Wee Meng Chee - the true patriot

Is Meng Chee patriotic? Some ministers said he is not patriotic because he amended the tempo of the national anthem, some said he is not patriotic because his song is seditious, others said he criticized the government and tried to put the country in a chaos therefore he is not patriotic. What is patriotism? It is the love towards our country. However how do you define a country?

In the year of 1932 in China, there’s a professor named Chen Duxiu. He is a propagator of the Marxism-Leninism. He is also one of the founders of the Communist Party. In that year the Kuomintang Government put him on a trial with the accusation of “betrayal of country”

In his defense argument he said “The Communist Party is against the Kuomintang Government, not the Republic of China, Kuomintang Government is not a country! I did not betray the country, the government and the country are two different matters.”

A country is defined as the land, the people and the sovereign rights. Therefore any action to jeopardize the land, the people and the sovereign rights is betrayal to the country. While those against the government, having different political view if seen as betrayal to the country is erroneous.

Today Meng Chee criticized the government policies, the social evil – we can not take his action as betrayal to the country. In actual fact, he is a true patriot; He is the most patriotic among all patriots. When he furthered his studies in Taiwan, he brought along a Malaysian Flag. How many of us could do this? He even brought the Jalur Gemilang around the stadium during a basketball competition. We have one minister saying that if you don’t hang the national flag means that you are not patriotic. Is he trying to suggest those Mat Rempit who hangs the national flag on their motorcycles as patriotic?

We should ponder why this issue could start developed from the very beginning. If it is not Meng Chee who uploaded the “Negarakuku” on youtube, I believe there would be others who will do the same thing. I regard this as the Meng Chee phenomenon. The main reason of this phenomenon is the government act trying to suppress the young generations thinking. The younger generations do not have the proper channel or space to articulate their views. When the suppression of feelings get greater and greater eventually it will burst and we can see people like Meng Chee trying to express their feeling through video clips.

Why is the video clip by Meng Chee so well received? I asked one of my friends what is his feeling after viewing the clip. He responded “I feel well” Why is it so? This is because Meng Chee said the truth of our society in his song. It is the naked truth, an inconvenient truth that many of us feel deep inside our heart. It is just like the story of the emperor’s new cloth, when everyone is saying that how well the emperor dress is; a little young boy jumps out and pointed that the emperor is actually naked! Meng Chee is this little young boy. When our prime minister started his serving, he stressed that he wanted to listen to the truth. If he wants to listen to the truth, we tell him the truth; Meng Chee even rapped the truth out but what are the consequences? He is going to be punished!

There are also several double standards in this issue. Basically those allegations on Meng Chee could be categorized into three groups. First, amending the national anthem – if you really pay attention to Meng Chee’s song, you will realize what he did was merely increase the tempo of the national anthem and inserting some raps in between. He did not change the genre of the song. In fact, there are some singers who presented R&B Negaraku during concerts! If Meng Chee is to be punished, those singers should be punished as well. The second allegation on Meng Chee - his song is seditious and he is trying to provoke racial disharmony. Is this true? How about those seditious statements during the UMNO general assembly last year? Aren’t they more “suitable” to be charged under the seditious act? The third allegation – he is insulting Islam. To be honest, it is quite hard to defend Meng Chee on this issue. This is also the only part in the song that I do not agree personally. However the worst line Meng Chee used in the song was “ada yang suara macam ayam”

He used the phrase “macam ayam”. If you still remember last year in Parliament, the People Progressive Party President, Kayveas used the phrase “macam monyet” to address the opposition party MP. He even argued that “Saya tak cakap dia monyet, saya cakap dia macam monyet, macam sahajalah” In the end Kaveyas retracted the phrase and today Meng Chee apologized. If the government is going to punish Meng Chee, they should go after Kayveas first!

The government should not punish Meng Chee; they should understand that the main cause of this “negaraku” is the unfair treatment and discriminative policies. These policies should be corrected. It is not the other way round, which is to punish Meng Chee leaving the main issues – social evils, unfair treatment, and public service performance unaddressed. The government should listen to the younger generations view and address the issues brought up. If the government continues using suppressing actions against opposing views, it would only cause negative effects. Today Meng Chee used his real name to upload his song and without any cover up. What if others trying to emulate him but upload songs anonymously and without showing their face? This will only worsen the matter.

In one of Meng Chee’s video clip he mentioned the following
“If it is not the unfair Malaysian Universities policy, I need not come here(Taiwan). I love my country, the deeper my love, the eager I am to voice out my concern, but in return I am going to be punished by law. However, I am not worried. What I am worried is the social evil in Malaysia, the unfair policies and the incompetence of the government. I hope Malaysia will get better.”
These are sincere and heartfelt words coming out from a 24 year-old. Are you hardhearted enough to punish such a young guy?

Today we gather here to express our support to Meng Chee. We are going to back him up. Our society needs youngsters who dare to voice out, who can think independently like him. It is only with people like Meng Chee, we have hope for our country. If the younger generation no longer cares and no longer express their concern in the society and politics; it will be a grieved sorrow to our country.

Speech during "Love the country; Defend Meng Chee" Forum in KL-Selangor Chinese Assembly hall

First public speaking experience

I got a call from Uncle Kit on Saturday afternoon. Initially, I thought he wanted to ask me something about the murder of Tang Lai Meng or some social issues in Sungai Long. When he said that he wanted me to speak in the forum in KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, I was surprised. I honestly couldn’t believe it. I thought DAP was lacked of speakers(so he called me) I was wrong. There is a panel of distinguished speakers, I am the only “nobody’ among the speakers. I didn’t take long to decide speaking. After my cousin said he could fetch me back to KL, immediately I gave Uncle Kit a return call telling him “I can make it!”

I was at my aunt’s house when Swee Kuan called me to confirm my particulars. I was quite excited and my Aunty somehow overheard that I will be speaking in the forum. She started getting panicked. Minutes before that, I told her I was just going to attend the forum. She then psycho me trying to convince me not to go, she said what if I get arrested under ISA, OSA, ICAC, BCAB, PWC, JGHFUXXXX just the month before I am leaving for London? My future will be ruined……bla bla bla….. She even took the script I drafted and trying to read what am I going to speak. When she read something about UMNO in my script she started nagging again
“UMNO is UMNO business lar, you don’t talk about UMNO lar. You just say you support Ming chi enough lar, later police arrest you……”

I was like,oh….ok ok. No UMNO. Lol. I also did not tell my parents that I am going to speak in the forum. First, they wouldn’t believe me. Secondly, I think if they believe me, they would stop me from going. Therefore I just told them I have some urgent matter to “settle” in KL. Of course they let me go.

