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Thursday, March 30, 2006
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Yup, throw meritocracy out of the window and see what happens!
In Australia, a Malaysian Chinese becomes youngest ever PhD holder in University of Melbourne, top university in Australia. That is because he went there at 3 years old.
Conclusion? Migrate to somewhere else where you are appreciated and where you can excel and bloom. Don't waste your talent here in this Malaysia country where only the mediocre and the well-connected (usually not mutually exclusive) excel.
And yes, Vijay Singh would not have been world champion if he had stayed in Malaysia.
And for those Malaysians with ambition to become a world class golfer. After using the unforgiving fairways and greens here in Malaysia……….get out! Go out somewhere where you can really become a champs. Places where sports don't mix with politics.
Do you think you are lucky too? No! You will be even more lucky if you go to Australia at age 16.
Do you see the change of environment changed the person! If Malaysia allows open competitions and accept only those capable students into the capable universities, Malaysia will not be Malaysia as is today.
Some shared this sad theory:
The poorer the country (education and money), the stronger the government influence. So in order to gain prolonged control, the people have to pay (with debt and education).
Well, how true……….the NEP failed. Make me question, was it ever meant to be successful? No wonder these talents left Malaysia. They emigrated for 'self incubate' themselves to be successful.
On the other hand, I have to admit that in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is the king. Thus, anyone smarter with guts could make it with a lot of hard work. Also true.
Let us face the real issue here, education is a political issue to be used and score points and that is what Malaysia ministers in parliament will ever see it as.
Strange, one can say that the NEP was really helping non-malays. I am non-malays and fully support the NEP as it is preparing us for real world outside Malaysia.
How many Malaysians have moved to overseas and contributed to their adopted country? Just like the Jews in the second world war, they have contributed so much more to their adopted country.
So, the NEP is great for us as it force us to be more that we are and force us all out of Malaysia, and competition is easier when we move into another country.
Thank you Bolehland for forcing former Malaysians to be more than what we are and to contribute to our adopted country, by rejecting us and telling us that we are not good enough. After all, we have the results to prove it.
Also, just to note, this sort of treatment does not only extend when you are in Malaysia. I know of countless cases where Malaysians of their adopted countries have rendered more help to them than local Malaysia embassy, as they do not want to know you if you are less than a "Dato".
This is true especially in Australia, as I have met with Malaysians in Australia not getting any help when their passport was stolen or burnt.
As regards to the passport thing, there is a joke about the comparison of the Malaysian passport and the Australian passport.
The Australian passport isn't worth that much as it is valueless if possessed by others, and to reapply back the passport, you just get it back from any post office within ten days time.
However, when their citizens are in trouble overseas, the whole country is backing them as reflected from the recent cases of drug couriers in Singapore. Though it is not a good example, but it just shows how much they care for their people, please note that the citizens include yellow, white and black.
To the migrants, Australia is a place they really can call it home!
Ask former non-malay civil servants how they were treated in the government service in terms of career development and promotion, then one would appreciate better why government services became a choice of the last resort for the non-malays.
But when job opportunities are scarce in private sector, non-malays knowing that practices under the auspices of the NEP are more discriminatory in government services, applied for the jobs, nonetheless.
I heard this from my relative: In a government sector, 10% of non-malay employees are taking up 90% of the overall workload. Not only jobs are discriminately offered, at the work place, workload distribution is always unequal.
The ones who are promoted are generally the lazy ones as they have time to apply for leave to go for this course and that course, leaving the hard workers to cover for them.
So in the end, the hard workers are driven out by selection, leaving the lazy ones to fight among themselves. And no wonder why you get lousy service.
Mahathir already said in his book, that the malays will take a long time to catch up with other races, that they are not that sparkling eh (for some reasons) and they need help. Fine and good.
We, the other people who are then economically ahead were empathise and patient with them. Give 30% shares, give discount to buy houses, give assistance to start business, allocate more places in the universities for them (they cannot comprehend meritocracy), etc, etc, 35 years later, they still need help.
How much time do they need? Now they fling their 'keris' and shout 'leave' and 'racist'. How they ungrateful!
The element of NEP does not encourage a competitive economy. To name a few:
(1) Credit to employees are discriminative and not properly tied to performance. (2) The 'concept' that civil jobs are guaranteed results in unproductive manner of employee.
The problem is that hard workers are not rewarded. Generally if you work hard, more work will be given to you. If you are lazy, you do less work and still get the same pay.
So in the end, the hard workers will all feel disillusioned and if you can't beat them, join them and be lazy too.
Sad to say, while the world is changing with new technology to improve efficiency, Malaysia government administration and systems did not change much.
The work environment, with intense politics at play, in the government departments is not healthy for career, financial and job satisfaction, and personal improvement. They are not happy. If you look at the public servants, you will know what I mean.
The malays must be daring to go into the private sector or set up their own business and not solely rely on government contracts. It is challenging and very hard but in the end, it could be personally rewarding with career and job satisfaction, not just in terms of monetary rewards.
This is the best way to improve and increase malays permanent share of the economy.
Even in developed countries, most people who joined public service are not ambitious and do not want to work hard. They just want a job with the government for security with plenty of time for personal matters.
It is like spoon feeding your own kid until he is 40 years old. NEP is discriminatory and government should abolish it. What can do!
Before the NEP could succeed in its twin objectives of eradication of the identification of economic function with race and poverty respective of race, there must first be the twin objectives of which are eradication of the identification of political parties and policies with race and equality respective of race.
