The definition of ketuanan Melayu (Malay supremacy) is not about the Malays being in a position to dominate, rule over and force their power upon other races, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.He said Malay supremacy meant that the Malays, as the indigenous people in Malaysia, needed to strengthen themselves to ensure they were successful and developed.
“If they are not successful and developed, then they are not tuan (masters), therefore they will be coolies. I am sure we do not want to become coolies who do not play any role in development because we are weak and not able.
“So when we talk about that (Malay supremacy), we mean we must be successful in many fields. It is never about ruling over others, or forcing our power upon them,” he told reporters after chairing the Umno supreme council meeting last night.
“We are not going to be a race that dominates others. We want to be a party that represents the Malays and that is ready to co-operate for the future of Malays and the people, as Malays will also succeed when all Malaysians are successful. That is Malay supremacy and I hope people will understand it,” Abdullah said.
Source: Pak Lah explains meaning of ‘ketuanan Melayu’
Tuesday, 29 April 2008 08:57am
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46 comments:
I think what Pak Lah said is true. If we keep fighting among ourselves, someone else will take over.
We should build up strong, and work together, rather than condemning each other.
Pak Lah is blowing away the wind of change within UMNO. He knows that UMNO grassroot are calling him to resign and pave the way to Najib as he speaks. No matter what the excuses are, Pak Lah must go sooner rather than later. Certainly, not by 2010!
Pak Lah, don't try to sweep those UMNO grassroots who wanted you out under the carpet. It will soon surface.
Now this is the few "reinvent" term that Pak Lah make sense.
But alas, you wouldn't know how long the new definition will survive until the old chauvinist definition will revive from the grave.
if this definition is true then why is UMNO behave in the opposite way? arrogant, misbehaving and etc.
i think pak lah, just merely giving definition is not enough, you must prove your words. those that do the opposite way, like KJ and keris-muddin must be discpline by the the party. then only people believe that he can act and he is serious, no point just talk-talk, anyone can do that.
Has that rotter forgotten what Hitler's "Ketuanan Jerman" did to Germany and the rest of Europe?
I agree that we must put aside our differences and try to make it work for Malaysia. We dont have to criticize every single statement that Abdullah, the best we can do is to stand by our leader and show our support to him. :)
Bad awi is, in fact, saying that white is black because both are shades of grey.
Indigenous Disingenuousness. Everyone knows who are the indigenous people. The fact that he cannot face that fact shows that his core belief is flawed and can only keep spinning the same old record that get stuck in its groove along time ago. People have long moved on to CD, DVD and beyond.
'KETUANAN MELAYU' - IS PURELY ABOUT THE RICH & POWERFUL UMNO WARLORDS BEING IN SUPREME POSITION TO CONTROL, LORD OVER & FORCE THEIR POWER UPON THE WEAK & POOR MALAYS.
AND...
THE CHINESE - NEVER WAS & NEVER WILL ALLOW/PUT THEMSELVES IN A POSITION TO BE DOMINATE BY ANY OTHER RACES... BE IT WHITES, JEWS, BLACKS OR DAN LAIN-LAIN
pak lah... got no sense of direction
ppl tlak one thing he tlak one...
He really will kena kuaw2
crap! the malays indigenous people?? go fly a kite, badawi!! even kids in school know the indigenous people are the orang asli.
1st : if tat's the case, it should be kemajuan melayu or sth in tat vein. but at the end... it should not be race-based and TUAN is too much a word. warlord can lah!!!
2nd, like lucia said, indigenous ppl? i beg to differ. let's read sejarah then we know who're the real indigenous ppl.
the word 'tuan' is some colonial baggage brought forward as before they had to use that term on the British.
it is their way of telling the village folk that they are no longer under the yolk of colonialism - maaaan, is this history or what?
it is another bogeyman played out often to garner support out of fear. note: the politics play is always fear, and negativity, not constructive politics.
much have been shelved under the same fears but for the benefit for a handful in UMNO and used as political mileage ad nauseum.
perhaps in today's world, the colonialism has been replaced with something as just as evil,..... uncontrolled debt. unfortunately this was brought upon themselves. again, unfortunately, along with the rest of us.
Badawi is disgusting. His ketuanan melayu is not acceptable. He may talk what he wants within the 4 walls of his house. But don`t he ever dare tell me that face to face.
