When will Malays stand on their own feet?
Oct 12, 06 4:27pm
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A leader in Bolehland once said: ‘The Malays should stop sending memorandum after memorandum to the government asking for aid and other things for themselves’. He even courageously opined: ‘Such an approach is no longer suitable because the time has come for them to stand on their own feet’.
He echoed loudly the question of many, especially that of the non-Malays: How much longer must the Malays depend on the government and the privileges accorded to them? How much longer must they remain mediocre?
That brave voice was none other than the then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He was delivering a speech at the ‘Reaffirming the Idealism of Undergraduates in the New Millennium’ symposium at Dewan Perdanasiswa, Universiti Malaya in 2001 (the 30th anniversary of the NEP).
(One can imagine the ‘chaos’ in Bolehland if the above statements were made by a non-Malay. Hishammuddin Hussein Onn would be kris-crossing the country, Khairy Jamaluddin would be taking advantage of such a truth told to his father-in-law, the rest of Umno Youth would be making a nationwide police reports against one questioning the privileged position of the Malays and Nazri Abdul Aziz would be shouting ‘racist’ 41 times in Parliament.)
Speaking to the predominantly Malay crowd, Dr M continued: ‘How do you view the beggars on the street and then ask yourself what is the difference between their circumstances and yours? The government has done so much to elevate the position of the Malays, be it in business or education so that their achievement would be on par with the races, yet these efforts are never enough.
‘If the Malays could compete on the same level with other races there would no longer be a need for them to restrict themselves to the quota for everything. Must we lower the eligibility standard to the point where even useless students can go to the university just so that we can fill up the 55% bumiputra quota in the local public universities?
‘If so, we must remember that some of the students who go to the university in this manner will some day become doctors and engineers. How can we entrust our life to such doctors or what will be the quality of our infrastructures if they are built by such engineers? It would be much easier to tackle the problem affecting the Malays if they are proven stupid because all that is required would be to encourage them to study harder.
‘However, the underlying reason is much more difficult to address because it is caused by negative attitude and their reluctance to work hard.’ (As reported by The Star, July 2, 2001)
Now, five years after his dramatic speech, the retired PM contradicts himself and warns: ‘The aid extended to Malays cannot be stopped abruptly as it will lead to chaos and racial disputes.’
What about the time has come for them to stand on their own feet? And his very own question: How much longer must the Malays depend on the government and the privileges accorded to them? How much longer must they remain mediocre?
Alas, Dr M, how much longer? Is 35 years too ‘abrupt’?
Surat ini satu penghinaan. Tetapi tetap di siarkan oleh web anti melayu malaysiakini.com atas dasar kebebasan bersuara. Mungkin orang-orang seperti Martin, Steven Gan dan ramai lagi sekutu-sekutu mereka akan bergembira bila orang-orang melayu di Malaysia akan didiskriminasi seperti mana di Singapura. Sesuatu tuduhan yang amat menyedihkan saya. Anda bagaimana pula?
3 comments:
by saying abruptly, he means it literally. he meant taking the privileges in one single swoop, will just cripple the Malays. Since Malaysia was borned, the Malays have been emphasizing on bumiputra rights, thus making the Malays too relying on this crutch.
he's right, that we've been too reliant on this and that privileges. it's time to walk on our own. but even Neo in The Matrix needs to be acupunctured and treated before he can even walk on his own, let alone fight The Agents, since he never uses his muscle.
Have you not seen how the Malays react everytime we hear anybody says anything about our right. try to imagine then, how would we react if ALL privileges is invoked abruptly.
Sebagai seorang Melayu, aku amat benci bila kaum lain mempersoalkan hak keistimewaan orang Melayu. Kalau tak puas hati sangat, tak payah tinggal kat Tanah Melayu dan lebih baik pulang ke tempat asal nenek moyang. Itu yang terbaik. Ingat ini Tanah Melayu, bukan tanah nenek awak.
assalamualaikum
Pakcik dah tua tapi sukalah nak bagi pandangan. Ehem ehem!!!
"Kalau kita hendak meminta, mintalah dari tangan kita sendiri, kita akan dapat 100%" - kata-kata Dr Mahadir semasa dia memerintah.
Kata-kata ini menjadi perangsang pakcik dan memang sampai sekarang selagi dapat pakcik takkan bergantung pada orang lain untuk hidup.
Tapi yang tak senang tetap tak senang, itu biasa adat manusia. Komen komen kasar tentang hak hak istimewa orang melayu adalah tak patut berlaku.
Sesuatu telah tertinggal dari sejarah iaitu pada masa lalu ketika Malaysia hendak merdeka, telah terdapat satu perjanjian sosial yang tak begitu jelas tentang hak hak istimewa orang melayu dan kerana hendak mencapai kemerdekaan Tunku A Rahman membuat penukaran hak hak ini dengan kerakyatan Malaysia.
Bermakna orang bukan melayu akan diberikan kerakyatan Malaya pada siapa saja yang ada di sini selepas merdeka dan yang dilahirkan kemudiannya. Dan sebagai gantinya orang bukan melayu mengiktiraf hak hak istimewa orang orang melayu.
Jadi, kalau mereka mempertikaikannya...boleh! takder masalah. Kami boleh mencabut hak hak istimewa tersebut tetapi kerakyatan mereka juga harus dicabut..sila kembali ke tempat asal nenk moyang anda... mudahkan!!!
So kesimpulannya..JANGAN CAKAP SEDAP MULUT JERR..JANGAN NAK IKUT PERASAAN JER!!! PAKAI OTAK!!!
sila lah ke laman blog pakcik untuk yg minat sejarah dan membaca bagaimana sejarah diulas dengan cara yg berbeza..abiss
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