Only with it will people start to think of the Malaysian identity being more important than their ethnic identity paving way for ethnic insecurities and polarisation to abate.
The top problems in Malaysia are corruption, corruption and corruption. Get rid of corruption you get rid of all the problems associated with it.
Corruption can be broadly defined as the misuse of public office for private gain. Abuses by government officials such as embezzlement and nepotism, as well as abuses in bribery, extortion, fraud and influence peddling.
The effects of corruption:
1. Corruption in elections and legislative bodies reduces accountability and representation
2. Corruption in the judiciary suspends the rule of law
3. Corruption in public administration results in unequal provision of services
4. Corruption in selecting or promoting officials without regard to performance will stifle progress
5. Corruption siphons off the resources needed for development
6. Corruption undermines democracy and good governance
7. Corruption undermines democratic values in trust and tolerance
8. Corruption undermines the legitimacy of government
9. Corruption undermines national economic development
10. Corruption weakens government institutions by disregarding official procedures
Corruption generates economic distortions in public sector by pulling investment from essential projects such as education, health care and low cost housing into projects where bribes and kickbacks are more plentiful.
Corruption lowers compliance with construction, environment, or other regulations.
Quality of government services are reduced due to inefficiency as the result of corruption, thus budgetary pressures on government increases and ultimately, the citizens foot the bill and are denied the share of the national resources as well.
In the public sector, corruption undermines economic development. In private sector, corruption increases the cost of business and stifles healthy competition.
Corruption shield companies with connections from fair competition, thus making our country less efficient and less competitive in the global market.
Fine, I can look past that, malays can have their special right, but not to the point of causing plenty displeasure and plain unfairness to other races. It is like we are second rate citizens of this country. It is no wonder non-malays don't feel that patriotic about this country, who can blame them?
What we want here, we have to work our asses off, and we can't expect help from the government, only private and corporate companies. Hell even corporate companies have to stick to quota, that already limit our options already.
The five-years plan contains no paradigm shift. It is a continuation of many of the failed ideas of the past.
Something must be wrong when a policy fails to meet its target, not once but twice. More so, when in recent years, the share of bumi ownership in the corporate sector has not increased one iota. It was 18.9 percent in 2000. It was 18.9 percent in 2004.
Worse still, the share of equity ownership held by Indians has declined - from 1.5 percent to 1.2 percent - during this period.
Until and unless we examined why we failed in meeting these targets, we may not achieve them at all.
NEP my ass! It is making the poor malays poorer! It is not creating opportunity but a generation of subsidy addicts!
What all of you have said is pure facts - from public transports to media, to licenses for business, to corruption of the top officials, Malaysia isn't democratic as what we initially thought or rather make to believe - Malaysia is of no hope.
Australia must be a lovely place to live, but then some of us haven't been to Europe. Learning a new language must be very difficult for most people let alone speak so many languages. So the world could be more open for you than for others.
With very good command in knowledge of law as well as loads of courage, it is not impossible to find there are us out there, that is brave enough to voice out our objection in topic like this.
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 democracy, governance and human rights.
English-speaking people with different mother tongues are also now living peacefully in five different independent and sovereign countries namely the United States, New Zealand, Canada, Britain and Australia.
It is time for the Malaysian 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 BNs and their sons, daughters and cronies.
While major nations in the world build their future with successful education systems, Malaysia still cannot make up its mind up on whether schools are about nation-building or brain-building.
Our political leaders are without question, completely hopeless on this matter. And they are probably less bothered because their children are not to suffer. Plus, it helps them that most Malaysians have no opinion on education except on the teaching of mother tongues.
Vernacular schools in Malaysia are better than national schools in general, but in a general world they are still both lagging far behind.
Malaysians want to earn more and more and have more and more Indonesian maids in their homes and condominiums. But their children are slowly getting more and more dysfunctional in challenging the world.
So Malaysians do what Malaysians do best - pretend like there is no problem and repeat this senselessly in our media, till all of the constituents are convinced there is no problem.
Standards have to appear from the bottom to the top, without fear or favour. And when these teachers are in the schools, their promotion system has to be based on teaching skills, not politics. Ethnic-based promotions have to stop.
This is about political will. Politicians have to act more as national leaders and less as leaders of racial zealousness. It is paradoxical when the minister in charge is actually the leader of his party's youth wing which prides in being racist over the years.
No one sees the need of a national educational structure when no one believes that this is possible. Perhaps it is the politicians who will be need the schooling.
It is true that in the face of competition especially global, our corporations can thrive only when run efficiently by the brightest and the best.
Anyone on the street can dissect clearly that our government's current scholarship system is flawed. Clearly not everyone who gets it deserves it but what make it worse is that it's given to people who are not returning the good deed.
The theory is simple. If one knows that he will get what he wants handed on a platter, one will never need to work as hard as his other counterparts. Hence, the reason why bumis fail to excel in their studies.
We live in a country where education is for the rich and influential. Money and contacts are the major key players in determining our educational regime. The poor become poorer and the rich become richer. Scholarships handed out to the rich. But when we seek other educational opportunities we are reprimanded.
We live in a nation that throws out educated, experienced and loyal teachers to be replaced by ones that only have the right political connections. Our notion of education is not to educate the young to think critically, or to be constructive and mature.
In the true sense of the word as articulated by the nation's founding fathers, the Malaysian agenda should always be the national agenda, not the Chinese, Indian or Malay agenda, whatever.