Bad awi cannot sell this UMNO ideology locally or internationally (except perhaps in backward and repressive countries)but the total control of the media for 50 years makes him think that this convoluted eyewash still has a place in the free world today. This is exactly why UMNO is fundamentally Neanderthal.
Ularmak Say Badawi Bodoh:
To make a long story short, the body-snatching will continue. The JAKIM boss Datuk Wan Mohamed Sheikh Abdul Aziz says it is up to the individual to decide if and when he wants to inform his family members. In other words, status quo lah. Not surprisingly, this is also what the PAS folks are saying. Datuk Nik Aziz also said there was no need for an intending convert to tell anyone. To be fair then, there should be no need for Lina Joy to tell anyone or get anyone's permission to convert to Christianity too.
But what is more important is that even the ularmak are openly contradicting Badawi, and these are Gomen ularmak whose salaries are paid by the Gomen. It simply shows how little respect the Civil Service has for the Prime Minister. Rest assured that no action will be taken against the Ketua Pengarah of JAKIM Datuk Wan Mohamed Sheikh Abdul Aziz.
The Gomen is now powerless and just floating. There is absolutely no respect for the Prime Minister anymore, even when he says something that is practical (which is a rare occurence). Even the ularmak bodoh are speaking up against Bodowi.
http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/6810/1/
Why must the phrase "Ketuanan Melayu" be favoured instead of "Kecemerlangan Melayu" or "Kegemilangan Melayu" or "Melayu Terbilang"?
This is perplexing. I believe that in order to fully grasp what pak lah interpreted ketuanan melayu is, you need to truly renew your mindsets and leave your insecurities out of the door. what he was talking about was a concept to motivate the Malay race.
let's make it idiot proof. it's not against any other races, or anything. what he meant was 'we as malays must be the masters of our own destiny'. it's about throwing the tidak-apa attitude out the window, and taking charge of your own future.
i am not pak lah's hugest fan in the whole wide world, but it is indeed wrenching to see so many people worked up over something so simple.
edi: justify your means. it's unfair to make comments like that.
Unfortunately the term also has the wrong effect on those supposedly addressed. Certainly it has made detrimental impression on both side of the divide because it is not divorced from wrong intention.
So why used it at all?
Nowadays it is regarded as bad for others health if someone smokes in a room with non-smokers. We don't ask the non-smokers to take up smoking to assuage the need of the smoker(s).
oh common dollar.....absolute nonsense!
can the Dan Lain Lain now scream "agenda Ketuanan Dan Lain Lain & jangan cabar hak dan kesabaran kami " which accordingly meant - "we must be successful in many fields. It is never about ruling over others, or forcing our power upon them,”
i cannot differentiate between a horse and a mule or an ass any more. help me please.
Abdullah Badawi, don't bullshit and try to spin this dastardly concept of "ketuanan melayu". That term definitely does not mean what you want us to believe. And the UMNO warlords who shout it actually means "tuan" in the sense of "lord" and "servants". So "ketuanan" really means the UMNO Malays want to "lord" over the rest. Don't kid us by giving us crap and try to pass it of as your interpretation. If it is what you interpret, there are many other terms that are more appropriate and polite.
I'a Malay and actually this is the first time I ever heard of the word. Ketuanan? Is the root word 'ketua' or 'tuan'? Hmmm who cares?
Malay Supremacy? And the Chinese are complaining? Show me where the malays are supreme?
Government? Politics? Hahahaha when we have jokers like VK Lingam and former PM/DPM mamaks, mana ada?
Real Malays only know how to f**k up. Like Tunku Abdul Rahman, Hussien Onn and Badawi. Real Malays are Bugis like Tun Abdul Razak but he only got to do it half way.
So who do we have left? Najib? He be another so-so PM! Muhyuddin? Hmmm he will ransack the whole country! Shahrir? Cakap Tak Serupa Bikin! Anwar Ibrahim? Another mamak with a chip on his shoulder! Lim Guan Eng? Malaysia might as well be part of Singapore/China.
That is the destiny of the Malays. From time in memorial, everyone else had a piece of us. From the Indians, Indonesia (Majapahit), Chinese (Hang Li Po), Portugese, Dutch, British and now back to the Chinese and Indians.
Why? Cuz the malays are easy-going people. Everything can or 'bolih dibincang.'
So why are the Chinese and Indians afraid of the Malays?
