SEMENANJUNG TANAH MELAYU 2 chedet.co.cc March 10, 2011

1. Someone asked what about the "Orang Asli" literally the "Original People". Weren't they in the peninsular before the Malays?

2. They could be. So are the Red Indians, the Maoris, the aborigines of Australia, the many tribal people in many countries of the world.

3. If we consider that the Orang Asli have more rights to claim Malaysia as their own then we should acknowledge and respect the rights of the Red Indians, the Maoris, the Australian aborigines and all the other aborigines to be given back the land we now call America, Australia, New Zealand etc. 4. Perhaps in recognition of their rights, they are now not so ill-treated and killed as they were when the Europeans seized their lands. But this is not the same as declaring that the countries belong to the people originally found there.

5. In Latin America there were native, indigenous or Orang Asli governments when the Europeans arrived. The Aztecs, the Mayas, the Incas had recognisable states. But the Spaniards and the Portuguese conquered their lands and set up new States and Governments. The world have recognised these states.

6. In Malaysia the Orang Asli are as much citizens of the country as are the people of other races. They had never set up their own states and governments.

7. When the Europeans came, the governments and the states they had to deal with were Malay. All treaties were made with the Malay Governments. Even the Japanese recognised the existence of these Malay States when they drove the British out of the peninsular.

8. Of course when the British came back, they had to gain the assent of the Malay rulers in order to set up the Malayan Union. All subsequent agreements were with Malay rulers and Malay political leaders.

9. It is important to note that the Malay rulers only recognised Malays as their natural "rakyat". They also recognised "Orang Asli" and non-Malays who had been assimilated as "rakyat". However, non-Malays who continued to identify themselves with their countries of origin were not regarded as rakyat.

10. It was only after the Malayan Union was formed that the concept of citizenship was created. Still those recognised as rakyat of the rulers were acknowledged through what came to be regarded as special positions.

11. This was enshrined in the constitution. But the constitution also made it clear that the non-Malay citizens also have special position. Thus they may retain their original identity, use their own home language (mother tongue?) and perpetuate their own culture. They also have the right to teach in their own languages in Government supported primary schools and can set up their own private secondary schools.

12. The setting up of schools which teach in their own languages is not to be confused with schools for teaching other languages.

13. We would like to see the end of all special privileges so that we can all be together. We should all be just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia.

200 Comments By andrewtay on April 10, 2011 10:12 PM

Dear Mahathir

You are partly true. Usually a colonising power will consolidate its power by negotiating with the local majority. The Malays happen to be the majority at that time.

The definition of Malay is very vague indeed. The population of Malays currently in Malaysia is made up of migrant Malays who were once originated Indonesia albeit not all of them.

Those migrants saw that it was convenient for them to hold themselves out as Malay because they have many similarities with the other more established Malays in Malaya. It is partly due to language and religion similarities.

The similarity in culture shared among Indonesia and Malaysia are evident thus it reinforces the fact that some Malays are not by strict definition, a native of Malaya.

A few of my Malay friends have grandfathers from Indonesia and one has a lineage from Afganistan. In my view, they are well assimilated, through religion and inter-marriage, to gain acceptance as Malays whilst Chinese and Indians, albeit arriving before them or at the same time did not have any cultural or religious similarity.

One a side note, i realised a lot of Malays think that Chinese companies are bias and are sidelining them from the benefits of employment. Although i have to say some companies are indeed like that but there are also a companies which value skill over racial backgrounds.

Business should segregated from politics, creed and race. Business is about profit making. Thats the main purpose. It should not function as a propaganda machine or a tool to oppress or sideline another race.

When you work for a Chinese company, you must be well adapted to its culture. The driving force behind every Chinese company and every company for that matter is the skill, motivation and the hardwork of its workers.

To be completely upfront, most Chinese have the advantage already due to the cultural background. We can speak 1 or more additional languages than our Malay counterparts. That is already a solid advantage.

Even in Australia, most employers prefer workers who are multilingual especially in Mandarin and Hindi/Tamil. The gold rush in China and India has inevitably consolidated our position in the job market (notice how there are now a lot of chinese accountants and indian engineers and IT expert in Australia).

China and India will dominate the world market and they will contribute to a lot of the world's FDI just as the West did in the late 70s to 90s. That is why the emphasis on English had been made back then. Now, the emphasis on English is not sufficient in itself just as degree qualifications. The more language you command, the more valuable you are in the long run.

The part the Malaysian government is taking in regards to Bahasa Malaysia as a teaching medium is a decision catastrophic consequences in the near future. Fielding graduates with inadequate command in English will be a cause of great concern as we are now unable to compete with Singapore. Later on Thailand will flex is muscles and we will soon lose out to them. In fact, the Government is silly enough to jeopardise our country's future development into a high income and hi tech society by fielding graduates lacking the command of English. It is actually contradicting its own policies. Laughable.

By JB_FROM on March 27, 2011 11:17 PM

To Dr.Syed Alwi,

Mualaikumussallam,

Of course Malaysia is not Russia but based on your statement, a scientific advanced country should be successful. I am stating Russia as example that this is not the case. By the way Brazil is one of the BRIC country and they are not really driven so much by Science and Technology.

I am not being negative about Science and Technology. Definitely Malaysia needs Scientist, Engineers and Technical expertise. The Malay society must participate in this field to ensure that they are not left behind but one point that you missed in your calculation is that our country and in most country, the decision making is not made by Scientist or Technologist.

Therefore your comment that the what the Malay need is just Science and Technology is very general and simplistic.

What the Malay really need is to be the best in every field, Science, Technology, Commerce, Art and literature, and all others that make up a civilized and advance culture.

You kept mentioning the Chinese and Japanese. The Chinese and Japanese are successful because they want to be the best in every field. In Science, Commerce, Social Science, Literature, etc. Chinese are proud about their literature such that in this country, they will not gave up Chinese school. I know this because I am one of a few malay who attended Chinese School.

There is an arabic saying that one should be "Talibil Ilm" meaning "a student of knowledge". The problem is that the Malay is definitely not "student of knowledge". You can see this in the public libraries in Malaysia, the numbers of Malay spending time reading books compared to reading newspaper or compared to the numbers in coffee stalls talks about politics. This is a complete contrast compared to developed countries like Japan and UK where the library is full of people reading and going in and out of the libraries borrowing books.

About your comment that the only way to integrate the Chinese into a cohesive Malaysian culture is Science and Technology is not it. Malaysia is rich in resource (Similar to one of the BRIC country Brazil),every aspect and field of studies need to be explored in order to maximize the country's wealth to compete with rest of the world and also to raise the Malay standard of living.

Finally, I would to like to say to you that as you are a Singaporean, if you want to comment about Malaysia, you need to know every aspect of the country in order to make your point. Please leave out very sensitive issues and topic you do not understand about the country that only will aggravate our feeling leading to war of words as what have happened in this blog.

Wassallam

By parameswara 2 on March 27, 2011 9:47 PM

Dearest Tun may I

//Dr Syed Alwi AhmadAuthor Profile Page on March 23, 2011 11:12 AM

. .. Therefore - if the Malays in South East Asia want to integrate the Overseas Chinese into their culture - the Malays must first be as scientifically advanced as the West...

At the end of the day - the wisest thing to do - is to make a Great Leap Forward into Science & Technology. Failing which - the Malays may have to face a new kind of Colonialism under the guise of Globalization....//

1-Yes sir I concur completely.The Chinese and Indians during the glory days of the Malacca Sultanate were willing to live the way of the Malays as Babas and Chitties because the Malays were then a respected race.They wouldn't mind adopting the Malay culture if the Malays are still the deservingly respected people of Malaysia today.Who would take up something they feel is inferior to their culture?It could only happen by force like in the case of Indonesia.

2-But what great leap into Science and technology can the Malays hope to do to be better off than the Chinese?Don't you think we need nothing short of a miracle to pull off a stunt like that.Especially with more and more Muslim parents sending their children to Islamic stream to seek spiritualism and become hafizs the chances of these people to leap into science and technology would be greatly hampered.

3- Unless of course if these Islamic streams could be corrected to emphasize the pursuit of scientific knowledge and research as the way it had been done during the glory days of Islam during the time of Imam Al Ghazali when the pursuit of all knowledge that benefit the community were regarded as a Fardhu Kifayah. 4-This maybe our only opportunity to excel in science and technology, by making them understand that it is our primary jihad.I sincerely believe that while the right understanding and application of Islam will be the key to our liberation and magic, the wrong understanding of it will keep us in bondage forever.The situation the Muslims are in now suggest that Muslims are generally still confused of Islam?

5-For as long as we do not have these technological superiority we will always be frowned upon and would not be able to influence others to our supposedly better culture.Well,its going to be a rough journey ahead and maybe Tun could help organize a systematic approach of how it could be done to get the Muslims striving with their hearts and soul to excel in these all important sector.We need to put passion in it like only a jihad for the love of God can do.A mediocre approach will take us nowhere.Wallahualam.

Thanks Tun

By Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad on March 23, 2011 11:12 AM

Assalamualaikum,

Dear JB_FROM,

Malaysia is NOT Russia. The problem in South East Asia in general and Malaysia in particular - is that the Overseas Chinese are very Western-oriented. One major and very significant reason why this is so - is because the Overseas Chinese are very impressed with Western technology and civilization in general.

Therefore - if the Malays in South East Asia want to integrate the Overseas Chinese into their culture - the Malays must first be as scientifically advanced as the West.

Russia does NOT face a similar problem and in fact - Russia is already beginning to grow economically (BRIC remember ?) and thats because she has advanced technology.

There is no short cut to this. Either the Malays master science & technology OR they will languish behind even further. You cannot survive purely on the basis of religion alone. The Mid-Eastern Gulf States are merely living on petroleum revenues. But Malaysia is NOT the Mid-East and neither can the Malays survive on petroleum revenues alone.

At the end of the day - the wisest thing to do - is to make a Great Leap Forward into Science & Technology. Failing which - the Malays may have to face a new kind of Colonialism under the guise of Globalization.

Wassalam Dr Syed Alwi Bin Ahmad (Alsree)

By Kassim Mohd Hussain on March 23, 2011 9:10 AM

Salam Tun,

Kindly allow me to respond to the fllwg : Quote By fun_jonny68 on March 20, 2011 11:22 PM In my opinion, a society that is admired or accepted by others possesses several criteria:

- Progressive - Moderate - Modernized culture and economies - Separation of religion and state

Because of the above, you see countries like USA, Japan, South Korea and others have successufully done so, and so, other races have great admiration for them.

If you want the Malay culture to be accepted or admired by other races, then we will need to ask if it progressive, moderate, modernized, and/or separation of religion and state.

To be frank here, who wants to accept a culture or religion that promotes stoning and hand chopping, forced burial cerimony, or cow beheading if we're given a choice? Unquote

The malays are not forcing anyone to accept their culture but a person like you is free to visit other countries and make comparison whether it is worthwhile to continue being part of 1Malaysia.

I will not question your intelligence how you perceive on being progressive, moderate and mordenized.

But your comment and allegation on TRUE ISLAM is rather unfair that spurs me to refer you to this website : www.submission.org

You will be able to find all you need to know about TRUE ISLAM - Peace Bro!

By amin tan on March 23, 2011 7:10 AM

Dear Tun,

May i refer to SAMURAIMELAYU on March 14, 2011 2.17am

Sorry for my belated support for your comment. While my family was watching live the badminton single final between Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan of China from Subang Jaya, my daughter, who is a medical doctor working in Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, was wildly cheering away for Malaysia. She was wearing tudung among a few Chinese girls from Malaysia seated among spectators from China's bench. Indeed, she described the atmosphere as what you described. amin tan

By JB_FROM on March 23, 2011 1:06 AM

To Jalil7, You have given a quite lengthy reply.

Let met just be clear to you about my perceptions on Dr. Syed Alwi. I am in the opinion that he is not sincere on his comments about the Malay. What he is trying to do is merely to project his arrogance about Singapore.

Normally, I am not very negative about Singaporean as I am from JB, I have a lot of relatives from Singapore and it is not good business to have bad terms with Singaporean. I am making an exception in Dr.Syed Alwi's case.

Some of his comments is irresponsible and coming from an academician, it is appalling. For example the comments that 'the malay is spending too much time in religion" can be interpreted differently by different people. Religion is a delicate and sensitive matter, he should exert more care talking about this topic. By the way, the malay people are not spending too much time in religion, in reality, they are spending too much time in politics.

About Science, you want an example a country which excel in Science and Technology but fail as a nation then I give you the Soviet Union.

Yuri Gagarin is the first man to go to outer-space, and yet the Soviet Union broke apart. Is it because of Science and Technology..... I think not. Vladimir Putin, manage to turn around Russia's economically, did he just focus only on Science and Technology?

I am not against Science but a doctor have to find the root cause of an ailment before recommending the prescriptions. (In Dr.Alwi's case , he gave medicines without knowing the problems, what does he know about Malaysia, he is Singaporean).

About your comment that M.Nasir is a Scientist. O.K let me quote my oldest and favourite book by Frederick J. Bueche on what Scientist do (not from Wiki this time)

1. Gathering precise data. 2. Making the data coherent by unifying them in terms of concise laws. 3. Devising theories to further interpret and unify the laws and data. 4. Testing these proposed theories by still new experiments.

For example, Isaac Newton comes up Newton first law, "an object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force",

He have to go through all these steps to ensure that his theory is full proof. (His theory was later challenged by Einstein with his theory of relativity. Now Newton Laws of motion is only applicable to a body of mass which is NOT approaching the speed of light)

In summary, M. Nasir is not a scientist as he did not go through the path as above. Some of musicians wrote in their lyrics remarkable feats for example swimming sea of fire or going to the moon for love. This, however broke the law of Science.

About the orang Asli, if they collect data, study them orderly, make hypothesis and validate those hypothesis through experiments, then of cause we can call them Scientist as well.....

By jolly on March 22, 2011 10:13 PM Hi Tun,

If you would allow me to respond to Temenggung, thanks Tun.

Hi Temenggung,

I think we Malaysia work hard in the day and "berpesta" in the night to celebrate! Don't be so serious..

Anyway. I wonder if your facts are right.

Firstly, in America, as long as you sit for the Scholastic Aptitude Tests, you can get into any U including Harvard or MIT. You don't need to show proof that you attended a "school" or study the man-edited history before.

Secondly, there are no "ministers" in the US. They are called secretaries. How about the President of the US? If an African race can become the President, no need to argue whether the US, the yellow, brown or blue can never become someone someday.

Thirdly.. CNY holidays? If you can shine the twin-towers in red and yellow like the New Yorker does to the Empire State building during CNY, then only you come back and talk to us about CNY.

Americans BTW, don't have chinese graveyards dated 15th centuries in their towns and cities.

Finally, in the US, as long as you have money, you can even put up road signs in chinese characters. BTW have you ever been there before? You don't sound right. Are you really sure you know your facts right that there are no TV stations dedicated to the chinese in America?

Well. Let me tell you a secret. You know why the British cared about pulling together other races in the 1950s before granting independence to Malaya? I guess they must have seen enough betrayal during WW2. Some not only surrendered the land to Japan just like that without giving a fight, but went as far as sending their sons to study in Hiroshima, and it is not hard to guess what happaned next.

By amin tan on March 22, 2011 8:33 PM

Dear Tun,

May I refer to SR on March 21, 2011 1.46 pm. You say "racist idiots like Amin Tan and few other minions that write in this page. If heaven and hell did exist,all u racist fools will burn in it for sure... can't you just live and let live"

Pretty strong language there you use against me. I am sorry if my writing has hurt you in any way. I am no racist. i am a muslim. I am only propounding and defending the sanctity of islam. I was only replying to ekompute who claimed islam has failed. I am sad to learn the existence of narrow minded and unwise people like you in our multi racial society. Living in Malaysia, you should explore more about the muslim religion by reading, reflecting on the Holy Quran. Islam is the most widely practiced religion here in Malaysia. I hope you are not muslim hater like Andrey Teh. Your last sentence 'can't you just live and let live' sounds reasonable and sensible. There is also one revelation in the Holy Quran having similar meaning in Surah Kafirun the meaning of which I have already explained. I am not antagonistic or anti non muslims. I invite you to buy a english translation of the Holy Quran and study with a view to truly seek the truth. I assure you, you will not regret. I am sure islam is the biggest thing missing in your life. I hope you don't hate me. Tell me why you say I am a racist idiot. In what way have my writing being anti any race at all. I was only comparing Malay in Kelantan and Chinese in Penang or China in their piety. Please be truthful to yourself and examine everything i have written and reflect and reread many times what I have written and eventually You would agree with me and convert to islam.

amin tan

By temenggung on March 21, 2011 6:54 PM

Dear Tun,

In America or in the UK, we don't hear the Chinese Americans or the Chinese British request (just to name a few): # a vernacular or an independent Chinese school, # a Chinese minister/congressman, # Chinese New Year as a national public holiday in the USA # airplay for chinese dramas or songs on the radio or television

But in Malaysia although they have everything to their mouth content from setting up the vernacular Chinese schools to freedom of religion/speech they seem to ask for more then the moon and sun. Instead of asking this and that, they should be thankful being so called living in this country as a Malaysian compare to their fellow Chinese brothers in Thailand, Indonesia or even in Philippine instead of questioning the rights of the Malays.

Thank you

By Duyam1968 on March 21, 2011 4:25 PM

Salam Tun,

Saya tidak faham seseorang bercerita berkaitan sejarah hanya berdasarkan logik. Sejarah mestilah dibincangkan berasaskan fakta sejarah atau daripada mereka yang hidup pada zaman tersebut.

Jangan cuba putar belitkan sejarah. Berbincanglah berkaitan sejarah walaupun ianya pahit untuk diterima. Macamana pun seseorang itu hendak menyembunyikan atau memutarbelitkan sejarah, yang pasti perkara yang benar akan timbul. Seseorang yang buta sejarah apabila berbincang pasal sejarah maka pendengar yang arif akan mengertawakan sahaja. Janganlah beremosi sangat kalau ianya tidak menurut kehendak diri terutama berkaitan bangsa. Dan janganlah pula mengagungkan sejarah kerana "sekarang" ini amat penting untuk menentukan "esok". Asyik mendendangkan sejarah, tidak betul juga. Nanti tergolong dalam golongan "syok sendiri". Dan kebanyakan sejarah menggambarkan perkara ini dan akhirnya empunya diri yang tergadai.

Wasalam.

By fun_jonny68 on March 20, 2011 11:22 PM

In my opinion, a society that is admired or accepted by others possesses several criteria:

- Progressive - Moderate - Modernized culture and economies - Separation of religion and state

Because of the above, you see countries like USA, Japan, South Korea and others have successufully done so, and so, other races have great admiration for them.

If you want the Malay culture to be accepted or admired by other races, then we will need to ask if it progressive, moderate, modernized, and/or separation of religion and state.

To be frank here, who wants to accept a culture or religion that promotes stoning and hand chopping, forced burial cerimony, or cow beheading if we're given a choice?

By sudin on March 20, 2011 8:59 PM

Salam Tun.

As expected, the grand pirate of the 21st century who has been vehemently trying to force their words into the mouths of the world "we are the police cum terminator, do as we tell you, but don't you ever dare follow us, this is our 'world order', our way", attacked little Libya.

B.Hussein Obama is very much looking forward to end once and forever the long-time accusation that he's a Muslim sympathiser, and has waited long for this opportunity. Now he can tell the jews "see the mid-name Hussein means nothing to me".

'Hussein' added further, "my then promise of 'change' & friendlier US is just election gimmick, and I've not pulled out our dear forces from Iraq & Afghanistan" to the loud cheers of jewish lobbyists, while successfully managed not to make the others notice that his left hand is 'glued to his back'.

Berlusconi must chase away the sardine-like packing of shiploads of Libyan & Tunisian refugees to the mercy of the sea, else the front page news in Italy will not stop highlighting his lurid ecstatic playmate adventures. Worried stiff after seeing what's happening to Berlusconi, Sarkozy quickly volunteered even though having to beat the gun, "yes, France recognise the Libyan revolutionary council, and our mirage fighters are ready to hit Gaddafi".

The x-rated files of CIA and mossad has done it again. The Arab leaders that demanded 'no fly zone' and Anwar 'the coward' maniac (for not agreeing to give DNA sample even though his DNA profile is known!) can all testify to that.

B.Hussein Obama's parting words, "Forget Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya,..... and don't make comparison to Bahrain & Yemen because the latter are our close allies & also israel's. The rest must learn to fear israel".

It seems pretty strange that a US state secretary visited Egypt & discussed with the interim leaders! Muslim Brotherhood must be careful!

The US/jews will probably pump-in billions to ensure the new Egyptian president after September 'voluntarily' visits the US first & foremost for 'economic & bilateral talks'. Pak Dol 'no quality' PM5, Gusdor, Habibie all went there before they can warm their official chairs!

By amin tan on March 20, 2011 8:25 PM

Dear Tun,

May I continue to refer to ekompute March 16 2011. 4.39pm ekompute-may become a false prophet

Mr ekompute, let me suggest to you to elucidate the issue of islam you must refer to the Quran. Quran is the word of God. You cannot question the word of God. You have to listen and obey. The moment you try to be too clever and find your own interpretation without ever referring to the Quran, you expose yourself as being naive so much so even being offensive and insulting to the muslims. How can you say God is Agong. Smaller Gods like sultans and menteri besar. No such thing, Mr ekompute. There is only one God, Allah. The moment you compare God with agong and you mention there are smaller Gods, then I think you are creating a new religion, similar to Musailama, the false Prophet during the time of Rasullullah. It is syirik to say there is more than one God. Syirik is the most serious sin that enable a person go to hell permanently.

Whatever the muslims do or try to do, they are trying to carry out the command from Allah and you don't try to interpret negatively like you compare not eating pork is just a habit. You said islam fails because during Ramathan muslims actually consume more food. Whereas, the purpose of fasting during Ramathan, says the Quran, is to make us more pious. Whatever the muslims do you try to find your own rationalization which is wrong. You cannot compare your own thinking to that of Allah. Otherwise, you would be or you might as well be God. To know the reasons why muslims behave in such a way, you research in the Quran and not relying on yahoo or any where and proclaim your sources to be superior. Don't say other sources are superior than the Holy Quran. It is offensive and insulting. Just like you want to research a Mathematical problem, you don't look up in Bahasa Malaysia book but you look for Mathematical books. amin tan

By sudin on March 20, 2011 7:06 PM

Salam Tun.

As expected, the grand pirate of the 21st century who has been vehemently trying to force their words into the mouths of the world "we are the police cum terminator, do as we tell you, but don't you ever dare follow us, this is our 'world order', our way", attacked little Libya.

B. Hussein Obama is very much looking forward to end once and forever the long-time accusation that he's a Muslim sympathiser, and has waited long for this opportunity. Now he can tell the jews "see the mid-name Hussein means nothing to me".

'Hussein' added further, "my then promise of 'change' & friendlier US is just election gimmick, and I've not pulled out our dear forces from Iraq & Afghanistan" to the loud cheers jewish lobbyists, while successfully managed not to make the others notice that his left hand is 'glued to his back'.

Berlusconi must chase away the sardine-like packing of shiploads of Libyan & Tunisian refugees to the mercy of the sea, else the front page news in Italy will not stop highlighting his lurid ecstatic playmate adventures.

Worried stiff after seeing what's happening to Berlusconi, Sarkozy quickly volunteered even though having to beat the gun, "yes, France recognise the Libyan revolutionary council, and our mirage fighters are ready to hit Gaddafi.

The x-files of CIA and mossad has done it again. The Arab leaders that demanded 'no fly zone' and Anwar 'the coward' maniac (for not agreeing to give DNA sample even though his DNA profile is known!) can all testify to that.

Hussein Obama's parting words, "Forget Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya,..... and don't make comparison to Bahrain & Yemen because the latter are our close allies & also israel's. The rest must learn to fear israel".

It seems pretty strange that a US state secretary visited Egypt & discussed with the interim leaders! Muslim Brotherhood must be careful!

By ChedetTheGreat??? on March 20, 2011 2:10 PM

Good day Tuan Haji & readers,

Do go through the below site to read the "other side" of the story. http://www.harakahdaily.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31426:k es-liwat-tuduhan-palsu-konspirator-jahat&catid=90:mohd-rashidi-hasan&Itemid=128

Thank you for the spot, Tuan Haji. By waja64 on March 20, 2011 11:06 AM is the word "ayahanda" only meant for royal uses? so the rakyat also can use the word as well? or bila Dia jadi raja?

By kangkong54 on March 20, 2011 10:48 AM

Yg Bhg Tun, Berharap Tun boleh memainkan peranan utk semua Warganegara Malaysia memrealisasikan Gagasan 1Malaysia. Dimana gagasan ini berteraskan Perlembagaan Malaysia, bertujuan menyatupadukan semua warganegara Malaysia utk maju kehadapan dalam mencapai Wawasan 2020.

Penerimaan terhadap perbezaan antara kaum dan sesama kaum sendiri perlu dilaksanakan bermula dari perkara kecil sehingga semuanya mantap. Semangat kenegerian perlu dilihat secara positif, jangan dijadikan alasan utk bersatu, contoh peminat bola sepak negeri kelantan sudah pasti sebilangan besar terdiri dari rakyat kebawah duli Sultan Kelantan. Bagitu juga dari segi percakapan sudah pasti orang jawa bila berjenaka sesama mereka akan menguna loghat jawa.

Orang Cina dan India, misti memahami sejarah Negara ini sebelum bertindak atau mengeluarkan kenyataan. Adalah wajar Orang Melayu mendapat Hak Istimewa spt Per 153, setelah bersetuju menerima kaum cina dan India sebagai Warganegara Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, kepentingan mereka tidak dinafikan seperti menguna bahasa ibunda, mengamalkan adat resam mereka,dan anutan agama masing2. Per 3(1) Dinyatakan dgn jelas bahawa agama lain boleh diamalkan dgn AMAN dan DAMAI. Disini jelas perkataan AMAN menekankan amalan agama lain perlulah mengikut undang negara eg pembinaan rumah berhala mistilah mendapat kelulusan. dan DAMAI memberi makna bhw agama lain tidak bolih diamalkan dgn maksud utk menandingi Agama Pesekutuan.

Saya yakin kita akan dapat bersatupadu pabila setiap Insan mempunyai Nilai Positif saperti HORMAT-MENHORMATI,KESEDERHANAAN,RENDAHHATI DAN BERBUDI BAHASA..tambahlah lagi nilai2 positif utk kita kearah mencapai KEHARMONIAN KAUM.

Usaha PERPADUAN amatlah penting dicapai serentak dgn usaha kearah NEGARA MAJU WAWASAN 2020. Untuk Maju kita perlu memberi penekanan pd 8 NILAI ASPIRASI..BUDAYA PRESTASI TINGGI,BUDAYA KETEPATAN,BUDAYA ILMU,INTEGRITI,KETABAHAN,KESETIAAN,KEBIJAKSANAAN DAN BUDAYA INOVASI.

Harap kita bersama berusaha mencapai IMPIAN BERSAMA.

By abima on March 20, 2011 4:20 AM

Assalamualaikum ayahanda tun and all just my 2 cents comments on ecompute based on his comment on amin tan

FACTS The fact is that you are still not a muslim plus you are now the citizen of hell, our hell not your hell if you have one. now you have 2 citizenship, if you not happy with your malaysian citizenship then feel free to go to your other country if you know which country that i referring to. my facts is based on god will which is IT IS A GOD WILL THAT YOU ARE NOT BECOMING A MUSLIM, PERIOD!

CONTRADICTION your point of arguement or supporting point is based on internet information as we know that not everything on the net is correct even your supporting point is based on wiki or yahoo answer, do you know that you can edit any information on wiki?and yahoo answer, anybody like you can give answer to a question on yahoo answer. do not argue something that based on laws like constitution as constitution is not a wiki or yahoo answer that you can simply edit like a notepad. yahoo answer my a#s!!!

By Adam on March 19, 2011 6:26 PM

Dear Ekompute,

QUOTE: "Even the Japanese recognised the existence of these Malay States when they drove the British out of the peninsular."

Let's call a spade a spade. The Japs did not come to the peninsula to drive the British out. They came to conquer and subdue the Malays states, period.

What Tun meant by this was that, The Japanese RECOGNIZED these MALAY STATES, under their respective SULTAN or rulers. It is not about why the Japanese came here. Why twist it out of context?

Of course if we talk about the 'reason' of their coming was NOT to subdue the states then. If we use your 'logic' we could say that they came here because they are running out of natural resources to fund their Manchurian war.

So lets call a spade a spade shall we? :)

By kangkong54 on March 19, 2011 2:32 PM

Salam Yg Bhg Tun, 1>MB selangor sanggup memberi jawatan SUK Selagor kpd bkn Melayu!..bangsa Cina terkenal hebat dlm apa bidang yg mereka ceburi..Melayu perlu bertuankan Pemimpin Cina..Lim KS & Guan Eng. 2>Nizar..berbakti pd kaum cina dgn memeberi pajakan tanah 999 th.. 3>Anuar menyatakan Malaysia ini bukan Melayu punya, tapi cina punya, india punya. 4>Nik Aziz bersetuju dgn penggunaan Klaimah Allah dlm bible... 5>PAS bersama dgn Pakatan Rakyat...PAS memperjuangkan Liberalisasi. Mereka semua ni bersatu utk mendapat kuasa memerintah Negara> dpt 2/3 majoriti mereka akan pinda Perlembagaan ie menhapus per 153, pinda per 3(2) Mereka dpt menerima siapo jadi pemimpin,walau kaki main belakang ke atau perempuan jalang ke... Melayu yg beragama Islam dan berIman dan Bertaqwa...hati2 dgn tipudaya kafir, ambil iktibar kekacauan diNegara Islam..

By halidevidsen on March 18, 2011 5:02 PM

Salam Tun ekompute telah respon kepada komen saya izinkan saya untuk menyuarakan pendapat saya i'm glad you can see the difference between the two types of school mentioned but can you see what it means? It means it's 1 up for non-malays; it means the preservation of the non- malay culture is stated in the constitution; it means the constitution is good but I guess it's not good enough is it?

We may not be praying to the same God but why don't we stick to something we have in common The Constitution for perpaduan's sake.

Terima kasih Tun

By Adam on March 18, 2011 3:26 PM

Since they want so badly to use our *censored* name, in ther book, then why prevent us to use the p**ri*h word in interlok? :)

Was not Anwar argument was that, we cant prevent others to use whatever name they want? so why the double standard Kit Siang?

See? They are not like what you think, PKR is corrupted, Selangor Government is corrupted. Perak when it was under PAS is very corrupted, where timber mining was allowed, and even divide the land among their cronies. In Kohilal, corruption is rampant, stealing money, "cah keting".

Guess what DAP did? gave contract to his son company. :) so much for transparency? LOL!!

Parti kambing rakyat..opsss..sorry maklumlah tak pergi Ox-fart. opss.... Parti keadilan rakyat!

Ladang Rakyat, in the name, but in reality is "ladang Husam".

By wajaperak on March 18, 2011 10:45 AM

Assallammualaikumwarahmatulahiwabarokatuh.. Tun..tolong Tun..Tolong saya..Tolong..

Izinkan saya ketawa di dalam blog Tun..

Hahahahaha..

[[Can we therefore agree to bring our discussion and disagreements to a higher level, so as not to turn Tun's blog into a pasar malam affair? Let us agree to disagree. If everyone sings the same song, this blog will become a church. Let's turn this into a useful platform where all of us can learn, and do cite authoritative sources, wherever possible, rather than voice baseless opinions]]

Cis..Alangkah lucunya kenyataan ekompute ni...peh..

A)Kenyataan no 1: ekompute masuk ke dalam blog Tun dan menyerang Islam dengan menggunakan IKOD ( Ikut Kepala Otak Dia ) tanpa merujuk mana-mana ulamak hanya sekadar menggunakan rujukan Internet dan kefahaman sendiri.Apa maknanya ni..Hypocrite of the highest order?..No..Absolutely not..It is special privileges the he accorded himself for a virtue by being kafir..That is disobedience..

B)It is ok for anybody for having diferrences of opinion.That is what the world is for.We seek the best from the diferrences.But what we have here is not.Ekompute runs down Islam and refused to adress the answers when it is given to him.e.g The main reason the food consumption is up in Ramadhan because Muslims gives away more food than normal to more recepient.But ekompute refuse to adress this fact but keeps harping the fact..

Because you eat more and I here the mighty ekompute judges you guilty of tarnishing the purpose of fasting that I am responsible to uphold of it's sacred value..See the big I

By contrast Muslim is decreed to fast ...may you becomes 'bertakwa'..

C)Barking up the wrong tree.True indeed Mr ekompute.You are barking up the wrong tree.The tree here in Tun blog is "adressing the issues"..But what we don't want is a loose and "unmastered dog" rummaging the trash can and emptied them in vain attempt to find the "bone of contention"..The word is communication..The dog have to earn it's living..it have no way to knock the owner gates and shows it's pity countenance to get any leftover..Meaning to get into the owner heart and earns it the term of endearment to be adopted.. Meanwhile the owner who is kind enough

Did not call the proper Department AND HAVE THIS DOG GET SHOT.. For fearing of rabies contamination..

In between the dog hopes of getting adoption by rummaging the trash can and raise "the wake up call",the dog will not comprehend the Muslim household who have showned pity and great compassion not to have the dog shot.So..How long will the Muslim master will shows patient to a creatures who have no ability to comprehend?? Am I calling you donkey? Kaldai? And Dog?..No Mister..It is your own colluded judgement..I am calling this allegory of parabale because it's similarities..

Look at your mirror everyday.There.. looking back at you is a most hansome and virile man alive..

But not everybody agrees with you..That is what life is all about.

The disputes of perceptions one sees in life as the images of mirror looking back at you..

I can go on and on..But Mr ekompute..when one deals with other's..one must be very careful..

Brazen statement:Tun..mintak maaf..muka Tun ni tak hensem lah.. Brazen answer :Cis..jadi muka kau banyakkkk punya hensem??

After carefully constructed and rephrased statement's..

Tun..I finds that your countenance does not reflect the beauty and inteligence a prominence should have Like me..Ahem..Ahem..

And the answers will be:

Mr ekompute..Even Narcissist and egomaniac have their own code.For this I am thanking you for comparing Tun countenance with your's as a measured degreed of respect.I am thanking you but no thanks.Tun countenance is proper face as it is and we would like them in situ.

Now..you like the answers a brazen one,asks brazenly.. You wants a proper one..Asks nicely and Mr ekompute...How..I am spelling it HOW..?

