By Singa Terhormat
Many UMNO-type Malays are fond of complaining that the Chinese have a major share in the economic pie of this country and that this is unacceptable.
Firstly, such a matter viewed in solely racial terms is being downright racist and abhorrent.
That aside though, do they ask themselves how is it that the Chinese were able to acquire their wealth?
Were their forefathers who migrated here or who were brought to work in the mines wealthy when they came?
Did the wealth of the Chinese just happen to drop from the sky into their laps?
Did it not come about through sheer hard work, the acquisition of business acumen and their ability to save?
If it did not drop from the sky, then why, if these Malays desire similar wealth, do they not likewise work hard, acquire the business acumen and learn how to save?
In truth, the NEP has been a setback for them as it enabled many of them to acquire some measure of wealth through wheeling and dealing and enjoying privileges extended to them without the need to really work hard, build up their business capital and to acquire the necessary business acumen.
For many wealth was acquired the easy way and in the process most of them lost any competitive edge they may have otherwise had. In that sense the NEP designed to favour them turned out to be a disservice to them.
They were given the ‘fish to eat’ but not taught ‘ how to fish’ for themselves.
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The complaint as spouted by that retired judge and so many others is nothing but pure envy. Put bluntly, they want what the Chinese have but are not prepared to work for it. They instead expect it to drop from the sky into their laps on a silver-platter.
There are Malays however who have worked hard and are just as successful as many of the Chinese. Why do not the others then follow suit?
The answer is that the ability to compete has been severely blunted through all the ‘handouts’ afforded to them.
My message to these Malays then is, if it is wealth you desire, then why do you not work hard for it instead of continually bitching about how much better off the Chinese are. It did not drop from the sky for them.
Posted in: Free the people, Say No to Racism
Kenny
June 16, 2013
Singa yang Terhormat,
To borrow your words, I suppose those with corrupt and pampered minds that you are alluding to would never be helped even “if wealth were to drop from the sky”.
From following Umno’s BTN brainwashing and racial profiling, they would not even learn one needs to bend down to retrieve it.
Then those BTN buggers will again provocatively question and complain that the money from the sky did not fall directly into their outstretched hands.
No! No! Mesti fall direct ditangan.
Taipan
June 16, 2013
The NEP, in reality, serves as a convenient vehicle for the Umnoputras to acquire fame and fortune for themselves, their families, and their cronies, under the government institutional systemic policies, practices and economic and political structures to racial bigotry. To the ordinary Malays, it is an instrument to instil and perpetuate a culture of dependency in them.
givemeliberty
June 16, 2013
Do you know why some people thrive under duress? It is not just some Chinese who thrive when conditions do not favour them. Now, I say some Chinese because there also many Chinese who fail to rise under such oppressive environment. It can be people of any other racial makeup, so-called pure and mixed ethnicity, celup or whatnot.
The ones who thrive and rise above the mire of oppression and discrimination are those who work at overcoming the difficulties and obstacles willfully or inadvertently placed before them.
They shine after honing their capabilities through the trials and tribulations, while others fall away by the wayside.
To back my stand, I would like to use the example of an experiment which some of us may have seen in a BBC documentary recently. The documentary is about extraordinary animals. In this experiment, two birds of the same species were given the challenge to get their food which are seeds in small compartments in a flat board and each compartment is covered with a glass lid. One of the bird was from Kansas where food is plentiful and easily available while the second bird was from a territory far up north where food is scarce especially during the long and harsh winters. Guess which bird got to the seeds? The second bird, the one which had to live by its wits and endeavour. This clever bird straightaway pulled away the glass with its claws to get to the seeds. Meanwhile the first bird was still pecking at the glass lid, it sees the seeds but cannot get at them, and remained hungry.
So, similarly there were many Chinese and Indians and other non-Malays, who actually thrived in spite of NEP. I am not referring to those non-Malays whose fortunes tripled, quadrupled, and godknowshowmuch because of their connections – the type of people that is referred to by Mahather a/l Muhammad Iskandar Kutty. I am referring to many Chinese, , Indians, mixed, celup and whatnot and also conscientious Malays who thrived – just like the second bird – as they did not have an easy life but lived by their wits and did not have to depend on handouts.