Because of the May 13? Has anyone tallied how many Chinese died in the hands of the Japanese? How many Chinese communist died in the hands of the British?
All stupid! Waste of parents money sending you people to school and learn history. Instead all wanna learn accounting to make marnee and read law to talk till the cows come home.
History has a way of repeating itself if we do not learn from it.
And what I see is that the non-Malays are making such a big issue about Malays that I think as a Malay, we might as well do what you fear we will do.
What about the mamaks in UMNO like Nor Yaakob , Reezal Marican ,Dr.M and other non malay bumiputra from Sabah ? Are they qualified to be call malays using the original UMNO'sconstitution ? Aiyah lupa lor . The original had died and replaced by the new UMNO by a mamak called Mahathir Mohamed.
wowww....
Pak Lah knows that his days are numbered, hence ketuannan is not about self enrichment, instead calling for more humble donors to give their wealth willingly to the indigenous lah!
Ah Lah never asks for money, only that number of humble donors come forward willingly share their wealth with Ah Lah; thats OK ma.....
welcome to the zzzoo!!!!
D_Dollah,
I think Pak Lah is trying hard now to right all the wrongs and safe his souls. Allah may forgive him and bless him if he is contrite.
Moo_t,
Pak Lah did not reinvent the term. It was the fundamental principles and the core doctrine.
Johan,
I am in full support of your statement. We have to accept right as right and wrong as wrong.
Wits0,
I think we Malaysians must come to accept the fact that the Malays are rightfully classified as indigenous people including the Orang Asli. This is part of the civilization process. However, it must also be remembered that once a nation had agreed and adopted a constitution and accepted the terms and conditions as stipulated they cannot thereafter call any Malaysian citizen as Pendatang. A citizen is a person whom the constitution pronounced as all the rights and obligations as provided in the constitution. That is what equality is about: that all citizens have the rights and obligations in accordance with the constitution.
Edi,
I think you should discern the right and the wrong. Not everything is wrong.
Lucia,
Read my statement above addressed to Wits0.
CK,
Read my statementn addressed to Wits0 above.
Jefus,
For all Malaysians to be assimilated into a unified Bangsa Malaysia it will take another century.
Anak Merdeka,
It doesn't matter. I am ketuanan China and Hindraf is portrayed as ketuanan India. Everybody wants to be a tuan of himself.
Phillix,
I tend to agree with your points.
mave,
i accept the constitution and the agreement before this but the fact that the orang asli being ignored was being worsened by the effort to indirectly clouding their rights. it's the number game at this of point, sad sad sad. also mave, can you please clarify when you say the Ketuanan Melayu defined by Pak Lah is the core doctrine and fundamental principle?
I think the ketuanan concept comes from the colonial days where they so admired the 'mat-sallehs' for having the authorities to command the local people to do things.
This fascination carris on after independence and they want to play the role of the 'tuan' after their old tuans left the country.
To me, if you have the intelligence, resourcefulness and success to run an empire, then your race can call yourselves tuan or any such name as you feel carries the weight. But going around indoctrinating the less intelligent and sadly those acquired knowledged but still want to hang on to this failed concept, I think it can only lead the group into convenient failure and misery. Even if they were to succeed, it can only bring chaos and discontent among those they want to impose their ketuanan upon.
As an old saying goes, "Respect is earned". You cannot force somebody to respect you except to earn it with your honourable ways. So the tuan wannabes, change your ways and maybe someone would call you tuan. Don't be like the corrupted Tuan PDRMs.
CK,
I understand the orang asli's plight. Much was done for them but they too must be willing to move ahead in commerce and be industrialized. I have been to orang Asli's place but found that they feel more comfortable in their present lifestyle while at the same time enjoying some benefits and cash contributed by the state government.
Msiaman,
I have to agree with you that it is a concept from ancient times dating back to the Greek civilization; and in Malaysia's case it's the British that promote the tradition and developed it over the years during their rule here. Then, the independent people wanted the same system of behavior.
I agree! We need a new paradigm to understand pak lah intepretation of ketuanan melayu.
This concept is meant to motivate the malays. The translation here is that the malays must be the masters of their own destiny.
I am a 10th generation Chinese in Malaysia and my ancestors and I have known only Malaysia as our home.