I took the whole night trying to write up my full speech. It was a sleepless Friday night; the only thing kept playing in my mind was the piece of speech I am going to deliver.

Saturday afternoon, after watching Lin Dan beating Sonny in the Badminton World Championship we started journey back to KL. I was getting more and more nervous. I clearly couldn’t remember the last time I spoke in front of public. If I’m not mistaken it should be during primary school in the story telling competition or Pertandingan Syarahan. And that was in front of a bunch of school kids!

I reached the Chinese Assembly Hall on time. I was surprised that the whole room was full! Full house man~ previous forums I attended weren’t like that. Guan Eng suggested that we shift to the second floor(a larger hall) to accommodate more people. I can feel the warmth of the public. When we walked up to the second floor, surprisingly my nervousness and tensions all went off automatically. Suddenly there was a burning desire inside my heart to deliver a good speech.

When it was my turn to speak, I started quite shaky and eventually got better. The feeling on stage is good, everything just flows on smoothly that even I myself was surprised. The thunder applause from the floor definitely helps a lot. Tony said my speech was better than what they expected. He said Guan Eng was quite worry of my speech before the forum. As long as I deliver a decent piece of speech I am satisfied.

Right now I am in a dilemma. I want the news of this forum to be published in the papers(mainstream media I mean). However, I do not want my parents to see me in the newspaper! Sigh, I will have a tough time explaining to them by tomorrow. Maybe I can wake up early tomorrow and try to “get rid” of the newspaper? What’s a good excuse? Raining – paper got wet? Stray dog bites our newspaper? Or wind blows our papers away? Or maybe I can just say, that guy just looks like me, it’s not me~ ;p

And last but not least, Thank you Uncle Kit for giving me this opportunity! Thanks for having faith in someone without any public speaking experience like me to deliver a speech in such a big big forum!

Namewee apologized

So namewee had apologized(with the help of Chua Soi Lek). What's next? The cabinet has accepted his apology but insisted that action to be taken. Some have suggested the seditious act will be used.

There has been a lot of party trying to support namewee when he is bombarded by the ministers. including DAP, Keadilan, MCA and some NGOs'. However namewee had chosen MCA to back him. He clearly knows that something wrong would have happen(that he would be charged). It is also reasonable to assume that the MCA had demanded namewee to apologized promising to help him getting out of this trouble.

These few days, we can see MCA ministers giving out statement that this issue should come to an end, hoping to make this issue into nothing(they dare not address the "real" issue in the song - poor public service, corruption, and the admission rate of Chinese students in public universities). The cabinet decision was to accept the apology but insisted on taking action against namewee(contradicting isn't it?). This clearly comes from the UMNO decision to appeal to the angry Malays. They are there to "mempertahankan hak Melayu dan Islam"

This again demonstrated the poor and helpless MCA with no negotiating power in front of UMNO. Whenever there is any conflicting decisions in the BN, UMNO always have the final say(issues like the chinese primary school is a good example). Right now, Cabinet=UMNO and parliament=UMNO. The whole legislative is dominated by a racist party. Until BN is outvoted by the people, there is no way UMNO domination will come to an end. The only hope I see is Keadilan. Let's vote for change.

monkey and cock

The MTV created by namewee has created a stir in the mainstream media. Harian Metro used the word 'biadab' to describe namewee without giving any translations in the papers, those who can't understand mandarin will definitely be carried away by the one sided report. This will only create tension among Malaysians. I will put up a malay translation of the lyrics soon. Besides that Syed Hamid today also commented in NST

"No matter how modern you are — you don’t make fun of your national anthem."

As for me this is only a way of expression. It is purely artistic and musical - and should not be taken as making fun of the national anthem. Besides that the most sensitive sentence i feel in the lyrics would be

'ada suara yang macam ayam'

If you still remember last year in parliament the PPP president, Kayveas uses the word 'macam monyet' to address the opposition but refused to apologize. According to him

'Saya tak cakap dia monyet, saya cakap dia macam monyet'



If this is the case, I plead nameweee not guilty.

Town council or Developer?

Miss Sum from DSA called me regarding my recommendations to address the students safety in Sungai Long. She said that DSA had been pastering the town council regarding the street lights(jalan persiaran sungai long) since long time ago.

According to the town council, the street lights are still under the developer(Sin Heap Lee) responsiblity. However, when DSA write to the developer, they said that they have surrender the condominiums to the residents and the town council should fix the street lights. Dammit!

Who should fix the street lights? Students can't be walking in the dark for long. Definitely someone will get robbed or raped again! Miss Sum also mention, "We can't be like the opposition doing nothing except scolding!"

Now that DSA have did everything they could but still the issue could not be resolved. The main problem now is not because of street lights. It's the local government. If we could get to elect our local government, definitely they will have to repair all the street lights(or we wont give them our votes!) It's simple as that. The people should be the masters, the local government should serve us, not the other way round!

I would say something very wrong is happening in our public delivery system. The people must stand up and speak out loud. I love this quote from "V for Vendetta"

People should not be afraid of government.

The government should be afraid of the people.

If they system in our society is wrong, we must have the courage to vote for change. why do we need to write letter to the town council pastering them to repairing the street lights. While in the other hand, during the by-election in Ijok and Machap. You have all kinds of development coming in including children playground, all street lights being fixed and new road tar.Some RM36 million and RM30 million respectively are poured into the constituency for development(to "buy" votes). How could this be happening? The government is only concerned about the people during election. You don't even need a thousand dollars for reparing the street lights in sungai long. Yet, nobody bothers!

Do we need to wait for a by-election in Sungai Long to get the street lights repaired?

Umno is not racist, says Khairy

As reported in the star

KLANG: Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaludin has refuted allegations by the Opposition that the movement practises racism.

“I don’t understand how the accusation come about – calling us racist. In fact, Umno always emphasises on the power-sharing concept and history has proven it.

“Ijok is a good example, where an Indian candidate was nominated despite a Malay majority in the constituency. This had been repeated in many other constituencies.

“How can we be racist, when we are defending equality?” he asked after opening the Kapar Umno division youth delegates meeting here yesterday.

Khairy also said that Selangor did not need a comprehensive development blueprint from the Federal Government as it was already a well-developed state.

He said such development plans should be channelled to the less developed states such Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang.