This is the truth
June 16, 2013
The umnoputras loved to stressed that chinese are so rich…just look at Robert,Vincent,Francis etc they said…what most of them dont want to let you know is these minority tycoons have nothing to do with us majority(read no help from them).They also refuse to admit that majority of us poor or struggling middle class EARNED every cent from blood,sweat, tears and of course ZERO help from govt..And it is bcoz we were forced into such conditions, we have no choice but to use all our brains and energy to earn a living to survive, saving whole life for our kids education (again expect no scholarship too).
Another Anak Bangsa Malaysia
June 16, 2013
Singa Terhormat,
When a segment of the population is given no handouts or assistance or preference or special rights or anything beyond the absolute minimum, there is really not much choice but to find something, anything to make a living.
Inevitably, some will succeed.
The many that fail, pick themselves up and try again, yet others never recover and simply fade away.
That is how it is done, not just in Malaysia, but in countries all over the world, not just by the Chinese, but by the Armenians, the Irish, the Maltese, the Italians, the Pakistanis dan lain-lain 🙂
UMNO-puppies should take note.
annabrella
June 17, 2013
To put it more shortly and even more bluntly: No pain, no gain!
Faham, tak, all you poor NEP-dependents, made to feel so poor and/or envious, by the cunning plan imposed upon the majority of you by the crafty supremacist Ketuanan Melayu masterclass elite inside UMNO who took over when the British colonial masters left?
“Imagine Power To The People” John Lennon.
kanahchye
June 17, 2013
SInga Terhormat
Your message is clear, but very MILD. UMNO elite and their mouthpiece, Utusan Malaysia likes to mislead the masses, both Malays and others, that the Chinese are rich by citing, ad nauseam, that the top ten richest Malaysians are mainly Chinese. Please tell them that for every one of the top ten ultra-rich Chinese Malaysians there are one million who are not. Have you heard of the local Chinese phrase “jumping off airplanes”? This refers to those very poor Malaysians, mainly Chinese, who buy a one-way ticket to places like UK, Australia and U.S.A. etc. to overstay and work illegally in these countries. Many of them ended up in Chinese restaurants in the Chinatowns of these countries washing dishes. Yes, some even had to sell their bodies to survive because many of them are unskilled and know little English or whichever European language whose country they happened to end up in. Please spare a thought for these poor Chinese Malaysians and many like them in the country who do not have the guts to jump off airplanes.
joetanoz
June 17, 2013
Ask the average Ah Chong, Ahmad and Muthu if they are reaping any rewards of the Malaysian economic growth. BN affiliated millionaires and billionaires aside, we have to learn how to survive WITHOUT one sen in handouts! Please by all means, all those who still believe that the NEP will benefit them…buy a bigger nose ring so that these BN elitists can string all of you together and lead you on to the path of NOWHERE except enslaving you and making sure you continue voting them back in power in exchange for a few measly crumbs!
bigjoe99
June 17, 2013
Here is a simple ugly truth: The Chinese in this country will ALWAYS HAVE A MAJOR SHARE OF THIS COUNTRY ECONOMY. Here is another even uglier truth: They have NEVER and DO NOT own the majority of the economy of this country.. You could drive the number of Chinese in this country to single digit percentage and they will still hold on to a major pie of the economy..The reason simply is because the Chinese especially in this country is competitive and keeps up with competition one way or other and WILL ALWAYS DO SO NO MATTER what artificial barrier is put in front of it and the basic reason for that is SIMPLY BECAUSE ITS WHO THEY ARE AND WILL ALWAYS BE..
The point is simply this, ITS TOTALLY USELESS AND POINTLESS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CHINESE SHARE OF THE ECONOMY..In other word, the Malays have only one option going forward at this stage – COMPETE OR STAGNATE/DECLINE EVENTUALLY..
The long history of affirmative action and NEP is not true affirmative action but reverse discrimination, has clear data to suggest that while it can benefit small number of people greatly, IT DOES NOT MAKE AN ENTIRE GROUP COMPETITIVE.. Ultimately it comes down to only competition makes people competitive.