And yet everyday, I hear malays calling me 'pendatang' and unpatriotic. I find this totally unacceptable because I am a law-abiding citizen who pays my taxes diligently. Citizens should not be treated differently based on race.
Similarly, if an ethnic Chinese student has performed well, he should be awarded scholarship just as an ethnic Malay student who has performed equally well is awarded one. Is it too difficult to understand that not all Chinese are rich and not all malays are poor?
If a malay feels that he has the right to call me 'pendatang' and tell me to migrate because he feels his ancestors have been here long enough, by the same logic, I too have the same right to do that to him.
Orang Asli is the general name given to different groups of indigenous people of this land. Take the Negrito, for instance. They are definitely not the same as the malays. The languages of the Negrito and Senoi are related to the indigenous languages of Burma, Indochina and Thailand.
The only group of Orang Asli which shares similarities with those whom we know as the malays of today are the Proto-malays, who had arrived at this land much later than the Negrito and Senoi.
Those whom we know as malays today are Deutro-malays who arrived even later. Thus, malays are also outsiders who migrated to this land just like the non-malays. The only difference is the malays migrated earlier.
However, this sweeping statement that all malays and Orang Asli are one and the same cannot stand since only a minority of Orang Asli have become Muslims and there are even fewer who have fulfilled all three constitutional requirements.
Malays are a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the malay archipelago and malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
The original Austronesians from southern China crossed the strait of Taiwan and settled modern day Taiwan around 8000 - 4000 BCE.
These first settlers landed in northern Luzon in the Philippines. Over the next thousand years up until 1500 BCE, their descendants started to spread south to the rest of the Philippine islands, Celebes, northern Borneo, Moluccas, and Java.
The settlers in Moluccas sailed eastward and began to spread to the islands of Melanesia and Micronesia between 1200 BCE and 500 BCE respectively. Those that spread westward reached Sumatra, the malay Peninsula and southern Vietnam by 500 BCE.
According to the Encyclopedia of Malaysia, the Negritos, who number approximately 2000, are regarded as the earliest inhabitants of the malay Peninsula.
They are of Australo-Melanesian affinity and probably descend from the people of Hoabinhian cultural period, with many of their burials found dating back 10000 years ago.
They speak Austroasiatic languages, as do their Senoi agriculturalist neighbours. The Senoi and Proto-malay arrived much later probably during the Neolithic period.
To me, Ketuanan Melayu is the false notion of malay greatness or malay supremacy. Truth is - there is nothing to associate the malay race with greatness.
By any widely accepted standards, it will be obvious to see that the malay race does not qualify to be called one of the great races on this world. Truth is that the Chinese and Indians have a culture accomplished far greater and much more than these jokers have.
It should be Chinese and Indian supremacy in Malaysia. The only reason why malays have power in Malaysia is because they have the biggest population, and the racist rhetoric of the malay Umno politicians always sway the malay vote towards themselves.
Anyway, back to the untrue notion of Ketuanan Melayu. Let us see what malays have accomplished. Has any malay won the Nobel Prize - no. Has any malay been nominated for the Nobel Prize - most probably not.
By contrast, numerous Chinese and Indians have won the Nobel Prize and various other awards. The Chinese and Indian diaspora is widely recognized as two of the three most successful diasporas in history, the other being the Jewish diaspora. All over the world, Chinese and Indians have become successful artists, CEOs, doctors, filmmakers, scientists, writers, etc, etc.
Name one malay who is widely recognized around the world in his or her field. The only malay whose name might be recognized out of this country is Mahathir, and he is part Indian. Is malay culture recognized as a world renowned culture - no.
Malay culture, if cultures were ranked, would be close to the bottom. What is their culture compared to the great Chinese and Indian cultures that are centuries old and really rich! The Chinese and Indians have a 5000 years old history during which China and India have played a very important part in world history.
Nobody knew about malays until the Indian kings of south India first came here. That is why the oldest archeological remains in Malaysia, in Lembah Bujang, are Hindu temples.
The malay sultanate itself was started by a Hindu - Parameswara. And even at the height of its power, the Malacca sultanate was nothing more than a vassal of the Chinese emperor.
Have any malay architect designed anything worthwhile - no. Have any malay author won the Booker Prize or the Pulitzer Prize - no. Have any malay filmmaker won an Oscar - no. Have the malays achieved anything in sports - no.