But sadly, over the years since Merdeka in 1957, this major premise has been hijacked with push giving way to shove after the May 13 riots. Since then, over a period of 36 years, the Umno elite in power have been systematically been using the zero-sum game theory to brainwash the malay mind of whatever commitment it still has towards multi-racialism.
It is evident their goal is to revert back to the status of Tanah Melayu even if this were to make the country slide backwards to the status of countries like Zimbabwe or Bangladesh. The present political struggle between Umno and PAS with Islam as its main focus has made the situation even worse.
Now more and more malays are coming up openly to reject the Malaysian multi-racial society. The time will come when the word Malaysian will be deemed seditious and anti-national just like the slogan 'Malaysian Malaysia'.
I don't see a Malaysia that I would want to be a part of. A Malaysia that has stopped caring. A country that has fallen prey to the profit motif. To power. I pray that Malaysians will wake up and realise what a mirage our 'advancement' has been.
Margin financing is unproductive to the economy, it is just a form of legalised gambling. The banks are better off using their funds to spur economic growth via the financing of medium and small-scale industries.
The stock market is for investment and capital rising and as such margin financing is bad news as it allows for speculation. If you don't have the money, don't buy the shares. Why borrow and buy - isn't that what we tell credit-card defaulters?
Leave the banks alone and let them do business in peace
Politicians, in general can appear foolhardy when they pretend to competence and knowledge in areas never before traversed. This is why they need more than just good advisers. This is also why we need clever member of parliaments too.
I wish to refer to prime minister Badawi comments where he said democracy was working well in Malaysia.
Badawi comments bear no credibility or weight. To date, Malaysia has never had another political coalition in government apart from the Barisan Nasional. This is not because the opposition is weak but because information is controlled through a muzzled press and media.
The heavy machinery used by the government to stifle the opposition is not unknown. The various law enforcement agencies, the election commission itself and the media are there to ensure the eternal position of the BN in the corridors of power.
We have seen the full force of the government machinery used upon one man who was defamed, maligned and thrown into prison to rot for many years.
I will agree with Badawi that democracy is alive and kicking in Malaysia, if and when there is press freedom - when the politicians or their proxies take their soiled hands off media companies and the people are allowed to read the news they want to read.
When the Royal Malaysian Police would act independently on any report irrespective of whether it was lodged by the ruling party or the opposition. When another party is swept into power and there is a smooth transition of power. Perhaps then we can be a beacon of light and a shining example of democracy to all our neighbours.
Can we even dream of this? If the people truly decide to vote in an opposition party could there be a smooth transition of power within the framework of the constitution? Can we as Malaysians, even begin to think of a government not of the BN?
There is a smooth transition of power and there is the respect for their constitution and the laws, which keep peace in the country.
It is true NEP has its good and its bad points depending on whose view you are looking at it.
The non-bumis have been straddled with this law for a long time and I can see lots of dissatisfaction emerging from their rank. This can be seen by the ever-increasing number of emigration taking place as well as non-returning students from abroad.
I cannot start to call them traitors, as some of the bumis here seem to imply on them. Put yourself in their shoe first and feel the full effect of the discrimination for over 30 years……….Do you think you will be happy? Anybody?
Want to know why the non-bumis are all running away from Malaysia for greener pasture as bumis call traitors and rats? Know that even rats must be wise to jump ship when the ship is sinking.
The government has been pushing the unity theme for Malaysia for a long time - the so-called Bangsa Malaysia. How do you unite people? How are you going to unite people of different races where one race enjoys more rights than other races? Unity can never happen if there is inequality.
So, if you don't want people to comment on your special rights, then don't talk about unity in front of the non-bumis.
The next reason why the non-bumis keep on condemning the special rights is because of the implementation of it. Does every bumi has the chance to enjoy their special rights? From what non-bumis have been seeing since the past till now, only the rich and powerful are enjoying it. The poor bumis are still poor. How many poor bumis were transformed from poverty to middle class?
Sure, what you talk about your experience might be true if you put it in a nutshell. You cite examples of success cases and stories which is what it should be. But don't use special rights to deny a fellow deserving Malaysian of that chance too.
If you don't trust your fellow countrymen, whom in the world are you going to put your faith into?
The reasons have been given, countless in fact. And I believe you can also see it for yourself what kind of state Malaysia is in now. No unity, no improvement in the competitiveness in Malaysia.
I believe no community will get stronger if it depends on protection all the time. In face of globalization, each one must pull its own weight but work as a team. Otherwise we go down together.
Even when we were children we were taught the strength of sticking together. Ultimately, we probably won't affect policy much. But it will satisfy me to know, someone reading this, will accept my argument. If only one person reads this and is willing to change their way of thinking, then I have succeeded.
Because they will then carry that idea to the next person.
Like myself, I will seriously wish that my future children would not have to endure the same pain as I did. The system hasn't changed much in the past (even if they do change, the change usually isn't beneficial to non-bumis), and as I can foresee, the system won't change much in the future too.
I know things cannot be as ideal as everyone would wish. We all are persevering. Nevertheless, when there is a better opportunity worthwhile to pursue, we will go for it.
I applaud on what had said. They are presenting the real problems in Malaysia. I think any of you who say Malaysia could not be that bad is either in delusions, you are in denial or you are just got benefits from the government.
The non-malay students with excellent marks cannot even enter local universities. The standard of English is on the decline, is what the newspaper says, but it only of those who study in the local universities and they are predominantly malays as well.
It is not only shocking but also disgusting to see taxpayer's money being wasted on malay students who don't even deserve to go overseas.