HOW DIFFICULT CAN IT BE?..

Woof.Woof..Er Sori Tun..Ini laungan serigala..

THE CALL OF THE WILD...MINE..OR YOUR'S???

Ribuan terima kasih Tun.

By jalil7 on March 18, 2011 5:17 AM

Salam Tun,

I feel compelled to respond.

By JB_FROM on March 16, 2011 7:11 PM

To Jalil7, >The definition of Science is as below, [shortened for brevity]

To correct you, it is not about a way of thinking. It is a discipline and it is concerned about physisical world and what is around us. M. Nasir is not a Scientist. I am very sorry for you too.

Very interesing. If you think science is not a way of thinking, a disciplined thinking, then be happy with your own version of Science. But Dr Syed is trying to put us on the right track, if you feel or think he is wrong, submit your proof why you say so.

The defintion is most clear. There are many Scientist throughout this world, i doubt they agree with you on Science. I think you grossly misunderstood Science.

To illustrate to you a bit about Science and Technology. [shortened for brevity]

I'm afraid your account of the history of Science is way off the mark. Maybe Dr Syed can enlighten you. There isn't enough space here though.

>Is this Science enough for you? As i said , that is not Science at all. You are off track by light years.

>I am in the field of Science.

Interesting. But i doubt it.

>Science alone will not make the >world a perfect place....you >should ponder about that yourself.

I do not need to ponder on that.

If you mean to say that religion is needed to make a perfect place, there isn't such a thing as a perfect place, a pefect government, a perfect system. There is no "perfection". There are no "absolutes" in the real world.

Does Science give us all a better place, a better realisation of where we are headed and what we can do about it ? I think certainly.

The connection of every human to God is entirely personal. In that domain Science takes on a different dimension, a much bigger one. Religion and spirituality gives us a purpose. Science enables an ascension to a higher purpose, thus achieving a higher degree of humanity.

The Japanese, European are more civilized then us not only in Science and Technology but also in culture(working culture), governance, values, knowledge and way of thinking.

The more advanced civilisation are all over the world are always the ones better in Science and Technology. Or do you even want to dispute that ?

Again I will like to reiterate to you that M Nasir is not a Scientist, so is Micheal Jackson and Justine Timberlake.

It is like this. They do not hold test tubes, but they do know what is good music. How do they "know" ? You would be surprised how these people make top hits over and over again. They employ Scientific methodology and thinking. If you make a study on their methods ( the whole team, not just the main artist ) you may be surprised.

It is just your mind and the media has put them in a different box, called artists. That is well and good. It is convention. But they employ scientifc methods and are very very good at it, which is why i consider them scientists, get it ?

Many Orang Asli are also scientists. They know medicinal values of plants and animals around them, and even western scientists learn from them. They have hunting skills even Einstien cannot match as Tun once said. They have home grown technologies. They understand and respect nature. Natives all over the world understand and respect eco- systems.

Or perhaps you want to laugh at me or feel embarrased when i say my orang asli ancestors are scientists ? Go ahead.

Now, just what kind of Science is it are you talking about ? I do not think we are on the same page at all. Maybe you are talking as Science as read in Wiki. What not ask Dr Syed to define Science if he has the time.

>Please do not embarrassed us with this nonsense.

I am not so sure who is actually talking non-sense. If you feel embarrased, that is perhaps your personal problem.

And so, by extension of logic, is Dr Syed is also perhaps an embarrasment to you ? Is he stupid is promoting Science and Technolgy for Malays ? If so, i will surely say so in another blog when i see him again.

------Back to the future... Again, Dr Syed calls for Malays to be well acquainted with Science and Technology. In line, other Malay leaders call for Malays to master English, and master means proficient enough to engage in a lengthy discussion in English.

These are two key instruments if you like, for success that will save the Malays from further decline and darkness and indeed is applicable to any race. It will arrest the backward slide of Malays that begun perhaps some 30 years ago, due to abandonment of English, Science and Maths, coupled with an increase in religious pursuit leading to nothing. It is going backwards.

For the Malays who wish to be successful, they make take heed and pursue this path Dr Syed recommends.

Maybe you JB_FROM do not agree. But why do you want to stop or try to stop Malays who wish to be successful from taking this road ?

You know a better road ? Then i challenge you, show us Malays another road. Mana ?

Terim Kasih Tun.

By Rahman on March 18, 2011 2:54 AM

Ekompute,

1. Does the constitution today define a Malay as a person who habitually speaks Malay, practices Malay custom and tradition and is a Muslim?

2. Has the definition of Malay in the constitution been amended throughout the 53 years since Merdeka?

3. Was it not simple for Tun Mahathir be a Malay when he was actually from Indian origin?

Do us a favor by answering those with a yes, no or not sure first - then explain as lengthy, if you want. This should be just a piece of cake for you...

PS. Some people went back as far as 500yrs to establish existence of Malay. Then others went back as far as 1000yrs to establish existence of Indian. But why stop there? As far as I know, if we go back far enough in history, we'll find out that our ancestors are either monkeys or human.

By amin tan on March 18, 2011 2:47 AM

Dear Tun, May I refer to ekompute March 16, 2011. 4.39 pm. Mr. Ekompute, First and foremost, I wish to apologize if my writing has hurt you in anyway. What I have written was never meant to hurt but may be to elicit some answers from you. Most of what I said were from the Quran in combination with sunnah and islamic history. You said I made a mistake because according to you there was a contradiction in my previous statements. To me it is not a contradiction. As I said in my earlier writing, You may go to heaven and I may end up in hell. That is how powerful Islam is. It is all the will of God. The best of human, Abi Talib, Prophet's uncle never became a muslim and refused to mengucap dua kalimah shahadah when he died. On the other hand, the Prophet's arch enemies became muslims and died shahid, died in battle fighting for islam. Abu Sufian and Wife, participated in the great battle to defeat the mighty Roman army in Syria in the battle of Yarmuk. Ikrimah bin abu Jahal and son Amir died in the same battle where the muslims army outnumbered by 10 to 1 and yet they completely routed the Romans. At the battle of Yarmuk, the Romans were 400,000 soldiers and the muslims were only 40,000 warriors commanded by Abu Ubaidah as commander in chief and field commander Khalid Ibni Walid, the greatest general the world ever known. At Yarmuk, 6000 veteran from Medinah joined the fight against the Roman. Abu Sufian and wife Hind, and Ikrimah fought many battles against the Holy Prophet and in the end they became devout and dedicated muslims. Maybe just like you at this point in time, you are not yet muslim. Maybe, insyaAllah one fine and holy day you too may be like Ikrimah, become a muslim. Don't exclude yourself to be a muslim but don't count yourself to be the the enemy of muslims, ever.

Pork eating is forbidden in islam as mention in Surah Al Maedah. It is not a habit as you mention. A muslim should never doubt or question the command of the Quran on pork eating. samiakna wa atokna, says the Quran in Amanah Rasul, Surah Al Bakarah. Listen and obey. Effectively, to be a blind believer as you put it. I agree with you if you look from the view point of non muslim or non spiritual view point. However, the Quran also says human are daif, weak and imperfect. As I mention in my other comments, the ritual of fasting during Ramathan is not about food consumption as your assumption and preoccupation. It is spiritual and it is meant to be spiritual as says the Quran about fasting during Ramathan "la al lakun tatakun" meaning may you be pious. I will stand by the Quran, come what may. You are sticking to your 'superior' reasoning of your brains. Human brains of nuclear technology against a few seconds of earthquake and subsequent tsunami bring out the stark disparity in dimension between your brains and reasoning and that of Al Mighty.

I believe the Quran is the revelation from Allah and Mohammad is the messenger of God. As such 'listen and obey' in loghatul Quran 'samiakna wa atokna'. But a muslim should continue to read, reflect and try to comprehend. In another philosophical revelation in surah Asr or 'the time' Indeed mankind is in the loss except those who believe and do righteous deeds(obey the Quran and sunnah) and remind one another to be patient.(of the eventual triumph and victory of islam)

Mr ekompute, our argument is basically different because your reasoning is completely worldly and mine is basically spiritual and based completely on what is stated in the Quran and sunnah and islamic history. You can choose to agree not to agree as the Quran says in surah kafirun 'lakun di nukun wali yadiin.' Or, you can choose to be spiritual and accept that how great human reasoning may be they would always be far inferior to that of Al Mighty. That is the meaning of Al Fatihah, the muslims say in their 5 daily prayers which our Holy Prophet(PBUH) received from Allah in Heaven during his ascension of ISRAJ AND MEHRAJ. God is not like Agong as you put it. God is its attributes. It is described as 20 attributes of God in Surah Bakharah, the second surah in the Quran together with rukun Islam and rukun iman. Mr. ekompute, we are only human and made of blood and flesh. We will grow old, weak, feeble and perish. We are only temporary, slightly longer than the rainbow, so to speak. Who are we to doubt and speak against the biggest and the greatest religion of all times, islam. Let islam be your spiritual guide and don't try to belittle and ridicule muslims who try their level best to be good muslims. Muslims should be humble and apologetic if they are truly guided by their religion and Fatihah. amin tan

By YKL on March 18, 2011 1:40 AM

This is what I have to say to you all Tuan wannabe.

1) Carry on dreaming to become the Tuan of this country while the rest of the world progress and move on and Malaysia still remain as third world country.

2) Carry on telling the “pendatangs” to leave the country. Drive out all the foreign investment so that you have your entire ketuanan share. The Indonesian will then claim that Paramesara was from Indonesia and want to rule this country.

3) Constitutionalised all the land to be Malay reserve land and see who the real beneficiaries are. Definitely not the poor Malays. What had Halim Saad , Tajuddin Ramli , Daim Zainuddin, Mhd Taib done for you after amassing a filthy large fortune for themselves. Holding on to Kampung Baru as your reserved land and continue to reject development.

3) The national school system has no market value because of the poor standard even up to the university level. A large proportion of the public U graduates are not employable even locally. Ask the parents of the 65000 non Chinese students in the vernacular school why they send their children there.

4) Carry on blaming others for your miseries and failure. Didn’t the PM , DPM and Tun themselves confessed that without the Chinese contribution, Malaysia will not be like what is today? Of cause this was said only in front of the Chinese audience.When they turn around to face the Tuan audience, it is a totally different story.

By ekompute on March 17, 2011 11:32 PM

Ghafar says: "I entertain your predicament and anxiety of your intellectual moron or rather paranoia of ambiguity. Stop preaching and state your presumptuous comments in grounds where I could learn and think about in relation to Dr. Mahathir's writing."

Fantastic bombastic vocabulary that talks a lot and says very little. Not a single issue raised that can be debated upon, other than a personality attack. So pathetic the minds of some Muslims! And seems like his short post is his only sole "contribution" to this thread!

And thank you, Wajaperak, for having such high regards for my posts that you think that I am possibly a paid writer. Wish I were paid to do so! Nevertheless, it is gratifying to note that those posts are worth some payment, LOL. As it is, this blog is more interesting to me than the Church of Lim Kit Siang. Not that it is any different here but there is nothing much for me to comment there, given that Lim Kit Siang has never been in public office. I would probably end up as a choir singer there, just like all the rest. Once I find an intellectual sparring partner elsewhere, I will leave. As it is, very, very few has come close to a meaningful and mutually beneficial debate... it has been more of an exchange of ignorance so far.

By adik adik on March 17, 2011 9:23 PM

THE FACTS ONE SHOULD COMPARE AN APPLE WITH AN APPLE. A PEAR WITH A PEAR. AN ORANAGE WITH AN ORANGE.

LEADERS LIKE LEE LOVES TO COMPARE MALAYSIA TO SINGAPORE. INTENTIONAL IMAGING THEIR PROGRESS AGAINST MALAYSIA. INTENTIONALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE CORRUPTIONS OF MALAYSIA, AS IF SINGAPORE IS NONE.

WHY NOT COMPARE SINGAPORE WITH BRUNEI. BRUNEI IS A SMALL COUNTRY AS EQUIVALENT TO SINGAPORE. BRUNEI GOVT FEEDS ITS PEOPLE,SINGAPORE GOVERMENT FEET IT,S CITIZEN.

COMPARE MALAYSIA TO PHILLIPHINE,OR THAILAND,NOW. TRUE HONEST POLITICIAN LIKE LEE, SHY TO COMPARE THE FACTS. THE REALITY.AS IT GIVES HIM A BLOW.

COMPARE AN ORANGE TO AN APPLE,DOES NOT REVEALS MUCH FACTS.

By Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad on March 17, 2011 7:53 PM

Dear JB_FROM & MHI & Malaysians,

You can say whatever you like. But the proof of the pudding is in the eating and not in the talking. For as long as the Malays - whether in Malaysia or Singapore or Indonesia - are scientifically backwards i.e. unable to be a scientifically advanced race - the Malays will NEVER be able to integrate the Overseas Chinese.

Singapore is still NOT able to compete with Japan etc thats true - BUT that is NOT the issue. The issue here is that the Overseas Chinese are impressed by Western and Japanese technology. And until the Malays of South East Asia can become as scientifically advanced as the Japanese and the West - we have very little hope of ever integrating the Chinese. Thats the bitter truth for all of us.

Islam is NOT anti-technology. Thats true. But the Malaysian Malays spend too much time on Islam-related issues instead of Science. Thats a bitter truth that you have to swallow.

As for the Hadramis etc - I really don't care about them. Why ? Because I am MALAY by Dr Mahathir's definition !

Best Regards Dr Syed Alwi Bin Ahmad (Alsree) By cherrycherry on March 17, 2011 3:52 PM

Tumpang lalu Tun M dan semua,

Nan Yang Siang Pau tarikh 12-3-2011 dengan penulisnya HUANG ZI sangat-sangat kurang ajar !!! (Sila baca Utusan Malaysia hari ini di m/s 13).

Memanglah sudah terang lagi bersuluh bila orang Melayu tidak menerima orang Cina kerana banyak faktor dan salah satunya ialah apabila tulisan Tun M tentang layanan buruk yang diberi oleh Singapura terhadap lawatan Tun M dulu disanggah oleh penulis ini dengan LEBIH MEMPERCAYAI jawapan Singapura.

Amat jelas si penulis ini mempercayai Cina Singapura daripada Melayu Malaysia yang daripada negara sama yang dia sendiri diami dan cari makan.

Dipanggilnya Tun M sebagai Pak Mahathir. Kami akan memanggil bapa beliau lebih rendah dari Apek jika kami mahu. Si penulis akan menjadi tua juga akhirnya dan jangan ingat boleh hidup sampai bila-bila serta bersifat kurang ajar.

Saya sekeluarga telah berkunjung ke Galeri Perdana di Langkawi dan merasa marah serta lucu bila lihat hadiah Singapura kepada PM Malaysia iaitu Tun M ketika itu berupa Kain corak batik tangan? yang diframekan (tak indah langsung)...... apa halnya ni? bukan mengimpikan hadiah yang mahal tapi tak setanding dengan taraf negarawan....berbanding dengan cenderahati dari negara yang kurang membangun lebih baik dan bermutu tinggi.....inilah jiran kita Singapura.....LIHATLAH PADA PERBUATAN MEREKA...... jangan tertipu atau terpedaya....macam Pak Lah nak tunjuk bagus ajak Singapura main golf konon macamlah Singapura nak berlembut hati dan menjadi jiran yang baik serta-merta???

Tepuk dada tanya selera. Buat baik berpada-pada, buat jahat jangan sekali. Anda fikirlah sendiri......

By ekompute on March 17, 2011 3:44 PM

QUOTE: "Even the Japanese recognised the existence of these Malay States when they drove the British out of the peninsular."

Let's call a spade a spade. The Japs did not come to the peninsula to drive the British out. They came to conquer and subdue the Malays states, period.

An even more apt sentence than the one I had proposed in my earlier post is "Even the Japanese recognised that the states that they were conquering were Malay states when they attacked the peninsula." Driving out the British was purely incidental. They didn't come with the intention to free the Malay states from British colonialism, as what Tun's statement appears to suggest. Had the British not been there then, they would still come. It was not at all a humanitarian mission, so let's call a spade a spade.

By ekompute on March 17, 2011 2:38 PM QUOTE: "When the Europeans came, the governments and the states they had to deal with were Malay. All treaties were made with the Malay Governments. Even the Japanese recognised the existence of these Malay States when they drove the British out of the peninsular."

The more I read this passage, the more I want to laugh, especially the part where it says: "Even the Japanese recognised the existence of these Malay States when they drove the British out of the peninsular."

The way Tun writes affectionately about the Japanese, as in "even the Japanese recognised the existence of these Malay States when they drove the British out of the peninsular" sounds to me that he is very appreciative of the Japanese aggressors more than he loves his fellow Malaysian Chinese and Indians. I don't know why. It could just be deep- seated colonial mentality. To me, it is merely changing one colonial master for another even worse one, a sort of from the frying pan into the fire. If I were to rewrite Tun's sentence, I would probably write it as "Even when those bastard Japanese invaded the Malay States..."

By the way, neither China nor any Chinese has ever attacked the Malay archipelago. If anything, China had been the big brother, the protector of the Melaka Sultanate, against would-be aggressors like the Siamese and the Majapahit empire. One may even conjecture that the Melaka Sultanate might not have survived otherwise. Well, maybe Tun only appreciates aggressors and that's why he cannot appreciate non-aggressors like the Chinese. And lest Tun forgets, he is both Malaysian Indian by ethnicity and Malay by constitutional definition. Can an ethnic Indian ever become an ethnic Malay, or for that matter, can an African like Obama become a Caucasian by virtue of him becoming the President of the United States? Did Michael Jackson became a Caucasian after bleaching his skin?

And if the Japanese did recognise the existence of these Malay States, they should not even be attacking them in the first place, right? And why should they be treated more courteously than fellow citizens? Ketuanan Melayu, remember? Not Ketuanan Jepun!

Oh yes, talking about recognizing the existence of these Malay States, this is how the Japs recognize the Johor Sultan, according to Wikipedia: When the Japanese invaded Malaya, General Yamashita's troops was warmly received by Sultan Ibrahim at the end of January 1942. Yamashita and his officers then stationed themselves at Istana Bukit Serene (the Sultan's residence), and the Sultan Ibrahim Building (the state secretariat building) to plan for the invasion of Singapore. From 1943 onwards, however, the Japanese began to experience economic difficulties and military defeats in the Pacific War, and they then gave orders to the Malay Sultans to contribute an annual stipend of $10,000 to support their war efforts. Shortly before the Japanese surrendered in 1945, Sultan Ibrahim was expelled from his residence at Istana Bukit Serene and was forced to reside at Istana Pasir Pelangi, his son's residence. So bitter was Sultan Ibrahim who was once publicly rebuked for leaning on his walking stick before Japanese officers (even our Sultan need to respect those f@#$%&g Jepun soldiers, I don't give two hoots about them Japs, not like Tun... is that why the Malays were better treated during the Japanese occupation) that he asked for permission from the British to fly the Union Jack on his car to attend the Japanese surrender ceremony on 12 September 1945.

By Ghafar on March 17, 2011 2:36 PM

To Ecompute , I entertain your predicament and anxiety of your intellectual moron or rather paranoia of ambiguity . Stop preaching and state your presumptuous comments in grounds where I could learn and think about in relation to Dr. Mahathir ' s writing .

By eanisazman on March 17, 2011 12:18 PM

Salam Tok Det, and Bloggers,

Have anyone still doubt the fact that Malays founded the country. That they are the one who established the states and formed the country Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. The Orang Asli do assist in forming certain part of the states and they later being assimilated as 'Rakyat' to the country. The later generation from different origin were also assimilated as 'Rakyat' into the country.

But the later generation may have different feelings towards this assimilation process. I don't know for sure whether non-Malays recognised the connecting point between ourselves but the 'ketuanan Melayu' has recently being questioned.

The history Tun M is trying to teach us was based on facts and remains facts. But he also mention the same concern between us as stated in para 13. However, by reading through comments from fellow bloggers; it seems that pressure has started to be exerted on the Malays to end it now.

The Malays like me, was curious because there are a lot of anxiety over our identity today. What is the criterias of Bangsa Malaysia? Maybe, it is our next generation that could perfectly live as one, strongly unite with each, love and proud to be themselves as Bangsa Malaysia. Maybe not. Who knows.

As what I can tell right now, this topic is a very emotional topic to be discussed. But I think if we can respect each others, try to accept the facts, and move on from there until we can reach the unity, equality or something like that, we can actually be known as one. How can there be anymore 'special privillage' if we are all one race right? It sounds like over the years we still do not mix with each other very well right? Maybe that's where we start again.

By HBT on March 17, 2011 7:58 AM

Ayahanda Tun,

1. From thestar online....and Singapore may be importing mixture of coal especially from China and oil to generate its electricity.

2. To go a head or not with nuclear energy, we leave it to DS Najib as Muslim PM in the multi-ethnic country to decide with increasing global warming crisis and Japan is not spared either.

3. Solar energy is expensive, labour intensive and not practical. 4. As trading nation, PM Najib should look into importing coal from China and other part of the world that produce coal to increase our oil and gas reserve to generate our domestic driven market in Peninsula by lowering down our oil consumption in generating electricity utility since many of our major industries have moved out from Peninsula after 1997 crisis.

5. Hydro is practical and non-expensive with huge reserve, hence, to bring down manufacturing cost, industrialists may opt to move their factories to Sarawak, and will make Peninsula as Trading/Distribution Hub.

I. Published: Wednesday March 16, 2011 MYT 7:46:00 PM Updated: Wednesday March 16, 2011 MYT 7:47:08 PM

Dr Mahathir: Better not to have nuclear plant

CYBERJAYA: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Wednesday reiterated his view on not having a nuclear power plant in this country.

II. "You know my view about it. We do not know enough about the reaction of this material," he told reporters here when asked on his views on building the plant.

III. Dr Mahathir said the radiation leaking from the stricken Japanese nuclear power plant due to the tsunami after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake seemed to lend support for his concern.

IV. "Once it is activated, it becomes radioactive. People do not know how to get rid of the waste," he said.

V. He noted that during his premiership, the Government had decided on four fuel strategies, namely oil, gas, coal and hydro, and nuclear was not included.

VI. "We have bad experience already with nuclear. I don't know whether people are aware about it or not," he said.

VII. Asked whether he would advise Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak not to have nuclear power plant, Dr Mahathir said, "I'm not an advisor. That is why I use my blog."

VIII. Malaysia plans to build two nuclear power plants that will generate 1,000 megawatts each, with the first plant ready for operation in 2021 and the second plant, a year later.

VIV. It is part of the overall long-term plan to balance energy supply. - Bernama

Good day Ayahanda Tun.

By MHI on March 17, 2011 7:27 AM

Dear Idea,

Memang ramai Melayu yg tidak sedar, kelompok mereka masih memerlukan dasar afirmatif. Sememangnya 'tongkat' itu satu perkara yg memalukan tetapi sewajarnya sikap bodoh sombong yg menolak tongkat ditolak dngn menilai realiti dan kemampuan diri. Orang Melayu juga sedar 'tongkat' itu sepatutnya tidak digunakan terlalu lama, dan antara mereka juga teruja untuk berjalan sendiri tanpa bantuan. Sikap itu wajar dipuji, tetapi perlu dilihat secara berhati2, memerhati di belakang memastikan mereka benar2 bersedia. Sikap ini juga menunjukkan sikap orang Melayu yg ikhlas untuk membangunkan negara.

Sy juga berharap, untuk melihat secara realiti dalam hayat saya, kita mampu menolak 'tongkat' tersebut, sebelum Melayu terus dilabelkan sebagai bangsa yg 'Tempang Kekal' di Tanah sendiri. Itu kita tak mahu

By mednahr on March 17, 2011 7:00 AM

Salam Tun, Trima kash krana tulisan tun slalu mberi inspirasi kpd generasi lbih baru spt kami dlm mghadapi cabaran pyokong pbgkang yg tak hnti mmutarblitkan crita asalkan mguntgkan prti mreka. Mreka ini yg suka mbeza2kan dan mgagungkankhebbtan pmimpin spura esp lky idola mrka

By lawi on March 17, 2011 6:30 AM

My very dear Tun,

Please allow me,

To Ekompute,

I realise you have knowledge on Islam.Yes,you kept repeating regarding the Prophet,s (pbh) last sermon.That particular statement,the Prophet(pbh) was referring to muslims(an Arab or non Arab,a black or white,whatever colour ,race as long as they're muslims they are considered brothers. They can pray in the same mosque,stand side by side,drink from the same well,eat at the same table (regardless of colour or race.) There's a certain race,although they have the same religion,but because of their caste system,followers are not allowed to share the same well, whatmore other things.(This is what the Prophet (pbh) was concerned. Although Muslims are considered brothers one has to respect each other.When one enters a brother's domain,you still have to acknowledge he's the boss.Permission is needed to enter certain parts of his house,or utilise his belongings what more if he's married.Whatmore he's a non brother (does this explains 'Ketuanan Melayu'?. You kept mentioning about muslims not adhering to certain Islamic way of life---Why do you think God Almighty created Hell.

You should also read a blogger's comment on the No 1 anticorruption country. It's been advised,those who want to study Islam in depth should have a Guru.(mind the choice of Guru).

Thank you.

Thank Tun,and May God Bless Tun and Family.

By Eiman Singa on March 17, 2011 6:00 AM Merujuk kepada buku Tun

"there are always lessons to be learn, if only we have the wisdom to see them".

"Malays must take the next phase on history and their future into their own hands. They must master the knowledge, wisdom and understanding that can enable them to do so effectively. They must acquire important skills that will empower them. But these alone will not enough. The Malays must revisit their past and learn from history's tough lessons in order to secure their place in the world".

Well done Tun for your creative thinking.

By sulastini mdnor on March 17, 2011 3:29 AM

Salam to my dearest Tun, I hope you still remember me, the girl who cried when meeting you for the 1st time at Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana. I'm the one who organize the meeting between our batch Russian Program students and you during my study in INTEC,UITM. Now we are happy and healthy in Volgogad, Russia in our 2nd year..^^

I just found out that you went to Moscow last few days and meet the students there. I'm so sad that we in Volgograd didn't get the chance to meet you there. I hope one day you will come to Volgograd when we invite you to our graduation ceremony with Tun Siti Hasmah..Volgograd is a very nice city to visit too~

Just want to inform you that now we are doing some charity work for muslim community here in Volgograd. We help in the process of building the mosque here. We already collected about RM 448 000.00 these past 4 years, but we still short 500, 000 rubles in completing the mosque, that is around RM54 000.00. I'm really appreciate if Tun can also help this muslim community here in any ways that possible. This is collaboration project between Persatuan Perubatan Islam Malaysia Volgograd and Kelab UMNO Luar Negara Volgograd. This is our Malaysian student website on this work http://www.musliminvolgograd.com/kirovsky-islamic-centre/ I hope Tun will stop by and take a look. We miss you and pray for your Health. I hope on meeting you again and to buy your new book when I'm back for this Summer Holidays..^^ We Love You Tun~! our regards and love to Tun Siti Hasmah~

By MHI on March 17, 2011 1:55 AM

Dear Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad, nampak seperti ada kepincangan dr syed memahami tentang islam. sehinggakan menganggap teknology dan islam itu 2 perkara berbeza.. sedangkan Islam itu cara hidup dan ilmu/teknology itu merupakan satu tuntutan dlm islam. jika dr melihat ianya berbeza mungkin kerana pemahaman/praktis umat islam itu yg membuatkan ianya seperti 2 perkara yg berbeza. islam hanya dilihat dlm ceramah/masjid. dan itu bukanlah cara hidup islam yg menyeluruh. Umat Islam Malaysia sangat mengerti tentang kepentingan teknology dan menyedari diri masih dlm peringkat teknology user. jika dr menyelusuri topik2 lama Tun, betapa Tun sangat menekankan inovatif sebagai jalan pintas utk orang Melayu menguasai teknolgy. ianya bukan hanya dlm bentuk gesaan semata2 tetapi disusuli dngn pelbagai tindakan.. PPSMI, UIA, Proton, Petronas, dan pelbagai pelan lain antara usaha2 yg dilakukan. ilmu itu tak semestinya teknology..

By zulkiflee_Arif on March 17, 2011 1:11 AM

Assalamu'alaikum Tun, mohon izin mengulas hati,malaysia....anda merajuk hendak balik negeri? baguslah,anda termasuk golongan orang yg sedar diri.selama ini saya sangka kaum pendatang seperti anda tidak punya rasa sedar diri atau ada perasaan malu,seperti yg ditunjukkan oleh ekompute dan sivarajah arasu.rupa nya saya silap.masih ada juga kaum pendatang yg memiliki budipekerti tinggi setinggi budipekerti orang Melayu. sebagai keturunan Pendatang,anda dan orang-orang seperti anda memang tidak dikehendaki berlama-lama di Negara kami.kita tiada ikatan apa-apa.bangsa kita berlainan,Agama kita tak sama.budaya pun sangat berbeza.dan nilai kita juga tak sama.Malu bagi kami,Bangga bagi anda. keberadaan anda disini dibawa sebagai buruh British pada lahir nya hanyalah untuk bekerja saja.tapi hakikat sebenar tujuan British adalah menjadikan anda sebagai "buffer" dalam permusuhan mereka dgn Agama Islam.sebab itu hanya orang dari India yg beragama Hindu saja yg mereka bawa ke Tanah Melayu. adapun rakyat India yg beragama Islam seperti leluhur Tun,mereka datang ke sini adalah dgn tambang mereka sendiri.dan itu saja sudah cukup memberi lebih hak kpd Tun dan kaum India-Muslim berbanding dgn leluhur sivarajah arasu yg datang sebagai kuli British.apa lagi dgn pertalian Agama yg kukuh sesama Islam,mereka tidak dianggap sebagai orang asing seperti pendatang lain.malah seperti yg anda lihat,Tun disanjung tinggi sebagai Pemimpin Melayu,lebih pribumi dari Melayu jati. itu lah orang Melayu.kami tidak racist.asal saja se Agama,kami tak mengira bangsa.pintu untuk menjadi "Melayu" sentiasa terbuka melalui Islam.namun begitu kami tak paksa anda masuk Islam atau keluar Malaysia.tepuk dada,tanya selera.buatlah pilihan yg bijak. untuk pengetahuan anda,orang Melayu walaupun tak suka dgn keberadaan orang asing di bumi kami,namun kesopanan yg amat tinggi mendorong kami menyembuyikan ke-tidak- sukaan itu.dari zaman sikomunis Chin peng hinggalah kami kehilangan Singapura ketangan Lee kuan yew,orang Melayu bersikap gentleman dgn menganggap semua itu sebagai fair- fight.kita terima kekalahan dgn dada terbuka. tapi sejak akhir-akhir ini dimana Lee kuan yew mula melancarkan perang saraf dgn dakwaan bahwa Kerajaan Melayu mendiskriminasikan kaum pendatang dgn dasar yg melindungi Bumiputra,dan hasutan itu di terima baik oleh China dan India Malaysia hingga tertubuh nya Hindraf dan mendorong keberanian akhbar dan ahli-ahli politik China bermain api perkauman,maka orang Melayu terpaksa berterus-terang tentang ketidak-sukaan kami terhadap kaum pendatang. kemudian bila sampah-sampah kecil seperti ekompute,d.tan,s.tan dan sivarajah arasu yg merasa diri nya setaraf dgn Tun,mula mempersoalkan hak Melayu atau mengatakan Melayu juga bangsa pendatang,dan kerajaan yg kami sanjumg gagal bertindak meng-ISA-kan para pencetus provokasi ini,apa lah daya kami menahan api kemarahan yg membara selain berdoa semuga anda sekelian keluar dgn rela hati meninggalkan Negara kami ini. sebab itu,hati.malaysia,saya gembira benar bila anda bercadang hendak tinggalkan Malaysia.nasihat ikhlas saya untuk anda dan semua anak-cucu kaum pendatang,bekerja keraslah untuk kumpul duit dan kemudian pulang lah ke pangkal jalan,ke tanah leluhur anda,India atau China.dan kalau boleh saya nasihatkan,cadangkan lah kerjasama antara PM Wen jiabao dan PM Manmohan Singh untuk ratakan Himalaya,boleh jugak buat Negara baru bagi kaum pendatang yg tak di ingini di Nusantara.moga dgn begitu,anda tidak hantui dilema sebagai orang terasing. terimakasih Tun.

By nuna on March 17, 2011 12:59 AM salah seorang my chinese friend fiercely stating this:

'Orang cina sudah dapat penang dan sampai matipun orang cina takkan lepaskan penang. penang akan jadi hak milik orang cina sampai bila-bila.' ini adalah minda orang cina. sama juga yang terjadi pada singapore. singapore was part of malaysia but after became theirs they proudly think mereka lebih hebat and literally kutuk malaysia dari segala segi walhal air masih bergantung pada malaysia. if we cut their water source, what will happen to their great country? boleh hidup? memang dasar bagi betis nak paha, gigit tangan yang suap makan. saya berhaluan kiri bagi semua benda tapi kalau orang cina nak rampas malaysia (dan mereka memang berangan sejak zaman dulu kala lagi) then we should do something, right? kekalkan hak milik bumiputera, jangan bagi muka pada mana-mana bangsa dan layan mereka selayaknya sebagai penduduk kelas ke-2 atau ke-3 dalam malaysia. walaupun ekonomi dipegang oleh orang bukan melayu (urgh kenyataan yang memang tak boleh diterima) tapi profit dan cukainya perlu dikongsi sama rata oleh orang melayu. dah namapun bumi malaysia. kalau ada bangsa lain yang tak puas hati, silakan pindah keluar dari malaysia. amerika begitu demokrasi sehinggakan black ppl boleh jadi presiden. jadi maybe mana-mana yang tak puas hati tu patut pindah ke amerika. kat sana anda mungkin boleh dapat hak samarata yang sangat-sangat anda mahukan.

By ekompute on March 17, 2011 12:24 AM

Hi Shah2010, thank you very much for your invitation to correct you if anyone should think that you are wrong on the issue of racial discrimination and on the concept of equality of outcome. May I take this opportunity also to thank Tun for being so indulgent.

Let's hear what Irving Kristol has to say about democracy. To him, "democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity." His views therefore contradicts with yours. And who is this Irving Kristol? Lest you think I am very knowledgeable, no... I don't know Irving from Adam. I was surfing the Net a moment ago and I found that quotation, so I referred to Wikipedia to find out who he is.

Well, Wikipedia says, "Irving Kristol (1920 – 2009) was an American columnist, journalist, and writer who was dubbed the "godfather of neoconservatism"... after his death, he was described by The Daily Telegraph as being "perhaps the most consequential public intellectual of the latter half of the 20th century".

