Showing posts with label chinese. Show all posts
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Saturday, 1 October 2016

Antara chauvinis, komunis dan pengkhianat

Sudah wujud kerjasama politik yang matang serta boleh diterima pakai masyarakat majmuk Malaysia sejak awal tahun 1950-an lagi. 

Kerjasama di-antara wakil kaum utama dinegara ketika itu adalah langkah persatuan awal politik kaum-kaum berlainan, terutamanya orang Melayu dan orang keturunan Cina. 

Umno yang mewakili orang Melayu pada ketika itu berkerjasama dengan MCA yang mewakili orang Cina kerana masing-masing menguasai sokongan orang Melayu dan orang Cina dalam keadaan hampir 'mutlak'.

MCA ketika itu berdiri sebagai ketua kepada sebuah gabungan besar badan-badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) serta persatuan-persatuan kaum, suku serta perniagaan yang mewakili kaum Cina diseluruh negara.

Umno berkerjasama dengan  MCA sebelum dan selepas Merdeka pada tahun 1957 kerana Malaysian Chinese ASSOCIATION pada ketika itu adalah wakil kaum Cina di Malaya dan kemudiannya Malaysia. 

Sehingga tahun 2014 sokongan untuk MCA kekal kukuh walaupun goyah ketika DAP melonjak seketika bersama segolongan besar masyarakat Cina. 

Status MCA pada hari ini jauh berbeza. Mungkin tidak sampai 20% masyarakat Cina yang masih bersama dengan parti politik itu. (Saya sedia diperbetulkan dalam jangkaan ini)

Sokongan masyarakat Cina telah beralih kepada Democratic Action Party (DAP). Mungkin ada pelbagai alasan serta andaian tetapi yang nyata masyarakat Cina melantik DAP sebagai wakil politik mereka. 

Baru-baru ini seorang menteri kanan kerajaan Barisan Nasional dari Umno menemplak dan memperkecilkan MCA kerana telah hilang sokongan masyarakat Cina. 

Menteri itu berkata beliau akrab dengan pemimpin DAP kerana sokongan orang Cina untuk DAP adalah jauh lebih besar dari sokongan mereka untuk MCA.  

Itu pertengkaran terbuka di-antara dua parti BN yang yakin bahawa rakyat masih menyokong mereka. Keadaan sebenar umpama 'jauh panggang dari api'.

Keputusan pilihanraya-piliharaya yang diadakan SPR sejak 2008 adalah rujukan muktamad angka dan peratusan. 

Jadi, kenapa kerjasama antara kaum yang dijalin dari zaman negara belum merdeka lagi harus diketepi demi kepentingan sempit sebilangan yang tamak kuasa? Mana mungkin kepentingan yang khianat dan tamak mengatasi kepentingan rakyat dan negara? 

DAP adalah parti politik yang mewakili majoriti rakyat Malaysia kaum Cina pada ketika ini. Kaum lain yang ingin berkerjasama dengan kaum Cina demi kelangsungan politik perpaduan tidak boleh menafikan status DAP dalam politik Malaysia pada waktu ini.  

Kerisauan 'orang Melayu grassroots' tidak boleh menerima kerjasama politik dengan DAP adalah pendapat sebilangan kecil yang ingin terus mempengaruhi minda orang Melayu terutamanya mereka yang alpa akan situasi sediada dalam negara. 

Pemimpin seharusnya menerangkan realiti politik kita ketika ini dan mengajak masyarakat, terutamanya orang Melayu, keluar dari kepompong lama. Rakyat dahagakan satu kerjasama baru antara masyarakat majmuk kita. Rakyat mencari pemimpin.

Pemimpin tidak wajar mengambil pendekatan populis ketika negara memerlukan kepimpinan untuk menyelamatkan kita dari perigi buta. 

Agak mustahil orang Melayu tidak boleh berkerjasama dengan wakil sah orang Cina pada waktu ini jika 60 tahun lepas mereka sanggup berkerjasama dengan wakil sah orang Cina ketika itu. Apa bezanya niat dan matlamat, dulu dan kini?  

