One of my m’sia malay fren told me…below is his statement..

M’sian Malays have long been living under the darkness for long..
being used as a bait for every elections to keep UMNO especially in power..

They under the NEP is lagging behind other races although with constant priviliges given

it is something like a bull being pulled by its horn..
he told me Malays are generally nature loving people who does not like the competitive world to achieve sucess..
they just want to have a peaceful life in their kampung..

again he said…
who is really the malay warriors indeed?
while m’sian polticians like tun hishamudin has a mixure of turkish descent
present Prime minister,has a chinese grandfather
and syed hamid albar is of arab desent..
who in fact is using the ‘real’ malays..

Indeed if you read the posts on pro-UMNO forums – they accuse Anwar of being a slime-ball. On the other hand – PAS supporters still aim for that Islamic State.

Personally I think that Anwar is being used by PAS………..

You cannot deny the thousands of Malaysian students sent overseas to study all paid for by the Malaysian Government – courtesy of the NEP.

When I was doing my PhD in the USA – I made many Malaysian friends who were sent to study overseas courtesy of the NEP !

iam one of the handful that actually quite closely folllow the news in M’sia.A merger between s’pore and m’sia is in fact imposibble for another century.

M’sia is strictly follow along racial and religious line due to it’s own govt policy that in fact in paper favour Malays.But in static wise,according to some of my m’sia malay friends are not true indeed.

NEP does not help the M’sia Malays indeed.What does UMNO do really for the past 50years? In fact who’s running the business in m’sia?
My m’sian Malay friends some oppose to NEP idea cos the help is only in limited period of time.Just look at mostly the malay mojority areas trengganu,kelantan and kedah…no changes and still the malays living in great poverty.
Due to lacking of education mostly in the rural Malay areas,UMNO indeed has poison their mind for quite a considerable of time.

Threatening not voting for UMNO will be the fall of Malay land and Malay rights and so on and so forth…over and over again.

It’s difficult to bring real meritocracy to M’sia witgout first looking at skin colour.Indeed, I agreed humans are born equal and the best must lead the pack.But M’sia govt did not seem to see that and the advance step taken by non-malays especially in questioning ‘equality’ will be seen as a threat to them..

Though deep in my heart,I always wanted a merger with m’sia.S’pore is getting smaller and stress everyday.While I do not want to see non-malays here in S’pore having the same traumatic treatment just like their counterpart in M’sia.For myself as a Malay in s’pore do not wish to have the ‘perceived’ walking stick given to me just because iam special.

Yes – Islamic issues ARE of great importance to the Malay ground. Please keep in touch with the Malay ground. Maybe you ought to read Berita Harian (Singapore), Utusan (Malaysia) and so on. At least you will have an idea as to how Islam affects the daily lives of the Malay ground.

I speak for many when I say this.

Please keep in touch with the Malay ground. At least read the debates on Tranungkite (a pro-PAS forum) and myKMU (a pro-UMNO forum). I speak for many here in Singapore when I say that most Malays do NOT want a re-merger because they do not want to see the Malay-Muslim majority in Malaysia diluted. Obviously you are NOT familiar with the Malay ground.

I completely agree with Fever Guy – Malaysia and Singapore has evolved differently over the past 40 years. Its next to impossible to re-merge. Racial issue !

Recall what PAS said to MM Lee’s suggestion of re-merger – that Singapore can only come back UNCONDITIONALLY !! Are you prepared to accept Malay Special Rights, Islamic State, Ketuanan Melayu, NEP etc ?

Thank you very much but please speak for yourself. If it makes sense and it appeals to my values (Islamic or not), it’ll get my Malay vote.

The Malays will not want a re-merger with Malaysia for fear of diluting the Malay majority in Muslim Malaysia. Has it ever occurred to you that Islam is very close to the Malay heart ? They want Malaysia to remain a Muslim country !

I just hope that this election will teach Hishammudin types to keep a lid on their racism and keep their keris at home. Frankly I’m disgusted when I see idiots playing to the gallery and in the process damage the fabric of the nation.

PR must succeed. If it doesn’t, it will have great repercussions on not just Malaysia, but Singapore as well.

I hope this is the beginning of steps to be taken to reunite Malaysia with Singapore, which I am looking forward to. And I wish the Pakatan Rakyat would be able, under Dato Anwar’s leadership, to shape the politics and governance of Malaysia to the extent that meritocracy replaces racial dominance so that Singaporeans can feel comfortable of rejoining Malaysia as fellow brothers and sisters in a happy and peaceful big family, working towards a better future for all.

TOC, keep up your good work. Cheers!

I have been following the debates on Tranungkite Online (pro-PAS) as well as on myKMU Forum (pro-UMNO). Not to mention Malaysiakini and Malaysia Today. I also have many family members living in Malaysia who tell me a lot of things regarding the situation there.

The way I see it – the 3 most important issues to the Malaysian Malay right now are (1) PAS and its stand on the Islamic State and (2) Ketuanan Melayu and finally the (3) NEP (DEB).

The Malaysian Malays may not like the UMNO-Puteras – but many civil servants and students who studied overseas under the DEB, support the DEB because they have benefitted tremendously from it. Also, many many Malays support the Ketuanan Melayu although they admit that UMNO has hijacked it to benefit only a few UMNO-Puteras. Who does not want to be a Tuan ?

Until such time when the Malaysian Malays have overcome ethnic and religious feelings – the situation will remain status-quo.

The Pakatan Rakyat is a very fragile coalition. Indeed one Lina Joy or Moorthy is enough to make it fall apart. Only time will tell whether PAS and DAP can work together.

Ultimately Malaysian politics operates under the influence of Malay and Islamic ideology. Without any cultural and religious reform – the Malaysian situation remains status-quo.

More intellectuals = More Fire Power = More Discovery = More Awakened = More Vocal Voices = More Awareness = More Involved = COMING CHANGE

It does not matter what happened before, it’s the future that matters.