Let's revisit UMNO General Assembly last October

Malacca delegate Hasnoor Sidang Hussein stated that

Umno is willing to risk lives and bathe in blood in defence of race and religion

Umno Youth exco member Azimi Daim said

when tension rises, the blood of Malay warriors will run in our veins

Perlis delegate Hashim Suboh

Datuk Hisham has unsheathed his keris, waved his keris, kissed his keris. We want to ask Datuk Hisham when is he going to use it

Razak Idris, Ketua Penerangan Pemuda Umno Terengganu who said that

Hak Orang Melayu tidak boleh dicabar, jika tidak orang Melayu akan mengamok, peristiwa Mei 13 akan berulang yang ianya akan lebih teruk daripada tahun 1969 yang akan menjadikan Kuala Lumpur padang terkukur

And also this very recent piece of news - Hishammudin : MCA, stop making statements on Malaysia being a secular state.

“Saya beri amaran kepada pemimpin MCA supaya berhenti membuat kenyataan sedemikian. Ingin saya tegaskan, saya bukan pemimpin naif yang akan membenarkan perkara ini berterusan. Amaran saya ialah berhenti membuat kenyataan,” katanya selepas merasmikan mesyuarat Umno Bahagian Ranau, di sini semalam.

What more can I say? Two-faced Kahiry!

two-faced(adj) - marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

UTAR student murdered

Three weeks ago I was at the MBPJ civic Hall for the Parliamentary Caucus on Human Rights and Good Governance on “Fight Rising Crime”. Never in life had I ever felt so hopeful for a safe and secured society – with more than 14 MPs’ present listening to the public’s suggestion and addressing the public discontent of the rising crime rate.


Three weeks after the caucus, I heard this most shocking news from my friend in UTAR about the murder of a UTAR accounting student in Mahkota cheras, Sungai Long - a place that I have lived for around 3 years, the place I earned my degree, a place I have endless memories and also a place that I claimed safe. I feel so despair and disappointed.

While the murderer should be condemned for this brutality, the police force and UTAR should bear some responsibility to ensuring the resident/student safety. The DSA(department of students affairs) in particularly should be reprimanded for not able to inform the victim’s family members in time – keeping them out of knowledge and doubtful that their daughter “might” be murdered and making them bear the agony and distress. It was the police, not DSA who first inform the family members about the murder.

It is with most regret that such a tragedy happened at the month where UTAR is holding its third convocation. As a UTAR alumni and having so many friends and relatives currently studying in UTAR Sungai Long, I am going to write to UTAR DSA to express my great concern. Prompt action must be taken to ensure the safety of the student and most importantly to provide a safe and secured neighborhood for the students.

Open Invitation to Malaysians - August 10 Parliamentary Roundtable to reaffirm Malaysia a secular state with Islam as official religion

Dear Malaysian,

OPEN INVITATION to Parliamentary Roundtable on Friday 10th August 2007 to reaffirm Merdeka social contract and Malaysia Agreement on the occasion of 50th Merdeka anniversary that Malaysia is a secular state with Islam as official religion and not an Islamic state
_______________________________________

When Malaya achieved independence in 1957 and Malaysia was formed six years later in 1963, a national social compact was reached that the nation shall be a secular state with Islam as the official religion and not an Islamic State.

The Merdeka social contract and Malaysia Agreement that Malaysia is a secular state with Islam as the official religion and not an Islamic state was given expression in the Federal Constitution, articulated by the founding fathers of the nation including the first three Prime Ministers, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Razak and Tun Hussein and given full recognition by the highest court in the land.

For over four decades, there was national consensus of the secular character of Malaysian nation-building which was only disrupted in the past six years, raising questions about the national commitment to protect and sustain this fundamental cornerstone of Malaysian nation-building.

A Parliamentary Roundtable to reaffirm the Merdeka social contract and the Malaysia Agreement that the nation is a secular state with Islam as the official religion and not an Islamic state is being convened in Parliament on Friday, 10th August 2007 at 10 am. (Bilik Taklimat)

This is to send out a clear and unequivocal message on the occasion of the 50th Merdeka anniversary of the nation in 2007 that the Merdeka social contract and the Malaysia Agreement that Malaysia is a secular state with Islam as the official religion and not an Islamic state must continue to be the bedrock of the Malaysian nation-building process.

You are invited to the Parliamentary Roundtable to endorse the reaffirmation of the Merdeka social contract and Malaysia Agreement that Malaysia is a secular state with Islam as the official religion and not an Islamic state.

I apologise for the shortness of time. Kindly inform my office of your ability to accept this invitation or your representative to the Parliamentary Roundtable by Wednesday, 8th August 2007. (Contact persons Lau Weng San 016-3231563, 03-79578022; Wong Chow Onn 016-2681483).

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Lim Kit Siang
Opposition Leader
Parliament
1st August 2007

Jeff Ooi’s Welcoming Party as member of DAP

Beleive it! Jeff Ooi is now a DAP member. I witnessed him handed the DAP membership form to Cheras MP this morning.

Check out his new political blog - jeff4malayisa for the press statement on joining DAP. Currently the blog is inaccessible due to high volume of traffic(i believe). Also read this, Uncle Kit's speech and Guan Eng's press statement. This is the report from merekareview.


Now that Jeff Ooi has taken a political stand. We need to send him into parliament in the next GE to speak for the people. Guan Eng had confirmed in the PC that Jeff will be contesting in a parliamentary seat. Which constituency? We(DAP) shall announce that later. Who is next after Jeff Ooi? This coming GE is becoming more and more unpredictable. I am anticipating more heavyweights to join politics.

Open Invite to Jeff Ooi's DAP Welcoming Ceremony

The biggest landmark political and blogging event of the year is going to happen here in PJ ss17. Jeff Ooi, Malaysia's pioneering and most prominent socio-political blogger is expected to make his statement on his decision to join the DAP to fight for a better Malaysia.

DATE: July 31, 2007
TIME: 10:30am
PLACE: Food Foundry, BG-8 Happy Mansion Jalan 17/13, Petaling Jaya

Click here for the map.

For more information please contact Tony Pua.

Jeff Ooi joins DAP

It's official! When I read "DAP's next big catch" from Tony Pua's blog I wasn't really convinced that Jeff Ooi will join DAP. I thought it was mere speculations and rumours. Moreover, Jeff Ooi cheekily left in his blog "You think i have a cause to join them(DAP)" made me think that Jeff will remain a Gerakan member.