The malays who are spending on your tax money on scholarships are not as deserving as they think they are. Why should they be deserved to be given that much when they don't deserve it.
The percentage of malays getting the scholarships are very high. These are the so-called future generation of Malaysia who thrived in mediocrity and racism and being rewarded for it.
One mentioned that don't see malays staying oversea. You are right. So far I don't see any too. Most of them would want to go back. Because like they realised they cannot be useful enough to stay.
They know they have to be unfair to win. They know they need the government to be behind them all the time to ensure their survival. So that is why most of these incompetence people choose to go back Malaysia.
But the situation is going to be even worse because in 10 years time down the road. The local universities churning out substandard people and the unemployment rate is going to go higher and higher.
Private sectors and investors from outside would not want people like them. They would just take in enough to fill the spot of their so-called quotas that the government put them in.
That is why you see the IT industry so popular but ironically employers prefer Indians from India or people from oversea. They would even go for expats because they know those are the competent people that can work.
So in years to come, the economy is going down because people in Umno and Umno Youth reward mediocrity and based on race. The scary thing is, they are proud of it too and think they are doing it right and can help Malaysia. Man - that is scary!
Also about the political sentiment they use, if you are patriotic, give more to your country. My response is, the country hasn't given me anything, why should I give to you Malaysia!
My friends once told me, I would rather to be treated as second-class citizen in other country like the US or UK than to be treated as second-class citizen in Malaysia. At the very least, your voice is heard than in Malaysia - where every good reason falls on death ear.
So if any of malay politician ask me to get out, provide me with the PR of USA and I am on my way.
So if the current PM want to make things right, he must not be afraid to put someone on the chopping block. He should think with integrity not rewarding people because they are cronies. By doing this, you are sending messages that you encourage things to be done this way.
So no wonder corruptions prevail and ton of incompetent people get to sit in the thrones of power. So there is literally no common sense involved except for the sake of covering their own ass. So it is really sickening to hear them praising about progressive society while the foundations of real civilization aren't there.
The malay scholarship holders are taking things for granted. They are paid insanely a lot all around the world as scholars. But look at it this way, that is the end of their career.
Well, not career, job, where you wake up day and night forcing yourself to the job you hate.
So don't get discouraged when you see them living the life. Envious are good, that makes you strive for excellence even more and more trying to beat them.
Since even the lowest pay in Australia, will overtake the pay in Malaysia, easily. If you don't believe me, ask an Australia graduate student how much they are paid a month with their fees waived.
I am sure that is a new goal you should set yourself to work on. So carry on, don't despair, and don't give up.
It is easy for one malay to say - I am not discriminating - but try living in the country as a non-malay.
Pork is banned everywhere but beef is served without any care whatsoever about others sensitivities. You cannot start a program with a Hindu, Christian, Buddhist prayer but Muslim prayer is a must.
For all the stale bulls who believe Malaysia still has hope……….best of luck, as far as I am concerned I am going to be out of this country that practices apartheid.
I believe my children deserve to have equal opportunity in this world.
If Malaysia has to push forward, they have to rebuild their political system to ensure that discrimination can never ferment in Malaysia.
I personally think that Malaysia is heading to a dead end, where it will meet Indonesia. Both of them might have taken separate ways, but the navigator (government) shares the exact same blood, teaching and thinking.
This Malaysia country is along the way of 48 years of independence has sideline the basic foundation of our government. Won't be surprise that many of our ministers do not even understand our constitution yet even knowing the Rukun Negara.
The purpose of Article 153 of the constitution and the National Economic Policy was to protect the interests of the bumis, in the fields of civil service, public education and public scholarships, as well as empower them economically.
Has this policy translated into tangible benefits for the non-malay bumi communities in Sabah and Sarawak? Not yet, if the economic disparity and the income figures, between the rich Chinese timber tycoons and their malay sidekicks are anything to go by.
We have double standards everywhere. One for the Umno and one for the non-Umno, I weep for the fools who think that their minister is fighting for their right. With every RM1 they give to you, they are taking RM100 away from your kids. Your son will grow up to become suicide bombers, trust me. Because they will think that the West robbed them.
Long-name Isa got kick off of the club for corruption, he was never prosecuted in court. Long-name Osu gambled millions away, in debt and nothing happens. The Rafidah-APs scandal? Last I heard she is still a minister.
Conclusion? We have a bunch of criminals in the parliament, and guess who is the head?
Well, you know what they say. Power corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely - given the chance, should he not watch himself, any politician (or most) would abandon his mission for money and status.
In summary - Malaysians enjoy the being multi-racial, love the country and not hung up on mixing with other races. The politicians (Malays, Indians, Chinese, and others) screw us all up, play up the racial card to protect themselves so that they can plunder the nation and put the blame on the people.
But anyways, it is sad to see the state of the modern Malaysia. I for one believe that Malaysians are very talented, and we can literally take the world by storm. If only we were given the chance and the support to do so!
Being an undergraduate, I have been advised time and time again by my elders, that if it were possible, attain a job oversea (currently in Australia). And don't come back. Except for holiday and the food.
But I still would really like to see its betterment. Fine, perhaps not in my lifetime.
My honest advise to my fellow countryman, no matter what race you are, save enough money and emigrate. You are doing yourself and your future generation a big favour.
Goodbye Malaysia. I guess there is no longer hope for a better country as long as it is a Muslim country and is governed by the ever corrupted bumi system. They suck big time.