The Chinese will always be competitive because they have always had to and will always have to. All true believer of Malay hegemony delusional to believe that they can achieve their perverse hallucination without self-destruction first ultimately..
Again, the longer those who complain about Chinese share of the economy is given audience, the longer the delay of actually getting on with competing and building of real broad capacity of the Malays..
Bamboo
June 17, 2013
Singa Terhormat, You are SPOT ON! Chinese work hard for their riches and cherish it.
Under NEP many Malays got easy loans and squandered the money not on developing their businesses. Instead the money is wasted on non productive things like second wife, big houses, big cars,jewelries for wife(wives)/ mistress. On top of that they dont have to pay the loans. So those Umno type Malays better shut up before more hurtful truths are revealed publicly.
Be sincere
June 17, 2013
Instead of bashing the Chinese for working hard successfully with little or no help from anyone, why dont the government controlled by Umno and assisted by its so many BN-friendly NGOs like Pekasa,Pebela,etc sit down seriously for once and see how to help start the very ordinary malay small time businessmen( NOT those malay tycoons again pls) to do business succesfully. I think the chinese is more than willing to help out if genuine bridges are built for a better nation. Bashing the minority chinese with all sorts of hurtful names is a bad start.
TerryTigger
June 17, 2013
I read this in a Financial Adviser’s book:
“You DO NOT give crutches to able people as non-use of the muscles actually weaken them.”
The child unable to manage his money shld be given LESS, NOT more money to spend.
Therefore people who are struggling financially are done a great Injustice when given crutches in the form of handouts. What shld be done instead is to be taught HOW to succeed, & to encourage & BREED THE DETERMINATION, PERSISTENCE & DESIRE & SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT that is the precursor to success.
shakuntala
June 17, 2013
ST you don’t mention, the fact that the Chinese possess one inherent ability, ie that they are natural workers, they take a great pride in this heritage of theirs and want to pass it along to the next generation. This urge to work and slog is partly pride of nationality, just like the Japanese ….mean to say talking of just these two Asiatic peoples. They share a common trait. Remember Mama Mahathir was so overwhelmed by the Japanese…..he asked us to ape them, remember the “look East” slogan. The guy himself was a contradiction as he refused to take away the so called Malay previleges….
The most glaring and contradictory trait of the Malay is that they are a race who cannot live to see the successful ahead of them…..this is the greatest failing which if not corrected will produce sissy and molly coddled children who will be expecting things to drop off their parents’ laps for ever and ever……”the child is the father of the man”, sad but true.
Let’s see if Paul Low can help to instill the Chinese way of life into the Malay, now that he is
part of the BN gang…….or will he prefer to let it be.
rajaputar50
June 17, 2013
Adam Smith’s free thought – not free trade – pushed the West ahead. Malaysia only caught up due to the industriousness of individuals .
sharin
June 17, 2013
malayu kaya kerana rasuah
cina kaya kerana kejar kuat
dia je yang betul
I am a Malaysian
June 18, 2013
Actually the cronies are the ones who benefitted regardless of Chinese, Malay or Indians or others.
Pak Yeh
June 18, 2013
Singa Terhormat,
Please dont ttalk rubbish.
You ignored or are you ignorant about the fact that the Britishwere partners in the opium trade of China. After Mao Tze Tung kicked the British out, the British and their Chines opium towkay and junkies were shipped whole sale together with prostitutes and gangsters to Singapore and later Kuala Lumpur.That is the beginings of Malyan Chines bussiness success.A history of filth and scumbags.
The British helped Chinese bussinesman in the hope that they would later figfht for the British to recolonize China. The Overseas Chinese4 Bank was also set up to help the Chinese.
Were the Malays helped by the British in ant form of bussiness.???
The British viua Article 153 want the Malays to take a 30% in bussiness as sleeping partners or Ali Babas
I hope you understand the real reason why Malays are not as successful as Chinese.
It all boils down to British patronage and British Banking facility biased to whoever the favor.
Bankers make the most money. If they help the Malays, the Malays will be richer than the Chinese. But these British/Overseas Chines Banks favor Chinese and hence their being richer than Malays and their own Chinese brothers in China.