However I was proved wrong. It came out in the star today that The DAP is planning a “welcoming ceremony” on Tuesday to announce his crossover from blogosphere to party politics. Top party leaders as well as some of Jeff Ooi’s blogger friends will attend the ceremony. Sources also said that DAP has Jeff Ooi in mind for the Puchong parliamentary seat as well as the Kinrara state seat. And also check this out from merdekareview.

Right now, the bloggesphere is still quite calm(I would say). As I could not find any updates from Jeff Ooi's blog, Tony's blog, or even DAP site. I believe there will a lot of discussions regarding Jeff Ooi participation in politics starting soon. Let us see what happens next.

The next general election is just around the corner and we can be very sure that this will be the most anticipating general election with so many heavyweight political newbies. Yea, and that includes Victor Gu from MCA. lol.

List of racial discriminations in Malaysia

Khairy started the marginalisation argument. He said the Malays in Balik Pulau, Penang is marginalised. Then, Lee Kuan Yew said that Chinese in Malaysia is systematically marginalised. Lim Guan Eng added into the "war" when he said,

"In fact Kuan Yew is half-right in that it is not only that the Chinese are marginalized. The Indians, poor Malays and bumis from East Malaysia are also marginalized."

Hishamuddin denies this. In the UMNO assembly meeting he said there is no solid proof that the non-malays are being marginalised in this country. Who's telling the truth? I think we should let the facts speak. after all, "facts speak louder than words". This is what my housemate found when he was doing his Moral assignment.

List of racial discriminations (Malaysia):

(1) Out of all the 5 major banks, only one bank is multi-racial, the rest are controlled by malays

(2) 99% of Petronas directors are malays

(3) 3% of Petronas employees are Chinese

(4) 99% of 2000 Petronas gasoline stations are owned by malays

(5) 100% all contractors working under Petronas projects must be bumis status

(6) 0% of non-malay staffs is legally required in malay companies. But there must be 30% malay staffs in Chinese companies.

(7) 5% of all new intake for government police, nurses, army, is non-malays.

(8) 2% is the present Chinese staff in Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), drop from 40% in 1960

(9) 2% is the percentage of non-malay government servants in Putrajaya. But malays make up 98%

(10) 7% is the percentage of Chinese government servants in the whole government (in 2004), drop from 30% in 1960

(11) 95% of government contracts are given to malays

(12) 100% all business licensees are controlled by malay government e.g. Taxi permits, Approved permits, etc

(13) 80% of the Chinese rice millers in Kedah had to be sold to malay controlled Bernas in 1980s. Otherwise, life is make difficult for Chinese rice millers

(14) 100 big companies set up, owned and managed by Chinese Malaysians were taken over by government, and later managed by malays since 1970s e.g. UTC, UMBC, MISC, etc

(15) At least 10 Chinese owned bus companies (throughout Malaysia, throughout 40 years) had to be sold to MARA or other malay transport companies due to rejection by malay authority to Chinese application for bus routes and rejection for their application for new buses

(16) 2 Chinese taxi drivers were barred from driving in Johor Larkin bus station. There are about 30 taxi drivers and 3 are Chinese in October 2004. Spoiling taxi club properties was the reason given

(17) 0 non-malays are allowed to get shop lots in the new Muar bus station (November 2004)

(18) 8000 billions ringgit is the total amount the government channeled to malay pockets through ASB, ASN, MARA, privatisation of government agencies, Tabung Haji etc, through NEP over 34 years period

(19) 48 Chinese primary schools closed down since 1968 - 2000

(20) 144 Indian primary schools closed down since 1968 - 2000

(21) 2637 malay primary schools built since 1968 - 2000

(22) 2.5% is government budget for Chinese primary schools. Indian schools got only 1%, malay schools got 96.5%

(23) While a Chinese parent with RM1000 salary (monthly) cannot get school-text-book-loan, a malay parent with RM2000 salary is eligible

(24) 10 all public universities vice chancellors are malays

(25) 5% - the government universities lecturers of non-malay origins had been reduced from about 70% in 1965 to only 5% in 2004

(26) Only 5% is given to non-malays for government scholarships over 40 years

(27) 0 Chinese or Indians were sent to Japan and Korea under “Look East Policy”

(28) 128 STPM Chinese top students could not get into the course that they aspired i.e. Medicine (in 2004)

(29) 10% place for non-bumi students for MARA science schools beginning from year 2003, but only 7% are filled. Before that it was 100% malays

(30) 50 cases whereby Chinese and Indian Malaysians, are beaten up in the National Service program in 2003

(31) 25% is Malaysian Chinese population in 2004, drop from 45% in 1957

(32) 7% is the present Malaysian Indians population (2004), a drop from 12% in 1957

(33) 2 millions Chinese Malaysians had emigrated to overseas since 40 years ago

(34) 0.5 million Indian Malaysians had emigrated to overseas

(35) 3 millions Indonesians had migrated into Malaysia and became Malaysian citizens with bumis status.

(36) 600000 are the Chinese and Indian Malaysians with red IC and were rejected repeatedly when applying for citizenship for 40 years. Perhaps 60% of them had already passed away due to old age. This shows racism of how easily Indonesians got their citizenships compare with the Chinese and Indians

(37) 5% - 15% discount for a malay to buy a house, regardless whether the malay is rich or poor

(38) 2% is what Chinese new villages get compare with 98% of what malay villages got for rural development budget

(39) 50 road names (at least) had been changed from Chinese names to other names

(40) 1 Dewan Gan Boon Leong (in Malacca) was altered to other name (e.g. Dewan Serbaguna or sort) when it was being officially used for a few days. Government try to shun Chinese names. This racism happened in around year 2000 or sort

(41) 0 temples/churches were built for each housing estate. But every housing estate got at least one mosque/surau built

(42) 3000 mosques/surau were built in all housing estates throughout Malaysia since 1970. No temples, no churches are required to be built in housing estates

(43) 1 Catholic church in Shah Alam took 20 years to apply to be constructed. But told by malay authority that it must look like a factory and not look like a church. Still not yet approved in 2004

(44) 1 publishing of Bible in Iban language banned (in 2002)

(45) 0 of the government TV stations (RTM1, RTM2, TV3) are directors of non-malay origins

(46) 30 government produced TV dramas and films always showed that the bad guys had Chinese face, and the good guys had malay face. You can check it out since 1970s. Recent years, this tendency becomes less

(47) 10 times, at least, malays (especially Umno) had threatened to massacre the Chinese Malaysians using May 13 since 1969

(48) 20 constituencies won by DAP would not get funds from the government to develop. Or these Chinese majority constituencies would be the last to be developed

