Sep 26, 2006

Who Is Brainier?

Singapore Mentor Minister Lee Kuan Yew's recent naughty statement on the issue of marginalized Chinese communities in Malaysia and Indonesia has again sparked off fire between Malaysia and Singapore. (after the proposed scenic brigde issue).

His statment is of course disputable, but only up to a shallow depth.
There are thousands if not millions of "these people" who agree with LKY's nasty comment. Here are some comments that I personally think speak on behalf of majority of Chinese in Malaysia (or Indonesia).

"Chinese, Indian and other minor races are the catalyst for the weak and layback Malay, can u deny it? But when come to wellfare, these minority are not counted as citizens. They have to fork out their own resources to support their children's education,churches, temples, ... They are the minority yet they are the biggest faithful taxpayers. Malay claimed to be the majority but they are not patriotic in serving the nation, they only want to rob from the minority and say that what the minority have are theirs. These are facts. So, are the minority being marginalized? If not, what do you called NEP, and host of bias policies which only benefiting the majority?
Sometime I ask myself this silly question: Are the minority foreigners? If not, why they are being treated less significant than the illegal immigrants (IM)? IM do not hve to pay tax when dong business, they can get Mycard and cast vote, ... Simply saddness."

Another one,

"........government contracts and project......?
Civil service?
Approve permits?
Scholarships?
National Type schools funding?
University intakes?"

Our minister quickly responded to LKY comment, Defence Minister Dato's Seri Najib was the first to fire back, PM Pak Lah demanded an apology from LKY, and of course our ex-PM Tun Mahathir did not keep quite. Loud (but maybe a bit childish), challanged LKY intelligence, saying that LKY's recent comment revealed his stupidity.

Would LKY, who read law in Cambridge be smart to make such comment in a region surrounded by the Malays, and what is his motive in making such comment?
Would Mahathir, who study medicine in Singapore’s King Edward College of Medicine, inspired the tallest building in Malaysia be smarter than LKY to realized LKW's motive behind the comment?

Who is brainier, LKY or Mahathir?

1 comments:

Nightraveller said...

I would say the British colonizer is the brainest, as their setting of the racial politics is still relentlessly played by the ruling elites even after 40 years...I guess this should be the true sadness, as both countries citizens still fail to realize the hegemony that conceals social class problems. It's the poor who are being marginalized regardless of skin colour.