Kapish.???
YNWA
June 18, 2013
Pak Yeh,
And after half a century you still wish to use that excuse? What happened to decades of affirmative bumiputra policy and the NEP? All gone kaput when one expects easy pickings without the will to work hard.
Another Anak Bangsa Malaysia
June 18, 2013
Pak Yeh,
Of cos it is the fault of the British.
Of cos it is the fault of those opium dealers from China.
Of cos it is the fault of the bankers.
Of cos it is the fault of the Jolly Green Giant, et al.
It is not your fault at all.
It never was and it never will be.
Feel better now?
Oh, by the way, which bank would you like the Government handouts to be deposited?
Terrytigger
June 18, 2013
You know, at some point, you have to stop playing the Victim & stop blaming yr history, yr background, yr parents etc etc & START TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YR OWN LIFE. That is the diff between Winners & LOSERS.
The Chinese diaspora inc the ethnic Chinese Vietnamese Boat People who landed in Australia & other countries literally with only the clothes on their back with sheer hard work & sacrifice & without preferential treatment in their new countries, have, within a generation on the whole become Success Stories & respected by their new country. These people suffered unimaginable horrors of decades of war & went thru loads more hardship than anything you can say but did they moan & groan with Self-Pity & sit on their backsides bemoaning their fate?
NO, & dats why they are Winners & sets them apart from Losers like you
Go get the best seller book “The Happiest Refugee” if you really want to learn what it takes to be a Success. You may just learn a thing or two.
Taipan
June 19, 2013
I thought so in the age of the internet one would be wiser with the knowledge that can help keep us informed. Obviously, it was not so in your case. He who laughs best who laughs best!
Taipan
June 19, 2013
typo error…….. should read as “He who laughs best who laughs last!”
bryanbb
June 18, 2013
really want to share this post, we need to express our moral support , Black 505 padang merbuk ..wunt miss for anything.
http://dumdumtrivia.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-megalomaniatic-cleptocrats-have.html
bumi non malay
June 19, 2013
Lets bring tents, food and turn the Gathering on Padan Merbok to an OCCUPY later at DATARAN MERDEKA… DEFY DEFY DEFY and RESISTANCE is DUTY!!
Another Anak Bangsa Malaysia
June 19, 2013
bumi non malay,
This man is truly an inspiration to non-violence.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/18/193183899/the-standing-man-of-turkey-act-of-quiet-protest-goes-viral
http://news.yahoo.com/standing-man-inspires-silent-protests-turkey-070859700.html
PDRM must be praying and hoping that it does not happen in Malaysia.
Mahatir was right to fear the Internet – it destroys unjust regimes and changes Governments.
shakuntala
June 19, 2013
Rally, Rally, Rally round the flag gals/boys……it is OUR country where we ALL belong!!!!…my country true to Thee..
Pak Yeh
June 19, 2013
Dear YNWA, Another Anak Bangsa Malaysia,
Off course it is the British’s fault. They put in UMNO to recolonize the Malayus..
As long as Melayus are still being colonized, where got improvement,??? especially when Capitalism is the governments God and religion. The Melayus and all workers of all races, will become poorer and poorer.
The root cause of all Malaysian problems is Capitalism, where the rich becomes richer and the poor becomes poorer.
If you are a worker, whether Chinese, Indian or Melayu,you will be poorer every time the gomen is Capitalist.. Those 1st world countries with dole/social security money when without a job are Socialist govenments that later on became Socialist cum Capitalist govenments.
You dudes do not know the root cause of economic problems.
Go learn Marxism and something more like Islamnomics of no usury Ref… http://warongpakyeh.blogspot.com/2009/04/kafirnomics-vs-islamnomics.html
Another Anak Bangsa Malaysia
June 20, 2013
Pak Yeh,
Forget the British – they are long gone and Malaysians are more than capable to shape their own destiny.
I know all the cliches about not reading history but I don’t believe ALL of history is necessarily applicable EVERYTIME.
The course of history CAN be changed and HAS been changed many times.