No, no, no... not that I care two hoots whether he is the grandfather of neoconservatism. What I want you to see is just another point of view and I quote him because if I had said the same thing, someone will call me a keldai or an anjing, LOL.

May I also acknowledge your affability in inviting members of this blog to challenge your contention. This is a progressive attitude. We learn together. It's not about who wins because at the end of the day, who holds the gun, who wins. If he says my watch belongs to him, then it is true that my watch belongs to him, and if he says black is white, then black becomes white. But more importantly, this blog is a good platform for us to learn from one another... not so much from each other's personal opinions, but from facts raised in the course of our disagreements.

By pakbelalang on March 17, 2011 12:03 AM

This is what you said Tun. You are absolutely right. Now what happens in Japan. I think the govt, must stop pursueing the idea of constructing nuclear plant. Forget it !!

NUCLEAR POWER By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on May 24, 2009 12:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (179) | TrackBacks (0) 1. With the price of oil going up higher and higher, many in this country are thinking about power generation. At one time the Malaysian Government had decided on a four fuel policy for the generation of electric power. We wanted power plants to use either fuel oil, gas, coal or hydro power. We had excluded the use of nuclear power.

2. Why did we reject nuclear power?

3. I am not a nuclear scientist but I believe I know enough of the dangers of using nuclear (fissionable) material.

4. When Hiroshima and Nagasaki were atom-bombed, the scientists who invented the bombs thought that the destructive effect would be only from the huge explosion due to fissionable material. So did their victims - the Japanese.

5. As a result the Japanese entered the destroyed cities to carry out rescue work and to clean up.

6. It was only later that they realised that the residual radiation would cause a variety of radiation sickness and diseases. The radiation remained harmful for a long period after explosion. Even today there are people who had entered the bombed area in those days who are dying of a variety of diseases, including cancer, contracted through exposure to radiation from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. 7. I think we all know about the Chernobyl disaster in Russia. Despite thousands of tons of concrete being poured into the site, the power plant is still emitting dangerous radiation.

8. Besides this we should know that radioactive material used as fuel for power generation remain radioactive and dangerous to health after the fuel has been exhausted. The waste cannot be disposed anywhere, not by burial in the ground nor dumping in the sea. It can be reprocessed by certain countries only. This requires the dangerous material to be transported in special lead containers and carried by special ships. Most ports do not allow such ships to be berthed at their facilities. Reprocessing means that the nuclear material again becomes active and harmful to health.

9. The fact is that we do not know enough about radioactive nuclear material. Once it is processed it remains a source of danger forever.

10. We have some experience dealing with radioactive material. In Perak we have a site where we had buried by-products of tin mining (amang) which had been processed to become radioactive and which was used to colour television. We had poured tons of cement on the buried material. More than one square mile of the burial site is barred to humans. The site is still radioactive and dangerous.

11. If we have a nuclear plant, besides not being able to get rid of nuclear waste, we may have accidents which can endanger people living even far away because of the material being carried by water (ground water) and wind.

12. I think the authorities should rethink the idea of nuclear power plants. Scientists do not know enough about dealing with nuclear waste. They do not know enough about nuclear accidents and how to deal with them.

13. Until we do, it is far better if Malaysia avoids using nuclear power for electrical generation.

By azlanbinadnan on March 16, 2011 11:55 PM

Cina tak pernah rasis, melayu saja yang rasis! kita kena bagi Cina jadi PM dan TPM, baru depa puas hati! lepas tu kita kena hapuskan raja2 Melayu! hapuskan Islam sebagai agama rasmi! ekonomi semua bagi kat Cina! baru depa kata adil!

By JB_FROM on March 16, 2011 11:09 PM

To Dr. Syed Alwi Alsree,

I missed out your earlier comment as below, Your comment,

To be a scientifically advanced culture - you must produce substantial numbers of discoveries, patents, important research papers in international journals and so on. A BSc or a BEng does NOT qualify you as a scientifically advanced culture.

What has Malaysia produced in scientific terms that makes it anywhere near Japan or Korea or the West ? Absolutely nothing !

My Comment,

What kind of distinctive discoveries does Singapore made that stand out from the rest of the world. I did not see a lot of rocket scientist produced in Singapore.

Is the latest new development in Marina Bay, the casino, a Scientific Wonder?

Your Comment,

The sad truth is that the Malays spend too much time on religion - i.e. Islam - and too little time on Science.

My comment,

I've met a group of nice Middle East, Yameni people from Alsree tribe. Most likely related to you. They talk nothing but religion. I will forward this to them for their pondering. They are a complete contradiction to you. It would be interesting to see their respond.

I am sorry but it is puzzling for me to see you write in this manner given that you are who you are.

Your Comment

The Chinese are more attracted to the scientifically advanced West and Japan - than they are towards Malay culture which they perceive to be backwards.

My Comment,

As a Malay who spend in Chinese primary education. The Chinese a very proud of their culture and I am sure they are not looking anything in Japanese Culture as they felt that Chinese Culture are more superior and older then the Japanese.

In Malaysia, the Chinese will not give up their Chinese School because they would like to maintain their Chinese Culture. Most of them will move to the National School in the secondary level.

In summary, I think you are making an analysis without fully understand what you are talking about. It is analysis at a surface level. The earlier leader of Singapore, who you called your nation builder, Lee Kuan Yew is a lawyer, while Dr.Goh Keng Swee is in the economics major. They are not from Science and technology background and the driver for Singapore development is Commerce.

Furthermore, I've been to your Regional libraries in Jurong and Woodlands. It is not predominantly occupied by Science and Technology books but includes Managements, Commerce, Art, a lot of Novels...all the package. Your comment therefore do not represend what is practice in Singapore.

By affindy on March 16, 2011 10:48 PM

Salam Sejahtera to all,

We grew up with all races. Our elders always teach us how to share and respect each other. While we were growing up we mixed around very well. The Malay Uncle cautioned us when we stole their fruits and teaches us how to share . The Chinese Uncle would teach us maths. The Indian Uncle would teach us English. We always laugh at each other during our activities. Today the younger generation questions everything agreed years before just because they think they have the right. Of course they have the right to say what they think but they must also be willing to accept the views of others.Attacking the other races are not going to solve problems. Tun did what he did and he explained it . If one decides not to accept it then so be it. Tun does not owe anyone an explanation. He is telling his story. If one is not interested then don't read it . The fact that you read it means you are interested in his views. Argue all you want but that does not change the story. If you feel strongly of your views then do something to change your fate.

The older generation did not complain about the situation and they did prosper in the country. They learned to share the wealth . It seemed unfair but in reality the non Malays did get their share and did very well. Greed has made the next generation unwilling to share the pie. They want more. When they are right they shout about it and when they can't compete then they say it is because of affirmative action. The fact that a certain race is selling things at higher prices to different races is not new and with this they ensured their survival. The other races just accept it as the way it is. Billionaires in Malaysia are mostly non Malay so it shows that the non Malays are still doing very very well in Malaysia.

Religion is an individual decision . One can always find fault with other religions due to poor understanding or refusal to understand but that does not prove that the other is better. You are what you believe. Good Luck with the religion you choose.

As for Tun, thank you for sharing your thoughts. You gave me the confidence and the opportunity to grow and prosper in Malaysia and for that I Thank you.

By Shukor on March 16, 2011 10:10 PM

"The whole point of special rights is that it must be special. If Malays make up 60% of the country's population, any right that is given is not really special after all.

Why is it? Lets prove it with numbers. Lets say I have 100 people, 60 Malay, 40 non Malay. I give each a Malay a right to increase his share of wealth by 1% from whatever it was. Its a birth right (or for the likes of Dr Mahathir a constitution right).

So if each Malay had 10 units of wealth, this special right increases his wealth to 11 units." - By repoman on March 11, 2011 11:46 AM

WEI, BETUL KE KO KIRA NI?

"Tun is perhaps one of the worst leaders in the history of mankind" - By repoman on March 11, 2011 11:46 AM"

YOU ARE PERHAPS THE WORST HOMO-SAPIEN IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND

By JB_FROM on March 16, 2011 8:11 PM

Dr Syed Alwi Alsree,

"The Overseas Chinese in ASEAN are very attracted to Western and Japanese culture but NOT to Malay-Muslim culture."

For your info, I am a one of the few Malay who attended Chinese Primary Education for 6 years.

Your comment is a piece of crap. The Chinese never consider their culture inferior then the west especially Japan. Lee Kuan Yew never abandon his Chinese Identity and he promote this attitude to all Chinese Singaporean.

China with Chinese Culture is fast replacing Japan as the world strongest economy.

Lee Kuan Yew said that Singapore is successful because of good governance. The rest of the world knows also that Commerce plays a big part of Singapore development not Science and Technology. Maybe you are smarter then Lee Kuan Yew...... you should elaborate more.

Furthermore, Singapore is building one of the biggest casino in Asean. What part of that is in Science and Technology?.

Maybe you should also tells the Arabs in Middle East or in South Yemen about your opinion also about religion.

By Idea on March 16, 2011 7:41 PM

Dear Tun,

I am responding to comment posted by ekompute on March 16, 2011 4:48 AM.

1. Ketuanan Melayu is about the ownership of the land. It is further illustrated in a movie called 'Hati Malaya'. Some people criticized its title as the country is now called 'Malaysia'. Nevertheless, the content is the truth of what happened in past.

2. It is very sad to think about Ketuanan Melayu when in reality many strategically located lands in this country belong to Non-Malays. In Ipoh, some urban lands were alienated to Non-Malays for some hundred years. The Malays, on the other hand, were given some remote lands. Over years, the property of urban lands will escalate along with the growing economic activities. Nothing much will happen to the remote lands. The wealth of Non- Malays will outgrow the wealth of Malays. Thus, amplifying the economic disparity between them.

By JB_FROM on March 16, 2011 7:11 PM

To Jalil7,

The definition of Science is as below,

According to Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, the definition of science is "knowledge attained through study or practice," or "knowledge covering general truths of the operation of general laws, esp. as obtained and tested through scientific method [and] concerned with the physical world."

To correct you, it is not about a way of thinking. It is a discipline and it is concerned about physisical world and what is around us. M. Nasir is not a Scientist. I am very sorry for you too.

To illustrate to you a bit about Science and Technology. Sometime ago, Physicist studied about matter to find the building block of universe. They had discovered electron and witht that they tried to harness and manipulate electron to electricity. Then comes electromagnetic waves(also from the disconvery of electron). Manipulating Electron with semiconductors, transistors, etc , you'll get radios, handphones, light at home, television, household gadget, Iphone and Ipad which everybody seems to try to get their hands on. The discovery of oil have made it possible to generate large energy in the form of electricity, fuel combustion in cars etc....all this leading to what you see the civilization and the world around you.

After electron, Scientist are moving toward manipulating light replacing electron as it is more efficient and reducing heat. That is why you see Telekom is installing fiber optic as using light wavelengths you'll get Terrabyte of bandwidth. There are now thousand of fiber optic cables under the sea that make up most of the WWW possible.

Is this Science enough for you?

I am in the field of Science. Science alone will not make the world a perfect place....you should ponder about that yourself. The Japanese, European are more civilized then us not only in Science and Technology but also in culture(working culture), governance, values, knowledge and way of thinking.

Again I will like to reiterate to you that M Nasir is not a Scientist, so is Micheal Jackson and Justine Timberlake.

Please do not embarrassed us with this nonsense.

By ekompute on March 16, 2011 6:00 PM

Rahman says: "I don't understand why some people bother researching the origin of Malays when the constitution already define what Malay is. After all, what matters is the constitution, because our rights are written there."

I understand where you are coming from and on the surface, it sounds very logical, but question! Which constitution are you referring to? The original Constitution of 1957, the Constitution of 1971, or the Constitution of 1981? Which one?

I would have believed in the Constitution and all that it stands for, if only it had not been amended so many times until it hardly bears any resemblance to its original, except probably its name.

Read Wikipedia's article on the Constitution of Malaysia: "According to constitutional scholar, Shad Saleem Faruqi, the original Constitution has been amended 42 times over the 48 years since independence (as of 2005). As several amendments were made each time, he estimated the true number of individual amendments to be around 650" (making it an average of 13.5 times a year or slightly more than one a month, on average).

"Shad has stated that there is no doubt that the spirit of the original document has been diluted and his sentiment has been echoed by other legal scholars who argue that important parts of the original Constitution, such as jus soli (right of birth) citizenship, a limitation on the variation of the number of electors in constituencies, and Parliamentary control of emergency powers have been so modified or altered by amendments that 'the present Federal Constitution bears only a superficial resemblance to its original model'."

And to add insult to injury, Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim, the then Federal Justice of Malaysia (1974-1982), held that "even if the Enactment is contrary to the Constitution, the Enactment is not void". What then is the Constitution, if an enactment which has to comply with the Constitution can override it? Ask yourself, Rahman... do not engage in simplistic thinking because things are not always as simple as you want it to be. If the Constitution can change at the drop of a pin, anything in it can also change, so what makes you think that the Malaysian Constitution is etched in stone? As far as I am concerned, the Malaysian Constitution is as malleable as hot plastic.

(P/S: Rahman says: "I don't understand why some people bother researching the origin of Malays..." Maybe it is because the Malays don't bother to research their own origins themselves, LOL. Anyway, as far as I am concerned, it is just out of pure curiosity. It doesn't really matter whether they descended from Alexander the Great or Cyprus the Great. Everyone has a right to live on this earth, once they are born. Do I sound more Muslim than most of you as far as this aspect of my thinking is concerned?)

By ekompute on March 16, 2011 4:39 PM

Hi Amin Tan, in your short response, you contradicted yourself once and made one factual error.

THE CONTRADICTION: You mentioned, "You have this kind of doubts, that is why you are still kafir." You then go on to say, "It is only with God's will (called taufik or hidayah) only you become muslim." Can you see the contradiction?

On one hand, you blame me for having doubts. On the other hand, you mention that it is only with God's will that one becomes a muslim. How then can you blame me for not being a Muslim, if it is not God's will for me to do so. Care to answer?

And yet, if I quote Jesus correctly, "Many are called, few are chosen." (The "best" part is that Jesus said he did not come to form a new religion, but to uphold the Law. So how come there is Christianity in this world?) Is there a similar statement in the al-Quran that says that not all Muslims will go to heaven, or has God made it easier to enter Heaven after 600 odd human years, a mere twinkle of an eye in cosmic time?

THE FACTUAL ERROR: As regards your contention that I question about pork eating and food consumption during Ramadhan. You say that a muslim does not question the veracity of what is written in the Quran. Can you quote the exact passage where I question pork eating and food consumption during Ramadhan that is written in the Quran?

For the record, I did not question whether the al-Quran was right or wrong regarding pork eating and fasting. In Yahoo! Answers, someone says: "Most muslims don't practice islam, at least not 100%. They call themselves muslims, but in reality, all they do is pray (sometimes) and refrain from eating pork, that is all." So it is not something I feel alone.

What I did say was that practically all Muslims make a big thing about abstaining from pork which, to them, is non-negotiable (and to me, the easiest thing for them to do because I won't eat rabbit or dog meat for that matter), while they can compromise on almost every other aspect of the al-Quran. That was what I was driving at, not questioning whether the al-Quran was right or not in declaring that one should abstain from pork. Is misunderstanding one of the main reason for causing so much unhappiness over my posts? People read what they want to read and so they read what they think I was writing, not what I actually wrote.

If you think that I am twisting and turn, as Wajaperak accuses me of being fond of doing, please quote the passage from my previous posts to prove that you and Wajaperak are right in your accusation. Also, please quote me the passage in the al-Quran that says that doubling or tripling food consumption during the month of Ramadhan is acceptable. To me, it defeats the very purpose of fasting to the extent that not fasting is better than fasting under the circumstances. What is the purpose of Ramadhan? To eat more or to empathize with those who are suffering? And can you empathize with people who are poor and hungry when you eat even more than usual? That would be a paradox, if it were really true. Well, the human mind is very creative and capable of great rationalization. For one can easily turn the logic around and say, "Yes, the very fact that we eat so much more is proof enough that we empathize with those who do not have food because otherwise, why would we want to eat so much more and burn a hole in our pockets for? That burning of a hole in our pockets is proof enough that we empathize with them sufferers. Thus, the more I eat, the more I empathize!"

You mentioned, "A muslim does not question the veracity of what is written in the Quran. You listen and obey." Maybe my understanding of this aspect of the Islam is faulty... either that, or yours is faulty. IslamiCity says: "Islam is also a rational system which not only allows questions but raises knowledge to a new level of dignity and respect. No other religion has exalted knowledge and its pursuit, as has Islam. In fact, for the first time in human history, a religious book invited people to question the creation of the universe and stated that in it (the universe) were signs for people of knowledge. Everything in Islam is subject to rational pursuit."

And in Yahoo! Answers someone mentioned: "The Quran does not demand belief - the Quran invites belief, and here is the fundamental difference between Islam and other faiths. It is not simply delivered as: Here is what you are to believe, but throughout the Quran the statements are always: Have you O man thought of such and such, have you considered so and so. It is always an invitation for you to look at the evidence; now what do you believe?" So Amin, have you ever thought of such and such, and have you considered so and so? Well, obviously you have not! By your own admission, you are just a blind believer.

Amin, just because I am not Muslim, you jump to the conclusion that I am an atheist. For your information, I believe in God (equivalent to Agong, so to speak) and all lesser gods (equivalen to Sultan, Menteri Besars, ADUNs, blah, blah, blah). Being also a victim of black magic, thanks to a Muslim Malay and a Melaka Baba, I also believe in the existence evil spirits because when there are positive forces, there are also negative forces, and vice versa. I see that the more religious one becomes, the more hypocritical and intolerant of others one behaves.

I have met very pious Muslims before. Unfortunately, there are not many and I can only remember one. He was an elderly Malay haji on an old motorcycle that I met in Taman Melawati in 2008. I did not know him, neither he me. He was curious why a Chinese would be browsing books on Islam in a bookshop and he started a conversation with me, lamenting the state of Islam in Malaysia today. Did he call me a kafir? No, he did not, and I can tell you that he gave me the impression that he is a more pious Muslim than anyone of you sound to me.

(P/S: This is indeed a very long post, just to elaborate on two points. And even in this long post, I have found no necessity to deride Amin Tan or to call him "stupid" or "keldai", just because I believe he has made some mistakes in understanding my post. Can we therefore agree to bring our discussion and disagreements to a higher level, so as not to turn Tun's blog into a pasar malam affair? Let us agree to disagree. If everyone sings the same song, this blog will become a church. Let's turn this into a useful platform where all of us can learn, and do cite authoritative sources, wherever possible, rather than voice baseless opinions.)

By Jamal on March 16, 2011 2:06 PM

Dear Tun, Let me share what I understand by the powerful concept of "Unity in Diversity". I sincerely hope that is not too bombastic to comprehend.

UNITY is about our unity of purpose or goal or Wawasan or whatever you want to call it. But is as what Tun has spelled out in para. 13, "We would like to see the end of all special privileges so that we can all be together. We should all be just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia. “

Whether we are Malay, Chinese, Indian, Eurasian, Dayak, Murut, Kadazan, etc... We as citizens of this blessed nation Malaysia should aim to reach for this goal finally. It may not be achieved in our generation, may be the next or even the one after that. But we all need to start on this journey towards this goal. A journey of a thousand miles needs to begin with the first step...in the right direction.

That is the ultimate goal....which I am sure all of us want eventually. A country, where every citizen has a rightful place, where all are treated equally under the law, where a Chinese and Indians can compete on equal footing with the Malays, where a Chinese boss will not discriminate against a Malay employee, where we all think Malaysian.

We are all born different – Correct! Even amongst siblings in a family we will be different. What more the various clans, race and even religions. We all accept that we are all different. This difference is the diversity given to us by the Creator.

Due to our different or outlooks, experiences, perspective, personal goals and priorities will also be different in how we think and interact. As examples, the Chinese places are very high priority on Education. They are willing to go hungry to ensure they or their children get good education. They have been like that for a very long time, due perhaps to the development of their culture in China. The Malays as a community are only recently waking up to this important life requirement.

The Malays are excellent team players; they work best in group activities as a team. Individualism is secondary to them most times, whereas the Chinese or Indians are more likely to have stronger individualistic traits.

These are not good or bad. It’s the context of the situation which decides if the trait is good or bad for the situation. The point is, in all contexts and situations we will have our strength and weaknesses as an individual or a race.

But if we unify this diversity of traits, outlooks, perspective, etc....we can achieve what we set out to do; which is to be as Tun mentioned in Para 13.

Yes we must face up to our differences in a healthy manner and reinterpret it not as differences BUT as DIVERSITY. The diverse resources, which are in our gasp we MUST not squander it away just like that. This is our competitive advantage as a Nation.

We MUST not squander it away by harping on the differences BUT we need to look for these values;

1) What we share in common, such as the same goal, same land, same language, etc.. 2) Look at the strength of the others and their weakness 3) Look at our own strength and weakness 4) Unite and where one is weak the strong will support. 5) Where one is strong we will support the weak.

Our Diversity when gelled towards one unifying goal will be a very powerful force that anyone can imagine. You cannot have this strength in a Homogenous race society because everyone has the same strengths and weakness as a race.

Let me add to Tun Para 13 goal... we need to achieve it, where everyone will have enough to eat, a roof over their head, work to earn a living in peace and harmony, to grow and develop and best of all to not damage the environment and to respect one another.

These are very high ideals not impossible to achieve, but with many obstacles in our way. As examples, how can we achieve it if we are at each other throat fighting and squabbling, how to achieve it is we do not respect each other’s difference, how to achieve it if do not allow the weak to grow with us?

The constitution was made with exactly this in mind. We are not there yet. We have a long way to go. But once we reached a certain level of cohesion, trust, respect and understanding then we can try to amend the constitution.

For now looking at the comments in this blog...WE ARE NOT READY YET - BUT WE MUST WORK TOWARDS IT by Unifying (and aligning) our goals and using our diversity to achieve it.

God Bless

By Vicmal on March 16, 2011 1:06 PM

Ekompute, you are arguing point by point beautifully and very pbvious you are too good for any of them. But you will still lose in the end, because you dont have the right to argue in front of your Malay masters. Better go back to where you come from, Cina or India.

By wajaperak on March 16, 2011 12:17 PM

Assallammualaikumwarahmatullahiwabarokatuh..

Semoga mendapat ruang dan keizinan Tun..

[[The test of the pudding is in the eating. Islam is a way of life and if the way of life does not contribute to the failure of the government, then what does?]]

True.And there is another way of testing.By not eating them!! It is the Islam follower who will be questioned by Allah.They will own up to Allah and not you or your kind of standards..

[[Why do you have to stoop so low? Why can’t you just stick to the issues raised, rather than resort to personality attack?]] What low at pointing at the hard facts?? You are a smoker.The haze and smog does effect your judgement..Drinks a lot of water and clear up a bit..Drinks a lot of water and clear up a bit.

You are undermining somebody else religion and practice's. You are undermining somebody else religion and practice's. You are undermining somebody else relegion and practice's.

What should we give you??

A HUGE APPLAUSE??

[[I could do the same to you, but what good is it if I were to call you a pig? I will just end up pig myself, just like you have ended up like a dog barking away]]

Now..some senses have come back to you.Why?..Drink's more water!!

[[You mentioned: "But why single out Islam and it 'incompetence' in the worldly affairs?" Well, is this a Christian blog or something? If it is Christian or Buddhist, for that matter, I also have a lot to say]]

Aha..You are insinuating that it is Tun failures as part of equations??..Such Iblis logic..:)

[[And you call your answers an answer when it contradicts Islam?]]

An answers is an answers. Question.What are you doing now??

Answers.

1)Reading your writing in stupending awe. 2)Reading your writing in awe and amazement that I hardly blinks. 3)Reading your writing till my mouth agape. 4)Reading your writing and wondering..How mighty Allah in giving us you as the 'source of referrence'. 5)Reading your writing till my heads spinning in wondorous delight. 6)Reading your writing and wondering why your blog is visited by 35 million blogger..more than Tun..

And my answers will be 7)Other's than the rest.

So I will have to dissapoints you in my given answers..ok..

[[Pray, tell me how your Ketuanan Melayu stands side by side with the Nabi’s Last Sermon]]

I have already answered this in as no 7.

Insyallah, you will be heading for hell before you know what happen. I am just giving you a wake up call but if you don't like it, I can always sing meaningless songs of praise or go elsewhere What?..Mr Ekompute?..You are going elsewhere??

And depriving us the fun of reading your antics and iblis logics??

Ohh Please..Please don't..You know life nowadays is so stressfull.So we have some comic relief reading your writing and their 'antictivity'..Such entertainment..Please..oh Puhlezz..

Don't denied us your antic and keep us entertains....:)

Terima kasih Tun.

By samuraimelayu on March 16, 2011 12:12 PM

SALAM KASIH SAN SAYANG AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN izinkan,

By Sun Ce on March 15, 2011 11:36 PM ... We just want to be view as equal citizens where mutual respect is accorded and equal opportunities abound for all. I personally has respect for the effectiveness of human excellence irresective of race.

Salam kasih sayang Sdr. Sun Ce,

The reason why this 'old man' kept reminding the anakanda rakyat that 'WAWASAN 2020 BUKAN TITK PENYUDAH BAGI JENERASI MENDATANG IA BERMULA'

If the aspirations of our grand 'old man' were to be pursuit seriously and successfully implemented..our younger generations 2 feet will surely be on the right track to human excellence... BUT..there are politicians on 4 leading us to the jungles..

Its people like you and our adik HBT who look at the 'bigger picture' for the sake of our future generation to move forward with the flagship of 'MALAYSIA, TRULY MALAYSIANS'

MAY ALLAH SHOWER OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH LOVE AND DIGNITY..

ALFATIHAH, AMIN. Ps. Adikku HBT, sememangnya abang ada jua niat makan bersama..Sila email 'contact' no adik ke '[email protected]

By wajaperak on March 16, 2011 11:54 AM

Assallammualaikum Tun..

Harap dapat ruangan..

[[But have you ever once ask yourself the question, "Why did the British need to trouble themselves by bringing in the Chinese and the Indians to work their mines, their rubber estates, their roads, and their railways, if there was a ready pool of labor to do those work right under their nose?]]

Again..and again..since ekompute refused to admits his Iblis logic..may I says this is Lucifer kind of logic..:)

The British need to trouble themselves because..

1)The malay would not be subservient to the white in their own land!! 2)The white cannot bossed around the Malays in their own land!! 3)The non malay regards the white as demi god.They have grudges to nurse because they could not access the land the way British did.So.."Let them the white teach the 'savages' some manner's.. 4)Ready pool of labour?? You mean like Palestinian now who have to works under Israel rules?The modern days slavery??

Nah..Mr ekompute..will pass...and you can suck up to your master any time you like..not us..definetely not us..

Terima kasih Tun.

By wajaperak on March 16, 2011 11:45 AM

Assallammualaikumwarahmatulahiwabarokatuh..

Tun..saya merayu mohon ruang..

[[History would have been very different if the Malays had behaved differently. They would have enriched themselves under the British, had they behaved like the Chinese and Indian immigrants, don't you think so?]]

Now..now..what we have here??How should we regards this skewed and distorted mentality of this perception??..Ooops..what I meant to say is ekompute strongly believes his perception of truth as universal.Meaning..only his views and them who agrees with him is acceptable..rightfully unversal..Ohh..

But I am sorry to say and breaks your such magnified high and mighty self perception..Mr ekompute..for your newly needed to know information..

The British use Gunboat Diplomacy and twisted arm policy to be here in Tanah Melayu!!

Incik..Lu tak tau ka..tarak baca??..:)

So..all your self strong perception of British act is wrong then and very much wrong now.. British have no right to be in Tanah Melayu.They came and begged from the Malay Sultans and rulers to do bussiness.That's it all.. So..the good ol Malay like always allowed British to trade.When British saw that they could utilizes their greed to utmost,they use all available mean to procure bussiness right and trade in Malaya.. That is how you get the immigrants in large number. Please get it clearly distinguish between the non malay bussinesmen and the immigrants.The malays have no issue with the non malay bussinesmen and trader's..It is the immigrant's labour that have cause "certain equation" that have remain a factor in Malaysia now..

[[And so, who are you blaming? Without the British and these immigrants, Malaysia won't be as developed as what it is today]]

So..I..the all mighty ekompute says so..Shoved it down you throat you landblubbers...washed it with coke for all I cares..

[[But many still think that Malaysia would be what it is now, even without the British and these immigrants, maybe even more developed! Remember that after 50 years of independence, the main railway line is basically still the same as it was when the British left, while China and Japan have their bullet trains]]

Too true Mr ekompute..and on the other hand the ..

Beratus-ratus ekar tanah untuk sekolah-sekolah cina masih lagi kepunyaan orang melayu..:)

If you argues along this line..where it will land us Mr Ekompute?? And that how far it goes to show the 'depth' and 'breadth' of ...

Oh..how supreme and divine his computation!!

Terima kasih Tun..

By Adam on March 16, 2011 11:43 AM

They ( your detractors ) most of the time will accused us of 'rewriting' history. But when the real history come out in the form of novel 'interlock' they shouted so darn hard about taking that back off.They even go to the extent of venting their anger on every single Malay who is innocent on the streets.

Now who was the one asking for real history? and who was the one who accused others of so-called 'rewriting' history? hahahahaha. When truth is out, even when it was verified that it is true, they said that was 'sensitive'.

By adik adik on March 16, 2011 11:29 AM

LESSON LEARNED WHAT HAPPEN IN JAPAN MUST BE A WAKE UP CALL TO THE WORLD IT IS NOT THE QUAKE,THAT TO BE LEARNED. THAT IS NATURAL DISASTER,IT,S A CALL BY GOD. IT,S UNAVOIDABLE. I PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE,OF JAPAN.

IT IS THE NUCLEAR AMBITIONS THAT LESSONS TO BE LEARNED THAT WORLD HUMAN MUST PUT A STOP. IT IS MEANT FOR NO GOOD, FOR THE ENEMY,BUT INSTEAD, IT BITES THE OWNER NOW, THE BUILDER, THE INVENTOR.

I CALL FOR THE WORLD TO PUT A FULL STOP OF ANY NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. UNITED STATES THE LEADER OF NUCLEAR AMBITIOUS MUST STARTS TO BRING DOWN IT,S NUCLEAR.OR PERHAPS ALL NATIONS THAT HAVE NUCLEAR CEASED THEIR NUCLEAR ALL AT 1 TIME.IF NOT THESE WEAPONS WILL EAT THEMSELVES ITSELF.

IF MEN NEED TO FIGHT, FIGHT THEM EYE TO EYE, NOT WITH NAKED EYE,YOU WILL KILL THE INNOCENTS,THE CIVILIANS. EYE TO EYE GIVE YOU THE SATISFACTION TO SLAUGHTERING YOUR ENEMY BY YOUR BARE HAND,OR SWORDS. THOSE NOT INVOLVES WIIL NOT BE INCLUDED IN DEATH,IN MISSERY. COWARDS FIGHT WITH NAKED EYES. THEY MADE DECISIONS AND BLAME OTHERS OF THEIR WRONG DOINGS. NAME THE LEADER THAT LEADS WAR WITH NAKED EYES COWARDS. THEY SHOULD BE THE PEOPLE INFRONT LIKE A TRUE WARRIOR.

GOD BLAST THESE NUCLEAR AMBITIONISTS.AMEEN

By solve_it on March 16, 2011 11:14 AM

Tun, my opinion is USA/NZ/Australia not only belong to Red Indian or Maori or Mat Salleh or African American. It also belongs to many more European and also Asian origin people as well. A country does not belong to a race but belong to the people that live in it and contribute for the good of the country. Many of ancestors did bad things but moving on lets try to behave good towards all humanity.

By ekompute on March 16, 2011 4:48 AM

Hi wajaperak, as they say, “When you can’t attack the message, attack the messenger”. Why do you have to stoop so low? Why can’t you just stick to the issues raised, rather than resort to personality attack? I could do the same to you, but what good is it if I were to call you a pig? I will just end up pig myself, just like you have ended up like a dog barking away.

You mentioned: "But why single out Islam and it 'incompetence' in the worldly affairs?" Well, is this a Christian blog or something? If it is Christian or Buddhist, for that matter, I also have a lot to say.

You mentioned: "We deal with disputes and disagreements by discussion and concessions.Unfortunately the moment you have the answers that we gave you,you twisted and turn like a wounded bird."

And you call your answers an answer when it contradicts Islam? Pray, tell me how your Ketuanan Melayu stands side by side with the Nabi’s Last Sermon. Insyallah, you will be heading for hell before you know what happen. I am just giving you a wake up call but if you don't like it, I can always sing meaningless songs of praise or go elsewhere.

By amin tan on March 16, 2011 3:05 AM Dear Tun,

May I refer to ekompute march 12,2011 1.48pm. Mr ekompute said 'Honestly i do not understand what the extract is driving at...whether the account truth or mere fiction'

Like the whole purpose of all extracts from a book is to give the reader a little sample of what the book is like, the power of English and the subject matter. The account was well researched as you can gather from the extract. You don't write fiction on the Prophet Mohammad(PBUH). You have this kind of doubts that is why you are still kafir. You doubt the existence of God, therefore you are atheist. You doubt about Mohammad as messenger of God and his teaching, therefore you are kafir. It is not easy to be a muslim. It is only with God's will only you become muslim. This God's will is called taufik or hidayah. My fellow muslims and I can only preach to you and you will continue to argue and counter with so- called reasoning like Abu jahal and Abu Lahab. I can see that you are still blind hearted or Jahil when you talk about pork eating and food consumption during Ramathan. A muslim does not question the veracity of what is written in the Quran. You listen and obey. samiakna wa atokna. Please don't think I use harsh language on you and try to embarrass and humiliate you. I use very accurate description of you and your disposition.

amin tan

By Idea on March 16, 2011 1:21 AM

Dear Tun,

May you always be in good health.

1. You have done a litmus test by stating paragraph 13.

2. From the comments written, it is apparent that the Non-Malays will never appreciate what we are willing to sacrifice. They will never be satisfied until they take control of the country just like what their relatives did in Singapore.

3. But the Malays claim they are modern now. They are so modern that they believe it is the time to throw the outdated crutches. So modern they are that they forgot about the other Malays who are still behind.

By Sun Ce on March 15, 2011 11:36 PM

Dear Sir, I know your view is steep in your own incidents and also in truths that you witness that shaped what you are today. I totally respect that. But have you ever thought that as time moves on the incidents that shape your views might not be relevent at this young generation of ours and there might be new thoughts unfolding.