Chinese and Indians have achieved all this. So there is no real Ketuanan Melayu. It is a fiction concocted by racist stupid politicians to keep the "kampung malays" happy thinking that they have had a glorious past.
They don't. Their history isn't worth mentioning. You would never find a mention of malays or Malaysia or Tanah Melayu in most books of world history while entire chapters are devoted to the history of China and India.
The discriminative constitution and law of Malaysia is just a recognition of this fact. The malay leaders and to every single malay knows that on a level playing field, the malays will never be able to compete with the Chinese and Indians.
`The translation here is that the malays must be the masters of their own destiny.`
Then it is the wrong way to do it. And anyone accepting that agrees that he is inferior to malays. The only way you can be equal is to convert.
The rest are inferior and can never be equal.
What a load of BS!! Now he termed it differently from all the other UMNO members would have see it.
Rakyat, People, it is true that we should put aside our differences for the betterment of the country but the point is, it is not the people that cannot put aside our differences or "Pang Beh Keoi", it is UMNO themselves that keep harping on their ketuanan(and remember what the Sultan of Kelantan recently said also).
Now, suddenly out of the blue, our PM re-phrase this issue and telling the other races that it meant differently when from day one itself we all understood clearly and loudly what was demanded from UMNO and from the other races! What a crock of BS!
I think PM should stop justifying himself these days as he seem to be "slapping" his own face each time he does it.
mave,
i understand about the orang asli's stand. but u haven't explain why you said Pak Liar's latest definition is the core doctrine and fundamental principles.
I'll show it plain and simple to you how Ketuanan Melayu sounds like to non-Malays.
Ahem...
Ketuanan Cina.
Chinese Supremacy.
Chinese Lordship.
Chinese Supreme High Overlords.
Wow, suddenly not so neutral and harmless is it? Don't worry, it just means Chinese being successful!
Mave, thy PCness is getting soundly whupped here, old chap. ;)
STOP THE RACIAL COMMENTS.
How the heck we want to build up our future nation if we have such harsh comments from half the bloggers here.
Please be ethical when replying. This is no place to bash other people just because we are different race from them.
-Love all-
mave,
thanks :) what i find MOST perplexing is, the same people who bash Pak Lah for being 'racist', are throwing out comments that are much worse. how are we going to curb racial discrimination if we still allow our mindsets to live in such a paradigm?
KETUANAN CINA!!! HIDUP CINA!!! TAKKAN CINA HILANG DI DUNIA!!!!
Don't be offended, I'm just trying to be successful.
i am a chinese too. i agree we shouldn't be racist, and i hate those that are fanatics. but this definition without actions are full of BS. i agree that the PM should be given a chance, but he keeps saying thing and not doing anything about those that misdefine this definition. he even went and defend the keris action earlier, and now he is giving such encylopedic definition of 'ketuan.. whatever'.
pak lah is a talker, but no action sort of person, an incompetent, invalid guy. a true cakap tak serupa bikin.
"what i find MOST perplexing is, the same people who bash Pak Lah for being 'racist', are throwing out comments that are much worse. how are we going to curb racial discrimination if we still allow our mindsets to live in such a paradigm?"
Good dhimmi - just like MCA and Gerakan.
All that talk of sejarah melayu to justify `melayu` (which was a village in Sumatra).
Long before that was:
`Golden Chersonese is the ancient name to refer to the Malay Peninsula by Claudius Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; c. 90 – c. 168), known in English as Ptolemy, he was a Greek-speaking geographer, astronomer, and astrologer. During the Roman time, the Malay Peninsula developed an international reputation as a source of gold, hence the name was given.`
So if history is the guiding factor, then the name should be changed to `Golden Chersonese`.
Konek,
I am also Chinese and I am also angry if anyone called me Pendatang as I am a Malaysian by virtue of the Constitutional rights of which the British had granted Independence to the Alliance Party made up of the 3 major races - Malays-Chinese-Indians representation - and based on the Constitution which is the social contract.
But it is not all the Malays who call others by that name; it is some of them.
So, let's respect the others who didn't and do not find issues to hurt them as most of them have been rational and fair.
Researcher,
You are tracing the history of Malay Archipelago. Maybe if you trace the world, Adam and Eve may not be the first human; if it was, then all the land belongs to them and since they did not have a will or a declaration of the beneficiary then the land will belong to the Sovereign who were to decide who should inherit. That way, we don't know who had inherited because the Ornag Asli were also immigrants.
