno politicians issue threats, terminologies will change and more people will talk about these practices or policies in words that may not sound as pleasing to the ears of the beneficiaries.
Obviously, at that point we shall probably see a new round of discriminations and disagreements. Unfortunately, as long as only weak people take on leadership roles within Umno, threats will continue, NEP policies will be sustained and corruption will prevail.
That unfortunately is the legacy we have as Malaysians.
The basic building blocks of unity, whether you are uniting different ethnic groups in a country or trying to re-engineer a corporation of differing cultural values, are the same.
The principal parties have to be treated as equals - nor special privileges no favours that would favour one group over another. Any privilege that is given should be given to all on the same basis - for example, special privilege given to the financially poor regardless of race or ethnic origin.
It is only on this equitable footing that you can foster true nationalism and build lasting unity, since each component group will have the same stake in the nation and has equal likelihood in reaping the rewards or suffering the consequences.
My recommendation to the government, not simply as a businessman but also based on pragmatism, is not to waste any more taxpayer ringgit on nationalism programmes until it has established the pre-conditions for its success.
What is sad is that, after almost five decades of independence, we have been unable in Malaysia, to bring globally-vision leaders to the forefront - leaders who can see beyond racial boundaries to recognise the immense sociological and economic potential that can benefit all Malaysians.
The very foundation of Umno are lies – lies about May 13 riot, lies about secularity of constitution, lies about special rights, lies about supremacy of court, and of course lies about the NEP.
How can our accountability and transparency not be limited by the very lies of the foundation of our governance?
Is the language diversity in our educational system a stumbling block to so-called “national unity”? Despite the insistence of this idea by the self-interested ruling elite, it is simply wrong.
And the common use of English did not stop Americans from fighting Britons in the War of Independence. And let us not forget the American Civil War - both sides spoke English.
And to the contrary, we see Europeans of different mother tongues coming together in a democratic manner to forge a united continent in the form of the multilingual European Union with common standards of human rights, governance and democracy.
English-speaking people with different mother tongues are also now living peacefully in five different sovereign and independent countries namely the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
It is time for the Malaysia ruling elite and their ideologues to stop spreading the voodoo of that language diversity hampers national unity.
The root cause of national disunity is none other than the existence of race-based political parties like UMNO, MIC and MCA, which perpetuate race-based affirmative action policies and which only benefit the upper class BN gangs and their sons, daughters and cronies.
But in Malaysia, MACC, police, Umno and judiciary are one team – united against law, order, rule and justice - to intimidate the people, to jail the innocent, to oppress the opposition and to defend the criminal.
The truth is that the ability of education to bring people together is limited. On top of that, education - at least secular one - is about the pursuit of knowledge and truth, and hence whatever is taught in schools should be based on the reality and truth in order to unite the students.
But when our society is already polarised by the laws and other economic realities, and we tell our children otherwise in school, it is likely that the unity lessons will never stick for long or even worse result in a backlash.
What is more distressing is the fact that national education policy is only meant for the masses while our political leaders send their children overseas. Can we believe they have faith in our own educational facilities and that they are sincere in wanting the best for us?
In Malaysia, unfairness is institutionalised. For example, it is alright for certain schools or universities like the Universiti Institut Teknologi Mara to bar non-malays.
So it piques me to hear some blaming vernacular schools for racial tensions. Vernacular schools have never barred malays from enrolling into them unlike Mara educational institutions. If vernacular schools are to be blamed, so too must the Mara institutions.
(A minister responsible for higher education who can make such inflammatory statements confirms that the so-called meritocracy system of university entrance is a sham, since he is able to promise that the percentage for malay applicants will never fall below the previous quota percentage.
Is he suggesting that we should rejoice over our poor education? Please do not confuse quality with quantity.)
I cannot help but think that the politicians have an ulterior motive. If so, please be honest and brave enough to admit it.
With such narrow-minded people in charge, it is difficult to have confidence in any of their suggestions.
When it came to choosing a career, I avoided public services for the fear of being excluded from promotions just like how I was excluded from matriculation etc. Many employers are also very racially defined.
Now, as much as I miss hanging out with people of other races, I end up being with people of my own race.
Looking back, I don’t think our primary vernacular system is the cause of disunity. On the contrary, it enriches our Malaysia heritage. The real problems are with the uneven playing fields that split malays and non-malays from secondary school onwards.
Another examples are the Chinese Indonesians. Most of them don’t even speak their mother tongue, nor do they even carry Chinese names anymore, yet come any major political turmoil, they are targeted by the majority. Is this due to vernacular education?
The government should be aware of the fact that the number of Chinese schools has not increased over the past 30 years despite the need for them due to increased demand from both Chinese and non-Chinese students.
The diversity of education methods in the country is a national treasure and should be upheld. Unity will come from mutual respect and fair treatment for all - not necessarily from a uniform education.
Whether they will take concrete steps to address the imbalance is another matter for, while I am optimistic about the people of Malaysia, I have very little faith in politicians.
UMNO is only good at spinning and deceiving the people, in particular the malays. The younger generation of malays now are smarter than their forefathers. The smart malays are shying away from UMNO because UMNO has deceived them for far the last 30 years. UMNO has brought harm onto themselves.
We blame each other, like the politicians blame each other. One blame the BN and UMNO the other blame the Pakatan Rakat. Monkey see monkey do. When the monkey see the politician monkeys playing the blaming game, this monkey also play the blaming game. Whats the point blaming BN or UMNO or Pakatan Rakyat?
Where were your brains when you were given the chance to elect a state representative for your place on General Elections? You elected a lousy and corrupted prick to represent your constituency and then when nothing is done you start to blame each other. Funny la.
You don’t believe in BN then you elect Pakatan people. But you see what happens now? So why don’t you all elect the most credible person to represent your area, so all these problems can be resolved.?
Stop blaming each other, because what you all facing now is what you asked for.
Rahven use ur brain …. can u tell me how to choose a capable politician ? u r insane dude … if u dont given any chance or oppurtunity to vote then how are u going to judge a person ? We all voted for BN for the last 50 yrs … i hope u do remember that
… There is no ways we can judge a politican unless we pressure them to do a job , if u fine he is useless then throw him up and clean ur dustbin ….
Haiyo…long time didn’t read the post here…Hi Akash…sorry bro I can’t use my brain…I IS STUPID!
Bro you don’t have to wait until the person get elected and later when he started to shit on your face….then you start to jump around. Nominate a capable politician. So way before he is elected, choose the most suitable candidate to present the people. Don’t get any Tom Dick and Harry to represent the people.
You don’t have to pressure a politician to do the job. Only those useless politicians, you need to pressure. A good representative is always alert on the peoples needs.
And finally you said ‘if u fine he is useless then throw him up and clean ur dustbin.’ Sorry bro I really don’t understand your statement. You think what, politicians are waiting for you to throw them away a? …hahaha. Then why didn’t you throw away the 50 years of BN regimen? You can’t even throw away a single errant BN politicians, then you claim you can throw away them.
Understand this bro, once you’ve elected a representative, then you have to wait for 5 years to change one. Till then you can’t touch them. So why do you have to wait t for 5 years instead find a capable one before electing him?
You are the people power. There are plenty of good and capable person out there who are willing to work for the people. Its the duty of people power to find and choose people of this quality to political arena and make them to represent the people. Thats Democracy.
Oh ya you asked me how to choose a capable politician. Use Google search