I watch with amusement as the older generation irespective of political leanage using incidents happening decades or even centuries ago to try to define this generation of citizens be it Malay, Chinese , Indians and all the people that is known as citizens of Malaysia.

What may clearly happen to you sir might not be the issues of the day that all Malaysian are currently facing. In my generation clearly there are intelects from all races. Of course the cultural practices are still raced based but surely the urge to reconnect back to our roots in our own country's of origin is very much diminised.

We just want to be view as equal citizens where mutual respect is accorded and equal opportunities abound for all. I personally has respect for the effectiveness of human excellence irresective of race. Of course the older generation that has this stigma of trying to break the harmony by parting their bias views upon our young generation will be eventually be just that, part of history, some succumb to the brainwashing and that is unfortunate.

History teaches and we learn from it but we move on to shape the future.

Eg. surely some might still view Japanese occupation with disdain especially from the Chinese Community and what they did is well documentated but maybe jsut maybe those are acts of their forefathers, the flavour of the day would be different now.

I respect your total honesty when writing your autobigraphy and a person of integrity doesn't fade.

For those that like to use race as a theme for politics I urged you not to do so, it will only divide rather than unite.

I truly wish in my time Bangsa Malaysia will be something I feel proud carrying irespctive of what my race is like people of other ethnics being proud to be called British, American or any country that has achieved that. I sincerely pray for that.

By Naguib on March 15, 2011 10:53 PM

White American infamous quote, "A good Indian is A dead Indian". Inilah motto yang digunakan oleh American cowboys to kill indian atau ethnic cleansing or Orang Asli America waktu tersebut. Orang Asli semananjung diberi taraf keistimewaan yang amat tinggi oleh kerajaan pusat. Sehinggakan satu jabatan kerajaan ditubuhkan untuk jaga Orang Asli Semananjung. Hinggakan Orang Asli terlebih istimewa dari orang melayu sendiri.

By hati.malaysia on March 15, 2011 5:52 PM

Dear Tun, I have been hold my self back from commenting on racial issue, this after reading few of your *followers* comment, I thought I have to give my 2-cent worth.

My opinion, from reading your comment on Part 1 and Part 2, it's clearly indicate that the non-Malays been abusing the Malays (i.e - anyone who speak Malays, follow Malay custom and Islam).

While I can not argue on this subject matter, I think I can safely say that you and majority of your follows will love to see Malaysia free from Pendatang.

Personally for me TUN, I have no worries in migrating to other countries, there also I will be called as Pendatang.

I really hope and pray all the non-Malays either become Malays or leave Malaysia, why work hard here, put the same hard work else you all will be rewarded.

For those who are low education, please improve your education and pack-up as soon as possible.

We are trouble makers and not welcomed here. Malays will be better off without Chinese and Hindus.

By hati.malaysia on March 15, 2011 5:48 PM

Dear Tun,

I have been hold my self back from commenting on racial issue, this after reading few of your *followers* comment, I thought I have to give my 2-cent worth.

My opinion, from reading your comment on Part 1 and Part 2, it's clearly indicate that the non-Malays been abusing the Malays (i.e - anyone who speak Malays, follow Malay custom and Islam).

While I can not debet on this subject matter, I think I can safely say that you and majority of your follows will love to see Malaysia free from Pendatang.

By Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad on March 15, 2011 5:25 PM

Assalamualaikum,

Dear Malaysians,

The Overseas Chinese in ASEAN are very attracted to Western and Japanese culture but NOT to Malay-Muslim culture. Why ? Because the West and Japan are very scientifically advanced. If you want the Overseas Chinese to integrate into a Malay-like culture - then the Malays must first be very scientifically advanced just like the Japanese and the West. Producing thousands of engineers, BSc's etc does NOT make the Malays an advanced culture. To be an advanced culture - you must produce numerous discoveries, inventions and your scientists must publish plenty of research papers in internationally recognised journals and so on.

The Malays in Malaysia are NOT doing that. I dare say openly - that the Malaysian Malays are too preoccupied with religion instead of science. Religion is important and good. But you cannot forget that you have to make scientific advances if you want to be an advanced culture.

Let me assure you that the Overseas Chinese in ASEAN will never integrate into Malay- Muslim culture UNLESS the Malay-Muslims are as scientifically advanced as Japan and the West.

Regards Dr Syed Alwi Bin Ahmad (Alsree)

By ekompute on March 15, 2011 5:14 PM

Sudin says: "Utk pengetahuan org Cina dan India (sedikit) yg buta sejarah atau buat2 bodoh, kami, org Melayu langsung tak mahu anda jd warganegara tp sbb kami ingin merdeka, setelah 500 thn dijajah Eropah, maka, 'dgn berat hati' kami rela ambil org Cina dan India pendatang utk jd warganegara. Walaupun begitu, kami kekalkan Hak Istimewa Org Melayu serta Raja-Raja kami dlm Perlembagaan sbg lambang bahwa kami adalah Tuan Tanah di sini. "

Here is a classic attempt at dishonest argument... by combining a half-truth with a truth, Sudin is trying to deceive everyone that both contentions are true. Now, while it is true that the status of the Malay Rulers are assured in perpetuity, the same cannot be said of Malay Special Rights. The Merdeka Social Contract (documented in the Addendum to the original Constitution) prescribes that the special privileges would only be temporary, ostensibly to allow the Malays to catch up with the other races... whatever it means. That it was agreed that these privileges should be reviewed after 15 years, but it was not to be. And even the New Economic Policy proclaimed as its first prong objective that the eradication of poverty would be irrespective of race, not a Malay special rights. But unfortunately, we have leaders who are less than honest and they use it to enrich themselves, while paying lip service to improve the lots of the Malays. Are you so blinded by the rhetorics of your leaders such that you cannot see that most of them are living in palatial mansions, while the majority of you Malays are still said to be poor? What kind of leaders is that, have anyone sit down for a moment and reflect?

Pepatung says: "Kenapa org Cina serta India bersungguh2 sgt nk hapuskn Hak-Hak Istimewa Org Melayu dlm Perlembagaan Msia?"

Sudin's question begs the question, "Why do Malays think that they deserve the Special Rights in perpetuity for a democratic coutry where all citizens are equal before the law?" And leaving out the banana republics, which advanced country practise racialism, the way Malaysia does? And to what extent is this practice consistent with Islam, the professed official religion of Malaysia. Sudin, is jus soli an anti-Islamic concept? What does Islam says regarding this matter, pray tell me, for I am less knowledgeable about Islam then you do. It is surprising that hardly anyone here, including Tun, ever referred much to the al-Quran in their arguments, I don't know why. My guess is that many of the things they say are not consistent with Islam and therefore there is nothing in the al-Quran to back them up. How about quoting from the al- Quran to support the special privileges, the Ketuanan Melayu concept, and the Internal Security Act for a start? Anyone wants to take the challenge, including Tun?

As regards Malay history and the role that China plays in its development, that's a very very long story that I would very much like to discuss but space is really limited. Wikipedia has a lot of information on that, including the section on Foreign relations and tribute to Ming Dynasty. Briefly, it says in part: "The relation with Ming China started in the early 15th century when Parameswara embarked on several voyages to visit Emperor Yongle... Malacca's relationships with Ming granted protection to Malacca against attacks from Siam and Majapahit and Malacca officially submitted as a protectorate of Ming China. This encouraged the development of Malacca into a major trade settlement on the trade route between China and India, Middle East, Africa and Europe."

Bear in mind that China under Yongle invaded northern Vietnam in 1402, the year Parasmewara established the Melaka Sultanate. It could have done the same to Melaka, instead of giving it protection, if it had wanted to.

As to Sudin's remarks: "To Chinese and Indian.... just move on... If not happy living in this Tanah Melayu, Malaysia as what it is, you are free to go." Who do you think you are? In a democracy, there is always a right of dissent. This place belongs to Allah, not to you, in case you have forgotten.

(P/S: This reply leaves out many things that I would like to debate upon, but it is already too long. If there is a separate forum where we can debate further, do invite me and I will be most pleased to respond sentence by sentence to anyone of you, not just Sudin.)

By ekompute on March 15, 2011 4:13 PM

Bubbles quotes George Bernard Shaw who said: "I BELIEVE THAT IF A MAN LIKE MOHAMMAD WERE TO ASSUME DICTATORSHIP OF THE MODERN WORLD, HE WOULD SUCEED IN SOLVING IT'S PROBLEMS IN A WAY THAT WOULD BRING MUCH PEACE AND HAPPINESS". Which brings about another question how do you people know that Islam has played a part in those governments which have failed?

Well, I believe that Prophet Muhammad would succeed, just like the dictator LKY has succeeded in bringing a country with no natural resources to become one of the richest country in this world. But that doesn't mean that other Muslims have succeeded. Tell me one Muslim leader today that is really successful in the present world.

Bubbles asked: "Which brings about another question how do you people know that Islam has played a part in those governments which have failed?" The test of the pudding is in the eating. Islam is a way of life and if the way of life does not contribute to the failure of the government, then what does? But I will definitely agree with you that had these leaders practise Islam honestly, they will definitely succeed. What kind of leaders employ female bodyguards? Isn't that a laughing stock? It has been a nice exchange, what with the overwhelming response to my posts. I have tried to answer as many as possible, but remarks such as "kiddo ecompute" are not worth responding, so I will leave it unanswered. As it is, I have exceeded my quota, but it is my responsibility to respond, whether Tun publish it or not.

By samuraimelayu on March 15, 2011 3:59 PM

SALAM KASIH DAN SAYANG AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN Izinkan,

By Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad on March 10, 2011 10:57 AM Assalamualaikum wr wb, Dear Tun Mahathir, ... Yes - I agree that the Malays ARE the bumiputeras of Malaya. Yes - I agree that some form of affirmative action is needed for the Malays. I do not dispute these facts. But is this situation to be perpetuated forever ?..

Salam kasih sayang Dr Syed Alwi,

NO, if the aspirations of 'VISION 2020' are to be pursuit SERIOUSLY by the government of ANY DAY with the FULL SUPPORT of the ANAKANDA RAKYAT of our beloved MALAYSIA.. When the VISION aspirations are achieved then the MALAYS will definitely GIVE UP their CRUTCHES and the NON MALAYS their ethnic ASSOCIATIONS...AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR THE NON-MALAYS.

Ideally, in POLITICS we should adopt a two party system and direct membership..ie BN and/or PR..we don't need UMNO,MCA,MIC etc and no PAS,PKR,DAP etc...

Ideally, in BUSINESS, we don't need 'dewan2 perniagaan' MELAYU ( Jawa, Minang, Bugis etc), CHINA(Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien and etc) and INDIA (Mamak incl.)...

Ideally, in EDUCATION, all our children should learn under ONE ROOF and master our BAHASA MALAYSIA and make learning of a foreign language a compulsory subject to all pupils...

Ideally, all the RAKYAT should become MELAYU as per defined in the Constitution which will automatically erased all dicriminating policies...

And many more 'SACRIFICES' to make the RAKYAT of this beloved nation 'A TRULY RAKYAT MALAYSIA'

IDEALS NEED SACRIFICES TO TURN INTO REALITIES...SATU BANGSA, SATU BAHASA, SATU BUDAYA.

Kita Anak Malysia Insaf (KAMI)...BOLEH!

'WAWASAN 2020 BUKAN TITIK PENYUDAH BAGI JENERASI MENDATANG IA BERMULA' ALFATIHAH, AMIN Ps. Sikap pengorbanan sememangnya dijiwai Bangsa Melayu/Islam dengan amalan 'korban' di Hari Raya Aidil Adha..

By ekompute on March 15, 2011 3:56 PM

Hi Sudin, that was a long piece.... But have you ever once ask yourself the question, "Why did the British need to trouble themselves by bringing in the Chinese and the Indians to work their mines, their rubber estates, their roads, and their railways, if there was a ready pool of labor to do those work right under their nose?

You mentioned: "The British brought laborers from India to toil THEIR free-gotten estates, ferried the Chinese here who later left with full pockets and land in 'quick conditions' that became pools of death."

That statement is just an insult to the Malay race, isn't it? These immigrants came with nothing and left with full pockets while the Malays, with their homeground advantage, live in abject poverty. What then does it says of the Malay race who can't even grab the opportunity that is right in front of their nose?

History would have been very different if the Malays had behaved differently. They would have enriched themselves under the British, had they behaved like the Chinese and Indian immigrants, don't you think so? And so, who are you blaming? Without the British and these immigrants, Malaysia won't be as developed as what it is today. But many still think that Malaysia would be what it is now, even without the British and these immigrants, maybe even more developed! Remember that after 50 years of independence, the main railway line is basically still the same as it was when the British left, while China and Japan have their bullet trains.

By jalil7 on March 15, 2011 3:42 PM

Salam Tun,

Ingin bersuara sedikit.

By JB_FROM on March 15, 2011 12:53 AM

>Dr Syed Alwi Alsree, > >Your quote "So for a Bangsa Malaysia to happen - the Malays need Science & Technology.".

>What you do not know is that the government had already done this >since 40 year ago. There are thousand of Malays sent sent to >boarding school and later to Universities locally and oversea in >the field of Science and Technology.

>In Indonesia, there are hundred and thousand of Malays in field of >Science and Engineering, they still have problems because of other >factors. >Furthermore human interest varies. Not all interested in the >Theory of Relativity or Quantum Physics. Some have interest in >literature, Social Science, Art, etc.

@JB_FROM

You had misunderstood what Dr Syed is trying to deliver. he said "So for a Bangsa Malaysia to happen - the Malays need Science & Technology"

I assure you he is not talking about "Theory of Relativity or Quantum Physics". Only those not quite conversant in Science will claim that Theory of Relativity or Quantum Physics represents Science, like one of the eleven blind man describing an elephant. Far from it. If you think Science is about theories and test tubes, you are wrong, and i'm sorry for you.

Science is an entire method of critical thinking and investigation leading to the truth or as near possible to the truth as can be attained. Technology is the offspring of Science, what Science discovers, can in many instances become a technique to achieve or produce something, and thus gives birth a new technology. Sometimes a technology can be born without the Science ( as like in the light bulb ), but Science will provide answers on why it works the way it works, and thus propel us further into making new and better technologies all the time. Like that one lah.

Science is also usually accompanied by Arts. In the ealier days of human progress there were no such distinction. Leanorda Da Vinci is an artist and a scientist. To me, M Nasir is a scientist.

So Malays need Science, or more precisely, the scientific thinking, and a scientific mind to progress.

Bangsa Malaysia is free of race and religion, it is a race and identity of its own. Recently i call on the government to begin Bangsa Malaysia now, to commence registration for this identity. I have not gave it (Bangsa Malaysia) further thought, but with Dr Syeds post, it does shed a light onto the path this Bangsa Malaysia can and should take. The culture will then be a culture of critical thinking and free open enquiry, especially on public matters.

For the Malays to be a Bangsa Malaysia, there will be several rather big challenges

1) the old malay culture has to be divorced in favour of a better and more productive, more peaceful culture.

2) of religion i think most people will agree it is a personal matter and will be made a personal matter, not a government affair, and certainy not a public affair. 3) humanitarian values and common laws will be used. no one is special unless ill or handicapped at birth.

4) education is key, yes, but it has to be on the sciences, technology, skills and arts. silly education policies has no place. indoctrination has no place at all.

the problem is many malays think and believe indoctrination is education. and many malays do not believe in freedom. and of course some chinese and indians are very happy to keep malays like that. but this is not good karma.

i believe the good hearted ones with good spirit would welcome very much free malays who wants to progress together as we all come from the same source anyway ( if you trace back history long enough ). that makes us brothers in the brotherhood of mankind. of other "brotherhood" people are trying to sell to me, kita tak mau beli lah. i have seen enough.

another danger is money, the printed peices of paper with some images on them. utterly useless in natural disasters, it is the very thing most lost humans pray and prey for. i mention money because i recently read a report that corn in US is being harvested for its gas, used to drive vehicles, the equivalent which can be food for some 300 million people for one year.

now who on this planet can stand up and tell this lost and delirious civilization that corn does not grow as fast as we burn them in vehicles and therefore it is simply not a workable solution. it is very sad that some humans have this attitude. those without food and water in post- tsunami japan will surely appreciate a bowl of corn meal, but no, some humans burn them. what was once a great nation of science fell prey to irresponsible politicians and commerce. how sad. the same can happen to us, even before we start.

By ekompute on March 15, 2011 3:32 PM

Halidevidsen says: "Schools which teach in their own language - the children and teachers speak/read/write Mandarin/Tamil - from the first bell in the morning until they go home in the afternoon 8 hrs non-stop... Can you see the difference?"

So what is so important about this difference? Can you also see that everyone, including you, are different from others in almost every way? And if the difference that you point out is so important, why is the Malaysian government sending their best Malay students overseas? Are you saying that those universities that the Malaysian government sent them to, as well as those that our ministers are sending their children to, speak/read/write Malay from the "first bell" in the morning until they go home?

To me, I agree that all Malaysians must be conversant with the Malay language. Make it super-difficult for these students to pass the Malay paper for all I care... and if they still pass, why should you care whether they speak/read/write Mandarin/Tamil - from the first bell in the morning until they go home in the afternoon 8 hrs non-stop? Isn't it just typical human resentfulness to feel and think the way you do? By ekompute on March 15, 2011 3:13 PM

Hi Shah2010, nice rationalization there! Sounds like the pigs' logic in George Orwell's Animal Farm that says that "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." How about proposing your concept of equality, based on your high-sounding "logic of outcome", to the United Nations to test the universality of your logic? Ask them to start a UN Entity for Race Equality, in the mould of the UN Entity for Gender Equality, with special international rights for the Malay race outside of Malaysia to ensure "equality based on outcome". I bet they will laugh until their teeth drop but to you, it seems to be the most obvious thing to do. Such is the human brain, when filled with greed, for they have eyes but yet cannot see right from wrong.

Without you realizing it, what you are basically saying is that the Malays are an inferior race that need crutches to stand as equals in this world. Ain't you insulting the Malay race?

By cherrycherry on March 15, 2011 2:47 PM

Tumpang lalu Tun M dan semua,

Saya sekeluarga pernah mengalami situasi di panggung wayang di mana tempat duduk kami diambil oleh 3 orang Cina belia. Bila kami tegur dia jawab...."you pergi suruh orang yang ambil tempat kami bertiga di sana supaya pergi ubah tempat barulah kami akan beredar dan benarkan kamu sekeluarga duduk di sini !!!"

Senario ini adalah sama seperti apa yang di tulis oleh wajaperak on March 12, 2011 12:58 PM

"Hey..why do you steals my food? The dog steals mine.. So..It gives you an excuse to steals mine? No..It just goes to shows that the system have gone to the dogs!!"

To ekompute.....

Your forefathers accepted the Constitution and Citizenship because they left their poor country to cari makan here. They were desperate then but after cari makan here you are not desperate now but "you sudah mau naik atas kepala seperti beri betis hendak paha"... You can curse them now and go back to the country where they came from. they accepted the Malays so if you cannot then it is not the Malays' problem but it is yours...take it or leave it.

Go ahead...question the Federal Constitution until the UFO comes to Malaysia.

Take it or leave it.

By jolly on March 15, 2011 1:26 PM

Hi Tun, Due to the impending nuclear disaster, those Japanese peple who lost everything will find this place affordable and less traumatic.

We can offer them help by encouraging them relocate here temporarily.

Please let AirAsia to fly them here until the dust settles.

Then they will remember this place in their old age, and will be encouraged to apply for the "Malaysia, your second home" initiative.

By Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad on March 15, 2011 12:37 PM

Dear Malaysians,

I think Malaysia needs to embark on a grand national project in order to promote the acceptance of Science & Technology into her culture. At present - Malaysia is too hung up on Islam. She urgently needs to develop her scientific and technological community which is hardly functioning at the moment. Malaysia should take note of Singapore's efforts and progress in this direction.

NUS is now number 27 in the world......

By Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad on March 15, 2011 12:34 PM

Assalamualaikum,

Dear JB_FROM,

To be a scientifically advanced culture - you must produce substantial numbers of discoveries, patents, important research papers in international journals and so on. A BSc or a BEng does NOT qualify you as a scientifically advanced culture.

What has Malaysia produced in scientific terms that makes it anywhere near Japan or Korea or the West ? Absolutely nothing !

The sad truth is that the Malays spend too much time on religion - i.e. Islam - and too little time on Science.

The sad truth is that Singapore is far more advanced scientifically than Malaysia. If the Malays cannot catch up - then you can never hope for a Bangsa Malaysia. The Chinese are more attracted to the scientifically advanced West and Japan - than they are towards Malay culture which they perceive to be backwards.

By jolly on March 15, 2011 12:18 PM

Hi Tun,

May I borrow Tun's blog to urge everyone who believes in God to join in prayers for those people affected by the natural calamities. May all people turn to God, and pray that their land will be made firm by God, and, God willing, future earthquakes will happen only in uninhabited places.

Thank you Tun.

By anaconda on March 15, 2011 11:10 AM

Salam Tun dan semua peminat chekdet.

Ulasan komen Tun berikut:- “…12. Malays are caught in a dilemma. When challenged by the opposition on any racial issue, they are unable to respond because if they do then they would be accused of being racist even by members of the Barisan Nasional. When they do not reply then UMNO in particular would lose Malay support for not defending them. This will lead to UMNO being rejected by them. The Chinese have openly declared that they will not support Barisan Nasional. (read here)…”

*****Tetapi itu lah yang anehnya di Malaysia, orang Melayu terlalu bertoleransi. Akibatnya, jenerasi kini dan mungking kemudianya akan menerima keperitanya dengan masaalah etnik yang cuba diperjuangkan oleh mereka ini. Dengan sikap tanpa mahu bertolakansur dan cuba pula mencari jalan seperti mengubah fakta-fakta sejarah untuk menghalalkan perjuangan mereka itu tercapai.

*****Ini menunjukkan isu itu tidak mungkin reda. Sejak berlakunya peristiwa 13th May 1969, isu tidak puas hati etnik ini tenggelam timbul bagaikan tsunami yang akan bergelora apabila ada isu-isu baru dibangkitkan. Usaha itu nampaknya tidak akan berkesudahan, dan akan ditimbulkan secara bermusim apabila ada isu-isu panas dan ketika pilihan raya.

Sejarah telah membuktikan beberapa isu sebelum ini di mana pihak ini kerap membuat bermacam-macam tuntutan yang tidak logik dan keterlaluan. Jika tidak dibendung mungkin kepala kita akan dipijak-pijak. Malahan mungkin akan menjadi lebih parah sehingga tidak dapat dibendung dan dikawal lagi satu masa/hari nanti.

Sama-sama lah kita perhatikan jika masih ada umur panjang. Jika tidak umur kita mungkin jenerasi kemudian akan menerima dan merasainya.

Seterusnya seperti Tun kata…………… “…7. This is a common phenomenon. In America, Australia, Latin America, the later immigrants accepted the languages of their adopted country as their mother tongue as well as the culture…”. ”…8. After doing this they no longer think of themselves as being of their original country. They are Americans, Australians and Argentinians period. We don't hear them claiming to be German Americans, Portuguese Australians or Italian Argentinians, even though they or their ancestors came from these countries…”.

**Sebenarnya phenomena yang sama juga dipraktikkan di Indonesia, Thailand, Philipina, Vietnam, Kamboja dan beberapa negara lain. Walaupun mereka adalah keturunan China atau pendatang lainnya, tetapi tidak ada lagi hubungan dan kaitan dengan Negara asal. Chontohnya nama dan bahasa pertuturan adalah mengikut resam negeri tempat mereka bermastautin. Sebelum terlambat, cadangan saya, Malaysia harus memperkenalkan sistem satu bangsa yang dipanggil “Bangsa Malaysia” dan nama bagi rakyat Malaysia bukan Islam(pendatang) yang bercirikan Malaysian seperti dilakukan Indonesia (contoh Gunawan, Haryanto dan sebagainya). Demikian juga di Thailand dan Philipina dimana pendatang tidak lagi menggunakan nama China mereka tetapi mengikut nama resam setempat. Contohnya; Perdana Menteri Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7780309.stm ).

Malaysia boleh memperkenalkan nama-nama bercirikan Malaysia yang direka oleh pakar- pakar bahasa, disesuaikan supaya bercirikan Malaysia. Mungkin nama-nama tradisional; contoh seperti - Melati, Kesuma, Baiduri, Aduka, Adi Putra, Kasturi, Bintara, Saroja, Cindra Kirana, Intan Suria, Sri Tanjung, Andi Cenderawasih, Melur dan sebagainya.

Nama-nama tradisional yang dipakai oleh orang-orang di Sabah dan Sarawak yang bersesuaian mungkin juga boleh diguna pakai. Contohnya, mungkin seperti Bung Aduka, Andi Semarahan, Sukma Kirana dan banyak lagi yang lebih menarik untuk dijadikan nama sebagai orang Malaysia.

Bagi yang beragama Kristian pula, mereka boleh terus menggunakan nama Kristian sebagai nama penuh contoh seperti Jeffry Kitingan, Bernard Dompok, Albert Jabu dan sebagainya. Nama yang berunsur Islam mungkin tidak sesuai kerana akan menimbulkan kekeliruan dalam masyarakat. Tq.

By 64jengking on March 15, 2011 6:26 AM

As`salamualaikum Yg Bhg.TUN

Indeed this has become a very interesting topic or issues heavily discussed among discontent and ungrate-fools chinese and indian. I would`nt want to have lengthy comment about it .... just want to say these to them ....if you are not happy with the situation feel free to leave the country and maybe should emulate the idiots who filed a case to the british court and suing the british government for money over the harbouring labour from india. these stupid topic should stopped immediately or else the history of 13th may 69 will repeat by itself ...you can count on that

By JB_FROM on March 15, 2011 12:53 AM

Dr Syed Alwi Alsree,

The problem with you and some of your fellow Singapore countrymen is that you think you know about Malaysia but in reality you do not.

There is one well known Scientist who says that "It is not those who are ignorant that are dangerous but those who think they know something but in reality do not is the dangerous one."

Your quote "So for a Bangsa Malaysia to happen - the Malays need Science & Technology.". What you do not know is that the government had already done this since 40 year ago. There are thousand of Malays sent sent to boarding school and later to Universities locally and oversea in the field of Science and Technology. In Indonesia, there are hundred and thousand of Malays in field of Science and Engineering, they still have problems because of other factors.

Furthermore human interest varies. Not all interested in the Theory of Relativity or Quantum Physics. Some have interest in literature, Social Science, Art, etc.

I went to Singapore quite frequently, there are a lot of Malays who are working with the immigration, police and broadcasting which have very little to do with Science and Technology. Furthermore, If the Malay in Singapore is so absorb with Science and Technology, then the title of Music Award Singapore Idols should not have won only by the Malay three times.

To correct you, what the Malay need is education... in all fields. This is not emphasis enough. There is still a large proportion who are educated only at lower level.

Furthermore, in this country the the facilities which promote education such as the public libraries are not at par (in terms of volume of books, multimedia facility and accessibility) with most developed countries.

The problem in Malaysia are different from Singapore. The variables are different. I think you should focus on the election process which just started in Singapore rather then giving opinion based on assumptions.

By ekompute on March 15, 2011 12:21 AM

QUOTE: It is important to note that the Malay rulers only recognised Malays as their natural "rakyat".

Well, I would suppose so. And I also believe that many constitutional Malays were not considered as Malays by those Malay rulers. However, I am not too sure whether the Bugis were considered as Malays then. Anyone can enlighten me?

By ekompute on March 14, 2011 7:49 PM

Petikan daripada Faiz Al-Kelantani: "Berdasarkan Teori ini, dikatakan orang Melayu datang dari Yunnan ke Kepulauan Melayu menerusi tiga gelombang yang utama, yang ditandai dengan perpindahan Orang Negrito, Melayu Proto, dan juga Melayu Deutro... Teori Yunnan merupakan teori yang popular yakni diterima umum."

Cis, jangan-jangan kau mengatakan orang Melayu pendatang dari Yunnan! Itu biadab, walau jika benar. Segala sejarah boleh dicatat semula dan ini adalah suatu kebenaran. Jika orang Jepun boleh menulis semula sejarah Perang Dunia Kedua sehinggakan penyerang menjadi mangsa, mengapa kita tidak boleh mengatakan orang Yunnan datangnya dari Nusantara dan bukan sebaliknya? Yang kapak itu mungkin dibawa oleh penjelajah atau pelancong Nusantara ke Yunnan pada suatu ketika. Siapakah yang pasti?

By Shah2010 on March 14, 2011 1:12 PM

Assalamualaikum and hello Tun and readers. Please allow me to respond to the issue of racial discrimination. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

As far as I’m concerned, Malays do not discriminate other races. Malays who agree with the Constitution and the help by the government for bumiputera hope to have a different kind of equality. It is called the equality of outcome. This means everyone cannot have the same thing because there are other people who need it. But in the end, almost everyone experiences the equality based on the end product. If one group dominates one section, and nothing done to make the other group dominate the section as well, there will be inequality of outcome. This may lead to dissatisfaction and worse, conflict that may put a full stop to social harmony. Thus, some tolerance and help should be given especially when the Constitution says the help can be provided. Unless there is nothing stated in the Constitution which has been made by the founders of this country agreed by the people then, this issue can be raised.

Some people ask for the equal chances. But, to give the equality of chances to everyone may cause the inequality of end product. We will see a domination of certain groups. Is this kind of dominance healthy? If it is healthy, how healthy it is? What are the advantages? What are the disadvantages?

Equality can be defined differently. There are always reasons for having different definitions. What is important is the logic of the reasons. Instead of seeing something for a good reason, why not we see it for a better reason. If this kind of equality is not enough for some people, let’s be equal by changing some things. It is a nice effort by starting speaking the same language as the first language and practice the same culture. There might be a question. Which language and culture deserve to be spoken and practiced? Everyone knows it as it is not logical to speak a language that is used extensively in other country, right? And everyone knows it is strange to choose the culture that is practiced widely by people of other country. Let’s us select close-related language and culture that raise no strong questions on why they are selected.

Justice has to be served based on what is right, not for me, not for you but for everybody. Which one do we prefer, equality based on outcome or equality based on chances? Which is best described what we see, racial harmony or racial discrimination? Which one do we value more, being recognized with country of origin or being recognized with country where we have survived and always do in the future? Please observe Malaysia ……...We can go to the future together.

Thank you.

By ray2467 on March 14, 2011 12:41 PM

I believe you are steering the Malays into believing that they are an elite race and the rest of us are just parasites!!

Hopefully you rantings will continue for just a few years!

By genius on March 14, 2011 11:40 AM

SALAM, God bless to all readers.

Just to HIGHLIGHT

Melayu - BAIK Cina - BAIK India - BAIK Orang Asli - BAIK Bumiputera Sabah - BAIK Bumiputera Sarawak - BAIK dan SEMUA kaum / bangsa di MALAYSIA yang tercinta ini adalah BAIK sebaliknya subsidi MELAYU - JAHAT & MELEMAHKAN nafsu Cina - JAHAT & BISA MEMECAHKAN PERPADUAN manipulasi India - JAHAT & IBARAT MUSUH DALAM SELIMUT so, apa yang saya ingin point ialah KITA SEMUA MANUSIA BIASA YANG PADA DASARNYA BAIK tapi jadi JAHAT kerana hasutan SYAITAN & NAFSU

Piece of reminder / advise to

PEMIMPIN - bersikap amanah, adil & berwibawa AHLI POLITIK - jangan hancurkan perpaduan kaum & keamanan ORANG KAYA - dermalah ke jalan yang benar bukan untuk kepentingan diri RAKYAT JELATA - jangan senang diperalat & dipengaruhi AHLI AGAMA - jangan penat terapkan nilai murni dalam jiwa semua diatas

Terima kasih kerana membaca

By sudin on March 14, 2011 11:39 AM

Salam Tun.

Allow me to make basic corrective remarks to the ludicrous comments submitted by repoman (11/03/11 at 11.46am).

Hi repoman, I do hope you are not another snake that just changed its skin! You see, previously there's this self-proclaimed economic expert called Wenger J. Khairy, who somehow just disappeared into oblivion. His write-up on wild accusations, erroneous (or don't know?)calculations and picking up numbers from the sky looked similar/identical to your posting. Here's why:

1. You increased 10units by 1% and the result is 11units?

2. At 50:50 economic distribution and 60:40 Bumiputra to non-Bumi population should give non-Bumi 1.5times richer, and not 2.5times as you mentioned!!

3. Kindly show us your calculations how you arrived at this crazy numbers: 'giving wealth to Bumi by additional 1% will change the Bumiputra to non-Bumi economic distribution ratio from 50:50 to 84:16 (another one you picked up from the sky!).

4. ....why am I wasting everyone's time here trying to pinpoint/highlight your 101 dumb school children errors!

By the way all your wild accusations are accurate if they were meant/directed to 'raja fitnah' Anwar and the budak kurang _jar(KJ). It just show the level of confusion you are having! I do hope your sanity level is still acceptable, unlike the kiddo ecompute which is reaching breaking point.

My advice Wenger J. Khairy, oops repoman, ahh whatever you call yourself, please don't change your skin too often, and don't confuse yourself between basic arithmetic and algebra.

By samuraimelayu on March 14, 2011 2:17 AM

SALAM KASIH SAYANG AYAHAMDA RAKYAT TUN Izinkan,

A MOMENT TO CHERISH...CHONG WEI DID IT AGAIN AT THE ALL-ENGLAND BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP! JUST CAN'T HOLD BACK OUR TEARS OF HAPPINESS UPON SEEING THE SPIRIT OF OUR SUPPORTERS IN THE ARENA CHEERING THEIR HERO ALL THE WAY.

THAT'S THE KIND OF SPIRIT THAT SHOULD BE PREVAILING AMONGST THE RAKYAT OF OUR BELOVED COUNTRY ALWAYS..'PANCARKAN SAYANG RASAKAN NADI'

TAHNIAH, DATUK LEE CHONG WEI.. CHONG WEI BOLEH, MALAYSIA BOLEH

ALFATIHAH, AMIN.

By halidevidsen on March 14, 2011 1:09 AM

Asalamualaikum Tun ekompute says QUOTE: The setting up of schools which teach in their own languages is not to be confused with schools for teaching other languages.

What is the difference? the differnce is a) schools which teach in their own language - the children and teachers speak/read/write Mandarin/Tamil - from the first bell in the morning until they go home in the afternoon 8 hrs non-stop b) schools for teaching other languages - the children and teachers speak/read/write Mandarin/Tamil/English only during the period for these languages - about 30-90 minutes everyday can you see the difference?

