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SHARING Chedet.Cc 2 May 2013 Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad 1. Malaysia SHARING Chedet.cc 2 May 2013 Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad 1. Malaysia has enjoyed more than half a century of peace and stability and high growths under BN coalition Governments. The seizure of power by the Malay majority upon independence as predicted by foreign observers and some locals did not happen.2. Instead under the Tunku they promoted a sharing of power and wealth between the three major races through a coalition, the Alliance. The Alliance won 51 out of 52 of the 98 Federal Legislative Council seats contested in 1955. The Tunku as Chief Minister agreed with Sir Cheng Lock Tan’s request and gave one million citizenship to unqualified Chinese and Indians, diluting the Malay majority from 80% to 60%. 3. In 1963 Singapore joined the new state of Malaysia. The PAP did not believe in sharing power. It promoted meritocracy, rule by the elites, by suggesting that Malaysia was not ruled by the cleverest and the most qualified but by Malays. This was intended to stop Chinese support for the MCA and antagonise them against the Malays and UMNO. 4. In 1964 elections the PAP contested with the Malaysian Malaysia slogan to reflect its meritocratic creed. It won only one seat. The Chinese in the Peninsular, under the MCA rejected the PAP.5. The people of the Peninsular, in rejecting the PAP demonstrated their belief in the concept of “kongsi” or sharing espoused by the Alliance. Singapore and its chauvinistic meritocrats had to leave Malaysia. 6. But a Trojan horse was left behind in the form of a political party named DAP. The similarity of name is not accidental for the DAP was to continue the fight for a meritocratic Malaysian Malaysia. The fight against “kongsi” between the races was to continue. 7. Despite a claim that the DAP is multiracial, its leadership and the overwhelming majority of its members belied the claim to this day. The strategy was to antagonise the Chinese against the Malays by suggesting that the Chinese were second-class citizens. 8. This campaign was quite subdued when the Barisan National Government won strong support from people of all races in Malaysia. But as soon as the Government appeared to be weak the DAP extremists were let loose and the attacks against the Malays became blatant to the point of claiming that the Malays are as much newcomers to Malaysia as the Chinese and Indians. There should therefore be no special treatment for them. The DAP conveniently forgets the special treatment accorded to the Chinese and Indians in Malaysia. 9. The growth and prosperity of this multiracial country depend largely on Sino-Malay cooperation or kongsi. The Barisan National exemplifies this kongsi spirit. To break this kongsi the DAP must antagonise the Chinese against the Malays. 10. Through all the elections in Malaysia the people of Johore have personified the kongsi principle. In every election the Malays would support the MCA Chinese and the Chinese would support the UMNO Malay candidates resulting in Johore delivering 100% BN victories. 11. Now Kit Siang has decided it is time to break up the kongsi. True the Chinese majority in Gelang Patah is smaller than the other constituencies Kit Siang had contested. But Kit Siang hopes with the support of PAS he can split Malay votes, so as to defeat BN. Now UMNO is contesting Gelang Patah with little hope of getting Chinese support. 12. Kita Siang does not agree with the Islamic state and Islamic laws proposed by PAS but that party’s ability to break Malay unity in Johore would benefit DAP. Kit Siang knows that PAS would never be strong enough to impose its version of the Islamic laws in Malaysia if Pakatan wins. 13. Kit Siang is more wily than any of PAS’s leaders. He also knows that PAS needs the support of the Chinese in order to defeat UMNO. He holds the trump card in any “pakatan” of the opposition. 14. Johore is a Barisan National bastion. If it is broken then he could put an end to the MCA’s cooperation with UMNO under the old “kongsi” or sharing concept. Instead there would be meritocracy in everything where the winner takes all and the devil takes the hindmost. 15. A win for Kit Siang will be victory for racism and rule by the elites as is found in a nearby country. It will spell the end of good relations in Johore between the races. 16. Victory for Ghani Othman will mean a sharing of power and wealth of this country between all races and tribes in multi-racial Malaysia. 