Abim asks Government to explain rise in scholarships for non-bumiputeras
The Malaysian Muslim Youth Movement (Abim) has called on the government to clarify the necessity for the Public Service Department (PSD) to increase the ratio of scholarships for non-Bumiputeras from 10 percent to 45 percent.
Abim secretary-general, Khairul Arifin Mohd Munir, said in view that the education quota issue was closely related to provisions in the federal constitution like Articles 153(2) and 153(3) it was therefore necessary that Malaysians be given an explanation for the move.
He said the matter was important as till now the percentage of Bumiputeras was much higher than non-Bumiputeras, the poverty rate among Bumiputeras was also higher than other races and the number of professional Bumiputeras was low especially in Sabah and Sarawak.
Khairul Arifin said in resolving the problem of poverty and having social justice, new methods and mechanisms needed to be implemented to reduce and eradicate poverty among non-Bumiputeras.
"Using the scholarship quota in resolving the (poverty) problem is not a proper step and deviates from the purpose in the constitution that the scholarship quota for Bumiputeras is a written special right for Bumiputeras for having social balance," he said.
Khairul Arifin said awarding scholarships to non-Bumiputeras must also be given priority especially to those who excelled and were from the underprivileged group.
"A new approach has to be studied and formulated to help underprivileged non-Bumiputeras without denying Bumiputera rights," he said.
Source: Malaysian Bar Council
The Malaysian Muslim Youth Movement (Abim) has called on the government to clarify the necessity for the Public Service Department (PSD) to increase the ratio of scholarships for non-Bumiputeras from 10 percent to 45 percent.
Abim secretary-general, Khairul Arifin Mohd Munir, said in view that the education quota issue was closely related to provisions in the federal constitution like Articles 153(2) and 153(3) it was therefore necessary that Malaysians be given an explanation for the move.
He said the matter was important as till now the percentage of Bumiputeras was much higher than non-Bumiputeras, the poverty rate among Bumiputeras was also higher than other races and the number of professional Bumiputeras was low especially in Sabah and Sarawak.
Khairul Arifin said in resolving the problem of poverty and having social justice, new methods and mechanisms needed to be implemented to reduce and eradicate poverty among non-Bumiputeras.
"Using the scholarship quota in resolving the (poverty) problem is not a proper step and deviates from the purpose in the constitution that the scholarship quota for Bumiputeras is a written special right for Bumiputeras for having social balance," he said.
Khairul Arifin said awarding scholarships to non-Bumiputeras must also be given priority especially to those who excelled and were from the underprivileged group.
"A new approach has to be studied and formulated to help underprivileged non-Bumiputeras without denying Bumiputera rights," he said.
Source: Malaysian Bar Council
I actually do not understand nor able to comprehend what Abim is talking about. Abim cried - Denying Bumiputera rights? Oh my god! Why can't the government be transparent and publish the full awards of all the scholarships, not just local public universities; please include those awards to overseas universities and Mara Universities. Please also include those granted to government servants for post-graduates Master Degrees and Doctorate.
I have always maintain that we citizens who are classed below the tuans must learn to take care of ourselves and also that of our children. We should not burden the government in particular Umno and deprive them of what they desire. We must work hard, and doubly hard so that we earn more than what we spent and wisely keep some for our children's education.
We can't depend nor dream of scholarships though Article 153(4) guarantees that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall not deprive any person of any public office held by him or of the continuance of any scholarship or other educational or training privileges. Article 153(5) strictly spelt out that this Article 153 does not derogate from the provisions of Article 136.
Article 136 states precisely and without any ambiguity that: "All persons of whatever race in the same grade in the service of the Federation shall, subject to the terms and conditions of their employment, be treated impartially."
Article 153(7) spelt that "Nothing in this Article shall operate to deprive or authorize the deprivation of any person of any right, privilege, permit or licence accrued to or enjoyed or held by him or to authorize a refusal to renew to any person any such permit or licence or a refusal to grant to the heirs, successors or assigns of a person any permit or licence when the renewal or grant might reasonably be expected in the ordinary course of event."
Article 153(8) states that "Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, where by any Federal law any permit or licence is required for the operation of any trade or business, that law may provide for the reservation of a proportion of such permits or licences for Malays and natives of any of the States of Sabah and Sarawak; but no such law shall for the purpose of ensuring such a reservation (a) deprive or authorize the deprivation of any person of any right, privilege, permit or licence accrued to or enjoyed or held by him."
Article 155(1) states that "Where the law in force in any other part of the Commonwealth confers upon citizens of the Federation any right or privilege it shall be lawful, notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, for Parliament to confer a similar right or privilege upon citizens of that part of the Commonwealth who are not citizens of the Federation."
Most of all, Article 153(1) states: "It shall be the responsibility of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to safeguard the special position of the Malays and the legitimate interests of other communities in accordance with the provision of this Article."