Terima kasih Tun.

By harmdone7 on March 14, 2011 12:07 AM

Salam Tun. Can't wait to get a copy of your book!

I found this blogpost by Remgold interesting to put us in perspective with regards to Tanah Melayu...

Head on to http://remgold.blogspot.com/2011/03/bah-2-syiling-wang-kertas-setem.html

By parameswara 2 on March 13, 2011 8:54 PM

Dearest Tun

1-If Malaysians all speak one language and practise one national culture then there is nothing special about Malaysia anymore.That global advantage God have blessed us would all be squandered away.That opportunity to benefit and tag along China and India the imminent new rising world powers would now be gone.

2-But would that guarantee social equality and elimination of all the special privileges?The Indonesian Chinese in Java speaks nothing but Indonesian and adopt Indonesian names but come an economic crisis the natives will want to ganyang the Chinese just the same.I believe the same will apply in Malaysia too.

3-No matter how fluent the Chinese or Indians would speak the Bahasa and adopt the Malay names as long as they are very much richer than the Malays they will always be Chinese and Indians.UMNO will always be there to keep them reminded that they should respect the Malay special privileges forever.

4-Tun the non Malays Chinese or Indian have no loyalty to the 'motherland'. Malaysia is their motherland.This is where they are born and its only natural to love their own country.I remembered a foreigner asking my Malaysian Chinese friend if he likes living in Malaysia, and my friend's answer?."hello,this is my country man!!.."

5-For as long as the Malays have leaders like you Tun I guess there is not much of a future for the Malays.I don't think you are imbuing positive values in them.

6-Although you would like to remind them once in a while to be prepared to let go the crutches what you are doing most of the time is the reversed- you are not preparing them with the positive attitude that they would need to be able to survive without crutches..that is they must learn to survive with the other Malaysians that dominate the economic sector.

7-They must learn to be humble and be sincere friends with them.The Chinese dominate the economic sector at almost all nook and corners you like it or not.Do the Malays know how to get through to them with the present ketuanan mindset?

8-With all these hatred and animosity exacerbated by politicians and ex politicians preparing to win the coming election,the Malays must most likely need the crutches forever to survive.There is no other way.The bad news is there isn't enough crutches already to give around now what more the future!

Thanks Tun

By sudin on March 13, 2011 4:04 PM

Salam Tun.

I likened the conclusion to Tun's autobiography as killing four birds with one stone:

1. It initiates the death knell to the PKR adviser's career. The all-round maniac of Anwar will now be the main topic of discussion at all coffeeshops throughout. Anwar dare not sue for fear of witnesses queuing to give evidence against him, and they are ever ready to bare all. Deputy Azmin will struggle to hide his son now that Anwar's DNA profile is established. Kapal will decline the defense for fear of Sink together with Anwar. He is very much aware that his manipulative experience is not suffice to deny the truth, and is more concerned to his own belief of being the country's no. 1 lawyer is not jeopardised.

2. 'Ikan yu' (kuanyew) will finally submit to the fact that Dr. M is way above him in the excellenceship pecking order. Pity him, all these years he's having this beautiful dream of being the most excellent but suddenly jolted late in life when he became aware that he's daydreaming. Just to remind ikan yu, Singapura IS Malay land and it's a matter of instance for the ownership change to happen!

3. Misguided Malays will realise their erroneous past 'dan akan balik kepangkal jalan'. Malay unity will be greatly enhanced, albeit without Pak Dol & sil budak kurang _jar(KJ) & tok guru's(?) taksub lot.

4. Dr. M is undisputed number 1. By pepatung on March 13, 2011 2:31 PM

Salam Tun,

Mohon laluan.

Saya seorg Melayu dan saya seorg business man. Melaui pengalaman saya, org Melayu yg mempunyai jawatan sama ada swasta mahupun kerajaan menjadi semakin malas dan kuat makan rasuah.

Org Melayu yg mempunyai sedikit kuasa sama ada mereka ini adalah Yang Berhormat, Datuk-Datuk, Pegawai-pegawai kerajaan senjadi semakin malas dgn tanggungjwb mereka tetapi makin cekap utk mencari side income dgn menggunakan sedikit kuasa yg mereka ada.

Malah lbh mengejutkan, pegawai-pegawai kerajaan yg lbh rendah dgn mudah menyalahgunakan kuasa mereka kerana rahsia-rahsia pagawai yg lbh tinggi ada dlm tangan mereka. Oleh yg demikian, pegawai tg lbh tinggi gentar dgn pegawai bawahan dan begitu lah sebaliknya.

Ini menjadikan sektor kerajaan menjadi tidak terurus pengurusan dan kuasanya. Pegawai kecil kdg2 terlebih kuasa dan mereka menjadi terlalu berkuasa utk diambil tindakan sb pegawai atasan jgk terlalu korup.

Pegawai2 Melayu dlm badan2 kerajaan menjadi semakin malas, terlalu berkuasa, terlalu korup, terlalu makan rasuah. Malahan, seorg Yang Dipertua Majlis Perbandaran yang bergelar HAJI, yg saya minta tolong, selepas menolong saya juga meminta habuan. Saya jadi malu dgn gelaran Haji yg dia pakai pd pangkal nama.

Org dlm kerajaan sekarang selalu beranggapan, apa jua yg diberi dan ditolong bukan lg ssbg satu tanggungjwb kerja atau pertolongan ikhlas sesama Melayu tetapi lbh kepada satu "right" agar diberi balasan/habuan/rasuah. Jika tak bagi, alamat tak payah buat bisnes la jawabnya.

Org Melayu yg berkedudukan dan berstatus tinggi dlm kerajaan mula bergelumang dgn rasuah yg menjadi-jadi. Mereka guna kedudukan dan kuasa yg ada utk mencari lbh duit dan kekayaan utk dri sendri. Mereka dah lama lupa bagaimana nk tolong org Melayu utk berniaga.

Pegawai tinggi dlm SME Bank pun makan rasuah. Patutnya pinjaman yg diberi kpd SME utk bantu Org Melayu ataupun Malaysian utk berniaga tapi klu duit pinjaman nak dapat kena bagi rasuah dulu baru duit SME Bank boleh dapat. Malahan ada jgk yg guna agen.

Sebab tu, SME Bank tak byk membantu SME Melayu utk maju. Kalau Org Melayu dlm kerajaan gagal nk bantu Melayu, sapa lg nk diharapkan?

Berdasarkan pengalaman berniaga, Org Cina lbh terbuka dan jujur dlm berniaga. Org Melayu dan India paling teruk dan apabila ada peluang berniaga dgn org Melayu dan India, saya kena hati-hati sebab selalunya amat liat nk bayar hutang. Paling teruk lari byr hutang. Sebenarnya, Org Cina tak payah takut dan irihati dgn Hak-Hak Istimewa Org Melayu. Takde yg istimewa sgt pun. Saya percaya yg menjahanamkan Ha Istimewa Org Melayu tu pun adalah Org Melayu sendri sebab Org Melayu dah semakin KORUP!!!!

By pepatung on March 13, 2011 1:31 PM

Assalammualaikum Tun,

Mohon laluan.

1. Kenapa org Cina serta India bersungguh2 sgt nk hapuskn Hak-Hak Istimewa Org Melayu dlm Perlembagaan Msia?

2. Kenapa org Cina dan India (sedikit) terus ingin mempersoalkan status Orang Melayu, asal usul org Melayu, sejarah Melayu dan segala2 ttg Melayu menimbulkan satu macam ketakutan yg teramat sgt kpd mereka?

3. Kenapa Org Cina dan India (sedikit) mula lupa segala2 ttg Melayu yg termaktub dlm Perlembagaan Msia hari ini adalah disebabkan persetujuan datuk nenek mereka semasa kita ingin merdeka yg mana British mensyaratkan Org Melayu utk terima bangsa lain sbg "warganegara" dlm isu JUS SOLI?

4. Utk pengetahuan org Cina dan India (sedikit) yg buta sejarah atau buat2 bodoh, kami, org Melayu langsung tak mahu anda jd warganegara tp sbb kami ingin merdeka, setelah 500 thn dijajah Eropah, maka, 'dgn berat hati' kami rela ambil org Cina dan India pendatang utk jd warganegara. Walaupun begitu, kami kekalkan Hak Istimewa Org Melayu serta Raja-Raja kami dlm Perlembagaan sbg lambang bahwa kami adalah Tuan Tanah di sini.

5. Org Melayu Semanjung TIDAK boleh beli tanah di Sarawak dan Sabah. Kami tidak pula persoalkan kenapa tidak boleh sbb kita satu Malaysia. Kami Org Melayu phm bahawa Sabah dan Sarawak adalah hak-hak utk org disana. Tp org Cina dan India tak paham.

6. Saudara Ekompute sgt pandai baca sejarah Melayu sampaikan kurun ke 5 smpai sekarang dia tau asal usul org Melayu. Dia jgk tahu org Melayu dlu adalah berkulit gelap. Org Melayu dlu beragama Hindu. Tapi yang dia tak tahu, dia tak baca ialah..... di mana kedudukan org Cina dln Sejarah Melayu? Laksamana Cheng Ho? Puteri Hang Li Po? Setakat itu aje? Mana org Cina masa Org Melayu lwn Portugis, Belanda, Inggeris? Orang Cina langsung xde tempat dlm sejarah Melayu. Sekurang2nya Org India ada jgk disebut sb kami dlu satu agama dgn mereka. Org Melayu dlm sejarah Melayu x pernah jdi Buddha, Conficious.

7. Org Melayu pandang Cina mcm brother selagi mana Org Cina tau mcm maner nak hormat org Melayu walaupun Cina x pandai ckp Melayu. Sbb tu Org Cina berniaga ikan/sayur dlm masyarakat Melayu boleh jd kaya raya. Tp org Melayu berniaga ikan/sayur dlm masyarakat Cina, haram langsung x laku. Itu shj dh menunjukan Org Cina adalah bangsa yg cukup2 amat2 racist. Sbb tu mana saja Org Cina tgl, sentiasa ada China Town.

8. Satu case study ttg kawan Cina Kelantan saya. Org Cina di Kelantan hidup aman makmur dlm masyarakat Melayu. Kami boleh berkwn, pancing ikan, pegi sekolah, pegi bandar, makan minum pun sama2. Tp bila kwn Cina sya jumpa di KL, dia dh berubah tak mcm Org Cina yg penah sya kenal di Kelantan dlu. Cakap Kelantan pun dah tak fasih. Maknanya Org Cina walau di mana pun dia berada, sifat dan sikap keCinaaan ttg sebati dlm diri mereka.

9. Oleh itu, selagi mana Org Cina masih lagi mcm org Cina, selagi tu la, org Melayu tidak akan pernah percaya utk brkongsi kesamarataan dhn Org Cina. Klu kerja kt kompeni Cina, dia utamakan ckp Mandarin, gaji org Cina lbh tinggi. Org Cina jgk dh berpuluh tahun duduk di Malaysia, cakap Melayu masih bodoh, tolol. bangang. Bangla, Nepal, Keling yg mendatang lbh fasih cakap Melayu dr mereka. Org Keling yg dtg carik makan lbh fasih ckp Melayu dr sesetengah org India di Msia.

10. Selagi mana Org Cina dan India nk persoal ttg status Org Melayu, smpai kiamat la antara bangsa ini sentiasa ada rasa "curiga". Klu masa merdeka dlu datuk nenek org Cina dan India boleh terima kedudukan Org Melayu dan Org Melayu terima mereka sbg warganegara, bangsa Cina dan India sekarang sepatutnya tidak patut lg nk persoalkan.

11. To Chinese and Indian.... just move on... If not happy living in this Tanah Melayu, Malaysia as what it is, you are free to go. Mcm AirAsia cakap... now everybody can fly. If the Chinese and Indian (small) thinking there are more better place to go, just go. Dont think anymore. At lease, you all can join the others Robbers Billionaires in HK, Spore, Taiwan, Australia etc. We just dont need you anymore you robbers!!!!

By musato on March 13, 2011 10:29 AM

Assalamualaikum Tun.

Untuk bacaan orang Semenanjung Tanah Melayu.

"Bacalah dengan (menyebut) nama Tuhanmu yang menciptakan,Dia telah menciptakan manusia dari segumpal darah.Bacalah,dan Tuhanmulah Yang Maha Pemurah.Yang mengajar (manusia) dengan perantaraan kalam.Dia mengajarkan kepada manusia apa yang tidak diketahuinya."

(Al-Alaq 1-5)

*Qalam ; adalah benda yang tidak berjiwa dan tidak mempunyai kekuatan untuk memberi pengertian.Melainkan dengan kekuasaan Allah s.w.t yang boleh membuat benda mati lagi diam menjadi alat untuk memberikan pengertian.

Terima kasih Tun.

By Rahman on March 13, 2011 9:34 AM

Salam Tun,

I don't understand why some people bother researching the origin of Malays when the constitution already define what Malay is. After all, what matters is the constitution, because our rights are written there.

As Tun said, constitution defines a Malay as a person who habitually speaks Malay, practices Malay custom and tradition and is a Muslim. So, what does this mean to you, Chinese, Indian & DLL? You too can be Malay if you speak Malay, practice Malay custom and tradition and are a Muslim. If you envy the special rights owned by the Malay, then be a Malay (and a Malaysian too of course) and enjoy it. Why complain? The constitution won't have your DNA checked for you to be a Malay.

Be like Tun. He is from Indian origin. But because he speaks Malay, practices Malay custom and tradition and is a Muslim, the constitution and the Malays accept him as a Malay, and he then became our 4th beloved Prime Minister who ruled & glorified this country for 22 years.

The choice is yours.

By HBT on March 13, 2011 7:11 AM

Good morning Ayahanda Tun,

1. May I bisik this desas-desus dugaan hidup to abg samuraimelayu through blog chedet, Ayahanda Tun?

2. Tengku Razaleigh is an elite, not a commoner and he has never live in poverty before.

3. In reality, he did not manage to capture the heart of Tun Razak and Tun Hussein Onn.

4. Whatever Tengku Razaleigh wants to say, 'to be or not to be', it does not matter now.

5. 'Nasi Dah Jadi Bubur, bukan' Poison Pills ma '. Habis nak buat macamana, jom kita makan bersama-sama aje, boleh tak abg samuraimelayu?

From thestar online.... i. Published: Saturday March 12, 2011 MYT 2:48:00 PM Ku Li slams Dr M’s book By ISABELLE LAI (LAI can also be meant as Fitnah in Chinese Cantonese) ii. PETALING JAYA: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s controversial best- selling autobiography, A Doctor in the House, has been slammed as full of “comedianship” and “political lying” by Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. iii. Tengku Razaleigh, or Ku Li as he is popularly known, refuted the allegations against him in the book, which accused him of leading the Team B faction in a dirty campaign which involved money politics during the 1987 Umno elections. iv. “As Allah is my witness, I have not done those things. I never steal. I never cheat,” he said in his speech before launching the book “Wang Gungwu, Junzi Scholar-Gentleman” on Friday night. v. He said he did not have the kind of money to spend on the campaign, referring to Mahathir’s allegations that about RM20mil was spent on the campaign, with most of the money provided by Tengku Razaleigh himself. vi. “I do not have that sort of money. I have no cronies. In fact, I am against money politics,” he said. vii. He also said political lying was pervasive in Malaysia’s political atmosphere today. viii. “Unfortunately, I do not have remedies in this country to challenge fabrication and political lying,” he said, adding that the lack of a legal remedy to this problem spoke volumes about the country’s political reality. viv. Tengku Razaleigh is the second person to have refuted claims made in Dr Mahathir’s memoirs after Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim accused the former prime minister of suffering from “selective amnesia.” x. In his speech, he also described Wang Gungwu’s book as that reflecting a “scholar with intellectual honesty.” xi. “A rare commodity these days, particularly in the political atmosphere that we face today in Malaysia where political lying has become pervasive. xii. “Political lying comes through the media and sometimes, by writing so-called books of memories,” he said in obvious reference to Dr Mahathir’s memoirs. xiii. He said the memoirs - launched under the “pseudo title” of “Doctor In The House” - was a copycat title of a famous British comedy film of the 1950 based on another novel. xiv. “Perhaps it was deliberate, as it does reflect some comedianship, apart from political lying,” he said, addding that the allegations made by Dr Mahathir were “not new”.

Related Stories: xv. Dr M and the new dilemma xvi. Uncommon life of a commoner xvii. Dr M: Truth a bitter pill to swallow xviii.‘Doc in the House’ flies out the stores xviv. Dr M's much-awaited autobiography goes on sale today xx. Dr Mahathir does not fear suit over memoirs

Good day Ayahanda Tun. P.S: Like JB_FROM says, numbers do not lie….

1 feet = 30 cm 1 meter = 100 cm Then, 10 meter = 1000cm Convert into foot (ft), 1000 cm bahagi 30cm = 30 foot saja.

By Kent Chen on March 13, 2011 1:03 AM

Let non- Malay citizens remain their original identity, use their own home language and perpetuate their own culture. For my opinion, this not compoundsly but this is necessarily. For the country which emphasize the multiculturalism. For non- malay citizens to remain their own language, own culture, own identity, that is necessarily. If not how we Malaysia emphasize multiculturalism. That is one advantage to Malaysia now… Mostly Malaysian is understand Chinese culture, Indian culture. Some how Malaysian can understand and can communicate with Mandarin or India. Look, now China and India is biggest market at the world. All is looking for China and India. Malaysian is take advantage, if compare with other. Cause we already understand some of their culture and language. This made us easily.So for remain own identity can’t category as special position, if compare with Malay special position.

2. History is the fact and important. We must know and understand our own national history. But history not is the restriction for restrict citizens. Over 50 year , Malaysia is independent, change for Malaysia from Malaya. Now situation is change, mostly Malaysian is born at Malaysia. So why some people still need using the history as restriction to limit other and protect own? 3. When some of leader admit the some of the part for “New economy policy” is failure, can’t archive the 30% market quoto for Malay. Did our government know wat is the fact for this failure? 4. After that come out Najib “New Economic Model”. Old strategic is integral in new Model, but with same approached. 5. If old approached is failure, why we doesn’t want change other way to raise up Bumiputera? May be change the quota policy to open policy, let the group fight with each other. You want survive , you must be stronger. Just stronger can survive at the business world.

By riverman on March 12, 2011 10:27 PM

After all we are all human being.

We have all the torso that a human being has. Buat apa gaduh-gaduh.

If tsunami strikes Malaysia, it does not have preference towards any rece of religion, it strikes all.

Masa itu kot kita nak bersatu manusia sejagat.

All the best Malaysians.

By bobo on March 12, 2011 10:19 PM

"We would like to see the end of all special privileges so that we can all be together. We should all be just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia."

You seem to be the catalyst of everything opposite to what we would like to see. By writing articles like this and your previous article, you are not helping at all.

By Adam on March 12, 2011 9:34 PM

Dear Raja Chulan, The original religion of the malay at that time was Hindu, Parameswara was Hindu, the same goes to the Kedah Tua government at that time. They believe in the Deva-Raja. Which imply that the King is descended of the Deva (sanskrit) or Dewa (pali).

By Bubbles on March 12, 2011 6:18 PM

Assalamualaikum Tun dan semua peminat Chedet,

Ekompute has challenged me to show how Islam has suceeded. I will not waste my time because my brothers, Wajaperak, Prof Ridcully, Amin Tan and few others have gone to great length time and time again to explain about Islam whenever this topic arises.

Surely Ekompute has heard of George Bernard Shaw. This is what this non Muslim has to say about Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) I quote

"I BELIEVE THAT IF A MAN LIKE MOHAMMAD WERE TO ASSUME DICTATORSHIP OF THE MODERN WORLD, HE WOULD SUCEED IN SOLVING IT'S PROBLEMS IN A WAY THAT WOULD BRING MUCH PEACE AND HAPPINESS".

Which brings about another question how do you people know that Islam has played a part in those governments which have failed?

Thank you Tun. May Allah shower his blessings on you and your family. Amin.

If only we have more Muslim leaders like you, I'm sure Muslims will live in peace and harmony. YOU ARE A REAL MUSLIM LEADER.

By ekompute on March 12, 2011 4:02 PM

Kheve says: "Unity in diversity is bombastic, lacking in substance but nonetheless a wonderful, achievable ideal we should look forward to."

Well, I am not so optimistic. Humans are humans, ever so greedy... give them the whole planet Earth and they will pine for the Moon. Give them the Moon and they will pine for the whole Solar System.

How much does a man really need to live on? Give him beef steak every day and he will land up in hospital in no time. And when one accumulates a billion dollars, one is actually depriving others of living a comfortable life. The resources in this world are limited and a zero sum game. When one takes more, the rest has to made do with less. And what does those who have more do, other than hoard them in the bank, while others cannot make ends meet? (I am of course not referring to those who cannot make ends meet because of ostentatious living. Those people deserve their lot.)

Lest I be mistaken that one should not make billions... no, not at all, so long as those billions are employed for the betterment of mankind, not to use it as an indicator of grandeur in their own imagination. What did Marcos achieve by stealing from the Philippines National Bank? Gajah mati meninggalkan gading, harimau mati meninggalkan belang, tetapi Marcos mati meninggalkan nama busuk baki bau cirit-birit.

2,500 years ago, Buddha discovered that the root of human suffering is greed and ego, among others. 2,500 years later, we have not learned our lessons. Give humans another 25,000 years and I would think nothing would change. Humans are humans... the poor want to be rich, the rich wants to be richer, and the richests wants to be THE richest. Such is human greed. They do not realize that the day they die, they ain't take one penny along with them. If anything, Jesus said, "It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God." What does that means other than the richer you are, the faster you go to Hell.

By jolly on March 12, 2011 2:29 PM

Hi Tun,

(please do not publish this message Tun, if it is not too late).

There may be a huge market for the pinyin chinese character input method i accidentally revealed in my last message. Maybe, i am not sure, though.

Thus, if it is not too late, please do not publish my last message.

Otherwise, please ignore my this message.

Sorry Tun, I only realized its potential after searching for the present input method in wikipedia and found that it may be something new.

By Halit49 on March 12, 2011 2:02 PM

I must agree with Dr.Mahathir that it is certainly that every races have a special position in the constitution to keep they'r identity race and founded by government to teach the children of the future of Malaysia in they'r schools. Even in Australia I radar say that I am an Australian then that I am a Turkish in order not get rude reaction.

I believe Malaysia is a great country and I suppose that's why I am here last 16 years.

So I can say; thank you Malaysia and God bless you.

By ekompute on March 12, 2011 1:48 PM

Thank you Amin Tan for that long extract from Barnaby Rogerson's "The Heirs of the Prophet Muhammad". Honestly, I do not understand what the extract is driving at... whether the accounts were truth or mere fiction. But truth be told, anything written is always part truth and part fiction, whether it be a novel, a memoir, a biography, or an autobiography.

But I believe the book would make a good read, although one has to sieve between what is real and what is just a figment of the author's imagination. Still, the mind that sieves is not biased. Thus, the book could have been a good topic of discussion in this forum, if only the book has been made readily available in Malaysia. The sum of all biased minds maketh a more perfect understanding, LOL.

By samuraimelayu on March 12, 2011 1:43 PM

SALAM KASIH DAN SAYANG AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN Izinkan,

By raja long on March 10, 2011 3:01 PM copied from forum gerak reformasi..... may u please read. Fatimah Insaf lah ...... Penyebar2 fitnah dikalangan kamu...... Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:02pm ... Wahai Dr Mahathir dan kalian yang seiring dengan nya, insaf lah, umur kamu sudah di penhujung, entah esok entah lusa, Allah akan mengambil kamu kembali dan sewaktu itu, penyesalan kamu tiada erti lagi, yang pasti anak2 kamu, harta2 dunia kamu tidak akan dapat menolong kamu dari balasan Allah. Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiuun.

Salam kasih sayang, Sdr raja long,

The members of 'gerak reformasi' must be 'angels from hell' coz they 'preached' like one who have gone thru hell and are now back to earth to advise us to repent before it's to late.. Thank you 'Angels'.

Innalillahi..kan diri mereka dahulu sebelum mereka berkata kepada orang lain, barulah tahu MATI siapa yang diterima atau tidak dan yang menentukan UNTUNG BAIK(BERPAHALA) ATAU UNTUNG JAHAT(BERDOSA) bukannya 'angels from hell' tetapi ALLAH SWT YANG MAHA PENGASIH DAN PENYAYANG.

NAFSU berkata melalui mulut IMAN berkata melalui hati

BISMILLAHIRRAHMANIRRAHIM

ALFATIHAH, AMIN. Ps. Pancarkan Sayang Rasakan Nadi dan mohon diterima ALLAH SWT amalan2 seluruh umat manusia yang berkalimah 'LA ILAHA IL ALLAH, MUHAMMAD RASUL ALLAH'...AMIN. We share the sorrows of the Japanese people..BE STRONG.

By wajaperak on March 12, 2011 12:58 PM

Asssallammualaikumwarahmatullahiwabarokatuh..

Ikut suka Tun.. [[ekompute And what loyalty to this beloved country can we talk about when discriminatory policies continue?]]

So..that is what it is all about...hmmm..ekompute have a bone of contention..a bone to pick with definition of 'discriminatory policies'..until and when he have fully substantiated his claims that he never guilty of..we can only waits..

[[Will a wife be faithful to her husband who is an incorrigible debaucher, and vice versa?]]And if I says that ekompute logic is wanting,he will surely hot's up but surely..I thought we live by our own principal that will not be influenced by other's even by our family and spouse?

For me it is all about your own values and virtues.Nobody gives you excuse to 'philandering' the moment the other party does so..

Hey..why do you steals my food? The dog steals mine.. So..It gives you an excuse to steals mine? No..It just goes to shows that the system have gone to the dogs!!

Oww..Trouble is my friend..oww..woww..owww.. Oww ekompute..When I mentioned the ass ( kaldai ) of course there is deeper meaning to it..Since you could not grasp the depth and breadth of my insinuation..I will use the simpler animal that is the dog.

1)Let's the sleeping dog lies. 2)Every dog have it's day. 3)Better a live dog than a dead lion..

And..ow..doggone it..

Mr ekompute..The reasons Allah put human here in earth is explained by the creator in Surah Az Zariyat 56. You might agrees or disgarees.But why single out Islam and it 'incompetence' in the worldly affairs?

Life is about Dispute.

We deal with disputes and disagreements by discussion and concessions.Unfortunately the moment you have the answers that we gave you,you twisted and turn like a wounded bird.Are you sincere enough Mr ekompute with your interaction with us or you are just somebody stooges? A paid writer perhaps? Or worse..

The Dog Of War??

Don't make me chant..

Who let the dog out?? Woof..woof?

May you starts thinking with a juicy bone about my reminder.. Sorry..I mean..chew on it...My reminder..

Terima kasih Tun..

By fairuzstone on March 12, 2011 11:55 AM

Dear YABhg Tun

to ekomputer, apparently you are very stupid and i am so pity of you..

If you were correct, that means all the Ming, Ching, Song, Han or any china emperors were not chinese, they were Indian because they all were buddhist! and since Buddhist were from India invented by Siddharta Gautama Buddha from India teherefore all kings in ancient China were Indian lah... hihihi very stupid just because ancient Malays before the comingth of Islam were Hindhu or Buddhist you simply say they were India..... read more books lah... why not you the Majapahit, the Langkasukan, the Ayuthia all Indians because they were also Hindhu or Buddhist...

Parameswara was the last prince of Malay kingdom of SriVijaya Palembang. Yes he may be have some mixed blood with forefathers who hailed from northern India of Kambuja's tribe who married to Alexander after been defeated, but that took thousand of years after migrated and assimilated with native Malays royalties and during Sri Vijayan time they still maintain some use of Sanskrit ritual names and words and followed indian originated religions, But yet they Malays in terms of race, culture, language and civilization. Thank you

Fairuz Kamarulzaman

By jolly on March 12, 2011 11:38 AM

Hi Tun,

I wish to write my opinions if Tun allows me to. Thanks Tun.

Regarding some who say the chinese are "superior culture", sorry, i am a chinese and i don't subscribe to such nonsense.

You see, i started this message by asking for Tun's permission to write, and that culture I learn from my fellow Malay brothers. We all learn from each other don't we.

You think I am like those who enjoy fire crackers noise late at night during the lunar new year? i enjoy serenity! You think i enjoy watching lion dance and all those drums? come on.. i found them outdated. Per point 13. Culture should never be forced upon, but evolve naturally. Religion is a very personal relationship with God, and should not be forced upon with certain carrots or man- made rules (in the context of the Constitution of course, so as not to offend others).

The only thing left that can be considered in exchange for equal human rights (for we are all humans before God), is the vernacular schools. Of course, these schools were the result of the sweat and blood of the grandpa grandma of the chinese and indians and perhaps, some other people. If we want to take them back as government schools, we must be fair that their names remain unchanged. Just like the UCBerkeley has a hall with "Tan Kah Kee" name written on the building, to recognize the financial sacrifice of TKK, the school names should be left as it is.

Where as the medium of teaching. I think it is time we use English as the medium for teaching in secondary schools. As for primary schools, respective mother tongues are used since the children are too young to understand other languages, not to mention to use other languages to assimlilate new knowledge.

However, Malay language should be learned as the most important subject in secondary schools, in recognition of its special status as the national language, and sorry to all mother tongues, in secondary schools, one separate subject called the 1Malaysia language should be taught.

This subject should emphasize the oral aspect, and not written aspect of the languages, and consists of two languages (mandarin, tamil). And the fun element should be emphasized, focusing on the need to communicate with each other in a relaxed way.

For Mandarin, though in primary school written language should be used, but for the 1Malaysia language subject, no written language is emphasized, and Tamil too. Because, we seldom need to write to comunicate with each other, but we use our mouths and ears instead. So to foster understanding, oral is enough. Nowadays computers are so advanced, no need to waste our brain cells.

So, e.g., in Mandarin and Tamil, (actually for Malay too, but since Malay is so phonetic already, and has been made into a separate, most important subject to pass, so no issue here) only the phonetics aspect are used in teaching.

But the current way of using the hanyu pinyin are not efficient for the computer keyboards, so let me invent (or is there such a method already? i don't bother to check it out) a new means of typing chinese.

For example, "Wan4 shi4 yi3 he2 wei2 gui4" (In every matter, we should consider the harmony aspect first). Notice the numbers behind the words? Those can be done away if i use this method to write: "WAN SHI Yi hE wEI GUI" now it looks much neater, and easier and smoother to type using keyboard; with the 4 dimensions of the sound encoded using upper or lower case of the consonants and vowels. First voice, use all lower case, second voice, only the consonant is lower case, but the vowel is upper case, third voice, the other way round, and fourth voice, all in upper case.

With the advent of widespread portable computers and smart phones, we don't really need to use the difficult characters in chinese, just type according to what we think in our head and let the computer sort out the context (just like in T9, but now applies to the whole sentence instead of word).

Maybe the same can be applied to Tamil, I don't know.. but hopefully, one day, we can export the new methods to China and India and leave the difficult chinese characters and Tamil writings behind, and only a handful of children with keen interest in archeology can be destined to learn the characters.

Sorry.. out of topic again. Thanks Tun.

1Malaysia Boleh Keranamu! In God only we trust.

By Wara on March 12, 2011 9:43 AM

My Salam to Tun and Tun Dr Hasmah.

It is easy to talk about a few mathematical theories. But as a Prime Minister one has to consider the whole country together with the 26+ million people in it. Not any mathematical theory can fit every nation. You have done a splendid job as PM. Those who are dogmatic about some theories can teach at universities.

And anyone who says that you were not a good PM ought to go for a CT scan to see what has happened to his brain, if its still up there.

The world has acknowledged your ability, wisdom and foresight. Never mind this idiot who says that you are the worst PM. He does not have to go for a CT scan. He has nothing between the ears.

Thank you Tun.

By faa on March 12, 2011 9:15 AM

Dearest Tun, Congratulations on your book, I literally had to force myself to put down the book so that I could go to work. Perhaps you may consider the Malay version as well.. I think it could be an eye opener to some...and provide inspiration to those especially in the madarasah.

By zulkiflee_Arif on March 12, 2011 8:52 AM

Assalamu'alaikum Tun saya amat bersimpati dgn Tun yg terpaksa berulang-kali memberi penerangan berkenaan dgn perkara yg sudah jelas dan terang iaitu tentang ke-pemilikkan bangsa Melayu keatas Tanah Melayu.

Semenanjung Tanah Melayu dan gugusan Kepulauan Nusantara Melayu,yg dari nama nya saja sudah cukup jelas akan siapa tuan nya,pun boleh dipersoalkan secara bebas oleh orang-orang asing ini hingga Tun dan sebahagian diantara merasa terdesak untuk memberikan penerangan. bagi saya orang-orang asing ini semua tahu dgn pasti tentang hak tak berbelah bagi kita sebagai Bangsa Peribumi keatas seluruh Nusantara ini termasuk lah Singapura.malangnya mereka bersekongkol dgn pemikiran racist Lee kuan yew yg menginginkan legitimasi jangkapanjang untuk kekuasaan bangsa di Singapura,dan mereka melihat demokrasi kita mempermudah mereka meluaskan pengaruh mereka hingga ke Pulau Pinang dan Sabah.

Lee kuan yew dan bangsa nya tidak merasa puas dgn Singapura yg kita berikan untuk mereka sebagai Negara Sementara.dia melihat bangsa Melayu mudah diperbodohkan.taktik mereka adalah dgn menimbulkan masalah dan mengukur cara orang Melayu menangani masalah itu. cara itu telah memberi kefahaman kpd mereka bahwa orang Melayu sebahagian nya cuba memberi penjelasan yg rasional dan berlagak akademik biarpun dalam menjawap soalan yg paling biadap sekali pun.tidak ada langsung tindakkan atau kata-kata keras.cuma sekali- sekala ada laa terdengar juga kata-kat "..kerajaan tak akan teragak-agak untuk mengambil tindakkan"..terkeluar dari mulut satu-dua pemimpin bacul,yg selalu mengulang kalimat yg sama dan setiap kali itu juga tidak berbuat apa-apa. ini semua lah yg merangsang semangat kaum pendatang untuk menyoal dgn lebih kurang- ajar.kalau hari ini mereka ingin mensetarafkan kedudukkan mereka dgn kita maka dimasa depan mereka akan dgn taktik yg sama mengasak kita untuk mengakui mereka sebagai bangsa yg lebih superior,yg lebih layak mengurus Negara kita.prinsip nya sama;Meritokrasi. memang bangsa pendatang ini adalah pentadbir-pentadbir yg hebat.mereka bijak mengambil kesempatan tanpa terikat oleh halal-haram atau perasaan malu.kualiti terbaik mereka adalah kebolehan mereka bekerja keras tanpa perlu hidup bermewah-mewah.sabar dalam kemiskinan dan terus bekerja,disamping meninjau peluang buat duit dgn jalan pintas,dgn rasuah atau tipu-helah atau apasaja cara untuk kekayaan. tapi adakah kerana kehebatan sebegitu layak untuk mereka menguasai Negara kita? lupakah kita pada apa yg terjadi di Singapura? yg dimana kehebatan orang-orang asing ini telah meminggir-memiskinkan bangsa Melayu dan menjadikan Islam setara dgn agama kaum penyembah berhala.apakah itu yg kita mahu terjadi disini? tentu sekali tidak!