There's no end if we try to trace origins. We accept reality and practicality; and in Malaysia the Malays have the right to claim as indigenous people as accepted and acknowledged by the British.
Ruyom,
Your argument lacks intellectuality and is more bigotry.
I would have deleted your comment but I believed you could think and write with sense and intellectuality instead of using emotions and ranting nonsensical.
I have respect for you, and wish that you would consider to contribute constructive and beneficial knowledge which can be critical but must be rational and fair to everyone.
I hope you will bear with me and consider my good gesture.
Toolan,
Why don't you consider the statements by our Prime Minister as a great erudition. Why don't you treat this speech as an isolated statement of facts and an accepted ideology. Why cloud the doctrine with all other things?
Lets give the PM a chance to make good himself.
CK,
The fundamental principle of human survival is co-existence. Every human had their own strength and weakness and it is through a social contract that we agreed to co-exist and live in peace.
Every human is a lord of himself and if there is only one community in a society, that community is the lord of everything within the land. As such, the people within the community will strive and work to protect their property and freedom. Thus, Ketuanan Melayu is what is defined by PM.
However, in a plural society, the main concern is that lordship cannot by virtue of the human fundamentals be used to dominate and oppress others. In a democratic state, everyone have the rights and liberties to act within the confines of the law and the rights and obligations are expressed in the constitution and the statutory laws.
Let us not forget the fact that when the Malays seek the cooperation of the Chinese and Indians to form a political institution so as to seek Independence from the British it was based on the agreement that they would have their rights as a majority race to certain tenets such as Islam as the official religion, education and scholarships for their children, and the protection of Malay Reserve Land, and various others. What was agreed is that the others will have equality and equal rights to the spoils of the land based on their efforts and ability and that all the poors will also enjoy the privileges and assistance of the government. At the same time there is a need of the other races to have mutual respect and appreciations.
To make Malaysia a better place for everyone, the Chinese and Indians must show the appreciations and respect for their Malay counterparts and remember the goodwill gestures that led the nation to independence, while at the same time the Malays must reciprocate the same mutual respect.
Let us try lah!
Scott,
Let's not create a joke out of a sensitive issue. I understand that you did not intend or have any malicious intent to be contemptuous, but the risk is there.
Wits0,
I don't understand what you mean? Could you kindly explain?
Farzain,
I wholly agree with you. I blog about this article and wanted it to be a place for intellectual discourse and a forum where the ordinary citizens can openly discuss the subject matter in a cordial and friendly atmosphere. Critical thoughts are welcome but destructive rants are forbidden.
I have a hope that I can contribute to the building of an integrated Bangsa Malaysia where every citizen are blind to the color of the skin and that they could co-exist and cooperate without the fear of discrimination, oppression and coercion.
Let's give this idealistic hope a chance, please!
Phillix,
I agree. My reaction is as expressed above.
Scott,
I am not offended but we must be brave to be idealistic and have a hope for the betterment of the society where everyone regardless of skin color and religion are equal in the eyes of the law.
I agree with you that we should give it a try, otherwise our GE outcome would have been different as the people, including myself are willing to give it a go.
But what I cannot stand is when PM makes a clarification as he did, he forgot to address the issue about those other fella who see "ketuanan" differently that he tries to explains it. So, is it ok then we all just proceed along and pretend what was said by those other fellas never happened?
Truthfully, this issue would have never even come to light if those other fellas did not tried to push their version of "Ketuanan" on us. I too have many Malay friends and even when I am in Malay areas and kampungs, I fit in very well because we the common people have no issues of "ketuanan" as we see each other as Malaysian, period. It is those fellas did try to protect their interest that uses this an their agenda and our PM did nothing to address that which is my only arguments here. Otherwise, I totally and whole heartedly agree with you and the rest of the people who see after our GE, we have finally taken the first step towards the betterment of Malaysia and Malaysian as a whole.
Toolan,
Let's just give it a try; the nation needs to seek a path of harmony and common good.
`There's no end if we try to trace origins. We accept reality and practicality; and in Malaysia the Malays have the right to claim as indigenous people as accepted and acknowledged by the British.`
You fail to observe that they blame the Brits for all their ills. Which is why pendatang must be kicked out `cos the Brits brought them is it not?
That only means that they are willing to lick the white man`s boots when it suits the.
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