365 mments 1. badmoonrising May 28, 2013 at 1:06 AM | Permalink Salam YABhg Tun, My Chinese friends are now openly questioning why GLCs are seemingly ‘reserved’ for Bumis only. They are agitated when the GLC Heads flaunt their wealth and behaving arrogantly as if the world owes them a living especially when their capabilities are nowhere near what their job demands. While some of these GLC Heads were useful during YABhg Tun’s time, a lot of them have past their expiry date and are now creating unhealthy cliques within the organizations. Maybe a re’visit’ is necessary now. These GLC Heads who act like royalties have now become an issue even amongst the pro-government bloggers. They are hoping that the PM will have the courage to do something immediately. A reflection on today’s GLCs… http://badmoonrisingblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/glcs-and-ketuanan-melayu/ 2. mubarakchan May 22, 2013 at 9:08 AM | Permalink Tun Specially for Rahman2012. Vignettes from the Past. ‘Have you ever seen RM 1 Million in cash ?’ asked my Singaporean banker friend who has since became firm friends with me after I took over his listed company in which he had sold down his shares to embark on another venture. His hands reached out to open the safe’s door and swung it open for me. I had to peer long and hard before I could discern the pile of banknotes in the dark recessess of the safe. Since then, I never saw another safe in a bank manager’s office again. And to add to my curiosity, it was rumoured his Chairman had a bigger safe ! This unbecoming story happened this way. After the Indonesian Confrontation, I got stuck with a huge block of this listed company shares. By chance, a friend had another large block and joined up with me to take over this listed company – this was the very first take-over of a listed company by any investor in the country. I ended up with 75% control. But before I could consummate the deal, the Singaporean banker got his local kaki to ring me up via Tan Chye Mian (who passed away a few days ago at 92 !) who said, ‘ I have been given a message for you by XYZ to tell you that you should not be too harsh on the Chairman or else your relationship with Tan Siew Sin will be in jeopardy.’ I sensed this would be forthcoming and retorted,’ Please tell XYZ not to worry as I am a business person only interested in business and has no intentions of upsetting any one.’ Little did XYZ know that my family and Tan Siew Sin were in India during World War 2 and if I had reported this incident to him, I doubt if the duo would have made it to the 21st century. Of course, I did nothing of the kind. Let sleeping dogs lie as the saying goes. Where are you MCA, the Gerakan, the DAP ? Penniless Singaporeans found it so easy to pluck the low hanging fruits (to quote a Singaporean parachutist after 2003) in our beloved Malaysia’s bountiful garden. And yet, for over 55 years, a straightforward issue like the Mandarin language is still a matter of controversy unnecessarily. How MCA, the Gerakan and the DAP ? 3. sibotak May 22, 2013 at 5:41 AM | Permalink KEJATUHAN MENTERI BESAR JOHOR ADALAH WAJAR KEJATUHAN BELIAU ADALAH SALAH BELIAU SENDIRI SERUPA PAKLAH YG SAMA SEKALI TIDAK LAYAK MENYANDANG KEDUDUKAN PERDANA MENTERI HANYA MERUGIKAN MALAYSIA , MENGUGAT KEDUDUKAN UMNO BEGITU JUGA MENTERI BESAR JOHOR YG GAGAL 1. MEMANTAU PENDATANG ASING CINA SINGAPURA GAGAL MEMANTAU HASUTAN KERAJAAN SINGAPURA YG BERNIAT MENUMBANGKAN UMNO JUSTERU MENGUGAT KEDUDUKAN ANAK BUMI 2.GAGAL MEMANTAU PEMBELIAN TANAH YG TELAH BANYAK MENGUGAT KEDUDUKAN ORANG MELAYU JOHOR ORANG MELAYU JOHOR SEDANG DISINGKIR SECARA PEMBELIAN TANAH ORANG MELAYU JOHOR SEDANG DISINGKIR DARI TANAH BUMI SENDIRI ORANG MELAYU JOHOR AKAN MEREMPAT DI TANAH SENDIRI JOHOR AKAN DIMILIKI SINGAPORE ANAK BUMI JOHOR DI SINGKIR OLIH MEREKA SENDIRI INILAH AKIBAT JIKA SESUATU KAUM TIDAK PUNYA ILMU HIDUP BERANGGAN DARI KENYATAAN HIDUP MENADAH TANGAN DARI BERUSAHA SEPERTI PENGEMIS SAYA NILAIKAN ORANG MELAYU ADALAH KAUM YG LEMAH DIMUKA BUMI DAYUS KERANA GAGAL MENJAGA HAK SENDIRI GAGAL MEMBENDUNG MASA DEPAN ANAK CUCU SENDIRI INILAH KAUM YG BODOH SOMBONG MELAYU ADALAH KAUM PENGEMIS ALLAH MENGUNIAKAN BUMI ISLAM DENGAN HASIL YG MELIMPAH DI TIMUR TENGAH , DENGAN MINYAK YG MELIMPAH DI MALAYSIA ,INDONESIA ,BRUNEI DIKURNIAKAN HASIL BUMI YG MELIMPAH MELAYU , ARAB ISLAM GAGAL BERSHUKUR GAGAL MENIKMATI KURNIAN TUHAN ADA HASIL TAK TAHU NAK MENGAHSILKAN INILAH DUNIA ISLAM SEKARANG YG DIBELENGGU DENGAN BODOH SOMBONG SENDIRI 4. milshah May 21, 2013 at 11:26 PM | Permalink Assalamualaikum Tun, Reading the news, the racial temperature has gone high up after GE 13. I do hope our beloved country will be able to pull through this trying times. For the powers that be, kindly monitor so that things to go overboard. 5. sibotak May 21, 2013 at 10:30 PM | Permalink THIS ELECTION SHOULD BE A WAKE UP CALL TO UMNO A WAKE UP CALL TO THE UNITY OF BUMIPUTRA IDENTIFIED 1.
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