Tun,hujah yg bagaimana akademik pun tak mungkin akan membuat orang-orang asing ini faham apa-apa.mereka adalah orang-orang bijak yg tahu dgn pasti akan hak kita.mereka berani menyoal adalah kerana kita adalah suatu bangsa yg lemah dalam mempertahankan hak kita.kita mesti berhenti dari terperangkap dalam permainan kotor mereka. kita harus berhenti dari melayani mereka secara rasional.sebalik nya kita perlu mempersoalkan keberadaan mereka disini.kita perlu mempersoalkan legitimasi kuasa Tunku memberi kerakyatan sesuka hati nya.dia hanyalah pemimpin dizaman nya yg tidak harus berkuasa menyusahkan bumiputra generasi penerus dgn kemuliaan hati nya memberi taraf kerakyatan kpd bangsa asing.tindakkan Tunku harus dikritik secara meluas. dari bangku sekolah hingga ke universiti,BTN,rakyat biasa hingga pemimpin tertinggi Negara harus menyuarakan apa yg terbuku dihati kita terhadap tindakkan Tunku memberi kerakyatan kpd kaum pendatang.kita jangan lagi berselindung dibalik kesopanan terhadap orang-orang yg tidak mengenal erti sopan.kesopanan dan kebaikkan kita sudah terlalu banyak merugikan Bangsa kita. orang Melayu mesti lantang menghadapi orang-orang asing yg lancang.Badawi dan Hishamuddin harus disingkirkan kerana gagal mempertahankan orang Melayu secara tegas.sekurang-kurang nya segala anugerah kebesaran mereka ditarik balik.ini akan menyedarkan pemimpin lain untuk lebih pantas bertindak menangani orang-orang asing yg hendak buat kacau disini.dan memberi isyarat jelas kpd Datuk Seri Najib dan Lee kuan yew apa yg patut dan tak patut. dgn berbuat begini,Insya-Allah,Negara akan lebih aman dan bertambah-tambah maknur kalau kita meng-ISA-kan Lim dan Karpal anak-beranak kemudian menawarkan pengkalan untuk tentara laut Amerika di sini.banyak manfaat nya untuk kepentingan Malaysia sebagai Negara Islam. terimakasih Tun.

By ekompute on March 12, 2011 7:38 AM

Who are the ethnic Malays and why do Indonesia claim that only 4.1% of their population are Melayu? Why not all Indonesians?

Well, I supposed Melayu are actually a hybrid people, after having been ruled by the Hindu Srivijayan Empire for six centuries from the 7th century to the 13th century. And their kings are Hindus merely because they are Indians from India. And if you look at the history of the Malay language, Old Malay (7th - 14th century) bears little resemblance to Classical Malay (14th - 17th century). Why so? Why should it not be a gradual evolution? Simply because Old Malay was the language of those Indian kings!

Nobody knows how Parameswara looks like but I bet he looks more Indian than the Malays today. Just take a look at Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim, the father of Sultan Abu Bakar, at the top banner of siapamoyanganda.com. Doesn't he look more like a handsome Bollywood actor than a Malay? A bigger picture is available at jbdirectory.com. Look also at Sultan Abu Bakar's photo.

By Kheve on March 12, 2011 4:28 AM

Multiculturalism for 50 or so years yet so many malaysian culture have already converged from different origins. Give it another 50 years (2020 a bit optimistic) and I truly believe 'Malaysian' will exist fully. chinese malaysian, indian malaysian, malay malaysian, iban malaysian and give it 100 years, we will just be malaysian. Also I suspect with the advent of the internet, English inevitably will become the national language (it already is de facto). So lets look forward to it. Unity in diversity is bombastic, lacking in substance but nonetheless a wonderful, achievable ideal we should look forward to.

By ruzzim on March 12, 2011 12:06 AM

Rasa pelik juga mereka menuntut kesamaan tapi lihat la bagaimana mereka melayan bumiputera di syarikat yang tersenarai di BSKL.Taraf pendidikan sama,jawatan orang Melayu,first liner,tak sampai 1%.Ini kan pula,letak sasaran 30%.Direktor nya adalah juga 2/3 orang Melayu,tapi sekadar boneka.Paling sedih orang Melayu yang graduate,sama taraf dengan bangsa mereka yang pendidikan SPM.jadi bayangkan gaji bumiputera,terlalu jauh berbeza walaupun sama taraf pendidikan.Kalau beginilah layanan mereka pada kaum Bumiputra,patutkah kita beri kesamaan taraf pada mereka.Harga jualan yang diberikan pada kaum mereka lebih murah dari kaum bumiputera.Jadi macam mana kaum bumiputera nak bersaing.Tak hairan mereka boleh bagi harga murah kepada pelanggan pasal harga kos mereka tu lebih murah. Macam mana la kaum bumiputera nak merasa duduk di rumah mewah kalau la kaum bumiputera ni berpendapatan tak sama dan lebih rendah.Inilah rencana mereka,biarkan kaum bumiputera merempat di tanah air mereka sendiri.Rasanya Amerika sendiri pun dah sedar di mana kaum asalnya kini merempat di tanah air mereka sendiri.Mereka menuntut keadilan hak yang sama tapi pada masa yang sama menindas kaum bumiputera. Thanks Tun,kerana Tun,rakyat desa kini kenal , merasai dan memiliki kenderaan walau pun kancil.Bila agaknya Tun akan pegang Celcom pula,supaya rakyat desa dapat juga merasai kemudahannya.Sedih perkhidmatan Celcom kini,bukan hanya desa,bandar besar pun tak boleh mereka bersaing.Line teruk sangat.

By Hajar on March 11, 2011 11:59 PM

Dearest YAB Tun,

CONGRATULATIONS Tun for the launching of your BOOK! I will definitely buy one.

Tun seorang PEMIMPIN MELAYU yang amat CEMERLANG. Saya bangga dengan pencapaian Tun.

About the “Orang Asli” issue, may be the NON-MALAYS will later question the rights of the “Orang Asli”. May be they will go to the extend of claiming that even the orang asli came later than the “ORANG UTAN” or “monkeys”…etc.

The main issue here is that the Malays are dealing with a group of VERY GREEDY people (majority).

Thanks Tun.

** May Allah SWT bless Tun & family **

By maae on March 11, 2011 11:55 PM

Salam YBhg. Tun,

1.Kisah Pribumi,Orang Asli dan Melayu hanya retorik songsang rakyat bukan melayu untuk menafikan keadaan sebenar sejarah Semenanjung Tanah Melayu atau sekarang Malaysia.Majoriti kalangan mereka tidak suka sejarah/atau tidak peduli dan melupakan sejarah.Mereka lupa lagi, Orang-Orang Melayu masih MAMPU mengubah keadaan!

2.Jika generasi lama dan baru,kaum bukan melayu ini terdidik baik dalam konteks realiti asimilasi kaum, majmuk, mereka boleh menjadi rakyat yang setia, tiada sikap prejudis malah boleh menjunjung kesetiaan tidak berbelah bahagi kepada Negara Malaysia.

3.Maka keperluan teramat sangat kepada "Malaysia ialah Satu Sistem Aliran Persekolahan,Satu Bahasa (Bahasa Kebangsaan-tercatat dalam Perlembagaan) dan satu Ikatan Jati Diri Rakyat Malaysia.Catatan Para 13 amat relevan dan di sokong sepenuh nya. 4.Kita sudah saksikan LKY menidakkan sejarah atau apa saja bersangkutan "Melayu". Aneh nya tidak kepada perkataan "Chinese/Mandarin...dan sama keturunan nya",mengimpot kepakaran luar, membina Singapura moden berkiblatkan Barat dan ... Mana mungkin Malaysia dalam acuan sama? Bangsa Inggeris,Eropah,Yahudi dan lain-lain bangsa bertamaddun TIDAK akan menggadaikan kepunyaan mereka.

5.Allah Subhanawataala telah menjaga kesan-kesan sejarah Islam dengan begitu baik,sebagai peringatan terhadap Kekuasaan nya selari dengan isi ayat-ayat Al Quran.Malah ada sejarah yang belum di bongkar sepenuh nya setelah beribu-ribu tahun.Kenapa Melayu Islam TIDAK Mengambil Peringatan?

5.Saya TIDAK setuju dengan terma "Bangsa Malaysia" kerana secara otomatis terma ini akan menghancurkan ketamadunan asal sejarah Tanah Melayu (Islam) seperti yang telah di pesongkan oleh pihak-pihak berkepentingan dahulu,sekarang dan kini ia bakal berlarutan akan di kecohkan dari masa kesemasa.

6.PERSOALAN (?) - Sangggup kah kaum bukan melayu ini BERKORBAN sebagaimana orang- orang Melayu sudah dan sedia Berkorban (dulu dan sekarang) menyokong mereka dalam keadaan tanpa curiga,sehingga menjadikan mereka orang-orang yang berharta, kaya raya dan akhir nya LUPA DARATAN,mengaku sebagai Rakyat Malaysia?

7.Jika tidak Tun,maka di harap ada individu-individu benar yang menjadikan nya satu kenyataan.Rakyat Malaysia Yang Benar.

By Faiz Al-Kelantani on March 11, 2011 11:49 PM

Asal Usul Bangsa Melayu

Asal usul bangsa Melayu merupakan sesuatu yang sukar ditentukan. Walaupun terdapat beberapa kajian dilakukan untuk menjelaskan perkara ini, tetapi kata sepakat antara para sarjana belum dicapai. Secara amnya terdapat 2 teori mengenai asal-usul bangsa Melayu iaitu:

• Bangsa Melayu Berasal daripada Yunnan (Teori Yunnan) • Bangsa Melayu Berasal daripada Nusantara (Teori Nusantara)

Selain itu ada juga pendapat yang mengusulkan bahawa orang Minangkabau itu berasal daripada pengikut Nabi Nuh, iaitu bangsa Ark yang mendarat di muara Sungai Jambi dan Palembang, semasa banjir besar berlaku di bumi. Tetapi pendapat ini masih belum mendapat bukti yang kukuh.

Teori Yunnan

Penduduk-penduduk awal Yunnan dapat dijejaki dalam sejarah sejak 170 juta tahun dahulu dari sebuah fosil homo erectus, ‘Manusia Yuanmou’,yang dijumpai pada tahun 60-an. Pada tahun 221 SM, Qin Shihuang berjaya menakluk Yunnan dan menyatukan China dan sejak itu mula menjadi sebuah wilayah dalam China. Mereka ini terkenal dengan teknik menanam tanaman padi untuk dibuat nasi. Teori ini disokong oleh beberapa sarjana seperti R.H Geldern, J.H.C Kern, J.R Foster, J.R Logen, Slametmuljana dan juga Asmah Haji Omar. Secara keseluruhannya, alasan-alasan yang menyokong teori ini adalah seperti berikut:

1. Kapak Tua yang mirip kepada Kapak Tua di Asia Tengah ditemui di Kepulauan Melayu. Perkara ini menunjukkan adanya migrasi penduduk daripada Asia Tengah ke Kepulauan Melayu. 2. Adat resam bangsa Melayu mirip kepada suku Naga di daerah Assam (Berhampiran dengan sempadan India dengan Myanmar). 3. Bahasa Melayu adalah serumpun dengan bahasa di Kemboja.

Dengan lebih lanjut lagi, penduduk di Kemboja mungkin berasal daripada dataran Yunnan dengan menyusuri Sungai Mekong. Perhubungan bangsa Melayu dengan bangsa Kemboja sekaligus menandakan pertaliannya dengan dataran Yunnan.

Menurut sejarah Khmer, tamadun terawal ialah tamadun Khmer Funan di Delta Mekong. Empayar Khmer Angkor ialah yang terakhir sebelum mereka mencari perlindungan di pelbagai tempat. Palembang dan Melaka adalah antara tempat berkenaan. Bukti-bukti arkeologi mendapati penduduk awal Kemboja adalah penduduk dari budaya zaman Neolitik. Mereka mahir dalam kemahiran teknikal sementara kumpulan yang lebih maju yang tinggal di pesisir pantai dan lembah Delta Mekong menanam padi.

Wanita Yunnan hari ini juga memakai kain batik dan sarong. Fenomena ini adalah satu persamaan dengan para wanita Melayu. Teori Yunnan merupakan teori yang popular yakni diterima umum. Contohnya, dalam buku Teks Pengajian Malaysia, adapun menyatakan "nenek moyang" orang Melayu itu berasal daripada Yunnan.

Berdasarkan Teori ini, dikatakan orang Melayu datang dari Yunnan ke Kepulauan Melayu menerusi tiga gelombang yang utama, yang ditandai dengan perpindahan Orang Negrito, Melayu Proto, dan juga Melayu Deutro. Berikut adalah huraiannya.

Orang Negrito

Orang Negrito merupakan penduduk paling awal di Kepulauan Melayu. Mereka diperkirakan ada di sini sejak 10000 SM berdasarkan penerokaan arkeologi di Gua Cha, Kelantan. Daripada orang Negrito telah diperturunkan orang Semang yang mempunyai ciri-ciri fizikal berkulit gelap, berambut kerinting, bermata bundar, berhidung lebar, berbibir penuh, serta saiz badan yang pendek.

Melayu Proto

Perpindahan orang Melayu Proto ke Kepulauan Melayu diperkirakan berlaku pada 2,500 SM. Mereka mempunyai peradaban yang lebih maju daripada orang Negrito, ditandai dengan kemahiran bercucuk tanam.Terdapat satu lagi persamaan antara Melayu Proto dimana dikenali sebagai Melayu Negosiddek dimana kebanyakan terdapat disebuah pulau yang dikenali sebagai pinang. Melayu Negosiddek ini mahir dalam bidang lautan tetapi tidak pandai berenang.

Melayu Deutro Perpindahan orang Melayu Deutro merupakan gelombang perpindahan orang Melayu kuno yang kedua yang berlaku pada 1,500 SM. Mereka merupakan manusia yang hidup di pantai dan mempunyai kemahiran berlayar.

Teori Nusantara

Teori ini didukung oleh sarjana-sarjana seperti J.Crawfurd, K.Himly, Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana dan juga Gorys Keraf. Teori ini adalah disokong dengan alasan-alasan seperti di bawah:

1. Bangsa Melayu dan bangsa Jawa mempunyai tamadun yang tinggi pada abad kesembilan belas. Taraf ini hanya dapat dicapai setelah perkembangan budaya yang lama. Perkara ini menunjukkan orang Melayu tidak berasal dari mana-mana, tetapi berasal dan berkembang di Nusantara. 2. K.Himly tidak bersetuju dengan pendapat yang mengatakan bahawa Bahasa Melayu serumpun dengan Bahasa Champa (Kemboja). Baginya, persamaan yang berlaku di kedua- dua bahasa adalah satu fenomena "ambilan" 3. Manusia kuno Homo Soloinensis dan Homo Wajakensis terdapat di Pulau Jawa. Penemuan manusia kuno ini di Pulau Jawa menunjukkan adanya kemungkinan orang Melayu itu keturunan daripada manusia kuno tersebut yakni berasal daripada Jawa dan mewujudkan tamadun bersendirian. 4. Bahasa di Nusantara (Bahasa Austronesia) mempunyai perbezaan yang ketara dengan bahasa di Asia Tengah (Bahasa Indo-Eropah).

Teori ini merupakan teori yang kurang popular khususnya di negara Malaysia.

Melayu kacukan

Oleh kerana Nusantara Melayu adalah tempat perdagangan dan pernah dijajah oleh kuasa Eropah, banyak orang Melayu berkahwin campur dengan bangsa asing dan anak mereka dikenali sebagai Melayu Kacukan. Sesetengah mereka ada mempunyai kemiripan orang Melayu dan yang lain tidak ternyata dan susah hendak dikatakan. Di antara masyarakat Melayu Kacukan yang terkenal adalah Melayu Eropah, Melayu Turki dan Melayu Arab.

By ekompute on March 11, 2011 11:10 PM

QUOTE: "Someone asked what about the "Orang Asli" literally the "Original People". Weren't they in the peninsular before the Malays? They could be. So are the Red Indians, the Maoris, the aborigines of Australia, the many tribal people in many countries of the world. If we consider that the Orang Asli have more rights to claim Malaysia as their own then we should acknowledge and respect the rights of the Red Indians, the Maoris, the Australian aborigines and all the other aborigines to be given back the land we now call America, Australia, New Zealand etc."

So it is not about who comes to this country first then? So why are we arguing about that all the time?

Truth be said, it is all about political power. As Mao Zedong says, "Power comes from the barrel of a gun" ... communist, or otherwise. If you walk along a back lane, and a guy walks up to you, wavering a gun in his hand and asking you why you are wearing the watch that he lost the day before, then it must be true that you are wearing the watch that the "poor guy" lost yesterday. One need not argue, based on logic. Isn't that why when the Spaniards and the Portuguese conquered other lands and set up new States and Governments, the world have recognised those states?

The fact that all other nations are doing the same does that make it sound more logical. To me, humans stink and that's why we need religion. What is more important to me is, if you want to claim Islam to be the official religion, then you should practise what the al-Quran preaches, not what those kafir Americans are doing, unless of course you want to treat the Americans as your Allah.

Does the al-Quran ever require that a people must set up their own states and governments, otherwise others have the right to do it in their place? No, never, or am I mistaken? But I do know that if you don't set up your own government, then you are defenseless against aggressors, just like the example of the guy walking along a lonely backlane, period. And even if you do set up your own government, you must be stronger than your aggressor. Isn't that why Tun has no quarrels with the Portuguese, Dutch, British, and Japanese when they came to Malaya, but only with Malaysian Chinese and Malaysian Indians? And even if we were to put the al-Quran and the Prophet's Last Sermon aside, the prevailing world view is away from racial discrimination, not towards it.

QUOTE: The setting up of schools which teach in their own languages is not to be confused with schools for teaching other languages.

What is the difference?

QUOTE: We would like to see the end of all special privileges so that we can all be together. We should all be just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia.

It is not "we would like to see an end." It is part of the Merdeka Social Contract that it is to be only temporary and its first review was to be 15 years after Merdeka. Has any serious review ever been conducted? No, as long as you hold the gun, you can prolong it indefinitely, Islam or no Islam.

I totally agree that all Malaysian must be conversant with the national language but this does not mean that you cannot learn another language. And given that diversity is strength, isn’t it true that the more languages a nation knows, the better it is to survive in today’s global business environment? Can we used Malay as a medium of communication in China and India, two rapidly growing economies in the world today?

And what loyalty to this beloved country can we talk about when discriminatory policies continue? Will a wife be faithful to her husband who is an incorrigible debaucher, and vice versa?

And does no loyalty to this country also mean loyalty to another country? Many Malaysian Chinese have not step foot to China before, nor Malaysian Indians to India. And you are still thinking that they are like their forefathers who may still be loyal to the countries they come from. How many Malaysian Chinese and Malaysian Indian give two hoots about what happens to China and India these days? Do you have the statistics? By SmokerHaven.Com on March 11, 2011 11:08 PM

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By nazeer ahamed on March 11, 2011 8:57 PM

Salam buat Tun sekeluarga yang amat saya kasihi,

Pemimpin datang dan pergi tetapi tak sama semasa Tun sebagai PM. Pemimpin yang terus berjuang walaupun tidak bertugas lagi. Ini lah bagi saya benar-benar pemimpin.. saya sekeluarga mendoakan Tuan Sekeluarga sentiasa sihat sejahtera.

Tun saya ingin berkongsi pengalaman dengan tun kenapa ramai Melayu gagal dan mudah lupa.Jawapannya ialah DUIT. Saya ada kenalan bangsa Melayu yang berjaya mendapatkan projek dari kerajaan sebanyak 2000 unit bernilai 3 juta iaitu syarikat pengiklanan buat banner ZAKAT bersurktur besi untuk dipasang di masjid masjid di Johor, mereka mencari kontraktor untuk melaksanakan kerja dimana saya pun masuk sebutharga iaitu buat, cetak, komisen dan pasang dengan harga RM 1,550.00 seunit saya pun tak tahu berapa dia dapat katanya RM 2,500.00 Oleh kerana saya berharap sangat lagi pun dia orang dah dapat setiap unit untung RM 1000.00 saya rasa besar tu.Manakala harga saya masuk siap kerja selepas inspection bolehlah dpt RM 150.00 seunit itu pun gagal, apabila syarikat cina datang offer RM 1450.00 mereka yang dapat. Bila saya tanya kenapa awak tak dapat tolong sesama melayu dan satu agama mereka jawap sebab awak mahal sikit dari dia orang. Inikan program zakat, lagipun saya bayar zakat dia orang tak bayar zakat tolonglah saya.. Dia jawap dia orang bayar zakat kat saya..so.. oklah ... ertinya sikap melayu begini bolehkah org melayu lain maju.. Saya respect kaum mamak, india dan terutama kaum cina kerana kalau orang cina beli barang dengan mereka pasti sekurang-kurang 10% lebih murah dari kaum lain.. itulah perjuangan bangsa mereka..

Tun saya rasa tun kena betulkan sikap kaum melayu sendiri sebelum mereka memusnakan bangsa mereka sendiri kerana DUIT adalah segalanya.

Terima kasih tun kerana dapat saya kongsi kan pegalaman saya ini.

Salam . Nazeer Ahamed

By GongPauh on March 11, 2011 8:56 PM

Dear yang mulia Tun Dr M,

Kami tak pasti adakan Tun masih menjadi adviser kepada PETRONAS. Sekarang ni line-up PETRONAS management bertukar wajah bagitu ketara. Top management dah bertukar ganti menepatkan bukan bumiputra bagitu agresif sekali seolah olih bumiputra yang berpengelaman dan cerdik pandai dah lupus. Kami dipahamkan setiap kali ada cadangan penganti kepada management yang nak bersara, kebanyakan cadangan penganti dengan bumiputra di tolak olih orang yang berpangkat lebih tinggi bukan bumiputra. Sedih tapi benar. Kalau di perhatikan record kecekapan bukan bumiputra yang dinaik pangkat itu bukan lah sangat cemerlang pun. Cakap orang putih pun telo. Tapi kalau lah ketua no 1 dalam division itu bukan bumiputra, kenaikan mengambil tempat bagitu ketara sekali. Mungkin MR President tak berapa sedar. Tolong lah Tun perhatikan.

By helmykl on March 11, 2011 8:34 PM

Yes, I agree with Tun Tuah. Malays should boycott insurance companies which employ majority chinese because they are simply racist. Not only they employ mostly their own kind and pay the Malays less, these companies also do not pay claims from Malays. I have experieced this before. I urge all Malays to buy insurance from companies with Malay majority employees like takaful or etiqa and avoid the rest. When buying insurance ask about the make up of their employees. If not you will face problems with your claims later on. Believe me they are all racists since time immemorial.

By nazeer ahamed on March 11, 2011 8:04 PM

Salam buat Tun sekeluarga yang amat saya kasihi,

Pemimpin datang dan pergi tetapi tak sama semasa Tun sebagai PM. Pemimpin yang terus berjuang walaupun tidak bertugas lagi. Ini lah bagi saya benar-benar pemimpin.. saya sekeluarga mendoakan Tuan Sekeluarga sentiasa sihat sejahtera.

Tun saya ingin berkongsi pengalaman dengan tun kenapa ramai Melayu gagal dan mudah lupa.Jawapannya ialah DUIT. Saya ada kenalan bangsa Melayu yang berjaya mendapatkan projek dari kerajaan sebanyak 2000 unit bernilai 3 juta iaitu syarikat pengiklanan buat banner ZAKAT bersurktur besi untuk dipasang di masjid masjid di Johor, mereka mencari kontraktor untuk melaksanakan kerja dimana saya pun masuk sebutharga iaitu buat, cetak, komisen dan pasang dengan harga RM 1,550.00 seunit saya pun tak tahu berapa dia dapat katanya RM 2,500.00 Oleh kerana saya berharap sangat lagi pun dia orang dah dapat setiap unit untung RM 1000.00 saya rasa besar tu.Manakala harga saya masuk siap kerja selepas inspection bolehlah dpt RM 150.00 seunit itu pun gagal, apabila syarikat cina datang offer RM 1450.00 mereka yang dapat. Bila saya tanya kenapa awak tak dapat tolong sesama melayu dan satu agama mereka jawap sebab awak mahal sikit dari dia orang. Inikan program zakat, lagipun saya bayar zakat dia orang tak bayar zakat tolonglah saya.. Dia jawap dia orang bayar zakat kat saya..so.. oklah ... ertinya sikap melayu begini bolehkah org melayu lain maju.. Saya respect kaum mamak, india dan terutama kaum cina kerana kalau orang cina beli barang dengan mereka pasti sekurang-kurang 10% lebih murah dari kaum lain.. itulah perjuangan bangsa mereka..

Tun saya rasa tun kena betulkan sikap kaum melayu sendiri sebelum mereka memusnakan bangsa mereka sendiri kerana DUIT adalah segalanya.

Terima kasih tun kerana dapat saya kongsi kan pegalaman saya ini.

Salam . Nazeer Ahamed

By sanusi zulkifli on March 11, 2011 8:02 PM Another of your writings that put me in complete awe. When the time comes where nobody struggles and picketing in defense of their racial rights, perhaps that's when the genuine "unity" shall prevails. Kudos, Tun. :))

By Ali_Ali on March 11, 2011 7:51 PM

Yup.. I agree with Tun Tuah.. Most of Private Company which have Chinese as their bosses tend to reward their own race even when other races can do better job, more qualified and have more experience.. Even in the job requirement for some company you still can see they put ability to speak mandarin as one of the requirement which will tell you indirectly who is their target candidate. It not like that job will be based in China when you really need such requirement..

How we want to expect equal treatment when this is not happening in private sector? Can you predict what will happen when Government treat others equally? You want us to give ours while you keep yours. Is it fair? Am i racist by saying this?

Yes it is true that for Malay to be competitive we need to reduce their Privileges. But in order to compete, we need a fair stage where everyone will be rewarded based on their ability and quality instead of looking at skin color. That's when we call compete in a competitive stage and this is when where Government should treat everyone equally. But of course some privileges will remain to Malay and should not be question at all e.g - Power of Sultan. When Major problem solved then Government can happily give more focus to who really need attention and help such as poor people.

Government just doing their job to reduce the socioeconomic gap between races as they do it to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor.

Sorry for my bad english... All of the above is just my opinion and I'm just saying things as what it is right now.

By L_J on March 11, 2011 7:47 PM

Tun,

Tun berkata: “We would like to see the end of all special privileges so that we can all be together. We should all be just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia.”

Saya akur jikalau semua hak2 istimewa tidak kira kaum ditamatkan dan jikalau satu budaya nasional itu tidak semata-mata budaya Melayu dan terdiri daripada semua budaya di Malaysia. Hakikatnya, Malaysia adalah masyarakat multiras dan jamak dan memaksa semua orang untuk menerima budaya Melayu yang tidak selalu sangat dihormati (melihat sahaja lah semua penyakit sosial yang menderita masyarakat Melayu di Malaysia, itu bukan iklan terbaik untuk mengikuti suatu budaya yg ada unsur2 dekadensi & disfungsi dalaman) adalah untuk mengurangkan suatu kekayaan tertentu yang membuat “Malaysia Truly Asia”!

Berkenaan bahasa kebangsaan, ia patut ditekankan tetapi Bahasa Inggeris mesti digunakan sebagai bahasa penghantar juga jika kita dapat berjaya di dunia sejagat ini. Nasionalisme ada tempatnya tetapi orang kita mesti diberi serba perkakas untuk berjaya dan dalam ini Bahasa Inggeris amat penting dan tidak memadai jika Bahasa Inggeris hanya digunakan sebagai suatu mata pelajaran.

Sebenarnya saya tidak menyokong sekolah2 vernakular. Saya lebih menyokong pendekatan di Singapura, yakni Bahasa ibunda diajarkan sebagai suatu mata pelajaran di semua sekolah. Dalam pada itu, saya akan lebih yakin jikalau separuh mata pelajaran di sekolah kebangsaan diajarkan dalam Bahasa Inggeris.

Salam,

LJ

By nazeer ahamed on March 11, 2011 6:38 PM

Salam buat Tun sekeluarga yang amat saya kasihi,

Pemimpin datang dan pergi tetapi tak sama semasa Tun sebagai PM. Pemimpin yang terus berjuang walaupun tidak bertugas lagi. Ini lah bagi saya benar-benar pemimpin.. saya sekeluarga mendoakan Tuan Sekeluarga sentiasa sihat sejahtera.

Tun saya ingin berkongsi pengalaman dengan tun kenapa ramai Melayu gagal dan mudah lupa.Jawapannya ialah DUIT. Saya ada kenalan bangsa Melayu yang berjaya mendapatkan projek dari kerajaan sebanyak 2000 unit berniulai 3 juta iaitu syarikat pengiklanan buat banner ZAKAT bersuktur besi untuk dipasang di masjid masjid di Johor, mereka mencari kontraktor untuk melaksanakan kerja dimana saya pun masuk sebutharga iaitu buat, cetak, komisen dan pasang dengan harga RM 1,550.00 seunit saya pun tak tahu berapa dia dapat katanya RM 2,500.00 Oleh kerana saya berharap sangat lagi pun dia orang dah dapat setiap unit untung RM 1000.00 saya rasa besar tu.Manakala harga saya masuk siap kerja selepas inspection bolehlah dpt RM 150.00 seunit itu pun gagal, apabila syarikat cina datang offer RM 1450.00 mereka yang dapat. Bila saya tanya kenapa awak tak dapat tolong sesama melayu dan satu agama mereka jawap sebab awak mahal sikit dari dia orang. Inikan program zakat, lagipun saya bayar zakat dia orang tak bayar zakat tolonglah saya.. Dia jawap dia orang bayar zakat kat saya..so.. oklah ... ertinya sikap melayu begini bolehkah org melayu lain maju.. Saya respect kaum mamak, india dan terutama kaum cina kerana kalau orang cina beli barang dengan mereka pasti sekurang-kurang 10% lebih murah dari kaum lain.. itulah perjuangan bangsa mereka..

Tun saya rasa tun kena betulkan sikap kaum melayu sendiri sebelum mereka memusnakan bangsa mereka sendiri kerana DUIT adalah segalanya.

Terima kasih tun kerana dapat saya kongsi kan pegalaman saya ini.

Salam . Nazeer Ahamed

By lextcs on March 11, 2011 4:33 PM im of chinese origin....however am pround to be a malaysian...equally proud to have my fellow malay brothers standing together and sharing the workload...1malaysia boleh By T on March 11, 2011 3:40 PM

/// By Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad on March 10, 2011 10:57 AM Besides - people integrate into what they perceive to be SUPERIOR CULTURES. They do NOT integrate into what they perceive to be a backwards culture. And this brings me to the NEP. ///

Dr Syed - spot on - the most pertinent and profound statement on this issue.

By mok9929 on March 11, 2011 3:39 PM

Tun, i think the next time some idiots post these "illiterate" questions (most likely an ungrateful immigrant), you should just ignore it.....there more serious "conquering" to be done.....oh i wish i can crush those puny immigrant sectarians!

By RajaChulan on March 11, 2011 3:24 PM

Citizens of a country must all be treated equally. There should not be 1st, 2nd , 3rd etc classes like we practice in Malaysia. The USA, Europe, Australia, New Zealand etc. do not do what we practice here.Our system here is akin the South Africa's apartheid system.

Who came here first is academic, I think. If I am not mistaken, the Hindu and Buddhist (and Siamese) empires also once ruled this land.The Malay history only span about 400 years. The Hindu and Buddhist were here 1500 years ago!! In that sense, I think the Indians were here even earlier then the Arabs, Malays(from Sumatra and Cambodia)and the Chinese. Am I correct Tun?

By Wara on March 11, 2011 3:24 PM

My Salam to Tun and Tun Dr Hasmah.

Tun, what about a paperback edition; soft cover and at RM25 or RM30?

So more people can buy.

Thank you Tun.

By Adam on March 11, 2011 2:41 PM

Salamun Alaykum,

Tun dan abang moderator, pohon satu ruang.

There were no Orang asli governments at all at that time, orang asli itself were actually Malay, malay is actually a form of race that was started only when the 'original inhabitants' of this archipelago at that time came into contact with the Javanese, Bugese, and other ancient Indonesian at that time. That was the reason why there is no such thing as Tanah Melayu before the coming of Parameswara, but Orang Laut, Orang Asli, and the ancient kedah Tua was already in existance long before the founding of Malacca. Long before Paramesware, the ancient Kedah and Pattani government was already there, there were at that time orang laut, orang asli, and the cave-dwellers Malay. The formation of the Malay begun when Paramesware came to take refuge from persecution in his own homeland.

But the assimilation of races did not fully assimilate the rest of the original Orang Asli, hence we still have orang asli to this day.

Furthermore, that was why what the western Professor who wrote on Malaysiakini before said that there was no "malay" at that time is actually true, Malay just like the other big race like Chinese has its smaller sub-races, the bugese, javanese, orang laut, and so on. But to this day many of this were no longer a PROBLEM, MOST of the Malay who was once orang laut, javanese and so on only identify themselves as the MALAY, Malay-Malaysian, Malaysian-Malay, they identify themselves in accordance to being what the constitution defines a malay as what the malay is.

Lastly, that is why according to 'their' map, this land was not called "Tanah Melayu" but later on they recognize the land as Tanah Melayu or Malaya.

By matanahair on March 11, 2011 2:16 PM dear Tun, Refering to your point: 13. We would like to see the end of all special privileges so that we can all be together. We should all be just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia.

Muhiyddin Seriously make a STUPID mistake.

DO comment on those little Napolean who a) injustly allocate fund to so called government assisted school b) who hold up the BM Christian Bible while reporting to the PM that the issue is solved (returned)

2. While Chinese & Indian are fluent in their mother tongue / dialect, they can speak fluent english && BM (or at least they speak). That doesnt make them LESS of their race.