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Yup, throw meritocracy out of the window and see what happens!
In Australia, a Malaysian Chinese becomes youngest ever PhD holder in University of Melbourne, top university in Australia. That is because he went there at 3 years old.
Conclusion? Migrate to somewhere else where you are appreciated and where you can excel and bloom. Don't waste your talent here in this Malaysia country where only the mediocre and the well-connected (usually not mutually exclusive) excel.
And yes, Vijay Singh would not have been world champion if he had stayed in Malaysia.
And for those Malaysians with ambition to become a world class golfer. After using the unforgiving fairways and greens here in Malaysia……….get out! Go out somewhere where you can really become a champs. Places where sports don't mix with politics.
Do you think you are lucky too? No! You will be even more lucky if you go to Australia at age 16.
Do you see the change of environment changed the person! If Malaysia allows open competitions and accept only those capable students into the capable universities, Malaysia will not be Malaysia as is today.
Some shared this sad theory:
The poorer the country (education and money), the stronger the government influence. So in order to gain prolonged control, the people have to pay (with debt and education).
Well, how true……….the NEP failed. Make me question, was it ever meant to be successful? No wonder these talents left Malaysia. They emigrated for 'self incubate' themselves to be successful.
On the other hand, I have to admit that in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is the king. Thus, anyone smarter with guts could make it with a lot of hard work. Also true.
Let us face the real issue here, education is a political issue to be used and score points and that is what Malaysia ministers in parliament will ever see it as.
Strange, one can say that the NEP was really helping non-malays. I am non-malays and fully support the NEP as it is preparing us for real world outside Malaysia.
How many Malaysians have moved to overseas and contributed to their adopted country? Just like the Jews in the second world war, they have contributed so much more to their adopted country.
So, the NEP is great for us as it force us to be more that we are and force us all out of Malaysia, and competition is easier when we move into another country.
Thank you Bolehland for forcing former Malaysians to be more than what we are and to contribute to our adopted country, by rejecting us and telling us that we are not good enough. After all, we have the results to prove it.
Also, just to note, this sort of treatment does not only extend when you are in Malaysia. I know of countless cases where Malaysians of their adopted countries have rendered more help to them than local Malaysia embassy, as they do not want to know you if you are less than a "Dato".
This is true especially in Australia, as I have met with Malaysians in Australia not getting any help when their passport was stolen or burnt.
As regards to the passport thing, there is a joke about the comparison of the Malaysian passport and the Australian passport.
The Australian passport isn't worth that much as it is valueless if possessed by others, and to reapply back the passport, you just get it back from any post office within ten days time.
However, when their citizens are in trouble overseas, the whole country is backing them as reflected from the recent cases of drug couriers in Singapore. Though it is not a good example, but it just shows how much they care for their people, please note that the citizens include yellow, white and black.
To the migrants, Australia is a place they really can call it home!
Ask former non-malay civil servants how they were treated in the government service in terms of career development and promotion, then one would appreciate better why government services became a choice of the last resort for the non-malays.
But when job opportunities are scarce in private sector, non-malays knowing that practices under the auspices of the NEP are more discriminatory in government services, applied for the jobs, nonetheless.
I heard this from my relative: In a government sector, 10% of non-malay employees are taking up 90% of the overall workload. Not only jobs are discriminately offered, at the work place, workload distribution is always unequal.
The ones who are promoted are generally the lazy ones as they have time to apply for leave to go for this course and that course, leaving the hard workers to cover for them.
So in the end, the hard workers are driven out by selection, leaving the lazy ones to fight among themselves. And no wonder why you get lousy service.
Mahathir already said in his book, that the malays will take a long time to catch up with other races, that they are not that sparkling eh (for some reasons) and they need help. Fine and good.
We, the other people who are then economically ahead were empathise and patient with them. Give 30% shares, give discount to buy houses, give assistance to start business, allocate more places in the universities for them (they cannot comprehend meritocracy), etc, etc, 35 years later, they still need help.
How much time do they need? Now they fling their 'keris' and shout 'leave' and 'racist'. How they ungrateful!
The element of NEP does not encourage a competitive economy. To name a few:
(1) Credit to employees are discriminative and not properly tied to performance.
(2) The 'concept' that civil jobs are guaranteed results in unproductive manner of employee.
The problem is that hard workers are not rewarded. Generally if you work hard, more work will be given to you. If you are lazy, you do less work and still get the same pay.
So in the end, the hard workers will all feel disillusioned and if you can't beat them, join them and be lazy too.
Sad to say, while the world is changing with new technology to improve efficiency, Malaysia government administration and systems did not change much.
The work environment, with intense politics at play, in the government departments is not healthy for career, financial and job satisfaction, and personal improvement. They are not happy. If you look at the public servants, you will know what I mean.
The malays must be daring to go into the private sector or set up their own business and not solely rely on government contracts. It is challenging and very hard but in the end, it could be personally rewarding with career and job satisfaction, not just in terms of monetary rewards.
This is the best way to improve and increase malays permanent share of the economy.
Even in developed countries, most people who joined public service are not ambitious and do not want to work hard. They just want a job with the government for security with plenty of time for personal matters.
It is like spoon feeding your own kid until he is 40 years old. NEP is discriminatory and government should abolish it. What can do!
Before the NEP could succeed in its twin objectives of eradication of the identification of economic function with race and poverty respective of race, there must first be the twin objectives of which are eradication of the identification of political parties and policies with race and equality respective of race.