(49) 100 constituencies (parliaments and states) had been racistly re-delineated so Chinese voters were diluted that Chinese candidates, particularly DAP candidates lost in election since 1970s

(50) Only 3 out of 12 human rights items are ratified by Malaysia government since 1960

(51) 0 - elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (UN Human Rights) is not ratified by Malaysia government since 1960s

(52) 20 reported cases whereby malay ambulance attendances treated Chinese patients inhumanely, and malay government hospital staffs purposely delay attending to Chinese patients in 2003. Unreported cases may be 200

(53) 50 cases each year whereby Chinese, especially Chinese youths being beaten up by malay youths in public places. We may check at police reports provided the police took the report, otherwise there will be no record

(54) 20 cases every year whereby Chinese drivers who accidentally knocked down malays were seriously assaulted or killed by malays

(55) 12% is what ASB/ASN got per annum while banks fixed deposit is only about 3.5% per annum

There are hundreds more racial discriminations in Malaysia to add to this list of “colossal” racism. It is hope that the victims of racism will write in to expose racism.

Malaysia government should publish statistics showing how much malays had benefited from the “special rights” of malays and at the same time tell the statistics of how much other minority races are being discriminated.

Hence, the responsibility lies in the Malaysia government itself to publish unadulterated statistics of racial discrimination.

If the Malaysia government hides the statistics above, then there must be some evil doings, immoral doings, shameful doings and sinful doings, like the Nazi, going on onto the non-malays of Malaysia.

Civilized nation, unlike evil Nazi, must publish statistics to show its treatment on its minority races. This is what Malaysia must publish……….

We are asking for the publication of the statistics showing how “implementation of special rights of malays” had inflicted colossal racial discrimination onto non-malays.

This article was originally posted in SachatamiaGroup.blogsome.com

The concept of bumiputera and non-bumiputera in Malaysia context(must read!)

First, let me clarify something. This piece of work is not done by me. It is a moral group assignment by my housemate. The group members include :
Phua Pei Fang(leader)
Low Shu Yun
Ng Jun Hui
Oh Jia Hao
Lim Keong Loong

This is by far the best assignment I have ever come across(including assignments in English) in UTAR. A must read recommendation by me. However our Moral Lecturer is a bumiputera. If one of the group members fails this subject, I will not be surprised. Lol.

Assignment question :
Wajarkah konsep bumiputera dan bukan bumiputera diwujudkan dalam konteks Negara Malaysia. Bincangkan situasi tersebut dari perspektif teori teleologi (egoisme) dan teori deontologi (eksistensialisme).

Answer:
Teori Egoisme
Teori teleologi adalah teori yang menilai sesuatu perbuatan sama ada baik (wajar) atau tidak baik (tidak wajar) berdasarkan kapada nilai instrumentalnya. Sesuatu perbuatan atau tindakan dianggap bermoral jika jumlah kebaikan atau faedah yang dihasilkan melebihi kejahatan. Egoisme adalah salah satu jenis teori teleologi yang memegang prinsip bahawa seseorang itu mestilah melakukan sesuatu perbuatan yang bermatlamat memberikan faedah kepada diri sendiri. Oleh itu, setiap perbuatan dan kesannya memberi keuntangan dan faedah kepada diri sendiri adalah sesuatu perbuatan yang baik dan sesuatu perbuatan yang buruk jika merugikan diri sendiri.

Dari perspektif teori teleology (egoisme), konsep bumiputera dan bukan bumiputera tidak wajar diwujudkan dalam konteks Negara Malaysia. Ini kerana egoisme biasanya mementingkan diri sendiri sahaja dan tidak mengambil kira kepentingan orang lain, menindas dan mengeksploitasi orang lain. Selain itu, egoisme tidak mengutamakan kemurahan hati tetapi sentiasa mengejar kepentingan diri sendiri. Kita telah mencapai kemerdekaan selama 50 tahun, taraf hidup kita telah bertambah baik. Kemakmuran dan kesejahteraan yang kita capai selama ini adalah hasil kerjasama erat sesama kaum dan sikap saling faham-memahami antara satu sama lain. Namun begitu, masih ada golongan yang enggan menerima hakikat hidup bersama. Mereka lebih rela memencilkan diri dan memaksa orang lain mengikut fahaman sempit mereka. Sikap ini tidak akan membantu dalam mewujudkan masyarakat Malaysia yang berasaskan kepada perasaan saling mempercayai, tolong-menolong dan hidup dengan harmoni. Kita tidak ingin melihat kaum-kaum tertentu diperlekehkan atas dasar diskriminasi kaum dan agama.

Bangsa bukan Melayu, khususnya generasi yang lahir selepas Merdeka menganggap Malaysia adalah tanahair mereka secara ikhlas dan jujur. Di sinilah bumi dipijak dan langit dijunjung. Mereka turut membangunkan ekonomi, politik, sosial dan pembangunan negara ini secara keseluruhannya bersama-sama kaum lain. Mereka tidak menolak istilah Melayu atau bukan Melayu. Itu istilah etnik yang telah sedia ada selama ini. Mereka hanya tidak dapat menerima istilah bumiputera dan bukan bumiputera. Istilah bumiputera telah diperluaskan penggunaannya bersama perlaksanaan Dasar Ekonomi Baru sejak tahun 1970. Istilah bumiputera itu membawa kesan pembezaan yang nyata. Ia menjadikan seolah-olah bukan bumiputera seperti orang-orang Cina, India dan lain-lain sebagai rakyat kelas kedua di Malaysia.

Manakala bagi pihak lain, sesetengah golongan minoriti Melayu yang masih belum dapat menerima hakikat bahawa bangsa lain juga warganegara yang sama taraf dan sama hak dan tanggungjawabnya dengan mereka dari segi undang-undang dan Perlembagaan Negara. Segolongan kecil minoriti Melayu masih menganggap konsep ketuanan Melayu adalah realiti, sesuatu yang betul wujud dan bukannya ilusi. Mereka masih menganggap Malaysia ini sebagai Tanah Melayu dan hak kepunyaan eksklusif orang Melayu. Sebaliknya, orang lain dianggap sebagai orang asing. Justeru itu, mereka menganggap istilah bumiputera itu perlu dikekalkan. Ini adalah berkaitkan dengan kedudukan keistimewaan orang Melayu seperti yang dijamin dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Perlembagaan ini membenarkan kebebasan beragama namun ia telah mengiktiraf Islam sebagai agama rasmi Malaysia. Untuk meningkatkan taraf hidup orang Melayu, pihak kerajaan sentiasa menyediakan bantuan kewangan kepada pelbagai institusi Islam dan organisasi-organisasi Islam. Secara tidak langsung, kerajaan kurang memberi perhatian dan bantuan kewangan kepada bangsa lain. Konsep bumiputera dan bukan bumiputera tidak boleh selamanya mengeksploitasi orang lain tetapi mesti mengamalkan sikap tolak-ansur untuk kebaikan bersama.