But the Malay scholar are so afraid that they lost their IDENTITY (hahaha ironic).

I believe: The Chinese & Indian will be well off IF the government FORCE them to learn their mother tongue MANDATORY, after learning BM. (the idea is there, hopefully no-one in the process of implementation being a Little Napolean)

3. Prove to the world that BM can be used as technology term. Because other languages CAN(Chinese(mandarin), Japanese (Nihongo), French, Russian, German). So far, not many people are interested to learn Hindi && Spanish for technology purpose, maybe for business purpose. Automatically, any human in their right mind will be motivated to learn and use the language. Else?? hahaha, we can keep shouting Bahasa Malaysia BOLEH (it boost our ego a little biiiit - will ask TanSri Lim Kok Wing); but no one will be bother to learn it.

By pakpandir08 on March 11, 2011 12:53 PM wah ... ada episode 2 pulak ni ... nampaknya pembodek-pembodek yang hipokrit gemar mempergunakan isu sebegini untuk memecahkan-belahkan rakyat ... asyik mengecam bangsa lain bahawa mereka tidak mempergunakan bahasa kebangsaan secara meluas ... dengan ini mereka dilabelkan menderhaka ...

dan ada juga orang yg mempunyai agenda tersendiri untuk mengapi-apikan isu sebegini .. hehe ...

tetapi ramai orang juga rasa hairan ... kenapa sesetengah orang cakap tak serupa bikin ... seperti kecam orang lain tak memperluaskan pengunaan bahasa kebangsaan ... tetapi apabila melihat diri sendiri ... semacam-macam dirinya mengutamakan bahasa kebangsaan ... tetapi entah kenapa buku autobiography yang diterbitkan dalam bahasa inggeris sahaja ... tiada version bahasa melayu .... alamak ...

ini dipanggil hipokrit ... hehe .... guarantee komen sebegini tidak akan dipaparkan ... hahaha

By TuaCheng on March 11, 2011 12:08 PM

13. We would like to see the end of all special privileges so that we can all be together. We should all be just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia.

Very interesting and questionable statement.

Then, Mr.Mahathr, shall we end all the special position, enshrined in Consitution and all citizens of Malaysia be identified as Malaysian only.

All ethnic reference and special preference is erased. Then we shall stand on Meritrocracy only. Only the best qualifies and nurtured. The weaker has to accept their weakness and all weakness shall be handle by welfare department rather then special Economic Policies.

Honestly, I truly agree with it, if the days from 28 years ago until government of the day were sincere in apply equality, fairness, meritrocracy and justice in Malaysia.

But long the Judiciary/Royal Immunity/Economic freedom has been twisted with certain political cronism and nepotism. Back on the studying a single language, we shall use English the Singular Unity language, which can gear Malaysian for international challenges and improvements.

Bahasa Malaysia, we need to learn but it is difficult to implement in technologies and science which many great theories is written in English.

We shall revamp compulsory language for unity is English and National policy language is BM.

But honestly, to go further into international or global business, I believe Mandarin were more practical. Ignoring the biggest trade partners of the world, meant to show the naivety of a society.

We can't use BM/English for trade with China/Taiwan/Hong Kong. So Mandarin language that is now taught in Malaysian's National Type school is great blessings to Malaysia.

More onto it, India now a great rising nation, which will overtake Malaysia in 6 to 7 years, whereas China has long overtook us. We shall support the importance of Indian language which useful for trade in Bangalore and Mumbai.

If supporting a narrow minded political statements that all is under same language only and ignoring the importance of diversity and meritrocracy, will only set us back to feudalistic Malaccan Kingdom that fail to defend against modern and more powerful adversaries.

But sadly, Malaysian politics since 80ies had been clamp down by authocratic style that made invisible bricks among Malaysian compared to those days, The Late Tunku has pass down.

I wish, we can be back to the true Malaysian as the days of the true Bapa Malaysia.

By pahat on March 11, 2011 12:00 PM saya sokong dan bersetuju dengan Tun M

By careena on March 11, 2011 11:50 AM

Dear Tun,

No. 13 would be utopian but whether it is achievable or not is another issue altogether. How are we going to promote our National Language and national culture in an environment where people of different races communicate in their own languages most of the time. This does not happen only in schools and work places but during important high level company meetings as well.

E.g, I experienced an incident where I was the only "X" race there and the others were all communicating in their mother tongue. I was utterly shocked that professionals were behaving this way..I told them numerous times to understand my predicament but they just smiled, spoke in English and our national language for a while then returned to their own language. It was so cumbersome for me that I had to call each of them up after the meeting to check and confirm what they had actually said. Many of my other friends have also experienced this "torture" as well.

If this is the case, then when can we ever be "..just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia..?".

P.s.: congratulations on the release of your memoir..an apt title indeed.

By repoman on March 11, 2011 11:46 AM

Ladies and Gentleman,

This is what the one the only the great Tun Dr Mahathir says: " 13. We would like to see the end of all special privileges so that we can all be together. We should all be just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia. "

I want to illustrate this whole Mahalogic by taking into consideration what Tun Tuah says. Her daughter a Malay applied for a job in an insurance firm and was discriminated against and quite blatantly so.

Now consider the solution? By Mahalogic there is no solution. Because Mahalogic has been employed for the last 30 yrs and the result is that a chinese owned firm like OCBC can be the majority owner of an insurance giant like Great Eastern where else no such equivalent exists for a Malay owned firm.

So when Dr Mahathir is trying to paint the picture of the Malay special rights being an equalizer, Dr Mahathir is lying through his teeth. Why? Because no way, no absolute way can the special rights create a situation that makes the Malays on par with the Chinese.

Now lets answer why.

The whole point of special rights is that it must be special. If Malays make up 60% of the country's population, any right that is given is not really special after all.

Why is it?

Lets prove it with numbers. Lets say I have 100 people, 60 Malay, 40 non Malay. I give each a Malay a right to increase his share of wealth by 1% from whatever it was. Its a birth right (or for the likes of Dr Mahathir a constitution right).

So if each Malay had 10 units of wealth, this special right increases his wealth to 11 units.

That means that this right involves no expenditure of work. So logically this right is "financed" by either natural resources or by wealth re-distribution. Let's assume its financed by wealth re-distribution. (If it was natural resources its just transferring future Malay wealth to present Malay wealth)

Now in total how much wealth could the Malays end up having? If you do the Maths you will find out that if the Malays started with 14% of the economy in total, doing this will make them end up with 24%. If they started with 27%, doing this will make them end up with 45%.

Now what does it mean for Malays to start with owning 14% of the economy. It means on average Non Malays are 9x richer than Malays. If Malays start by owning 27% of the economy, it means on average non Malays are 4x richer. (Its all in the Maths of how a 60- 40 distribution works.)

So Malays must realize this. The special rights which Mahalogic refers to individually cannot do anything much. Why? Because of the Mathematics. As the wealth gap between Malays and non Malays reduce, wealth transfer becomes more and more difficult. For example, if the average non Malay is 2.5 x richer than the average Malay, which coincidentally results in an economic division of 50-50 in total between Malays and Non Malays, then trying to increase the average Malay's wealth by just 1% results in the wealth changing from 50% Malay, 50% Non Malay to 84% Malay, 16% Non Malay. Once again its all in the Maths.

So Malays must realize, special rights alone can never begin to make up for any wealth differences. It can only work if Malays form the minority, mathematically it cannot work if Malays form the majority.

So then the question becomes, what happens to the special rights that are already in place?

The answer is like this. Special rights can never transfer wealth to the majority of Malays, but it can transfer wealth to the minority of Malays. So defending the special rights is not defending the rights of the majority Malays but defending the rights of the minority of the Malays.

So who are this minority? Ask Tun lah. He knows them very well. Most of them are his friends. So he is saying all of this just to protect the minority Malays.

Tun is perhaps one of the worst leaders in the history of mankind. He uses race to fool people to think that he is protecting them when instead all he is doing is protecting his cronies.

The proof is really through algebra. And the best thing is that algebra was not invented by the Jews.

If the second question is apart from special rights how can wealth transfer be effected? I don't know, perhaps hard work, perhaps better education, but I think most importantly perhaps better leaders than having self serving conniving ones.

By eanisazman on March 11, 2011 11:44 AM

Salam Tun,

Bloggers, Congratulation on your recent book Tun. I did not manage to get one. I hope that they'll get it reprint soon so I too can buy one.

"We would like to see the end of all special privileges so that we can all be together. We should all be just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia."

I have been exchanging ideas with my Chinese friend lately. We agree that at one point, the affirmative action should be done based on social status rather than racial. I think it's quite fair as the rich Malays should no longer need 'tongkat' to survive. Instead, there are still poor, struggling, helpless Malaysian Chinese, Indians, etc who need support. Me, my Indian and Chinese friends are all working in GLC earning the same income but have different benefits compared to me as citizens. It's about time middle and poor income group be known as one group and be helped in the same form.

But I also notice that there are still people who have hatred against the Malay and some even told his kids not to mingle with us. I also heard the saying goes like 'the Malays are stupid' or something. This make me mad. But anyway, racist will always be racist, its hard to convince them otherwise. If Malay are racist lots, we will not allow them to own any land in this country at all. Apparently Malay has took good care of them even if the Malays migrated to China they will surely not going to treat us the same like we did for them.

In searching for a perfect reconciliation and to become one, racial prejudice have to be eradicated and effort to integrate should start now. It is funny that we still wants to maintain that racial hatred but have ambition to become one Bangsa Malaysia.

By pakpandir08 on March 11, 2011 11:40 AM

Dear TunTuah, i think it is not the fault of your niece ... but may be it is affected by surrounding or history ... if u have experience working in private sector, then u will find out the cause ... if next time u have chance to work in Human Resource department, then may be you can get some statistics from there, and u will know the cause of favourismn happened in private sector ... if u have a chance to get the statistics from HR department, then u can get these: (1) If a person is entitled with 14 days medical leave per annum, how many days it is occupied end of the year (u will surprise genap-genap tak sihat 14 days each year) (2) What is the average time a worker clock and clock out everyday? (u will surprise to see clock in late, but clock out very punctual) (3) How many days emergency leave is taken each individual per year?

from the statistics, u can then make a summary by age, gender or may be race ... then u will find the answer for your niece ... but ask your niece don't upset ... work hard and perform, definately will be promote and get pay raise ... coz private sector is focus on competition and efficiency ... not about race ...

By mazlan on March 11, 2011 11:02 AM Assalamualaikum.

Perlembagaan yang ada mampu dan telah terbukti berkesan menjaga kepentingan semua warganegara. Janganlah hendaknya kita cuba merubahnya dibimbangi akan menimbulkan huru-hara yang tidak menguntungkan semua pihak.

Kepada puak-puak yang cuba mempertikaikan perlembagaan hanya untuk meningkatkan kelebihan sendiri, belajarlah bertolak-ansur dan menerima apa yang ada seadanya. Bukanlah perlembagaan itu yang menyekat pembangunan ataupun integrasi kaum, tetapi individu itu sendiri yang lemah. Perlembagaan dijadikan kambing hitam untuk dipersalahkan kerana kelemahan sendiri. Untuk menambahkan perisa kepada cerita itu, maka orang aslipun dikaitkan sekali. Ada juga usaha yang berterusan untuk menghasut orang asli ini agar menentang kerajaan dan ada juga usaha pihak tertentu mengahwini perempuan orang asli untuk mendapatkan keistimewaan memiliki tanah.

Negara akan menjadi cemerlang andai warganegaranya cemerlang. Individu yang cemerlang tidak akan menimbulkan banyak masalah kepada Negara. Mereka menyumbang kepada Negara mengikut kemampuan masing-masing dan tidak akan mengkhianti Negaranya dengan memburukkan Negara sendiri. Inilah sifat patriotik yang paling minima perlu ada kepada warganegara ini,andai tiada mereka adalah pengkhianat yang layak dihalau dan dirampas hartanya. Inilah contoh hukuman oleh kebanyakan kerajaan dahulu kala tetapi tidak diamalkan lagi sekarang kerana kerajaan lebih menghormati dan menghargai warganya.

Cubalah fikirkan berapa banyak masa dan tenaga yang kita semua habiskan untuk perjuangan yang akhirnya menang jadi arang dan kalah jadi abu ini. Berapa ramai yang tersinggung dengan hujah dan kenyataan kita. Berapa banyak wang dibazirkan untuk ini. Mengapalah sesetengah kaum Cina dan India ini dengki dan sakit hati sangat dengan orang Melayu. Apa dosa mereka? Berapa ramai sanak saudara mereka dibunuh oleh orang Melayu ini? Tidak bolehkah belajar hidup dibawah kekuasaan orang lain. Janganlah perangai menetang kerajaan manchu dahulu dibawa kesini. Lupakah tuan-tuan bahawa Melayu inilah yang sanggup menerima tuan-tuan dengan syarat yang adil. KAMI JADI TUAN TANAH, anda semua jadilah warganegara yang bebas mengamalkan agama dan budaya kamu. KAMI BELUM TERFIKIR UNTUK MENAIKKAN SEWA kerana prihatin dengan kamu semua.

By sudin on March 11, 2011 10:31 AM

Salam Tun.

The Europeans went to the Americas to seek a new beginning in the Land of Hope/Opportunity, to Australia due the placement of some 'population' to solve the overflowing British prisons.

After witnessing a never-seen-before HUMAN annihilation {not merely massacre, just like what they did to dodo birds!), the Red Indians, Latin Americans, Aborigines, Maoris & Polynesians were forced to give these Europeans the grandest welcome present: "we give you the country and our women if you'd be kind enough to leave 'pockets of reservation' for our kind". Later these master settlers realised they had over-killed the capable 'Bumiputras' of THEIR new country, and so they started 'pinching' all able-bodied Africans to serve them.

In Malaya ...oops, got carried away, this IS my country already! The British brought laborers from India to toil THEIR free-gotten estates, ferried the Chinese here who later left with full pockets and land in 'quick conditions' that became pools of death.

The Chinese spread words back to China "come and see for yourself the most hospitable people of them all, the Malays. There's umpteen opportunities for us. Work hard and we'd easily become rich. Then we'd be able to bring more friends/relatives and possibly rule Malaya! Furthermore the British are our godfathers."

Ecompute & alike's descendants got the message, and boarded the next available tongkang to Malaya.

Later, at the registration counter: Question, "where were you born?". Answer, "Peking". Reply, "you mean Pinang, Pulau Pinang. Okay, born in Pulau Pinang, here's your citizenship. Next please." Question, "what's your name?" Answer, "Ecompute Senior" Question, "where were you born?" Answer, "Canton". Reply, "you mean Ipoh. Oh, Ipoh mari. How come you look like a kid? Never mind, here's your citizenship. Next please".

And so on..... it's so easy like makan kacang when you have British godfather around.

Back to present day, the British were history. But don't worry, there's saudara Anwar, tok guru(?) & PAS, and ingrates like the engineer moron Sharizal, that are ever willing to let themselves be allowed to be 'horse around' to help those ungrateful 'tongkang mari' descendants.

By pemuda kuala kangsar on March 11, 2011 10:27 AM salam 1malaysia Tun,

Isu berkaitan dengan org asli ini dah banyak sgt diambil peduli dan kisah oleh Kerajaan Malaysia.

1. Ini satu kisah yang saya nak berkongsi dengan Tuan. Semasa pilihan raya di Dun...Pahang hari itu, Kami satu pasukan telah ditugaskan untuk berjumpa dengan ketua kampung org asli. Semasa disana rupanya begitu ramai anak org asli yang tercicir dari sistem pelajaran kerana pihak dari JPN tidak membenarkan mereka membuat pendaftaran anak mereka dan ini .

2. Kerajaan diperingkat pusat begitu ambil berat hal ehwal org Asli tapi diperingkat operasi pula lain ceritanya. Sapa perlu disalahkan 3. Dasar dan akta telah ada untuk org asli. tapi adakah di ikuti oleh pemutus dasar diperingkat operasi? sekian, Pemuda Kuala kangsar

By L_J on March 11, 2011 10:12 AM

Tun,

Dari suatu perpektif saya bersetuju dengan hujah Tun tentang situasi di Australia, NZ & US. Tetapi ini bermaksud Tun akur dengan kesimpulan logik ekoran kedudukan sedemikian, yakin orang putih yang yg telah berhijrah ke Australia, NZ & US adalah orang pendatang sama seperti orang Melayu ke semananjung!

Salam,

LJ

By solidsnakeckw on March 11, 2011 9:55 AM

Dear Tun,

What is wrong with all the people here? I mean seriously, isn't all Abrahamic religion clearly states that the Universe was created by the God. So all of these lands and seas, they are all belong to God.

Even Islam said that Adam and Eve/Hawwa was drop to the earth for committing the crime of eating the forbidden fruit. And, they are dropped separately to India and Jeddah, and finally met each other again in the Plain of Arafat (near Mecca).

On the other hand, atheistic scientist who believe in Evolution believe the ancestor of human came from Africa about 200,000 years ago.

So if you apply both of this theories to human, you'll get a conclusion that states very clearly, even the Malay's ancestor was a foreigner once. They just came here way earlier.

And, I sincerely hope people will realize this, so we can stop arguing about who have the special right, and who don't. And hopefully, we all live together in harmony and together we should push this great country forward, to infinity and beyond.

By HBT on March 11, 2011 8:55 AM

Good morning Ayahanda Tun,

Your point:

1. 13. We would like to see the end of all special privileges so that we can all be together. We should all be just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia.

2. The policy if "We all are Malaysians" was introduced during the Prime Minister-ship of Tun Dr MM, and the national immigtarion policy approved by the then Cabinet and KDN Minister, our late Megat Junid, implemented by his then Deputy Minister in KDN, YB Ong Ka Ting according to 10th National Programme plan approved by BN in early 90s.

3. It's stipulated very clear that all biological parents of either one of the father or the mother is Malaysian, then the children who were born On The Soil of Malaya (means Di Atas Tanah Melayu) are automatically granted the national citizenship of MALAYSIA.

4. For those parents holding PR status then they have a choice to apply for their children who were born on the soil to become our citizens immediately when they reached 6 years old.

5. There is a very hard question that I would like to ask Ayahanda Tun since one of the Malay blogger asked,' Which son do you love more?", and I believe Ayahanda Tun would not be able to answer this question for the rest of your life.

6. If the question is, "Do you love Malays more than your children and other races?"

7. The answer is 'YES' because you were the PRIME MINISTER of MALAY-SIA chosen by the people who is a commoner just like all of us here who do not need privilege to 'cari rezeki'.

8. If it is not because of Barry Wain, I guess many of us will continue the dilemma of Malaysia Maverick-ing for the rest of our lives.

9. Just look at our Ah Kak cherrycherry, the country of origin for cherry is not Malaysia and he keeps on harping for Akta Perlembagaan 153 of take it or leave (kita jual langsat dgn harga RM10 utk 3 kilo, Ah Kak tahu ke?), and men will never pick up this beautiful, soft, and feminine' name, 'cherry' as their name unless they are passive homosexuals.

10. Our young and kind jolly said she has a choice to the slogan of "Let's fly with Nick and his alliances in which only make us see white cloud and blue ocean saja" makes me wonder that all people love to fly expensively when the cost of oil is increasing due to power struggling in the middle east beyond our control?

11. Give US a choice jolly, many of US also would like to travel with land transports at lower price so that we can see the views of our landmark and our neighbours’ landmarks.

12. The highest portion of our oil goes into generating electricity, hence, Nuclear Energy in Peninsula and Bakun Project in the Borneo Region are the best alternatives to bring down our domestic oil consumption to stabilize our oil prices so that our people can fly, drive, to take train and buses as means of 'MUST HAVE' to expand and the grow our property value as Gross National Income (GNI) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the names of 1 Malaysia's National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) and Government Transform Policy (GTP) so that all privileges will be continued to enjoy by all Malaysians fairly and equally. 13. With or without Political Presidents, life is the same in Malaysia, and whether these Presidents are changed by their political members or not, we leave them to the political parties.

14. PRIME MINISTER Najib is the best available rational Bapa Malaysia to continue this national responsibility, and when the time is right, PM Najib will delegate his important portfolios to his most trusted men, and they may be from the Borneo Region.

15. Saya ada 2 bapa saja, satu bapa adalah bapa yang kasi saya datang ke dunia ini bersama ibu saya, satu lagi adalah Bapa Malaysia untuk saya cari rezeki kerana saya ini anak Malaysia ori selepas Tanah Melayu Bermerdaka.

16. Like we say, 'When we draw a portrait of all Manusia, We will never nuke them by drawing out their internal organs because kita belum sampai tahap Insan, kan?'

17. China was not liberalized by China Liberation Army, and if the Communist Leaders insisted that they were the army that liberated China from Japanese Imperialism, then they must be willing to let go the Southern Provinces to Bapa Pemodenan China iaitu, Dr Sun Yat Sen, Bapa kepada Republic of China, Taiwan.

18. Japanese Imperialists di Asia berundur not because of the China Liberation Army which is controlled by Beijing Communist Government , mereka kalah kerana KETAMAKAN dan 2 Biji ATOMIC BOMBS yang telah dilancarkan USA di atas tanah Nagasaki dan Hiroshima, Jepun.

Good day Ayahanda Tun. P.S. Today is my husband’s birthday, and the date is similar to Tun Razak’s wife. SELAMAT HARI JADI KEPADA ISTERI BAPA PEMBANGUNAN MALAYSIA.(Kalu salah, sila beritahu Tok Det)

By Idea on March 11, 2011 8:02 AM

Excellent.

By MAZAI on March 11, 2011 6:33 AM

Kita mensasarkan untuk mewujudkan satu bangsa dibawah slogan SATU Malaysia. Dalam masa yang sama kita bangga dengan slogan "unity in diversity.". Semata-mata untuk mewujudkan satu bangsa Malaysia yang tidak dikenali mengikut keturunan, hidup dengan harmoni dan bersatu.

Namun segala dasar yang melibatkan penyatuan kaum tidak menjurus kearah itu. Kita menggalakkan kewujudan sekolah berbagai aliran bahasa, membenarkan perlumbaan antara agama yang masing-masing membina sebanyak mungkin rumah-rumah ibadan tanpa kawalan, menggalakkan perkembangan dan budaya kaum mengikut budaya dari mana mereka berasal, menggalakkan peguasaan ekonomi dimonopoli oleh kaum tertentu dan meninggalkan kaum lain, tidak mengamalkan prinsip demokrasi sebenar apabila kaum minoriti mendapat tempat yang berlebihan berbanding kaum majoriti. Kesemuanya ini akan membawa satu keadaan pemisahan kaum yang akan semakin ketara. Polarisasi kaum akan semakin menunjul. Satu kaum akan menjadi lebih taksub dengan kaum masing-masing. Rasa tidak puas hati satu kaum kerana kekurangan yang dimiliki serta sikap tamak kaum lain yang telah kehadapan semakin sukar dikawal, maka disaat itu pergeseran antara kaum akan semakiin hebat..... Satu bom jangka yang hanya menunggu masa untuk ...... Bom ini harus dimusnahkan secepat mungkin walaupun berisko. Namun riskonya jauh lebih kecil berbanding dengan risko jika ianya meledak. Jadi perbetukanlah secepat mungkin sebelum ianya meledak.

DEMOKRASI adalah sistem yang kita telah pilih untuk memerintah negara, maka amalkanlah sistem itu dengan penuh keikhlasan dan kejujuran. Bangsa majoriti adalah penentu segala dasar dan wawasan. Tentukanlah kedudukan majoriti dihormati..... Singapura adalah contoh terbaik untuk ikita pelajari.

MAZAI

By al-Din on March 11, 2011 12:57 AM

Population growth rate of Orang Asli in 32yrs:

Tribal-group 1974 2006 Growth rate (/yr)

Negrito 1,981 3,666 1.4% Senoi 32,633 77,472 1.8% Proto-Malay 22,313 57,642 1.9%

Total 56,927 138,780 1.8%

By jolly on March 10, 2011 11:47 PM

Hi Tun,

Correction;

In my previous message, I wrote "..till I repented", should have been "..and I quickly repented to gain protection again".

Thanks Tun.

By amin tan on March 10, 2011 11:10 PM

Dear Tun,

To fellow bloggers, particularly ekompute and tuacheng, the following book is a recommended reading to understand the story of Islam. The book is only available in the UK. Mail order may be lost in the post. You may have to get somebody to buy from the bookshop in the UK and personally bring back home.

The Heirs of the Prophet Muhammad by Barnaby Rogerson On the morning of his death, the Prophet Muhammad unexpectedly appeared before his followers in the city of Medina as they gathered for prayers in the makeshift mosque that also served as his home. No one had seen him for some time. Rumours were swirling around the city about his ill health. The Messenger of God was dying, people said, perhaps already dead. So when he suddenly turned up on that sunny morning in 632CE, looking stout and rosy if a bit greyer than anyone remembered, the anxiety about his health gave way to shouts of jubilation. A few hours later, when the prayers had ended and the congregation had dispersed, Muhammad slipped back to his room, closed his eyes and quietly breathed his last.

As news of Muhammad's death spread through Medina, the elation that had accompanied his appearance at the mosque quickly transformed into raw panic. Muhammad had done nothing to prepare his followers for his demise. He had made no official statement about who should replace him, nor had he put into place the mechanism by which a leader could be chosen. It was as though the possibility of his death had not occurred to him.

Meanwhile, the Muslim community was growing faster than anyone could have imagined and was on the verge of splintering into competing sects. For more than a decade, all that had kept the community unified was the sheer magnitude of Muhammad's charisma. With his death, the internecine power struggles that had been simmering for years among the Muslim leadership suddenly came to a boil. Indeed, Muhammad's corpse had yet to be washed before a row flared up among his friends, family and earliest followers over which of them should take his place at the head of the community.

What began on that sombre morning as a simple argument over succession was to erupt into a bloody civil war that permanently fractured the Muslim community into rival religious and political factions, whose quarrels would reverberate throughout the Muslim world to this day.

It is at this pivotal moment in history that Barnaby Rogerson picks up the story of Islam. Essentially the sequel to his acclaimed biography of the Prophet, Rogerson's new book follows the reigns of Muhammad's first four successors, or caliphs: the zealously loyal early convert to Islam, Abu Bakr; the deeply pious though unapologetically misogynistic warrior, Umar; the kindly yet politically inept septuagenarian, Uthman; and Ali, the Prophet's beloved nephew and son-in-law, the man whose partisans (the Shiatu Ali) would one day launch a wholly new sect in Islam - the Shia. Together, these so-called "Rightly Guided Caliphs" ushered in a time that most Muslims regard as the Golden Era of Islam, a period in which the small community of faith that Muhammad left behind blossomed into a vast empire stretching from the Indian subcontinent to North Africa. What Rogerson's astute scholarship and detailed narrative shows is that this period in Islamic history was in reality far from a golden era.

To begin with, Muhammad's death unleashed deep-seated tensions that had existed for years over issues as diverse as how to divide tax revenues equitably to what it even meant to be a Muslim. Rogerson deals adroitly with these internal conflicts, delving into the intricate sociopolitical composition of ancient Arab society with the skill of a historian and the flair of a novelist (though, remarkably, he is neither). This is no dry history, but an absorbing narrative, full of action and intrigue, with historical figures so complex in their motivations and compelling in their characterisation that they leap off the page.

Rogerson's principal profession is as a writer of guidebooks, an experience he puts to use in The Heirs of the Prophet Muhammad. It is clear that this is a writer who has trekked through the landscapes he describes, who has tasted the hot winds as they sweep off the sand dunes and witnessed for himself the otherworldly glow of the desert sun as it hovers just above the horizon.

Unfortunately, the same attention to detail that brings the Arabian landscape to life becomes tedious as Rogerson's focus switches from the internal tensions of the Muslim community to the external threats faced during its expansion into the hitherto impenetrable borders of central Asia and western Europe. Empires often rise and fall on the field of battle, but Rogerson's exhaustive depiction of nearly every skirmish fought by the Muslim armies in its first 50 years slows the narrative to a crawl. He would have better served his narrative if he had painted Islam's wars of expansion with broad strokes rather than such a fine brush.

On the other hand, he could have paid more attention to what the book's subtitle promises will be a discussion of "the roots of the Sunni-Shia schism". Much has been written about this topic since the occupation of Iraq launched a civil war between the two sects the like of which has not been seen in 1,400 years. But neither the theological nor, for that matter, the political origins of this conflict are very deeply mined in Rogerson's text. Instead, he simply recounts the stories he has culled from the traditional histories of this tumultuous period and allows the reader to draw his or her own conclusions as to how and why the unified Muslim community so suddenly split upon the death of Muhammad into Sunni and Shia sects.

In truth, though, this may not be a bad approach to early Islamic history. Those of us who study the period know how exceedingly difficult it is to extract kernels of fact from the muddled and often contradictory historical sources at our disposal. As Rogerson himself notes, ancient Arab historians often presented two or three versions of the same event so as to allow the reader to choose which one was correct, with the caveat that only God knows the truth of the matter. Whatever its scholarly shortcomings, The Heirs of the Prophet Muhammad vividly illustrates how the debates, the divisions and the sometimes bloody conflicts that resulted from trying to discern God's will in the absence of God's Prophet ultimately gave birth to the varied and wonderful traditions of the Muslim faith.

By jolly on March 10, 2011 11:10 PM

Hi Tun,

1. The Chinese and Indian fellow Malaysians do not sin when they learn in their own mother tounges.

2. As for the other race, if they have certain policies to discriminate others, whether sinful or not.. i don't know.

Just in case someone read my past writing and got me wrong, yes I did somethign wrong. I forgot that bible, penned by the God guided past prophets who wrote the old testament, and by the 'Holy Spirit' inspired authors of the new testament, ought to be my guidance too, in addition to Jesus' own words. In that writing, I only mentioned the latter. Wrong thinking! and I was disturbed by an evil infested person when walking along the street at one point, till I repented.

Thanks Tun.

By 2009 on March 10, 2011 10:44 PM

Orang Melayu sanggup hapuskan hak istimewa orang Melayu sekiranya semua rakyat Malaysia jadi "Melayu".

By may on March 10, 2011 10:32 PM i still remember when i was a young girl, i lived in a suburb that was occupied by malaysians of different race. i went to a public school where there were only 9 non-malays in that whole year. i spoke very fluently malay that i was constantly mistaken as a malay (my mother is half nyonya so we spoke quite a bit malay at home too). most of my friends while growing up were malays and till this day, we still are very supportive of each other. i do not live in malaysia now but i do go back KL at least once a year and have heard many racist stories of all kinds, also experiencing quite a few myself. i'm very saddened that this is happening. we should appreciate our own values, religions, customs but also respect other people's.

By ng thing seng on March 10, 2011 10:14 PM

Salam Tun,

{1] I think as a country that practice democratic election, the rightful government is one that is voted by the rakyat.

[2] Since the majority of the rakyat voted UMNO to lead the government, so UMNO will govern. If the majority citizens in this country are Martian, and if they so voted a Martian party to rule this country than that would be the rightful goverment of the day no matter who come here first. The strength of a democratic government lies in the numbers of its present electorate not by the choice of who are the first settlers of the land.

[3] If the government of the day would like to catogorize Malaysian citizenship into, bumiputra - with special priveleges and non bumiputra, there is nothing the minority can do about it. However it does breed discontent.

[4] You said in your memoir that Israel is a country where its citizenship is based on race and not on residence or loyalty.

[5] In Malaysia too the dual citizenship is categorize along racial lines. You see for someone from Indonesia who migrate to Malaysia can in one generation became a citizen of Malaysia with Bumiputra status. Whereas a third generation chinese, who could no longer read and write chinese, who could speak Malay fluently, who score A for Bahasa Malaysia in SPM, whose father and grandfather contributed more to this country than the said Indonesian would not have the status of Bumiputra. Bumiputra status is defined along racial lines, not on residence and loyalty. [6] A chinese can never be Malay enough to be bumiputra. If you are not bumiputra, NEP will made it difficult for you to excel as civil servant. Hence, non Malays shun civil service. Since, the language of commerce is English and Chinese. Non Malays focus and educate their children in English or Chinese.

[7] We are the decendance of pendatang in delema. Chinese in Thailand has assimilated into becoming Thai and willingly so. Chinese in Phillipines to has done the same. Why not chinese in Malaysia? Everybody knows why?

In delema, son of pendatang, Ng Thing Seng.

By NASH on March 10, 2011 10:05 PM

TUN.

THE LATE TUN ISMAIL PERNAH BERKATA DIPARLIMEN SAPERTI BERIKUT "IF YOU PEOPLE IS NOT HAPPY IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU MAY GO BACK TO YOUR MOTHER LAND AND SEE IF YOUR COUNTRY WILL ACCEPT YOU". KATA KATA INI SUNGGUH RINGKAS TETAPI SUNGGUH BERMAKNA.

DEPA TIDAK PUAS HATI DENGAN KEADAAN DIMALAYSIA, HINGGA DI YOU TUBE DEPA MENYANYI MAHUKAN KEMERDEKAAN DAN MENGHINA MELAYU DAN ISLAM.(SAYANGNYA SEKARANG TELAH DIPADAMKAN). APAKAH ERTI INI. SAMA SAMALAH KITA RENUNGKAN.

By HOT ZOOM on March 10, 2011 9:40 PM

Tahniah tun dengan terbitnya buku Memoirs tu.Memeang menarik dan berani..pemikiran Tun sukar untuk org lain menirunya. http://bloginfo4uall.blogspot.com/2011/03/doctor-in-house-memoirs-of-tun-dr.html

Takkan Melayu hilang di tanah Melayu

By sivarajah arasu on March 10, 2011 9:37 PM

You don't seem to understand ethnicity,race,nationality and what else.TheMalays are as much immigrants as the others,except they profess the Muslim religion and according to you,that makes them non immigrants.Even you are an immigrant ,only professing Islam,adoptingMalay culture and choosing to speak Malay.That does not make you a Malay but a Malay constitutionally(whatever that means ) but you are of immigrant origins as are the Chinese and Indians.So you are no different from them other than your choice of relgion,culture and language

By che set on March 10, 2011 9:12 PM

Salam sejahtera buat Tun sekeluarga serta juga semua pejuang-pejuang Che Det. Boleh tak dikembalikan hakikat pernyataan 'Bangsa Melayu' dalam kad pengenalan saya.Sekian Terima Kasih. By Hazman Abu Bakar on March 10, 2011 8:00 PM

Orang asli to be exact is a 'branch' of Malays as well. The only diferrences are the orang aslo nowadays originated from orang asli before who live in forest while the much more advance Malays originated from Malays who live near rivers. As we all know, most civilisation started near rivers. So the Malays who live near rivers developed more rapidly than the one living in forest because of trading influences. So just because orang asli are abit backward than us, doesnt meant that they are the true original people of Malaysia. The Malays are equally 'original people' of Malaysia as well but because our ancestors live near river, we tend to be more developed.