Sekian lama penyokong kerajaan Barisan Nasional, termasuk saya sendiri, tidak bersetuju dengan DAP kerana pemimpin parti itu bersikap chauvinis. Ini tidak dapat dinafikan tetapi sikap chauvinis dan perkauman melampau ini bukan lagi hak mutlak segelintir pemimpin DAP. 

Sekarang ini kenyataan-kenyataan yang jauh melampaui batas dan menyakitkan hati masyarakat kerap dilontar golongan lain yang dahulu menuding DAP. 

Agak pelik jika orang Melayu 'tidak boleh menerima' DAP yang mewakili kaum Cina di-Semenanjung Malaysia apabila mereka boleh menerima Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) dari Sarawak. 

SUPP ditubuhkan pada tahun 1959. SUPP menyertai Perikatan pada tahun 1970 dan kekal setia bersama Barisan Nasional sehingga kini. 

The Sarawak United Peoples' Party, or SUPP (Chinese砂拉越人民联合党MalayParti Rakyat Bersatu SarawakIban: Gerempong Sa'ati Ra'ayat Sarawak) is a political party in Malaysia. The party is one of the constituent members of the ruling Barisan Nasional. It was established in 1959 mainly by leftists and working class Chinese, many of whom were members of the underground communist movement in Sarawak. - WIKIPEDIA

I interviewed Bong Kee Chok in Kuching many years ago for a short feature. He was then a loyal member of SUPP. The party had even nominated him for a state award which was cancelled at the eleventh hour. Guess Bong Kee Chok is still a member of Barisan Nasional via SUPP.     

This reference to SUPP is not in any way meant to insult or ridicule the party and or its members but is merely a lesson to those who think politics is cast in stone. It is also for those who forget easily. 

There is also ample proof that we, as a nation, have managed to tame communism. 

I believe chauvinism too could be managed, but not treason. 

p/s 




Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Selamat Tahun Baru - Lets go back to basics

Don't be shocked if our youngsters don't know this flower.
1. Belief in God (Kepercayaan kapada Tuhan)

This Nation has been founded upon a firm belief in God. It was in the name of God that this Nation was established as a sovereign State.

Islam is the official religion of the Federation. Other religions and beliefs may be practised in peace and harmony and there shall be no discrimination against any citizen on the ground of religion.


2. Loyalty to King and Country (Kesetiaan kepada Raja dan Negara)

Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy and the Yang di‑Pertuan Agong is the sovereign Head of State. Parallel with this institution of the Yang di‑Pertuan Agong as a constitutional monarch is the continued existence of the institution of the State Rulers who are heads of their respective States.

The Yang di‑Pertuan Agong, the Rulers and the Governors are symbols of unity and therefore stand above politics.

The loyalty that is expected of every citizen is that he must be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty the Yang di‑Pertuan Agong and be a true, loyal and faithful citizen of the Federation. In addition, and without derogating from such loyalty, citizens who are subjects of the Rulers mu"i bear true allegiance and loyalty to their respective Rulers.

Loyalty constitutes the soul of our nationalism.. It is this inherent loyalty to King and Country which binds together our various races into one single, united Nation. Loyalty to other countries is inconsistent with undivided loyalty to this Nation.



3. Upholding the Constitution (Keluhuran perlembagaan)

Citizenship confers on a person membership of a state. The Constitution confers on a citizen certain rights and privileges; it also imposes on him certain duties and obligations towards the Nation.

It is the duly of a citizen to respect and appreciate the letter, the spirit and the historical background of the Constitution. This historical background led to such provisions as those regarding the position of His Majesty the Yang di‑Pertuan Agong and Their Royal Highnesses the Rulers, the position of Islam as the official religion, the position of Malay as the national and official language, the special position of the Malays and other Natives, the legitimate interests of the other communities, and the conferment of citizenship. It is the sacred duty of a citizen to defend and uphold the Constitution.