The King alone is empowered and held responsible to ensure that he acted to:
(1) Safeguard the special position of the Malays and natives, and also
(2) Safeguard the legitimate interests of all other communities
in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
It is the duty and responsibility of the King to act to ensure that the Constitution is applied judiciously and ensure there is no elements of discriminations of any. The King must act!
Article 153(2) states that "The Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall exercise his function under this Constitution and Federal law in such manner as may be necessary to safeguard the special position of the Malays and natives and to ensure the reservation for Malays and Natives of 'such proportion' as he may deem reasonable of position in the public service, scholarships and other similar educational or training privileges."
Article 153 did not grant any ketuanan to Malays, but granted kedaulatan to Tuanku Agong; that must be realized and accepted.
It also did not provide for such thing as NEP, APs, bailouts, corruptions, discriminations in promotions in public offices of other communities and delegating other communities as second class citizens. It did not provide for the FRU to beat up the innocent by-standers and citizens and then charged them for attempted murder. It did not provide for special privileges to corrupt, to bully and to oppress others.
It also did not provide for such thing as NEP, APs, bailouts, corruptions, discriminations in promotions in public offices of other communities and delegating other communities as second class citizens. It did not provide for the FRU to beat up the innocent by-standers and citizens and then charged them for attempted murder. It did not provide for special privileges to corrupt, to bully and to oppress others.
What is clearly and unambiguously provided is the reservation of such proportion that is reasonable of: positions in the public service, scholarships and educational training privileges; not all kinds of privileges that are desired.
In the aspects of Kedaulatan, the most important of all is that, all Malaysians must respect wholeheartedly the positions of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Sultans and thereon it is the duty and responsibility of the Agong and Sultans to ensure the provisions in Article 153 is exercised accordingly.
In the aspects of Kedaulatan, the most important of all is that, all Malaysians must respect wholeheartedly the positions of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Sultans and thereon it is the duty and responsibility of the Agong and Sultans to ensure the provisions in Article 153 is exercised accordingly.
Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin in his written reply to Loke Siew Fook (DAP-Rasah) states that the public universities enrollment as of 2007 is 80% Bumiputeras, 12% Chinese and 3.2% Indians and the rest are international students.(read here)
The quota system was previously set at 55% Bumis and 45% Others. Does not what had happened violates Article 153 itself? If that is so, what are Abim and Umno leaders shouting about? It should be the others who should be crying...
Beza ketuanan Melayu dan ketuanan rakyat
Oleh Mohamad Khir Toyo
©Utusan Malaysia
Ketuanan Melayu bukanlah untuk menjadikan Melayu ini Tuan dan bukan Melayu sebagai Hamba. Sebaliknya Ketuanan Melayu bermaksud atau simbol kedudukan Sultan-Sultan Melayu sebagai tunggak negara yang menjaga kepentingan agama Islam, adat istiadat Melayu dan Bahasa Melayu.
Sebab itu apabila para pemimpin kita dahulu memutuskan perjuangan mempertahankan ketuanan Melayu adalah untuk mempertahankan kedudukan kesultanan Melayu, agama Islam, adat istiadat orang Melayu dan Bahasa Melayu.
Hanya kerana generasi hari ini tidak memahami makna dan maksud ketuanan Melayu bukan bermakna ia tidak lagi relevan. Apakah hanya kerana ia dijadikan isu bagi menunjukkan UMNO sebuah parti perkauman, maka kita mahu lari dari tuduhan dengan menukar arah perjuangan kita.
Tidak ada salah dengan kenyataan atau laungan mempertahankan ketuanan Melayu sekiranya kita memberi kefahaman yang tepat kepada orang ramai. Mempertahankan ketuanan Melayu merupakan mempertahankan asas-asas Perlembagaan Negara. Apakah perlembagaan negara merupakan sebuah perlembagaan yang berunsur perkauman?
Ketuanan Melayu tidak pernah menindas bangsa lain atau menjadikan bangsa lain sebagai hamba. Selama berpuluh tahun UMNO membawa perjuangan ketuanan Melayu tidak ada satu bangsa pun yang ditindas atau menjadi hamba.
Source: Utusan Melayu and Malaysian Bar Council
Sebab itu apabila para pemimpin kita dahulu memutuskan perjuangan mempertahankan ketuanan Melayu adalah untuk mempertahankan kedudukan kesultanan Melayu, agama Islam, adat istiadat orang Melayu dan Bahasa Melayu.
Hanya kerana generasi hari ini tidak memahami makna dan maksud ketuanan Melayu bukan bermakna ia tidak lagi relevan. Apakah hanya kerana ia dijadikan isu bagi menunjukkan UMNO sebuah parti perkauman, maka kita mahu lari dari tuduhan dengan menukar arah perjuangan kita.