Only with it will people start to think of the Malaysian identity being more important than their ethnic identity paving way for ethnic insecurities and polarisation to abate.
The top problems in Malaysia are corruption, corruption and corruption. Get rid of corruption you get rid of all the problems associated with it.
Corruption can be broadly defined as the misuse of public office for private gain. Abuses by government officials such as embezzlement and nepotism, as well as abuses in bribery, extortion, fraud and influence peddling.
The effects of corruption:
1. Corruption in elections and legislative bodies reduces accountability and representation
2. Corruption in the judiciary suspends the rule of law
3. Corruption in public administration results in unequal provision of services
4. Corruption in selecting or promoting officials without regard to performance will stifle progress
5. Corruption siphons off the resources needed for development
6. Corruption undermines democracy and good governance
7. Corruption undermines democratic values in trust and tolerance
8. Corruption undermines the legitimacy of government
9. Corruption undermines national economic development
10. Corruption weakens government institutions by disregarding official procedures
Corruption generates economic distortions in public sector by pulling investment from essential projects such as education, health care and low cost housing into projects where bribes and kickbacks are more plentiful.
Corruption lowers compliance with construction, environment, or other regulations.
Quality of government services are reduced due to inefficiency as the result of corruption, thus budgetary pressures on government increases and ultimately, the citizens foot the bill and are denied the share of the national resources as well.
In the public sector, corruption undermines economic development. In private sector, corruption increases the cost of business and stifles healthy competition.
Corruption shield companies with connections from fair competition, thus making our country less efficient and less competitive in the global market.
Fine, I can look past that, malays can have their special right, but not to the point of causing plenty displeasure and plain unfairness to other races. It is like we are second rate citizens of this country. It is no wonder non-malays don't feel that patriotic about this country, who can blame them?
What we want here, we have to work our asses off, and we can't expect help from the government, only private and corporate companies. Hell even corporate companies have to stick to quota, that already limit our options already.
The five-years plan contains no paradigm shift. It is a continuation of many of the failed ideas of the past.
Something must be wrong when a policy fails to meet its target, not once but twice. More so, when in recent years, the share of bumi ownership in the corporate sector has not increased one iota. It was 18.9 percent in 2000. It was 18.9 percent in 2004.
Worse still, the share of equity ownership held by Indians has declined - from 1.5 percent to 1.2 percent - during this period.
Until and unless we examined why we failed in meeting these targets, we may not achieve them at all.
NEP my ass! It is making the poor malays poorer! It is not creating opportunity but a generation of subsidy addicts!
What all of you have said is pure facts - from public transports to media, to licenses for business, to corruption of the top officials, Malaysia isn't democratic as what we initially thought or rather make to believe - Malaysia is of no hope.
Australia must be a lovely place to live, but then some of us haven't been to Europe. Learning a new language must be very difficult for most people let alone speak so many languages. So the world could be more open for you than for others.
With very good command in knowledge of law as well as loads of courage, it is not impossible to find there are us out there, that is brave enough to voice out our objection in topic like this.
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 democracy, governance and human rights.
English-speaking people with different mother tongues are also now living peacefully in five different independent and sovereign countries namely the United States, New Zealand, Canada, Britain and Australia.
It is time for the Malaysian 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 BNs and their sons, daughters and cronies.
While major nations in the world build their future with successful education systems, Malaysia still cannot make up its mind up on whether schools are about nation-building or brain-building.
Our political leaders are without question, completely hopeless on this matter. And they are probably less bothered because their children are not to suffer. Plus, it helps them that most Malaysians have no opinion on education except on the teaching of mother tongues.
Vernacular schools in Malaysia are better than national schools in general, but in a general world they are still both lagging far behind.
Malaysians want to earn more and more and have more and more Indonesian maids in their homes and condominiums. But their children are slowly getting more and more dysfunctional in challenging the world.
So Malaysians do what Malaysians do best - pretend like there is no problem and repeat this senselessly in our media, till all of the constituents are convinced there is no problem.
Standards have to appear from the bottom to the top, without fear or favour. And when these teachers are in the schools, their promotion system has to be based on teaching skills, not politics. Ethnic-based promotions have to stop.
This is about political will. Politicians have to act more as national leaders and less as leaders of racial zealousness. It is paradoxical when the minister in charge is actually the leader of his party's youth wing which prides in being racist over the years.
No one sees the need of a national educational structure when no one believes that this is possible. Perhaps it is the politicians who will be need the schooling.
It is true that in the face of competition especially global, our corporations can thrive only when run efficiently by the brightest and the best.
Anyone on the street can dissect clearly that our government's current scholarship system is flawed. Clearly not everyone who gets it deserves it but what make it worse is that it's given to people who are not returning the good deed.
The theory is simple. If one knows that he will get what he wants handed on a platter, one will never need to work as hard as his other counterparts. Hence, the reason why bumis fail to excel in their studies.
We live in a country where education is for the rich and influential. Money and contacts are the major key players in determining our educational regime. The poor become poorer and the rich become richer. Scholarships handed out to the rich. But when we seek other educational opportunities we are reprimanded.
We live in a nation that throws out educated, experienced and loyal teachers to be replaced by ones that only have the right political connections. Our notion of education is not to educate the young to think critically, or to be constructive and mature.
In the true sense of the word as articulated by the nation's founding fathers, the Malaysian agenda should always be the national agenda, not the Chinese, Indian or Malay agenda, whatever.