4. Rule o f Law (Kedaulatan Undang-undang)

Justice is founded upon the rule of law. Every citizen is equal before the law. Fundamental liberties are guaranteed to all citizens. These include liberty of the person, equal protection of the law, freedom of religion, rights of property and protection against banishment.

The Constitution confers on a citizen the right of free speech, assembly and association and this right may be enjoyed freely subject only to limitations imposed by law. The rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution do not include the right to overthrow the Government either by force or by other unconstitutional means.

The Rule of Law is ensured by the existence of an independent judiciary with powers to pronounce on the constitutionality and legality or otherwise of executive acts.



5. Good Behaviour and Morality (Kesopanan dan Kesusilaan)
Individuals and groups shall conduct their affairs in such a manner as not to violate any of the accepted canons of behaviour, which include the abhorrence and rejection of any conduct or behaviour which is arrogant or offensive to the sensitivities of any group. No citizen should question the loyalty of another citizen on the ground that he belongs to. a particular community. Good behaviour also includes a high standard of morality in both our personal and public life.



After reading and understanding the five tenets of this nation (above), you can't deny that we are/have been heading in the wrong direction.

We have almost completely abandoned the fundamental principles inked by our founding fathers. It may be bitter but that is the situation we are stuck in now.

Would it be impossible to drop the never ending political debates and blame game (in particular the multiple games played between races and our respective religious experts, politicians and their lackeys) and move on? 

I hope better sense prevails in this blessed nation. Malaysia was flying high, heading towards greater heights just slightly over a decade ago. What happened to her? 

Just slightly over ten years ago, we stood tall in the global arena. Our voices were loud and clear because we called a spade by its name. We were not feared by respected by friends and foes. 

Although we refused to kowtow to any superpower or their lackeys in this region we stood tall in Asia and Asean. 

We chair Asean now. That looks good on paper, but where do we really stand in the eyes of our Asean counterparts. 

Have we now become another lackey of those warmongers?  

There is a Malay saying which reads "Sesat dihujung jalan, pulang kepangkal jalan". If you are a Malaysian you should understand this simple saying.   

It's about going back to basics when everything else ends up in a mess. The Rukunegara could certainly provide some guidance, for the top most principle of the Rukunegara is 'Belief in God'.  

I truly wish, pray and hope that we in Malaysia and the rest of the world have a better 2015.

Happy New Year Malaysia! 



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Sunday, 26 January 2014

Racists choked by racism?

The silence of Pakatan politicians, over the students forced to eat grass saga in a Chinese school in Sungkai, is deafening. 

Even those paranoid Chinese politicians from DAP, who think and talk as though the whole world was against them, are dead silent. No public statements. 

Can't be on early CNY holidays. Possibly choked by their very own brand of racism?

BTW, this @chookian17 on Twitter (some say his real name is Steven Lim) has been ranting aimlessly in his attempt to defend the shameful act of a Chinese primary school teacher. 

He even suggests Chinese school teachers ignore Malay students. I would say that's more than childish. It's on the verge of stupidity.     

However this particular guy appears to show full trust and confidence in the police force… the authority. 

Basically he says don't go around yelling and screaming when the police have settled the grass-cow-teacher matter. He laments that some people are trying to turn it into a racial issue. 

We shall do just as that ranting born-again Malaysian guy of Chinese origin says. Respect the law. Respect the authority. 

I'm certain he would agree that we set it as the benchmark. This must be the standard principle in all issues.  
Don't cry foul when the outcome doesn't favor you, your interest or serve your politics and racial political affiliations.  

Don't threaten street demonstrations if the sissy fellow is once again found guilty of sodomy and sent to the dogs.
Don't shed crocodile tears and blame the whole world when your politburo is deemed illegal by the authority, following complaints from your own members. 

Don't be a hypocrite. We can't have two sets of the law. 

Don't turn everything into a racial issue even though the police has cleared the issue. 

You agree?



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Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Roads, potholes and rogues in Sarawak

The caption clearly says that 'Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak declaring the 287-mile Kuching/Sibu Road in 1966 as Tun Jugah looks on.'