By bill-stickers dot com on March 10, 2011 6:29 PM

Malaysian was said to be a good so-called model of a multi-racial country. We claimed that the integration between races ie Malays, indians, Chinese and so on is a good sample to the whole world. Well, ask ourself as a malaysian whether we can agree to that statement. Been living in this country for more than 30years, I am afraid that I have to disagree....and am sure many agree if I say that the integration presented and observed was a fake, base on a very basic and blurred observations. Racism still very much thick in here, and it is very difficult for a single person from one particular race to survive in a group of a different races.

By AHMAD BADRI on March 10, 2011 6:27 PM

Dear Tun, To those who are harping on the Orang Asli origins, there was a masters thesis on the Orang Asli written by an Orang Asli student some twenty five years ago, at UKM, Bangi. Please go to their library.

To simplify, Orang Asli legends have it that the original Malays and Orang Asli were from two brothers of same father and mother, who after a quarrel, decided to take different paths. One stayed at the coast, referred to as the Malays, and the other went into the interior, whom we now call Orang Asli.There could have been genetic aberrations due to time, but the basic DNA are the same. Over thousands of years the Malays and Orang Asli had supported and helped each other in many ways and lived side by side. The Orang Asli were and are still are the masters of the jungle. And the Malays were once the masters of the sea in this part of the world, until the Europeans came and toppled our Malay kingdom, with the help of (Indian) traitors, based on Sejarah Melayu.

As a Malay I call the Orang Asli my brothers, even though they may not be Muslims.

By bill-stickers dot com on March 10, 2011 6:19 PM

Malaysian was said to be a good so-called model of a multi-racial country. We claimed that the integration between races ie Malays, indians, Chinese and so on is a good sample to the whole world. Well, ask ourself as a malaysian whether we can agree to that statement. Been living in this country for more than 30years, I am afraid that I have to disagree....and am sure many agree if I say that the integration presented and observed was a fake, base on a very basic and blurred observations. Racism still very much thick in here, and it is very difficult for a single person from one particular race to survive in a group of a different races. By AntiNazi on March 10, 2011 5:51 PM

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” - Dr Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany...Dr Mamak

By samuraimelayu on March 10, 2011 5:39 PM

SALAM KASIH DAN SAYANG AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN IZINKAN, ... 13. We would like to see the end of all special privileges so that we can all be together. We should all be just Malaysians speaking and teaching in one national language, practitioners of one national culture, and owing loyalty only to this beloved country, Malaysia.

But, will or can the non-Bumi Rakyat of this beloved MALAYsia sacrificed their ancestors' cultures and languages?..they ONLY can answer this...SOALAN CEPU MAS!

Tetapi KAMI (Kita Anak Malaysia Insaf) yakin dan pasti jika impian 1 Bahasa 1 Bangsa menjadi kenyataan, Negara MALAYsia yang BERTERASKAN 1 Bahasa,1 Bangsa akan menjadi maju dan teguh dan akan menjadi sebagai contoh NEGARA MAJU HIDUP SERUMPUN .

Hanya orang UMNO akan melaungkan 'SATU BAHASA, SATU BANGSA'. Malangnya, orang MCA, MIC, GERAKAN berserta orang DAP akan menjeritkan 'LANGKAH MAYAT KAMI DAHULU'. Manakala, orang PAS akan berkutbah 'KAMI ORANG ISLAM BUKAN MELAYU' dan orang PKR akan hanya menyalak 'KAMI BAWA KEMAHKAMAH'.

WAWASAN 2020 BUKAN TITIK PENYUDAH BAGI JENERASI MENDATANG IA BERMULA

ALFATIHAH, AMIN. Ps. Tiada semangat 'pengorbanan' dalam jiwa 'pendatang'... itu lah hakikatnya.

By al-Din on March 10, 2011 5:19 PM

Imagined or real there are spirits in the jungle, evil ones and kind-hearted ones. Among all these hive and jive, live the jungle dwellers, the Orang Asli, the so-called Proto-Malays, the pioneer brother of the Deutro-Malays.

The Orang Asli are my people. Unscrupulous people have taken many parts of the jungle ie. my kampongs and my towns so to speak. They simply come in with huge machines to get timber and make way for roads and farms. What are we supposed to do?

Our sources of plants for food and medicine are increasingly difficult to get. The rivers where we take our bath and catch fishes are no more prestine but coloured like teh-tarik. Our catch of birds, monkeys, squirrels and snakes are getting meager because you have killed them directly or indirectly or driven them far into the jungle. Now, we cannot hold wildboar feasts often anymore. When the outsiders use guns to hunt wildlife dear to us such as seladang and deer, these animals become a rarity . We use traps and sumpit to hunt for food. The blowpipe dart cannot go very far as your bullets. Our catch are thus limited. Moreover, many of us are getting old and cannot blow our sumpit strong like before.

We are an ignorant and confused lot. We live by the land. Whatever extra money we have we buy salt, sugar, rice, Panadol, and titbits for the children from the van-seller. Please do not make it more difficult for us by proclaiming that out traditional shifting cultivation is bad for the environment. How could we move the mountains with our bare hands and primitive tools? It is the supposedly civilized people with machines who flatten the mountains and destroy the forests and everything in them including us.

Sometimes ago, one of our people in Kampung Reka in Kelantan claimed that he saw a Si- Misai Belang (part of jungle law to call them indirectly and show respect) dragging a victim into the jungle. This was not the first and last episode. Since time immemorial there had been very many of our people were brutally devoured. At night we even have to compete with the elephants to gather durian fruits before they swallow them away.

We are the protectors of the jungle. The jungle is not neutral. We were then in the diffused forefront where the communists were active. It was not easy to fight against the terrorists knowing very well that they were lurking somewhere there. We were sharing the same jungle and footpaths. It was like sharing the bed with the enemy – sumpit versus gun.

We encouraged our young to join the Senoi Praq as jungle trackers and scouts that helped saved lives of many government soldiers during the emergency. They get some monthly pension, meager though.

Some years ago, there was a case of a group of Malays (Kelantan) who tried to seize our land and we had to rough them up in self defense. A few got hurt. Several of us were brought to court and appeared on TV handcuffed. How haggard looking and malnourished they were! They are rich and yet want more, ours was a case of survival, theirs greed above all.

We need protection or ways to defend ourselves and our families. There are so many intruders nowadays, humanoid and non-humanoid that come into the so-called reservation that you have alienated for us.

Although we have the jungle reservation to live in (and die) but the boundry is constantly being encroached. Before the past general election, the government proposed to establish a botanical park in Perak. We objected because part of our land may be taken. Thus, our area is getting smaller and we have no title to the land.

A couple of years ago a number of children died from unknown causes in Cameron Highlands. The wanton use of chemicals by farmers have contaminated the groundwater and rivers - where our daily lives centred. The health of our people and surroundings are in dire need of rehabilitation. What has our government caretakers got to say to our predicament? Dia orang tu memang macam tu! For some of us, the government has built us houses fitted with zinc roof. But the roofs are too low and become unbearable during the heat of the day. We still prefer the traditional huts of palas roof even though we have to go deeper into the jungle and be free, at least for a little while more.

Five-point strategy

For long term sustainability the government could help to improve our living standard by: 1. Demarcate suitable agricultural land and give advise, supplies, guidance and incentives how to grow food and economic crops. 2. Help market our agricultural produce and jungle products. 3. Train us in various trades, skills, and crafts so that we could be more self-reliant and provide us better job opportunities. 4. Improve our health by providing better sanitation, medical services, drinking water, electricity and other amneties. 5. Build playgrounds, courts for sepak takraw, volleyball and such, community halls that also serve to play indoor games. 6. We need land titles for our reservation to secure ourselves legally and assure us security in this “Tanah Tumpah Darah Ku”.

Hendak mangkok-ku-beri mangkok, Mangkok ku-beri berisi padi; Hendak pantun ku-beri pantun; Pantun ada orang asli.

By kubakoya on March 10, 2011 5:15 PM

I wonder why Chinese in Malaysia speaks Mandarin, but why in America, they speak English?

And why also, we, MALAY, proud to speak English?

I am not saying it is wrong, but, can't you seeing what I am pointing at?

POWER.

We, human, are natural, like the tip of the tree will directed to the sun light. Human are adapted to force to live, we call it THE LIFE FORCE. English is proven a POWERFUL language to learn to earn a good living, then like or not, we are FORCED to use English.

By rambo on March 10, 2011 5:05 PM

Salam sejahtera Ybhg Tun,

Once Mr Lee Kim Sai (MCA) also mentioned about the same thing somewhere in the year of 1987. He said Melayu juga adalah kaum pendatang. Tun Ghaffar Baba, Tan Sri Muhamad Taib and other UMNO collegues stood up and replied that Mr Lee Kim Sai tak tahu sejarah. A big prosession and gathering was held at Stadium TPCA. The situation was very tense where the plan was to bring about 1 million Malays to join the procession. It looked like another 13 May in the making. The situations were getting more tense when Prebet Adam (rambo) open fires at the street of Chow Kit in the middle of that night. Peoples got panicked and scared to go to schools and work places at the later day. Kuala Lumpur was quiet. Lucky that the grenade which Prebet Adam threw at the Shell station tanker didnt explode.

Todate, Mr Gan is still wanted to play with fire. They just dont want to learn or Mudah Lupa.

By T on March 10, 2011 4:52 PM

/// 5. In Latin America there were native, indigenous or Orang Asli governments when the Europeans arrived. The Aztecs, the Mayas, the Incas had recognisable states. But the Spaniards and the Portuguese conquered their lands and set up new States and Governments. The world have recognised these states. ///

Sir, then you should not have double standards.

The world has recognised Singapore, yet, time and again, you will mischievously agitate the Malays in Singapore by telling them that they have lost control.

By Adam on March 10, 2011 3:29 PM

"12. The setting up of schools which teach in their own languages is not to be confused with schools for teaching other languages."

Tun,

That was why in my earlier comment I said that we never disallow anyone to learn in ANY language, but for these people it was not REALLY the language that matters, it was just a disguise, the probable truth was probably the are afraid of assimilation, and wanted to persevere original identity and at the same time demanding the malay rights to be taken out.

If their argument were only about learning language, we never disallow anyone from doing so, that was the reason I gave example based on my own experiences.

Just admit it, it was not about the language, it is actually because they wanted to preservere identity, and avoid assimilation like Indonesian.

By AHMAD BADRI on March 10, 2011 3:24 PM

Dear Tun,

If we Malays surrender the few rights and special privileges we have left, the following scerenios are deemed likely:

1. The Malays (the genuine, true blooded Malays, discounting those in PKR, Nazri Aziz, Zaid Ibrahim, and beware of your back-Anwar, and blind followers of the east coast monk) will rebel. We will have another Egypt or Libya here in Tanah Melayu. 2. Malays with money and education will migrate elsewhere to avoid facing deep frustrations and misery of losing all racial identity, and abandon all hope of returning to the country of their origin. 3. Malays will eventually become beggars in their own motherland, because there is no way Malays can ever be at par, economically, with the Chinese, while the Indians (historically) will side with the stronger force. 4. The Malay sultanate will become irrelevant, and there is no more reason to have them around.

Even though I have not yet joined Perkasa, I wish to reiterate the following:

1. Our Malay special rights and privileges are not to be negotiated. We have already done that pre-Merdeka, which is already bad enough for us. No more negotiation. We can’t negotiate with those who have economic advantage, plus we don’t trust our political leaders, who can be easily bought over by the Chinese money. 2. We want the name of Peninsular Malaysia be returned to its original name, namely Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, and the national language to be referred to its real and original name, Bahasa Melayu, and KTM to Keretapi Tanah Melayu, and TNB to Lembaga Letrik Negara Tanah Melayu. 3. All Malay Reserve lands that had been degazetted by the corrupt politicians be now replaced by equally as much new Malay Reserve land, and protected state forest reserves to be gazetted as Permanent Bumiputra Forest Reserves to be used solely for the benefits of Malays and Orang Asli only. 4. Bring back Bank Bumiputra, which is supposed to help the Bumiputras. There is no bank in this country that cares for the Bumiputras. 5. Only Malays (and by definition, Muslims) can be the Prime Minister 6. To amend the Constitution so that (a) nobody, and nobody, can ever take away our Malay rights and privileges, (b) the Malay Sultanate be retained forever, unless they break their very original oath to take care of the Malays, and only the Malays can have the right to abolish the Malay sultanate, if and when that becomes necessary.

But why in the hell do we need to surrender our rights and privileges just because we need to please the Chinese and Indians? These people (not all of them, I’ll say) can’t be bothered about assimilation or integration with the Malay mainstream natives. They don’t even respect us. They can’t even bother to learn to speak Malay properly, or respect our mosques, and respect the Malay sultans, or our cultural way of life. But those who migrate to England and Australia speak English like the native English. But here in Malaysia they want to impose their value system, their cultural strength, their economic dominance at the expense of our heritage and God given legacy. In other words they want to eliminate us. We Malays can’t surrender and will never surrender any more than we have already given away. Full stop.

By Lionelchee on March 10, 2011 3:04 PM

The debate of races and origins has brought nothing except hatred amongst us. When I mentioned us, it means the citizens of the country, Malaysia. Instead the word "Malaysians", I prefer to call ourselves as citizens of a country, Malaysia. It is embarassing to use the word "Malaysians" because different races are treated differently. The government of Malaysia chooses to treat different races differently, then let it be. Whatever we are, we are human beings and children of God. Period.

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By emma49 on March 10, 2011 2:45 PM

Salam TUN,

Buku Tun dah sold out... saya x sempat nak beli lagie... hehehe... semoga akan re-stock ASAP... =))

Saya setuju untuk point 13, tapi its still a loooong road, banyak "adjustment" yg perlu dibuat... paling penting tahap "ikhlas" rakyat malaysia sendiri... betul ke nak jadi 1 malaysia??? Banyak issue2 masih “pending” yang perlukan perhatian serius semua pihak termasuk generasi muda pelbagai kaum… ◊Artikel related by Kijang Mas (KM) http://deminegara.blogspot.com/2011/01/hail-new-year-patriotism-is-back-but.html

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Sekian pendapat saya kali ini…

Terima kasih Tun ~~

By kiis on March 10, 2011 2:08 PM

Yes. The history of time make us can't turn back.

By Kenn on March 10, 2011 1:22 PM

Kita adalah SATU BANGSA, SATU NEGARA, SATU BAHASA", barulah dikatakan kita berSATU.

Mana mungkin untuk berSATU (Unity) apabila kita semua TIDAK SATU (diverse). "Unity in Diversity" hanya satu slogan bombastik tanpa isi.

By Praxis on March 10, 2011 1:16 PM

The Malayo-Polynesian family comrpises a large area and includes Taiwan, Polynesia, New Zeland, South East Asia as well as Madagascar and probably a migratory expansion of Mongoloid stock from the Chinese mainland, at least some 3000 years old with perhaps the world's highest IQ and navigational skills engendered by their new environment (Jared Diamnond, 1997).

The Malays here constitute a majorty and as you argue brilliantly, do define the state and history here and should continue to dominate politics and by Jared Diamond's definition of Malay above clearly is very inclusive.

The country here, the Malay state, faces competition internationally to it's are open and porous shores. Our tasks should be to continue to define and face these international tensions and not get carried away by racists who have no genuine respect for the Malays' right to succeed as Malays or who are used by political oppotunists.

The vernacular system has outlived it's purpose, takes up resources and interferes with our national vision. Arabic/Chinese or other language studies can be available as options for those interested in national schools, depending on local demand and availability of resources. By Jo on March 10, 2011 1:08 PM

Salam,

We are all but mere mortals who are only residing temporarily on this land which in all its entirety belongs to the One God. Who are we to claim what land belongs to whom. Stop playing God. In the end, it boils down to ."( َر ِا َن إَِ ْ ِ َوإِﱠـ ِ ّ ِ إِﱠ ) Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un" Surely we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return.

By TunTuah on March 10, 2011 12:34 PM

Hi All.

I am not understand why.

My niece got a job in one of the insurance company which majority of the staffs are chinese in that department. and there is another new comer (chinese as well) with the same qualification and inexperience like my niece, also joined the same day as my niece and in the same department. however the pay scale between my niece & that chinese girl are different. the different is so huge (around rm500). why? can speak english? my niece better than her. why? because the girl is chinese? need i say i am racist?????? Yes?No? DAMN!!! YOU ARE SPOT ON

So GAN. Please respect me as the owner of this peninsula.

By pahat on March 10, 2011 12:11 PM saya setuju dan sokong Tun 100%

By pahat on March 10, 2011 12:09 PM saya setuju dan sokong tun 100%

By Badrul langkawi on March 10, 2011 11:57 AM assalamualaikum yang berbahgia TUN yang amat di kasihi moga di berkati oleh ALLAH SWT hendaknya .Tujuan saya menulis ini bukanlah hendak memberi sebarang komen walaupun saya selalu membaca blog TUN tapi hanya satu iaitu ingin melunaskan hajat saya dan org tua saya yang telah tersimpan begitu lama ingin berjumpa dgn TUN dan juga mendapatkan sendiri tandatangan TUN ke atas buku 'A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE : THE MEMOIRS OF TUN DR MAHATHIR MOHAMAD'.Saya baru sahaja mendapatkan dua buah buku tersebut dan sgt berbesar hati jika dpt mendapatkan sendiri tandatangan TUN atas buku tersebut untuk makluman TUN saya bekerja dan menetap di langkawi dan saya juga tahu TUN selalu mengunjungi pulau lagenda ini jadi besar lah harapan saya jika ada kelapangan, saya sendiri akan datang untuk mendapatkan tandatangan TUN jika di izinkan .Sekian dahulu terimakasih dan moga TUN dan keluarga sentiasa dalam keadaan sihat dan di berkati ALLAH SWT ...... P/S;dgn rendah diri saya mengharapkan maklumbalas dari pihak TUN

By M. Shahirasul Idrewoods on March 10, 2011 11:25 AM

Proud to be a Malay (however the definition is) and always am proud to be Malaysian.

By Rimba Emas on March 10, 2011 11:18 AM

SALAM BUAT TUN BERDUA MOGA DIRAHMATI ALLAH S.W.T

1) WALAU PUN SEMENANJUNG TANAH MELAYU ASALNYA MILIK MELAYU KERANA KUMPULAN INI MAJORITINYA MELAYU TETAPI ADAKAH ORANG MELAYU SEKARANG INI MERAMPAS TANAH-TANAH YANG DIBELI OLEH ORANG-ORANG BANGSA SELAIN DARI ORANG MELAYU ?

2) ORANG MELAYU SEKARANG MENDAPATI TANAH-TANAH ATAU PUN PEMBANGGUNAN SEKARANG LEBIH BANYAK ATAU PUN LEBIH KEMAMPUAN DIMILIKI OLEH BANGSA CINA ATAU INDIA. SEMUANYA KERANA NILAI HARTA INI BOLEH DIBELI DENGAN WANG SEBAGAI TUKARAN.

3) KEPADA BANGSA CINA YANG MENGATAKAN TUN 'RACIST' LIHATLAH REALITI BANGSA MANA YANG MEMILIKI HARTA MELEBIHI ANTARA SATU SAMA LAIN. DALAM MENYATAKAN TUN 'RACIST' ANTARA RAKAN-RAKAN TUN TERMASUKLAH NAMA-NAMA BANGSA CINA YANG MENDAPAT PROJEK SEPERTI SAUDARA VINCENT TAN.

4) MALAH ORANG MELAYU LAIN SENDIRI YANG TUN CUBA PERTAHANKAN SEBAGAI PEMILIK BUMI TANAH MELAYU INI TIDAK PERNAH MENDAPAT BANTUAN SEPERTI MANA YANG DIPEROLEHI OLEH KAUM-KAUM CINA JUGA BANGSA INDIA. MALAH JAUH SEBAGAI RAKAN PERNIAGAAN.

5) SEBAB ITU MAAF HENDAK DIKATAKAN BANGSA MELAYU YANG JAUH DARI PERHATIAN TUN SEMUANYA BERPERANAN SEBAGAI PENGUNDI SEBALIKNYA KEHIDUPAN BANYAK DIBANTU SESAMA MANUSIA YANG SANGGUP MEMBUAT AMALAN KEBAIKAN YANG DITUNTUT OLEH AGAMA. JADI KEMBALILAH KITA MENYEMBAH TUHAN (ALLAH S.W.T BAGI UMAT ISLAM).

6) PERTOLONGAN DAN PERJUANGAN YANG DIBERI PEMIMPIN INI SENDIRI BERGANTUNG KEPADA APA YANG DITUNTUT OLEH ALLAH S.W.T. OLEH ITU PERKARA-PERKARA YANG BERTENTANGAN DENGAN SERUAN YANG TERTULIS DIDALAM AL-QURAN BUKANLAH SATU KEPATUHAN SEBALIKNYA MAINAN DUNIA OLEH NAFSU INDIVIDU-INDIVIDU TERTENTU.

7) REZEKI INI PEMBERIAN ALLAH S.W.T. KEPADA YANG RAKUS DIDUNIA MENGAGALKAN USAHA UNTUK HIDUP AKAN DAPAT DITAMPUNG OLEH AMALAN KEPADA ALLAH S.W.T WALAUPUN TUNTUTAN KEPADA MANUSIA OLEH ALLAH S.W.T MENJADI PERSAINGAN DAN BEREBUTAN MAKHLUK-MAKHLUK DI BUMI INI. WALLAHU'ALAM

By Budi kita on March 10, 2011 11:12 AM

Dear Tun

No 13 is just fantastic, however, I would say it is just a distance dream because we do not have anything in common which can act as a glue for people of different ethnics. Malaysian citizenship is just a recent, 60 years old phenomena. It matter, realise it, most when you are outside the country only. There is no civilizational value such as language, culture, religion that we can share as a common, acceptable value. Besides physically we look different, however difference in hardware is not that crucial . In America, although they were German, Swedish and English all of them share the same protestant values.Initially even Catholic found it difficult to survive in the State. This is the real problem in our country, we have different software which cannot be intergrated.Even the weak malays in the southern neighbour are critised for not doing enough to intergrate themselve to the so call main stream. That why the Mentor Minister, the thumb-up friend of PAS, tries to enlighten up the malays there to loosen a bit in the practice of Islam. At one times DAP used to say "the eminent culture of the malays is just a banal joke". Is there any light at the end of the tunnel for no 13? I m groping.

By Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad on March 10, 2011 10:57 AM

Assalamualaikum wr wb,

Dear Tun Mahathir,

You have known me long enough. So while I may agree with the facts that you have presented - I however differ on the issue of the way forward.

Yes - I agree that the Malays ARE the bumiputeras of Malaya. Yes - I agree that some form of affirmative action is needed for the Malays. I do not dispute these facts.

But is this situation to be perpetuated forever ? The very harsh reality facing my generation is that these policies cannot be perpetuated ad infinitum. That they have a shelf life. True - Malaya's origins lie with the Malays - but that is NOT the reality of the 21st century. The Other races now say - well - we were born here and know no other country of origin. Can the Malays now in good conscience deny the Other races of their sense of belonging ? What happens to nation building then ? Bangsa Malaysia ? More pertinent is the fact that the Other races contribute more to Malaysia's coffers than the Malays !

At some point - Malaya must accept these Other races as being genuine citizens too. At some point - the concept of bumiputeraism - becomes obsolete and must be dropped. It has a shelf life and beyond its expiry date - it must be dropped. I guess that is the price the Malays pay for European Colonialism. What to do ? Bumiputeraism can only work for a few generations. After that - whether you admit it or not - even the Other races can lay claim to genuine citizenship as EQUALS.

Besides - people integrate into what they perceive to be SUPERIOR CULTURES. They do NOT integrate into what they perceive to be a backwards culture. And this brings me to the NEP. Yes - I agree that the NEP was and is necessary for the time being. But is it even possible to carry on with the NEP forever ? I do NOT believe so. At some point - it generates resentment and in fact - becomes a liability in nation building. Tun - you have known me long enough. I dare say that in 15 years - I have learned one thing very clear - and it is that YOU CANNOT CHANGE MALAYSIA WITHOUT CHANGING SINGAPORE AND YOU CANNOT CHANGE SINGAPORE WITHOUT CHANGING MALAYSIA. As Tan Siew Sin said - we ARE Siamese Twins.

To me there is only ONE way out - and that is A RACE-BLIND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR THE LOWER INCOME BRACKET ONLY. In other words - help ONLY the POOR of ALL races.

A race based affirmative action program for the bumiputeras only - works against your Bangsa Malaysia. So that is why you end up with a contradiction.

I admit that all this seems unfair to the Malays of Malaya. But that is the price we pay for European Colonialism. The aftermath of 500 years of Colonialism - is still being felt today. The British brought in the Other races. For a few generations - the Malays can deal with them with Article 153, Bumiputeraism and the NEP. But beyond that - there comes a point when the Other races can lay legitimate claims to be EQUAL CITIZENS. And Tun - that day of reckoning for the Malays - is fast approaching.

Personally - I blame the European Colonialists for this state of affairs. But there is no point in crying over spilt milk. I say to you that THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE MALAYS IS IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY. We need a rapid absorption of Science and Technology to balance out these inevitabilities. Remember - people only integrate into cultures which they perceive to be superior. So for a Bangsa Malaysia to happen - the Malays need Science & Technology.

Best Regards Dr Syed Alwi Bin Ahmad (Alsree)

By Azahari on March 10, 2011 10:49 AM

I strongly support one school system. All the races should loose their ethnic identity so we can become 1Malaysia. They can't expect only Malays to give out their privileges. Everybody must work hard for long term benefit for all. The ideas also should be expanded to wealth and economic sharing so nobody will be aside from benefiting the wealth. This is important to make keep our nation competitive as well as keeping peace and harmony.

By Gravity on March 10, 2011 10:44 AM

YABhg Tun'

The one that question about the Origin Race or Ethnic is LOST' in their own world. Quite a pity ! Even it takes another 100 years to become a perfect '1MALAYSIA' we would always go with the present government even we had face worst political scenario as we had in 2008 !

Bravo Tun !

P.S : Cant wait to buy 'A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE..MEMOIR >' By drjagento on March 10, 2011 10:41 AM

Assalamualikum and selamat sejahtera Tun and all, I have been reading the posting and the comments, and I suppose may of us get confused with the definition of Malay, "The constitution defines a Malay as a person who habitually speaks Malay, practices Malay custom and tradition and is a Muslim." 1. I have never read the constitution I am not sure whether this is what really written in the Malaysian constitution. Even if it is, it does cover everything that what its intended for although the most fundamental criteria i.e GENETIC INHERITANCE has not been laid out clearly in the text. 2. Basically no way can Ridhuan Tee be a Malay as he cannot fulfill the most fundamental criteria. Genetically he is a chinese (biological is not the right tem to be used). No one can change this, and this is the basis of any races in this world. If you’re borned as a chinese then you’re a chinese or if you’re borned out of malay parent you’re are a malay then. 3. The reason that the constitution is probably written in such a manner, is to resolve the issue of so many thousand of childrens borned out of a mixed marriage before merdeka (hundred of years before), in particular where the spouse is a malay muslim. What is the right of this halfblood offspring. Shall he/she be considered as the race of his/her mother or his/her father. The fact is that the parent would likely to decide which race will their offspring fall into. If both parent agree that the child is to be a malay, then it is the right of the child to be categorised as malay or vice versa. 4. However this issue does not stop by the fancy decision of the parent. While the parent of the halfblood remain as they were, the halfblood have more choice to select. If he/she live in a Malay environment, ate malay food, professed Islam, live in a Malay culture, speak Malay, practiced the malay custom and tradition, he is automatically accepted to be a malay by the malay or non malay. On the other hand if he/she lived in chinese environment, culture, ate chinese food etc and did not professed Islam then automatically he will be accepted as chinese by the malays and nonmalays. 5. But in many circumstances the halfblood live in both world. One thing that he/she cannot have more than one, is his religious believe. Halfblood who live in both world who do not professed Islam then automatically will not be considered as Malay (although legally he/she is half Malays) and in 99.99% cases did not want to be identified as malay. 6. On the other hand if this halfblood lived in both world or in a chinese environment but professed islam, he will be most likely to be accepted as a chinese Muslim by Malays or non malays partly explained why the constitution is written in such manner. 7. When a malay halfblood marry a malay, the genetic pool of their offspring is more malay than chinese and when this offspring marry a malay, their offspring will be more and more malay. This is how the malay blood line is diluted to what malay today. This group of malay have no problem of identifying themselves as malay, as they will be accepted by everyone as malay (You can apply this concept to any other halfblood i.e malay+ arab, malay+indian etc). 8. What happen when a halfblood married a non malay but professed Islam such as halfblood to an Indian muslim father which later married another Indian Muslim or halfblood of similar origin to them. The mamak community for example in some instances will marry a malay but live a mamak environment where their children then marry a mamak. Their offspring therefore speak mostly tamil, eat Indian food and practice Indian culture. Clearly that not only the genetic pool of the children has been reconcentrated into Indian genes, their way of living is not a malay life, and they would like to identify themselves as mamak. 9. Anywhere you go in this world this same social phenomena can be seen; whether it is in develop countries or in poor countries, the same rules as mentioned above applies. 10. Now when our country was about to get her independence, we were in deep dilemma on how to make all people happy, malay, non malay, halfblood, aborigin etc with regard to the wealth of the country. Who should get what. 11. Let me bring in the issue of orang asli before we go further on the dilemma of a giving birth to a new nation. Many non malays today try to reduce the privilege of the malays by claiming that only the orang asli is the real master of the land. 12. Long ago when this land was not known to the outside world (i.e the European, Arab or Indian merhants) when history was not yet written, the malays has been roaming this land. You may like to imagine that the first malay might perhaps came from some part of Indochina, the malay archipelago or elsewhere nearby. Nevermind about that; the important thing is the fact that they are MALAY, as much a chinese is a chinese and Indian is an Indian. 13. While roaming this land they later mixed and married to the orang asli (that’s why you clearly can see some traits of orang asli in some of the malays – curly hair, darker skin etc). Although I don’t have very much of the features, but I am proud to say that some part of my DNA derived from orang asli but too diluted now to be visible. 14. The small pocket of orang asli that you see now are those group that resist changes in the past hundred of years or even thousand of years while the majority of them mixed with the malay and we malays are a blend of this orang asli and malay as much as we blend with other races including the arab and the european. Can we prove this. Very soon, very soon as long as any geneticist intererested to look into this; we can easily see how far or close are we genetically, from our mixed or pure ancestors (if there are such thing as pure blood). 15. Back to the independence dilemma. How the country should give what should be given to the malays (i.e the whole country with all in it without hurting anyone). Remember, unlike today, every single soul in this country during that time, well accepting the malays as the right heir of the land. No questions about it. I supposed that, if any non malays of that time had even a very brief doubt about this fact, our history might has been written differently. It is not luck that such doubt didn’t arised. The fact was, that nobody (malay or nonmalay) have any doubt about the malay as the right heir of the land. The probable issues among nonmalays at the time were whether they as well will be given the opportunity to be the citizen of the new nation. On the other hand, no single malay (or halfblood for the sake argument) will be worrying of what their status would be. 16. In essence, at the time of independent, most nonmalay who have not really gained as much wealth generally have lttle interest to remain in this country since they felt that they don’t belongs to this country, but to some who has made a fortune would like to negotiate or pay some kind of tribute to be part of the new country. 17. Having living side by side for hundred of years without a single major racial conflict between them, our forefathers (malay or nonmalays) felt that why should start one now (then), when so many avenues can be explored. 18. Surely if asked, our Malays forefathers would rather have the whole country and all it wealth be returned to them. What about the chinese, the Indian and the rest? Well they can go back to where they come from. Well as we know today that was not what happen. 19. Let see whether this is a valid issue to look further into. As far as history known to us many other races has one way or another visit and lived in this malay land. The arab merchants, the indian and chinese traders, the portuguese, the dutch and the british. The later three even made this land as part of their own country territory for hundred of years, meaning that they can do whatever they want. But when they no longer govern this country, all of them together left this country, non of them even want to request for citizenship. Don’t you think they are as elligible as others immigrant to be part of the new nation, perhaps by being the superior lots, they can decide to stay and would we the original guardian of the land say no. But non requested except a few. Hundred of years in India and elsewhere, but once they left they left altogether. 20. If I am an educated Malay living in the era of independence, I suppose I will make claims that since we are the original guardian of this land, we should decide who shall stay and who shall go (Imagine the word spread and million will listen and influenced by this thinking). Or think it the other way round- if chinese is the original guardian of this land, during the time of liberation will you like be the one who make the decision on who gets what, or you would timidly say that I want to share this wealth with everyone else. 21. I cannot avoid to be biased here. The generosity of our malay forefather who perhaps were less patriotic about their own country or too sentimental about the welfare of others or on what ever reason, have been willing to share the country together with nonmalays. What a sacrifice. An analogy…. ‘I have house which is passed to me by my father, but told me that one of the room was rented to a friend of him. Now this house is mine, but the tenant now request the room should be given to him only because he had been living in there for many years and your father has been good to him’. Is that a good reason that this tenant claiming the right of something never have been his”. 22. Now all this dilemma is in the past, but the effect remain until today. One good decision in the past doesn’t hold very long, but a wrong decision may haunted us for many many years to come. But many decision are on this shaded grey areas where so many like to manipulate. 23. Back to the constitution – If what was written is true, Don’t you think it mean to allow many more Malaysian to enjoy the privilege, indeed if everyone wanted to, they all can – remember only 3 criterias, speak habitual malay, practice malay custom and tradition and professed Islam’… nothing immpossible…genetic is not a criteria. Thank you Tun and wassalam.

By Reza Zainal on March 10, 2011 10:12 AM

I love your autobiography Tun, I got it yesterday at the Times. I have to admit I fast tracked to chapter 31 and 52 about the you-know-who :-) I have 2 autograph copies of your previous books and I hope to get this one autographed too.

I hope in Malaysia we would have only ONE type of government school, where we can learn side by side with the other races instead of having a few types now.

I think this is one of the main causes of the disunity among the races.

Source: http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/2011/03/semenanjung-tanah-melayu- 2.html