Tidak ada salah dengan kenyataan atau laungan mempertahankan ketuanan Melayu sekiranya kita memberi kefahaman yang tepat kepada orang ramai. Mempertahankan ketuanan Melayu merupakan mempertahankan asas-asas Perlembagaan Negara. Apakah perlembagaan negara merupakan sebuah perlembagaan yang berunsur perkauman?
Ketuanan Melayu tidak pernah menindas bangsa lain atau menjadikan bangsa lain sebagai hamba. Selama berpuluh tahun UMNO membawa perjuangan ketuanan Melayu tidak ada satu bangsa pun yang ditindas atau menjadi hamba.
Source: Utusan Melayu and Malaysian Bar Council
12 comments:
whole bunch of abim morons " sek si, orr fahn "
~~~abum
Those joker are shooting their own foot.
Should the citizen that not under the "ketuanan" take Thoreau step and refuse to pay tax, guess who pay the most tax?
When come to personal income tax, it is an fact that Muslim that pay zakat get a direct deduction from the tax payable amount. Mahathir once has talking about "tax on non Malay move the economy", it is true.
I cannot imagine when Malaysia become oil importer in 2016 and all this moron still taking all the "tuan" mindset for granted.
Moo_t,
They aren't shooting themselves! They seek charity and wealth without sweat and the need to work hard. They seek positions of power and authority that could fulfill their desires. They seek the world which they need not work and that all others will serve them with grapes and vines. They seek the land that is only available in heaven.
WoW! Abim say Bumiputeras poverty still higher than non-bumi (despite only 10% of the scholarship is for non-bumi for 50years). Now, they want to question the government for increasing this ratio from 10% to 45%.
Wah! Abim say the number of professional Bumiputeras was low especially in Sabah and Sarawak(wah! wah! why suddenly so concern about Sabah and Sarawak ah)
Abim should ask UMNOputeras why Bumiputeras still have high poverty rate instead of the Government (Ooops, actually Government/BN/UMNO same-same punya). Maybe i got confused by telling Abim to ask UMNO. But i can't tell the different between them la, that why i am bloody confused la!
Reports of ethnic-minority students with near-perfect STPM results not getting a place at the local university have become the norm, and yet objections are often ignored - the government claims that it is a fair game for all.
Personally, I had no choice but to go overseas to study, and my parents had to spend their entire pension savings on financing my undergraduate degree in Australia. After graduation, most of my Malaysian classmates chose to either stay in Australia or work in Singapore, where equal opportunities and fair competitions give them better job prospects.
Before coming to the London I did my masters degree in Singapore, where I met many Chinese Malaysians in this situation. Most of us would like to return to Malaysia, but we know that research prospects for minorities are limited. No matter how talented we are, it seems we still have to travel outside our country to seek opportunities.
Unless we all vote in a more representative and responsible government, more Malaysians will leave.
I know a couple, the guy was a finance director in one of the big local banks while the wife was a finance manager and they had 4 children. They emigrated to New Zealand and the children were very happy with the new education system.
Mostly it was because what he had articulated as his reasons for leaving was somewhat true and reflective of the unsaid feelings of the majority of non-malay citizens on this country.
No one in the current leadership positions appear to have what it takes to bring Malaysia to the era of enlightenment.
My view on the future of Malaysia? Well, basically the same as the current African states, if not worse. Why? Because the government is an expert in coming up with new types of taxes to tax the people and use the money collected to throw at the Muslims literally. But are nuts when come to improving economy and social security.
In another 30 years, all the rich Chinese people will emigrate to China, while the rest of them will go to America, Australia and Singapore. What is left? A rotting piece of land with its inhabitants not any better off.
If the current government does not change their arrogant, lazy and stupid attitude, I will not be surprise that 1 Singapore dollar can buy 10 Malaysia rinngits in another 10 years time. Right, the Malaysia government has said that they have not dropped in their standards, just that other nations are growing faster than them.
This is the difference between Malaysia and Singapore. To the Malaysia government, what I want to say is this, "This tiny red dot (Singapore) has evolved from a piece of mud to become a piece of shiny gold, while in the same time span, you have evolved from a piece of wood only to stone, at the very best."
In the future to come, this red dot will further become a diamond, while its counterpart might just revert back to wood, if not worse.
I guess the racism goes on and on and I do feel for the minority races over in Malaysia if they had encounter a problem or a situation where they felt racially discriminated - and really can prove it.
I feel such sentiments almost everyday but I guess I always have reminded myself that, life is way bigger than the color of our skin and that what is more important no matter how clique it may sound; are families and friends.
Singapore's prime minister mentioned during the 2006 National Rally that Singapore needed a population of 10 million to stay competitive and thriving into the future. Now it has 4 million. So, it needs a population injection of 2.5X.