That 1966-picture is about the Kuching-Sibu Road. The above road was completed a long time ago. Refer to the map below for a rough understanding of these locations in Sarawak.

Also take note how some hate-mongers have been making a fool of the people.(click on the above pic). They claim the road was never constructed and intentionally confuse and anger the people by saying that the government has cheated them. 

We know who the hate mongers are but I'm surprised that so many among us believe in such blind, black propaganda. Even an illiterate seem wiser than many learned Malaysians. When an illiterate takes an express bus from Kuching to Sibu, he/she knows that the road has been constructed a long time ago. 

Why allow blind hatred based on concocted lies fool you? 
See how such bullshit becomes apple-pie and is widely consumed by the smart ones HERE

See how Malaysiakini does it HERE

Stop being an idiot. Tolong lah! We got better things to do. 

Why don't we start looking for the 40,000 Bangladeshis who voted against Pakatan in the last election? ;-) 

p/s Remember… the road must be there for potholes to exist. 

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Friday, 15 November 2013

More DAP than DAP?

Not the Chinaman, its the chauvinist politicians

This opinion piece appeared a month ago at mysinchew.com. It may be bitter for some but it's a good read.

Bubbling of Chinese politics in Malaysia
By LIM SUE GOAN
Translated by DOMINIC LOH
Sin Chew Daily
Umno and MCA are representatives of Malay and Chinese politics in this country. While Umno has its share of problems, the Malay race is one that still knows how to care and help their own people. Not our Chinese leaders.
Chinese Malaysians are a clever lot, but they are only good if they go solo. When a group of Chinese people come together, factionalization and infightings are a norm.
The biggest difference between Umno and MCA is that Umno leaders know how to make some changes for the sake of the party, for example the direct party elections that allow the party to move in tandem of the times. By contrast, MCA continues to adhere stubbornly to the easily manipulated central delegate voting system it has practiced for decades because its leaders are more concerned about their own interests and powers than anything else.
The upcoming MCA elections will be one classical example of power play, especially its president Chua Soi Lek, the power play supremo who has the party well in his grips.
After the humiliating defeat in GE13, Chua should by right bear the full responsibility being the party president, but whether he would go or stay is now up to him himself to decide. He is having everything in his hands, from his control of central delegates in divisional polls to an EGM to censure his deputy Liow Tiong Lai on October 20.
Before he architectured the Oct 20 EGM, I believe Chua already had in mind of dragging Liow along with him if he were to bow out. So he designed a motion to censure Liow, making him morally unfit to run for presidency. At the same time, the president named 18 young leaders who could take over, including Wee Ka Siong, with the objective of disintegrating the Liow-Wee alliance.
If he successfully incites the supporters of Liow and Wee, even if the duo were to form a pair to run for the party's top two posts in December, Chua's men are expected to reap the benefit and take the helm.
As a matter of fact, the infightings within MCA over the years have been an epitome of the power struggle within the party, the Ong Tee Keat and Chua Soi Lek rift being a classical instance.
On August 27, 2009, under the auspices of Ong Tee Keat, Chua Soi Lek was sacked by the party's presidential council citing the immoral sex CD issue. Chua fought back and successfully passed a resolution to call for Ong's resignation on October 10 the same year. Chua's party membership and committee member status were reinstated but not his deputy presidency.
October 22, Ong, Chua and Liow announced they had achieved a "grand unity solution." In the March 28, 2010 party elections, Chua defeated Ong Tee Keat and Ong Ka Ting in a three-cornered fight, attesting to the fact that Chua was indeed the supremo in power play.
From here we can see that MCA leaders care nothing about principles. They are only concerned about their own benefits. They could set aside a resolution achieved at the October 10 EGM, and a foe could turn a close ally in a split second.
As such, we shouldn't be overly worried about the latest infightings because another peace solution could be well on the way any minute. And if the farce has gone way too far off, Umno leaders can always put their hands in it and bring the whole thing to a rest before long.
Malaysians have lost their faith in MCA for another reason: people have previously speculated that MCA would very soon make its way back to the Cabinet, and indeed one of the motions at the October 20 EGM will be to nullify the party's earlier decision of not joining the Cabinet.
What are the reasons for joining the Cabinet? If they still care about their individual interests more, in the end they will not be able to fight for a more equitable system, in which case it wouldn't matter any more whether MCA gets into the Cabinet or not as it will not help the Chinese community.
While MCA leaders enjoy creating the farce, many people have actually put it off their minds. If the party fails to renew itself, its days are numbered.
Seeing what is happening to MCA, Chinese politics in Malaysia is indeed a sad thing. Chinese politicians have the wits to only manipulate the powers in their hands, not to struggle for the well-being of the entire community.
If is a sad reality that Chinese Malaysians are being sidelined after GE13, but unfortunately Chinese parties remain untrustworthy as ever while Chinese associations are divided. There will be no way out for the Chinese community in Malaysia unless our leaders put an immediate stop to all the nonsense and work together to hammer things out and get the problems solved. - mysinchew.com 
I have a few questions. 