In regards to economics, the following link represents part of my view :-
http://netec.mcc.ac.uk/JokEc.html
Terrytigger
June 20, 2013
Stop blaming others. Take resonsibility for yrself. One of my favourite quotes:
“The Harder I Work, the Luckier I get”
bigjoe99
June 20, 2013
More over-entitlement. Now we have the army offering to use force against the Rakyat? WTF is the military doing opening their mouth on anything other than defense?
Terrytigger
June 20, 2013
Army gotta get their thinking right.
Foreigners who invade with weapons are the enemy and they are the ones the army has to use force against, not peaceful Rakyat holding peaceful rallies.
Pak Yeh
June 20, 2013
Another anak bangsa Malaysia said.
Pak Yeh, Forget the British – they are long gone and Malaysians are more than capable to shape their own destiny.
I dont think so. The British still monopoly the printing of our money.
Their influence as neo-colonizers is via their Corporations such as Sime Darby Have you read anything on 1st world and 3rd world politics.
If you haven’t,then you and Malaysians are definitely not capable to shape your own destiny.
Our destiny is being shaped by these 1st world nee-colonialist Bankers and Capitalist Corporations.
Thanks for the link to the jokes anyway.
Another Anak Bangsa Malaysia
June 22, 2013
Pak Yeh,
As far as I know, the polymer-based Malaysian currency uses Australian technology, not British.
Google for “securency malaysia frauds”.
I suspect that the money we are losing thru Sime Darby is dwarfed by the losses from the mismanagement of FELDA, Bank Negara and Petronas and a myriad of other Malaysian-based institutions.
As such, I refuse to be distracted by the British bogeyman theory – the corrupt Malaysian politician is a bigger concern of mine.
Do not think so little of your fellow Malaysians who do not read 1st or 3rd world politics. Not all of us are academics but I like to think that we can still call the shots where our country is concerned.
Many of those who have turned up for the Black 505 rallies are not political scientists.
I am truly sorry to say this but to me, “1st world nee(sic)-colonialist Bankers and Capitalist Corporations” are so 1970s. Like I said previously, the corrupt Malaysian politician is a more immediate concern of mine. Taking back my country from those corrupt bastards should be a priority.
Terrytigger
June 24, 2013
Agree. No need to get so hung up abt all these economic/conspiracy theories. BN had 56 years to muck up the country. I say give PR 10 years to show what they can do (Penang & S’gor have shown a huge financial turnaround in just 5 years). If PR can’t do it, then, if BN has learned its lesson, they may be reconsidered to take the reins again, otherwise there may be another political party formed & they may be given a go.
The government is the Servant of the People, & what do you do if you find yr servant Dishonest or Incompetent?
You sack him & try out another one.
Surely you don’t advocate hanging on to the old one on the off chance that the new one will turn out the same as the old one????
That is plain ridiculous!!!!
Pak Yeh
June 22, 2013
The real colonialist is not British or American but in individual in the form of Bankers and Corporations of Britain and America. Paper money is now a monopoly of individuals (namely Rokefella,Rothchild) in corporations rather than leaders of countries.That is where the independece of countries is destroyed.
Please read more.
http://warongpakyeh.blogspot.com/2011/07/1998-ringgit-crashwas-drmanwar-hit-by.html
We have Anwar waiting to be PM, but his hands are bloodied by economic hitmen.
Replacing a party with another party or man, is not the solution. The solution is revolutionary changing of the economic and all systems systems altogether.
Another Anak Bangsa Malaysia
June 22, 2013
Pak Yeh,
When it comes to the banking and financial systems, I have come across the Illuminati theories, the Rockfeller theories, the Rothchild theories, the Soros theories, the Freemason theories, the Jewish theories and more theories than you can poke a stick at.
To be honest, I just have not seen any real evidence which has been corroborated by academics, by investigative journalists, by economists and my own observations, unskilled at economic matter though I might be.
I counsel you to be aware that many of these conspiracy theories are from the lunatic fringe of make-believe experts.
Malaysia is sliding into bankruptcy solely and wholly from corrupt politicians – and that is how we will be losing our independence.
Kill the corruption and we will not have to worry about owing money to anyone.