But sadly, over the years since Merdeka in 1957, this major premise has been hijacked with push giving way to shove after the May 13 riots. Since then, over a period of 36 years, the Umno elite in power have been systematically been using the zero-sum game theory to brainwash the malay mind of whatever commitment it still has towards multi-racialism.
It is evident their goal is to revert back to the status of Tanah Melayu even if this were to make the country slide backwards to the status of countries like Zimbabwe or Bangladesh. The present political struggle between Umno and PAS with Islam as its main focus has made the situation even worse.
Now more and more malays are coming up openly to reject the Malaysian multi-racial society. The time will come when the word Malaysian will be deemed seditious and anti-national just like the slogan 'Malaysian Malaysia'.
I don't see a Malaysia that I would want to be a part of. A Malaysia that has stopped caring. A country that has fallen prey to the profit motif. To power. I pray that Malaysians will wake up and realise what a mirage our 'advancement' has been.
Margin financing is unproductive to the economy, it is just a form of legalised gambling. The banks are better off using their funds to spur economic growth via the financing of medium and small-scale industries.
The stock market is for investment and capital rising and as such margin financing is bad news as it allows for speculation. If you don't have the money, don't buy the shares. Why borrow and buy - isn't that what we tell credit-card defaulters?
Leave the banks alone and let them do business in peace
Politicians, in general can appear foolhardy when they pretend to competence and knowledge in areas never before traversed. This is why they need more than just good advisers. This is also why we need clever member of parliaments too.
I wish to refer to prime minister Badawi comments where he said democracy was working well in Malaysia.
Badawi comments bear no credibility or weight. To date, Malaysia has never had another political coalition in government apart from the Barisan Nasional. This is not because the opposition is weak but because information is controlled through a muzzled press and media.
The heavy machinery used by the government to stifle the opposition is not unknown. The various law enforcement agencies, the election commission itself and the media are there to ensure the eternal position of the BN in the corridors of power.
We have seen the full force of the government machinery used upon one man who was defamed, maligned and thrown into prison to rot for many years.
I will agree with Badawi that democracy is alive and kicking in Malaysia, if and when there is press freedom - when the politicians or their proxies take their soiled hands off media companies and the people are allowed to read the news they want to read.
When the Royal Malaysian Police would act independently on any report irrespective of whether it was lodged by the ruling party or the opposition. When another party is swept into power and there is a smooth transition of power. Perhaps then we can be a beacon of light and a shining example of democracy to all our neighbours.
Can we even dream of this? If the people truly decide to vote in an opposition party could there be a smooth transition of power within the framework of the constitution? Can we as Malaysians, even begin to think of a government not of the BN?
There is a smooth transition of power and there is the respect for their constitution and the laws, which keep peace in the country.
It is true NEP has its good and its bad points depending on whose view you are looking at it.
The non-bumis have been straddled with this law for a long time and I can see lots of dissatisfaction emerging from their rank. This can be seen by the ever-increasing number of emigration taking place as well as non-returning students from abroad.
I cannot start to call them traitors, as some of the bumis here seem to imply on them. Put yourself in their shoe first and feel the full effect of the discrimination for over 30 years……….Do you think you will be happy? Anybody?
Want to know why the non-bumis are all running away from Malaysia for greener pasture as bumis call traitors and rats? Know that even rats must be wise to jump ship when the ship is sinking.
The government has been pushing the unity theme for Malaysia for a long time - the so-called Bangsa Malaysia. How do you unite people? How are you going to unite people of different races where one race enjoys more rights than other races? Unity can never happen if there is inequality.
So, if you don't want people to comment on your special rights, then don't talk about unity in front of the non-bumis.
The next reason why the non-bumis keep on condemning the special rights is because of the implementation of it. Does every bumi has the chance to enjoy their special rights? From what non-bumis have been seeing since the past till now, only the rich and powerful are enjoying it. The poor bumis are still poor. How many poor bumis were transformed from poverty to middle class?
Sure, what you talk about your experience might be true if you put it in a nutshell. You cite examples of success cases and stories which is what it should be. But don't use special rights to deny a fellow deserving Malaysian of that chance too.
If you don't trust your fellow countrymen, whom in the world are you going to put your faith into?
The reasons have been given, countless in fact. And I believe you can also see it for yourself what kind of state Malaysia is in now. No unity, no improvement in the competitiveness in Malaysia.
I believe no community will get stronger if it depends on protection all the time. In face of globalization, each one must pull its own weight but work as a team. Otherwise we go down together.
Even when we were children we were taught the strength of sticking together. Ultimately, we probably won't affect policy much. But it will satisfy me to know, someone reading this, will accept my argument. If only one person reads this and is willing to change their way of thinking, then I have succeeded.
Because they will then carry that idea to the next person.
Like myself, I will seriously wish that my future children would not have to endure the same pain as I did. The system hasn't changed much in the past (even if they do change, the change usually isn't beneficial to non-bumis), and as I can foresee, the system won't change much in the future too.
I know things cannot be as ideal as everyone would wish. We all are persevering. Nevertheless, when there is a better opportunity worthwhile to pursue, we will go for it.
I applaud on what had said. They are presenting the real problems in Malaysia. I think any of you who say Malaysia could not be that bad is either in delusions, you are in denial or you are just got benefits from the government.
The non-malay students with excellent marks cannot even enter local universities. The standard of English is on the decline, is what the newspaper says, but it only of those who study in the local universities and they are predominantly malays as well.
It is not only shocking but also disgusting to see taxpayer's money being wasted on malay students who don't even deserve to go overseas.