Does 'Chinese parties, Chinese politicians and our leaders' - as highlighted in the article above - apply to DAP as well? 

This circus of MCA holding AGMs and EGMs to decide which Govt position/appointments they want and which they don't.... is it not a big joke? 

You think the Prime Minister, the Mentris Besar and the Chief Ministers are running sundry shops for you to prepare a shopping list of your wants? 

Is Soi Lek not the biggest burden for MCA today? How do you expect the party to renew itself when Soi Lek thinks he should win the Oscar on MCA's ticket? 

MCA must certainly renew itself but the biggest fear is that those desperate politicians with loads of personal baggage may push MCA to be more DAP than DAP to cover their weaknesses. 

That may not be the kind of renewal the Chinese community is looking forward to.

Actually the Chinese community is beginning to show signs of lethargy to DAP's politics of hatred. People are tired of DAP's blame game. Ordinary folks have had enough of we against them kind of divisive politics. Politics of race and region is another issue which the ordinary Chinese are tired of. Even the Chinese fear those born again Christians among them. 

DAP's in-fighting is just waiting to implode into something bigger. Kit Siang & son cannot possibly continue to blame Umno and BN as their own members have grown tired of the dictatorship in DAP.

If MCA members are smart enough, they could sail this wind of change. MCA must rejuvenate, renew and re-invent the party. MCA must stand up and be the voice of reason for Malaysians. 

Most importantly, MCA must remain moderate and not try to be more chauvinist and divisive than those dictators and their ilk in the DAP.

To renew or rejuvenate, there must be change. Is Soi Lek seeking re-election as MCA president? 


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Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Korporat galak amalan sikap anarkis - Zainuddin Maidin

The last line of this article by former Utusan Malaysia chief, sums it all up. If you can't be of any help, just don't be a bloody burden. 

... and I wonder what the Prime Minister and Nazir Razak's brother Najib Razak has to say about Azran Osman Rani's 'act of bravery'...


PENGARAH Urusan Kumpulan dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan CIMB, Datuk Seri Nazir Razak telah memuji Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif AirAsia X Azran Osman Rani kerana pandangannya yang terus terang terhadap Utusan Malaysia dan Perkasa.

Katanya, sikap terus terang inilah yang menjadikan dia pemimpin besar dengan keupayaannya menunaikan tanggungjawabnya sebagai CEO AirAsia.

Menurut sebuah akhbar, Nazir ketika melancarkan prospektus AirAsia X kelmarin berkata, "sesetengah orang mungkin memikirkan Azran melampau dalam kata-katanya tetapi apakah yang dapat kita harapkan apabila kita mempunyai seorang pengerusi seperti Rafidah Aziz".

Saya tidak tahu dalam soal apakah yang dimaksudkan oleh Nazir sebagai sikap terus terang Azran. Adakah tanggapannya Utusan sebagai akhbar rasis kerana menyiarkan berita 'Apa Lagi Orang Cina Mahu' atau ugutannya untuk menarik iklan AirAsia daripada Utusan Malaysia.