Soal kedudukan istimewa Melayu yang disalurkan melalui mendiang Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB) yang masih diteruskan atas nama Dasar Pembangunan Nasional (DPN) sejak berakhirnya tempoh dasar yang mendahulukan orang Melayu itu diperkenalkan pada tahun 1970. Dasar Ekonomi Baru, disusuli dengan Dasar Pembangunan Negara telah berjaya menghasilkan golongan profesional, saintis dan teknologis di kalangan bumiputera. Jumlah profesional bumiputera berada di tahap 21 peratus pada tahun 1990 telah meningkat ke paras 30 peratus pada akhir tahun 2002. Orang Melayu yang semakin makmur hidup berbanding 30 tahun lalu, agenda mereka bukan lagi untuk keluar dari perangkap kemiskinan tetapi ingin menikmati kemewahan, kemakmuran dan bergaya dari kaum-kaum lain. Keadaan ini mungkin mengakibatkan manusia sentiasa berperang dan tidak tenteram.

Dalam masa yang sama kemiskinan, kemunduran, lemah, daif dan terbiar juga berlaku di kalangan bangsa lain di negara ini, terutamanya orang-orang Asli. Mereka juga perlu diberi perhatian dan dibantu. Kaum Cina dan India yang miskin di kampung-kampung baru dan di estet-estet serta Orang Asli di pendalaman, mengalami kemunduran seperti kaum Melayu di luar bandar dan di kawasan setinggan di kota besar. Sengsara dan deritanya adalah sama tanpa mengira kaum dan agama. Pada keseluruhannya, konsep bumiputera dan bukan bumiputera tidak wajar diwujudkan mengikut teori egoisme. Walau bagaimanapun, konsep bumiputera telah lama tertera dalam Perlembagaan Negara. Sekiranya kedudukan istimewa itu diteruskan, ia mesti ditegakkan atas prinsip keadilan. Ini bermakna kedudukan keistimewaan orang Melayu mesti digunakan untuk tujuan tulen membantu orang Melayu yang benar miskin, lemah, daif dan terbiar. Sebaliknya, kedudukan keistimewaan itu tidak sepatutnya dijadikan lesen atau permit untuk mengkayarayakan segelintir orang Melayu.

Teori Eksistensialisme
Seperti teori teleologi, teori deontologi terdiri daripada pandangan dan konsep yang berbeza. Teori deontologi membuat penilaian serta pertimbangan terhadap sesuatu perkara sama ada wajar atau tidak wajar berdasarkan nilai intrinsic. Eksistensialisme juga dikenali sebagai etika situasi. Etika situasi menilaikan sesuatu perbuatan atau kelakuan sama ada wajar atau tidak wajar berdasarkan penilaian situasi atau keadaan pada waktu tersebut. Ahli falsafah eksistensialisme adalah seperti Soren Kierkegaars, Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers, Gabriel Marcel dan Jean paul Sartre. Sartre dianggap paling terkenal dengan falsafah Eksistensialisme. Sartre mengemukakan hujah mengenai eksistensialisme dalam bukunya “Being and Nothingness” bahawa manusia bebas melakukan apa sahaja dianggap betul dan sesuai dengan keadaan pada waktu tersebut, apa yang dilakukan adalah bergantung kepada diri manusia itu sendiri.

Peristiwa 13 Mei meninggalkan banyak kesan terhadap politik, ekonomi dan sosial masyarakat Malaysia. Oleh itu, kerajaan melancarkan Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB) untuk mengurangkan perasaan kurang senang ekoran daripada ketidakseimbangan sosio-ekonomi antara kaum. Pelancaran DEB mempunyai dua matlamat utama iaitu pembasmian kemiskinan 'tanpa mengira kaum,' dan penyusunan semula masyarakat Malaysia. DEB menekankan penglibatan kaum Melayu atau Bumiputera dalam kegiatan ekonomi moden dan yang bertapak di bandar Ini bertujuan untuk menyimbangkan kedudukan dan penyertaan semua kaum dalam sektor ekonomi. Faedah yang dinikmati oleh kaum Melayu atau Bumiputera semenjak pelancaran DEB meningkat , keadaan ini akan berterusan. Ini ditunjukkan apabila masyarakat bukan Melayu menyoal tentang kenyataan bahawa kaum Bumiputera masih belum mencapai ekuiti 30% yang merupakan matlamat Dasar Ekonomi Baru. Sebenarnya, kaum Bumiputera mencapai 33%, kaum Bukan Bumiputera mencapai 30%, orang asing mempunyai 25% manakala Khazanah Holdings memegang 12%. Ini bermaksud kaum Bumiputera sebenarnya telah mencapai matlamat asal Dasar Ekonomi Baru dan kerajaan tidak patut meneruskan tempoh perlaksanaan Dasar Ekonomi Baru tetapi harus mengamalkan dasar yang adil dan saksama terhadap semua kaum, dan kerajaan sepatutnya mengikut seruan bekas Perdana Menteri dan Presiden UMNO, Tun Dr Mahathir yang berkali-kali menyeru kaum Melayu untuk membuangkan tongkat demi menjadi lebih maju dan tabah dalam menghadapi cabaran. Namun demikian, Bajet 2006 masih memberi penekanan yang kuat kepada kaum Bumiputera, dan pelbagai projek pembangunan hanya diberi kepada kontraktor Bumiputera sahaja, tetapi bukan diberi berdasarkan merit syarikat kontraktor. Kerajaan tidak mengambil kira tentang keperluan dan kebajikan kaum bukan Bumiputera. Kerajaan perlu membuat sesuatu keputusan berdasarkan kesesuian waktu dengan rujukan, matlamat, maklumat lain, perancangan dan sebagainya.