The malays who are spending on your tax money on scholarships are not as deserving as they think they are. Why should they be deserved to be given that much when they don't deserve it.
The percentage of malays getting the scholarships are very high. These are the so-called future generation of Malaysia who thrived in mediocrity and racism and being rewarded for it.
One mentioned that don't see malays staying oversea. You are right. So far I don't see any too. Most of them would want to go back. Because like they realised they cannot be useful enough to stay.
They know they have to be unfair to win. They know they need the government to be behind them all the time to ensure their survival. So that is why most of these incompetence people choose to go back Malaysia.
But the situation is going to be even worse because in 10 years time down the road. The local universities churning out substandard people and the unemployment rate is going to go higher and higher.
Private sectors and investors from outside would not want people like them. They would just take in enough to fill the spot of their so-called quotas that the government put them in.
That is why you see the IT industry so popular but ironically employers prefer Indians from India or people from oversea. They would even go for expats because they know those are the competent people that can work.
So in years to come, the economy is going down because people in Umno and Umno Youth reward mediocrity and based on race. The scary thing is, they are proud of it too and think they are doing it right and can help Malaysia. Man - that is scary!
Also about the political sentiment they use, if you are patriotic, give more to your country. My response is, the country hasn't given me anything, why should I give to you Malaysia!
My friends once told me, I would rather to be treated as second-class citizen in other country like the US or UK than to be treated as second-class citizen in Malaysia. At the very least, your voice is heard than in Malaysia - where every good reason falls on death ear.
So if any of malay politician ask me to get out, provide me with the PR of USA and I am on my way.
So if the current PM want to make things right, he must not be afraid to put someone on the chopping block. He should think with integrity not rewarding people because they are cronies. By doing this, you are sending messages that you encourage things to be done this way.
So no wonder corruptions prevail and ton of incompetent people get to sit in the thrones of power. So there is literally no common sense involved except for the sake of covering their own ass. So it is really sickening to hear them praising about progressive society while the foundations of real civilization aren't there.
The malay scholarship holders are taking things for granted. They are paid insanely a lot all around the world as scholars. But look at it this way, that is the end of their career.
Well, not career, job, where you wake up day and night forcing yourself to the job you hate.
So don't get discouraged when you see them living the life. Envious are good, that makes you strive for excellence even more and more trying to beat them.
Since even the lowest pay in Australia, will overtake the pay in Malaysia, easily. If you don't believe me, ask an Australia graduate student how much they are paid a month with their fees waived.
I am sure that is a new goal you should set yourself to work on. So carry on, don't despair, and don't give up.
It is easy for one malay to say - I am not discriminating - but try living in the country as a non-malay.
Pork is banned everywhere but beef is served without any care whatsoever about others sensitivities. You cannot start a program with a Hindu, Christian, Buddhist prayer but Muslim prayer is a must.
For all the stale bulls who believe Malaysia still has hope……….best of luck, as far as I am concerned I am going to be out of this country that practices apartheid.
I believe my children deserve to have equal opportunity in this world.
If Malaysia has to push forward, they have to rebuild their political system to ensure that discrimination can never ferment in Malaysia.
I personally think that Malaysia is heading to a dead end, where it will meet Indonesia. Both of them might have taken separate ways, but the navigator (government) shares the exact same blood, teaching and thinking.
This Malaysia country is along the way of 48 years of independence has sideline the basic foundation of our government. Won't be surprise that many of our ministers do not even understand our constitution yet even knowing the Rukun Negara.
The purpose of Article 153 of the constitution and the National Economic Policy was to protect the interests of the bumis, in the fields of civil service, public education and public scholarships, as well as empower them economically.
Has this policy translated into tangible benefits for the non-malay bumi communities in Sabah and Sarawak? Not yet, if the economic disparity and the income figures, between the rich Chinese timber tycoons and their malay sidekicks are anything to go by.
We have double standards everywhere. One for the Umno and one for the non-Umno, I weep for the fools who think that their minister is fighting for their right. With every RM1 they give to you, they are taking RM100 away from your kids. Your son will grow up to become suicide bombers, trust me. Because they will think that the West robbed them.
Long-name Isa got kick off of the club for corruption, he was never prosecuted in court. Long-name Osu gambled millions away, in debt and nothing happens. The Rafidah-APs scandal? Last I heard she is still a minister.
Conclusion? We have a bunch of criminals in the parliament, and guess who is the head?
Well, you know what they say. Power corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely - given the chance, should he not watch himself, any politician (or most) would abandon his mission for money and status.
In summary - Malaysians enjoy the being multi-racial, love the country and not hung up on mixing with other races. The politicians (Malays, Indians, Chinese, and others) screw us all up, play up the racial card to protect themselves so that they can plunder the nation and put the blame on the people.
But anyways, it is sad to see the state of the modern Malaysia. I for one believe that Malaysians are very talented, and we can literally take the world by storm. If only we were given the chance and the support to do so!
Being an undergraduate, I have been advised time and time again by my elders, that if it were possible, attain a job oversea (currently in Australia). And don't come back. Except for holiday and the food.
But I still would really like to see its betterment. Fine, perhaps not in my lifetime.
My honest advise to my fellow countryman, no matter what race you are, save enough money and emigrate. You are doing yourself and your future generation a big favour.
Goodbye Malaysia. I guess there is no longer hope for a better country as long as it is a Muslim country and is governed by the ever corrupted bumi system. They suck big time.
urm.. why all the comments like essay only??
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