And to sustain a larger population, it needs a larger land mass. I remember reading during the sell sand fiasco that the Johor sand was supposed to sell to Singapore, could have increased the island land mass to accommodate 2.5X its population, i.e. 10 million.
Malaysia has 25 million people. Roughly 24% are Chinese, i.e. 6 million people.
So ~ if we put 1, 2 and 3 together, isn't the road to solving Malaysia racial and religious problem as simple as selling the required sand to Singapore and then allowing all 6 million Chinese to emigrate?
If Malaysia and Singapore allow dual citizenships, or if Singapore loosens its PR processes, or if the commutes between Malaysia and Singapore is made simpler - the cows will naturally move themselves.
In any case, I just wanted to highlight the convergence the figures 4 + 6 = 10 million, from the seemingly independent issues.
At the end of the day, I doubt Singapore, given its track record, would want all 6 million of the Chinese Malaysians. They'd take all the high net worth people, the professional and the skilled, but would not go out of their way to court the rest.
They have got to make room for other sources of very, very talented people - China and India.
Many countries have tried to develop an IT industry much earlier, and with more and better resources and better government than us Malaysia, and have not succeeded.
The chance of us succeeding given our handicaps was never good and will never be good. It begins with poor politics, then poor government, then poor education, and then poor business environment (e.g. small market).
What is remarkable to me is that some people have managed to make good money and build companies despite our problems - Mobif, Jobstreet, Green Packet, etc. These people proof that the government is more in the way for developing the industry than helping it.
In fact, the government would do better to get out of the way rather actually have any sort of grand plan like MSC. The real only way the government can help is by having open competitive bidding in government procurement of IT and putting competent people in charge of that.
Nothing else they do would really mean anything much. I would argue all the spending on grand projects, computer labs, computer courses etc, amount to basically waste.
There is no hope of the MSC really succeeding, but we can still benefit from better IT and that perhaps is, would be better because at least it means less waste.
The truth is there - it is no real strategy. MSC was never a great idea - it was an opportunity for government spending more than anything else and as Bill Gates told us very politely, it would not work because of that.
A couple of years ago, there was this idea of attracting Malaysians overseas to come back to run Malaysia GLCs. Among my extensive overseas network of business and personal associates abroad, they discussed it and unanimously shot down the idea.
The reason? Quote: "Smart people can't stand inconsistencies in fact they rely on it. Malaysia politics make things too inconsistent to do the kind of work they do."
You want to know why they will never attract the best in public service? At one time, we all agreed what the future of Malaysia was and will always be - secular, rule of law, multiracial, meritocracy. Today, even among those in power, there is no agreement on these basic things.
Why would the best people subject themselves to these inconsistencies? Maybe naivety but how long will that last and how many?
For every one brain that comes in, fifty brains will leave the country. With the affirmative policies in place, do not talk about attracting the brain. For decades, Malaysia was losing its best peoples to developed countries and taking rejects from developing countries.
Please forget about bring back those lost brains, while we can keep those bright students now and love them and care for them!
First, the government and country has to figure out what it want to be first before it can really retain the best, otherwise we are merely exploiting those who do not have better choices elsewhere.
I still remember of my junior wanted to serve in our Malaysia air force and he was able to design war fighters, but instead he was not retained, he headed south Singapore and he was happily married down there, has a happy family and no way back!
People with the best brains inadvertently mean they know how to think. Therefore they are wise enough not to choose Malaysia as their destination, as it could spell disaster to their reputation as we work differently. Singapore will still be the ideal landing point of such calibre people.
Malaysia will forever be suffering from a massive "brain drain" so long as the Umno-led government keeps in place the malay agenda. To forego the agenda is too costly sacrifice which the Umno malays cannot make. A clear symptom of an inferiority complex.
from the way i see it, all this racial tinged remarks will keep coming up since UMNO general assembly is coming up. tat's the whole point.
Lesson from history: The Nazi "tuans" lost 40% of pre-war Germany's area to Russia after World War 2
CK,
For 50 years, they ruled the nation and if the Bumis are still lacking they should question their own incompetency.
Honyang,
I love your last para: "Life is way bigger than the color of our skin."
How true and precise.
San,
Your analysis is good. I tend to agree.
Fargowin,
I don't think we cared about braindrain as it helps narrow the gap and make them somewhat "catchup".
Dear All,
How I wish that I had more of you would write like Fargowin, San, and Hinyang, sharing your intellectual wisdom.
I respect all my esteem readers and commentators but I think we all will gain more if we share thoughts with words of wisdom and philosophy.
That's my thought for today. Thank you very much for sharing.
san idea won't work for malaysia even if singapore will take all the chinese and indian from malaysia, mahathir included. Cos how to be a tuan, if you got no servant? The tuan will have to end up doing all the work, no no... not a good idea.
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