Di samping itu, ketidakadilan pengambilan pelajar ke universiti awam akan menjadi punca ketidakperpaduan negara setiap tahun serta menjejaskan hasrat Malaysia mencapai matlamat Wawasan 2020 sebagai negara maju sepenuhnya dalam segala aspek politik, ekonomi, pendidikan, sosial, rohaniah dan psikologi. Pada tahun ini sebanyak 38,892 yang merangkumi 24,837 pelajar bumiputera (63.8%), 11,778 pelajar Cina (30.3%) dan 2,277 pelajar India (5.9%) sekali lagi bukannya pengecualian disebabkan penggunaan dua jenis peperiksaan yang berlainan dan secara diskriminasi bagi kemasukan ke universiti awam, iaitu peperiksaan STPM dua tahun dan matrikulasi setahun, padahal kedua-dua peperiksaan ini berlainan sama sekali dan tidak boleh dibandingkan. Perlu dijelaskan bahawa meritokrasi ala Malaysia bukan sistem meritokrasi yang sebenar; memadai dikatakan ia cuma melonggarkan kuota Melayu/Bumiputera dan seterusnya memberi lebih sedikit peluang kepada pelajar bukan Melayu untuk melanjutkan pengajian ke institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT). Kewujudan meritokrasi dalam sistem pendidikan Malaysia masih memberi keistimewaan untuk orang Melayu. Sebagai contoh, jika Ali dan Mary mendapat markah yang sama dalam STPM, maka Ali lebih layak ke universiti kerana Ali adalah orang Melayu Bumiputera. Selagi “meritokrasi ala Malaysia” diamalkan, yang merupakan peringatan kepada segenap rakyat Malaysia bahawa meritokrasi hanya wujud dari segi luaran tetapi bukan dari segi kebolehan dan kepintaran seseorang, pengambilan pelajar ke universiti awam setiap tahun akan terus menyebabkan kekecewaan peribadi, bahkan lebih serius lagi, mengakibatkan ketidakperpaduan negara. “Meritokrasi ala Malaysia” bukan sahaja tidak adil kepada pelajar bukan Melayu tetapi juga pelajar Melayu cemerlang. Bagi eksistensialisme, konsep bumiputera dan bukan bumiputera tidak wajar diwujudkan. Ini kerana, Negara kita sedang menuju ke arah kecemerlangan dalam zaman globalisasi ini. Sepatutnya, semua rakyat haruslah mencapai kejayaan dengan tekad dan usaha sendiri tanpa bantuan seperti hak istimewa. Mereka seharusnya bersaing dengan sihat demi pembangunan Negara serta ke arah perpaduan. Sebarang keputusan atau fikiran manusia berubah dari semasa ke semasa dalam merancang masa depannya demi kebaikan semua pihak. Oleh itu, manusia seharusnya mempunyai petunjuk atau rujukan yang tertentu untuk membuat keputusan.

Sebagai kesimpulannya, selagi diskriminasi wujud di minda rakyat, maka tekanan untuk menerima logik perbezaan ini akan terus kekal. Konsep bumiputera dan bukan bumiputera digunakan untuk memisahkan dan membahagikan rakyat jelata akan menghalang Malaysia berkembang sebagai sebuah negara maju dan makmur. Kerajaan harus membantu sesiapa yang lemah atau dalam kesusahan tanpa mengira kaum. Oleh kerana ini, kerjasama antara kaum amat penting dalam mewujudkan masyarakat yang berpegang kepada pinsip pengedaran kekayaan yang adil dan saksama, demokrasi, keadilan dan peningkatan rohani.

Young Malaysian’s Forum : How to set Pak Lah Free?

I went to the blogger’s forum on Wednesday night. I arrived there quite early at around 7.30pm. I saw Wei Aik there and ask him about the parliamentary rountable that is held early that morning. He showed me the report in Malaysia Kini. He also told me that ASLI had retracted the report that Bumiputera had 42% of equity and the resignation of Prof. Lim. I didn’t online on Wednesday so I’m not aware of this news.

Most of the panelists are bloggers. In fact only one of them is not a blogger. They would definitely blog about their speech in their blogs so I won’t be repeating their speech here. There are however some quotes by the panelists which I find it interesting.

Jeff Ooi said that he voted for Pak Lah in the 2004 General Election. If people like Jeff Ooi could vote for Pak Lah, I think I could understand how BN got the 92% of majority in parliament. Jeff Ooi said that Pak Lah is not a “Bao Qing Tian”(Justice Pao), in fact he is a “Bao Ka Liao”. When the moderator asked whether he is a Mahathir man, he replied that Mahathir is history and could not even make it as a Kubang Pasu delegate so this is why he is not so harsh on Mahathir but to Pak Lah.

Khoo Kay Peng also said something quite humorous. He said two things about Malaysian. First, Malaysian has a “migrant mindset” that they are thinking of migrating to other countries all the while(they know that Malaysia is no longer a good place to live). The second thing is, they feel that they are very “important”. They think they are so important that ISA will come after them if they attended forum like this. Very true indeed, there are lots of friends around me which are having this kind of mindset.

Nik Nazmi also added that, so far there is nobody detained under ISA just because of attending the forum. I believe if they were to detain all the people attending the forum, the Kamunting Camp will need some “extension”. Nazmi also said something about “marginalization”. He said Pak Lah should first reshuffle the cabinet and make some major changes. Basically the cabinet now is still mostly the same as “Mahathir’s Cabinet”. He said that though Pak Lah has to appoint certain people as minister because they are the Party’s chairman, Pak Lah could “marginalize” him in the cabinet by giving him a lower post. Nazmi didn’t mention any name but I believe he is suggesting Samy Vellu.

Uncle Kit also mentioned that the bloggersphere will make its impact in the next general election which will be held within the next 12 to 18 months. He also said that though it is tougher to deny BN’s two third in the parliament compared to 1999. It is still easier(to deny two third) compared to other General Election, given that the opposition put in a huge effort.
Basically, this is a big step forward for DAP organizing a forum of this kind. The response is good, even greater than the previous Chinese forums I had attended. However, I feel that the numbers of panelists should be reduced. Including Guan Eng(speaking as the Secretary General of DAP), there are altogether 8 persons speaking. I feel that they are not really given sufficient time to deliver their best speech as time is short. Besides that, Fong Po Kuan(MP for Batu Gajah) didn’t make it to the forum. I thought she was one of the panelists, but no one seems to mention about this.

Here are the links to the Panelists’ speech on that night :
Jeff Ooi
Oon Yeoh
Nik Nazmi
Sharizal
Lim Kit Siang

Here is Merdeka Review's report on this forum.

Early General Election – only option for Pak Lah?