Bagi saya, tanggapan Utusan sebagai rasis adalah subjektif. Ia bergantung kepada aliran pemikiran atau kecenderungan seseorang dan juga latar belakang pendidikannya, dan itu adalah hak masing-masing.

Tetapi yang saya rasa tidak wajar ialah sikap tidak toleransi Azran yang kerana tidak bersetuju dengan pendirian Utusan telah mengugut untuk menarik balik iklan AirAsia daripada Utusan kerana pendirian Utusan bertentangan dengan pemikirannya.

Sentimen dan prajudis telah mempengaruhi tindakannya.

Apakah ini sikap seorang yang terpelajar yang percaya pada kebebasan dan demokrasi, keterbukaan dan globalisasi? Apakah ini bukan merupakan penyalahgunaan kuasa atau tindakan yang tidak rasional?

Pada pandangan saya, oleh kerana Nazir menganggap Azran sebagai seorang pemimpin besar kerana tindakannya itu, maka bererti beliau merestukan amalan sikap anarkis CEO atau Ketua-ketua Pegawai Eksekutif dalam badan-badan korporat atau syarikat besar.

Dalam perkembangan kapitalisme Barat, korporat gergasi dan syarikat-syarikat perniagaan besar semakin berkuasa, malah melebihi kuasa kerajaan dan mengancam kebebasan media atau memperalatkan media dengan kuasa wang mereka.

Inilah kuasa yang tidak kelihatan kepada orang ramai, sebaliknya rakyat hanya nampak kuasa kerajaan yang menekan kebebasan media khususnya akhbar.

Berhubung dengan perkara ini, saya suka memetik sedikit daripada tulisan seorang penulis terkenal British, Anthony Sampson dalam bukunya The Essential Anatomy Of Britian-Democracy in Crisis.

Kata Sampson; "The link between newspapers and big business had a longer- term effect: for journalist have constrained from reporting or criticising the excesses of financial boom, by pressures from owners, advertisers and public relations men, who helped set the agenda of the business pages. Enterpreneurial owners naturally dislike the critical and investigative function of reporters".

Pandangan Sampson ini menepati pandangan bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad dalam suatu jamuan makan malam Kesatuan Wartawan Kebangsaan Malaysia (NUJ) pada tahun 1990 yang mana beliau berkata, bukan sahaja kerajaan yang memberi kesan kepada kebebasan akhbar tetapi juga kepentingan perniagaan, pemilik, pengarah-pengarah dan juga kepentingan populariti.

Utusan sendiri tahu banyak hal yang negatif mengenai AirAsia telah disembunyikan bersama-sama dengan akhbar-akhbar lain demi kepentingan iklan atau wang daripadanya, tetapi nampaknya ini sahaja tidak cukup kepada Azran.

Beliau merasakan bahawa untuk Utusan mendapat iklan daripada AirAsia maka perlulah Utusan mengikuti kecenderungan sosial dan politiknya. Maka tekanan kewangan perlu dikenakan ke atas Utusan.

Tentulah semangat Azran bertambah tinggi dengan sokongan Nazir, adik kepada Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang tidak memahami krisis keyakinan yang sedang dihadapi oleh Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dan juga UMNO.

Nazir tidak memahami bahawa tanpa sokongan daripada Utusan Malaysia memerangi anasir-anasir yang menghakiskan keyakinan kepada kerajaan, maka tidak mungkin UMNO akan dapat mengekalkan sokongan orang Melayu kepadanya yang menambahkan kerusi UMNO di Parlimen, menawan kembali negeri Kedah dan Perak dan menambah kerusi di Kelantan.

Barangkali Nazir memikirkan tanpa Utusan Malaysia menyerang balas terhadap sikap melampau orang Cina, maka Barisan Nasional akan mendapat sokongan orang Cina.

Sebenarnya Nazir menambah masalah yang dihadapi oleh Najib dan UMNO. 


- TAN SRI ZAINUDIN MAIDIN ialah Karyawan Tamu Institut Pemikiran Tun Dr. Mahathir, Universiti Utara Malaysia.



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