Another Anak Bangsa Malaysia
June 22, 2013
Pak Yeh,
BTW, if you believe you have good solid evidence of such conspiracies, you should write up a paper and present it to respected universities like Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, etc. or alternatively, to respected economic and/or financial journals.
Don’t worry about publishing it on a website as I am sure you know that the Internet is full of websites with crazy theories about the world banking and financial systems.
Pak Yeh
June 23, 2013
Yeah man
Have it yopur way.
You call it conspiracy theories when you do not want to belief and change. Conspiracy theories are true and are actually the basis of the Bible/Torah/Quran.Didnt the Quran say that the Priests took themselves as gods beside god.? Didnt the Quran say the Jews enslave people through usury. These conspiracy theories are historical events which are hidden by the political powers.
Capitalist call Communist bullcrap when they refuse to change. Unfortunately change will come when the system collapses like Malaysia and all 3rd world is going through. That is because we fail to plan. If your plan is to put in the same economic system,then you only plan to fail.
And stop worshipping Oxford etc. What they have done is made everyone a specialist, ie 10% smart but 90% stupid inthings you do not specialise. So they have made everyon 90% stupid by their education system.
Another Anak Bangsa Malaysia
June 24, 2013
Pak Yeh,
I am a capitalist with a strong social streak or maybe should that be a socialist with a strong capitalist streak? 🙂
Like many people, I grew up believing conspiracy theories – until I learnt how to observe and do my own research.
I, no longer, believe in conspiracy theories other than evidence before me, eg I SEE corruption EVERYWHERE in Malaysia and need nobody to tell me that corruption is merely a rumour spread by some “conspiracy” mongers to topple the BN government.
The “conspiracy” theories you mentioned which exist in the Quran, the Bible and the Torah are actual historical facts and are not hidden. They apply to political scenarios which no longer exists, well, for one, I don’t know of the current existence of a Great Roman Empire.
Political dynamics have changed – the increase in international trade, the improvements in education, the march of technology, etc have all changed our society.
Progress in medicine have meant that people live longer and remember better about what happened in the past. We have the benefit of better retained memories.
It is really only the last 100 or so years that humans have REALLY moved along and we have realised that most of what we were taught in the past is just rubbish and based on false premises.
No, I don’t worship Oxford and Harvard, etc BUT I do hold high regard for PEER REVIEW. It is how I conduct myself professionally and it is how I conduct myself here on Haris’s blog.
After all, if what I say is crap, I expect others here on this blog to challenge me and offer opposing views 🙂 It does hurts my pride, but I handle that by having a good cry in the corner where nobody sees me 🙂
Heheheheh!! About Oxford, etc making 10% of people clever and 90% of people stupid, what do you expect, huh? 🙂 That is why the Malaysian education system is so much more superior to those in the UK, the US, Germany, etc 🙂
Pak Yeh, I will NEVER advocate the implementation of a pure capitalist or pure socialist system in Malaysia. I do not believe they work in the entrepreneurial or equitable manner I was brought up to believe in.
We see many countries like Norway, Australia, Germany, UK, US and even Russia and China, experimenting with a blend of capitalist and social policies and to me, that seems sensible.
Can Malaysia find the right mix of capitalist and socialist policies? I dunno 🙂
Haris introduced me to PSM on this blog and I believe it is a great party and having personally met Arutchelvan (albeit for about 6 seconds), I think Malaysia will be well-served by PSM.
In my opinion, I believe that the work Haris has done is in the right direction and I intend to continue to support him without reservation 🙂
I urge you and your friends to do the same 🙂
Ed G
June 24, 2013
Aren’t those UMNO-type Malays damn filthy rich themselves? Why don’t they shared their wealth with those poor Malays that they are purported to be fighting for? Just take a simple example, why don’t they release many of the permits and licenses that they are holding to the very people that they are purportedly championing? Remember Najib describing the monopoly of taxi permits by a few parties as ‘Modern day slavery?. Who are the slave masters? Are they the very same so-called UMNO-type Malays?
Terrytigger
June 24, 2013
One word answer: Greed
The more they share with the poor, the less they have for themselves