I got a sms from DAP on Tuesday morning that there will be a DAP forum – “Early General Election – only option for Pak Lah?” in New Era College - that’s very near my place! To my surprise, DAP is not sms-ing from any normal phone number. They had computerized the sms system. I wonder when they decided to hold this forum as it was not announced on last Thursday Forum in KL & Selangor Assembly Hall.

Yesterday, before I went over to Kajang, I called one of my Primary Schoolmates who is now studying in New Era College. I do not know exactly where New Era College is. When he told me that it is near the food court in Kajang, I reply him with an “Oh~that place arr?” I’ve been to the
food court for a couple of times but I didn’t know that New Era College was just nearby!



I arrive there at 7pm, half an hour earlier. I was among the first few who reached there. Guan Eng was the first speaker who arrived. He was holding the ASLI Report – it’s a very very thick report. Teresa Kok(Seputeh MP) was there too!

Guan Eng was the first to speak. As what was expected he touched about Lee Kuan Yew’s reply letter to the PM. Besides that he also mentioned the ASLI Report. According to the report Bumiputera has gained 45% the shares in Bursa Malaysia. He added 30% of the shares are in the hands of foreigners. This means that only 25% of shares are owned by non-bumiputera. He questioned “Who is the one that is marginalized?” He also satirizes Khairy who could borrow Millions of dollars at the age of 37. At the same time, he also “kicked” Ling Liong Saik’s son butt for borrowing Billions of dollars during Mahathir’s era.



Prof. Oh is the second speaker. He is also the Chairman of last Thursday’s Forum. He gives some example of other countries where the Leader who wins the General Election not necessarily could control the political party. He uses example that has some similar political and economical climate as Malaysia – England, Canada, Australia and India. He pointed out that the English are having the same thoughts as Malaysians when it comes to Economics. The nations(England and Malaysia) are having good economic growth but the people(English and Malaysians) couldn’t felt it. He uses a phrase “The economy didn’t arrive at my doorstep”. Prof. Oh left after his speech as he need to go on air for a radio station program(Ai FM) at 10pm.

Mr. Huang Jing Fa is the next one to speak. He gave everyone a surprise as he changed the title of the forum to “General Election: where is our way out?” He pointed out nine reasons/areas that we need a way out. Coming after this is the most exciting part of his speech. He asked “Is the General Election a way out for us?” He mentioned that due to the weaknesses in our election mechanism, BN has got 92% of parliament seats though they do not get 92% of votes. In the 2004 General Election, a vote for BN is equal to 3 votes to DAP, 8 to PAS and 28 to Keadilan. A very shocking figure indeed! He also made an assumption that in the 2004 General Election, all election districts that have a 40% votes to the opposition will be won by opposition. Based on this assumption, the opposition still could not deny BN’s two third of majority in the Parliament. He requestioned “Is the General Election still a way out for us?” He said one of the reasons the opposition kept failing in the General election is that they did not focus on one state. He said that if the opposition could put a strong “line-up” for the people to vote for they stand a chance to win a state government. He added that there are a lot of things that a state government could do – introduce the Information Enactment, build new schools, restore the local government election and so on. All the while I was not aware that the State Government has so many powers. I thought only parliamentary seats count in this country! He also told Guan Eng to counter propose PAS if they want to co-operte with DAP in the coming General Election. Tell PAS to restore the local government election in Kelantan before any further negotiations.

Uncle Kit was the last speaker to deliver his speech. He said that the Anwar factor is now second fiddle to the UMNO factor for Pak Lah to bring forward the General Election. He must make use this opportunity to take control his party. He also said that when Pak Lah announced in Cuba “I’m still in control” it was actually the opposite way. If he is in control, he need not announce it while he is overseas! Uncle Kit also mentioned the 18 “sharks” promised by Pak Lah during the 2004 General Election. He said that the “sharks” are still swimming in South China Sea. Uncle kit said that the BN youth meeting on the Khairy issue is another proof of Chinese being marginalized. At the press conference, Hishammudin is the only one speaking(Khairy had runway). When the news reporters ask Liow Tiong Lai(MCA) or Ma Siew Keong(Gerakan) question, Hishammudin reply “This is my press conference, don’t ask them” Uncle Kit said, if that is Hishammudin’s press conference, what are both of them(Liow Tiong Lai and Ma Siew Keong) doing there?



This time, I didn’t record uncle kit’s speech as I know I will not have the time to edit it as school is starting soon. After that we have another “additional speaker” which I couldn’t recall his name. He said that racial politics is still the main concern in our country. He also said something that I couldn’t forget until now. He mentioned that in 1974, Hasnoh made a prophecy that real democracy could only achieved in our country after 25 years. When the Malays come out from Kampung to the City and live a difficult life, they will come out the streets and have demonstrations to demand changes. In 1998, there are a lot of Malays having demonstrations on the street(because of Anwar). At that time, they recalled what Hasnoh had said. They thought that the demonstration would continue until 1999(1974+25=1999) and something might happen. The result was disappointing.

The forum ended quite late at almost 11pm since we have an additional speaker. Before I went back, Uncle Kit told me “You took a lot of time to convert huh!” I smiled and nodded. I reached home in just 15 minutes time. I guess there will be more forums by DAP in the future as General Election is coming soon – everyone could feel the heat!

p/s : Here's uncle kit's speech and merdeka review's report on Guan Eng, Prof. Oh, and Mr Huang's speech

Lim Kit Siang's speech on Chinese Education in crisis - part 3

Finally, this is the last piece that makes up the whole puzzle. Now that everything is done, I think I need to take a break as I'd been sitting in front of the monitor for at least 8 hours a day for 3 consecutive days.

Lim Kit Siang's speech on Chinese Education in crisis-part 2

Here you go, this is the second part of uncle kit's speech. I'm still working on the last part of the speech. will get it done as soon as possible.

Lim Kit Siang's speech on Chinese Education in crisis - part 1

I just finish editing uncle kit's speech during the "Chinese Education in Crisis" forum. Took me quite some time as i need to convert the file to .avi format and add the subtitles. I apologize in advance if there is any poor translation. I will continue editing the videos, hopefully you can get to see part 2 and part 3 soon.

BN Policy to Discriminate SJKC & SJKT?

Dato' Noh Omar (Deputy Education Minister), told Parliament that there will be NO new SJKC & SJKT under 9th Malaysia Plan. Is that Government Policy? When M. Kula (DAP - Ipoh Barat) raised this matter in Parliamnet sitting on 20 September 2006. 副教育部长诺奥玛: 在第九大马计划下确实没有任何新学校。