THE MODERN MIDDLE KINGDOM

Kepada saudara Ah Beng

Saya tak pernah menyesal lahir sebagai orang Melayu.
Mungkin pemahaman saudara mengenai Islam terlalu sedikit, nak tafsirkan sesuatu pun tak betul.Ceteknya ilmu saudara!!!
Kami memang mempercayai perkara ghaib malah wajib.
Memang ada saya dengar pendapat... orang bomoh orang dalam perniagaan Melayu malah selalu saya dengar. Perkara ni memang betul terjadi tapi saya rasa kalau seseorang individu tu iklas memohon perlindungan Tuhan pasti ia dilindungi juga dari kerja jahat bomoh2 . Lagi satu kerana percayakan Tuhanlah jadi adanya Tangan yang memberi lebih mulia dari tangan yang menerima maksudnya disini disisi Allah seseorang yang memberi sesuatu tu pangkatnya disisi Allah lebih mulia dan pangkat peminta sedekah jadi rendah...maka kalau tak nak pangkat kita di sisi Allah rendah jadi kene selalu berusaha, berusaha dan berusaha untuk berjaya.kalau nk tolong orang Melayu bagi mereka susuh itupun salah. Sebagai pemimpin dalam
Al-quran pun tanggungjawab besar, kalau cume nak bagi susah apa pula pemimpin ni nak jawap pada Tuhan bila dia meninggal dunia...takkan nk jawab semata-mata nk suruh maju saya bagi rakyat susah. Saya rasa orang Melayu ni perlu lebih belajar Al-Quran untuk lebih maju bukan duniaje malah akhirat. Semua dh ada dalam
Al-Quran..Contohi nabi Muahhammad SAW...Ibu saya cakap dunia ni ibarat penjara..orang yang merdeka dari penjara ini hanya orang yang dapat KEREDAAN ALLAH.

assalamualaikum Tun... semoga Tun berada dalam keadaan sihat sejahtera dan dirahmati Allah sentiasa.

Tun saya berasal dari Johor.
Saya rasa walaupun Singapura maju tapi rakyatnya terhimpit
mungkin mereka terpaksa maju. bayangkan untuk memperoleh lesen moto pun perlu bayar hampir RM 3000 banding di Malaysia hanya RM 211..kalau nak beli kereta pun boleh guna hanya beberapa tahun sahaja...lepas tu takleh pakai dah than kene beli kereta baru lagi.
Kalau beli rumah pula..lagi lain cerita.
Saya rasa isu air tu mungkin kita anggap sedekah sahajalah.
Semoga satu sedekah yang kita beri Allah gantikan dengan sepuluh kali ganda. Ada satu masa tapi saya tak ingat sangat bila..
Pasal isu air ni mereka kata nak gunakan air kitar semula..
Tapi saya terfikir, air kitar semula yang bukan secara semulajadi ni adakah ia suci lagi menyucikan.bolehke air dari kumbahan orangni diaorang guna semula untuk ambik air senbahyang?
Kalau di Malaysia ada juga tempat tadahan air, tapi di Singapura tiada gunung ganang. So memang terpaksa juga beli dari Malaysia.
Saya rasa dah tak releven lagi jual air harga 3 sen 1000 gelen.Tapi dah perjanjian mungkin nak sedapkan hati anggap sedekah je...Cume air yg mereka rawat tu tak perlu Malaysia beli semula, mungkin bila kita tak beli air..Mereka dh tak de tempat nk simpan air yang banyak tu jadi Singapura tak kan beli air dari malaysia dalam kuantiti yang banyak. Bila keadaan dh macam ni mereka pula akan minta bt perjanjian air yg baru...Saya fikirla tapi tak taula kalau Singapura boleh sampai jual air tu kt negara lain pula.

Sinagporean are stress people with tight population and pressured life.I did not see much room.no wander the smart one left.
now they pay COE for their vehicle,this and that
for everything,I am not surprise the next 10 years
you have to pay COE for your wife and sent them to scrap
if you can,t afford.
You got no say,they choke yr life not to make
you talk.They squeeze your balls if you manage to talk.
when you live they squeeze you your life,
upon death they take your organs away in the name of
charitable of saving mankind.BUT is the bills charitable on part
of them.Unfortunately Singaporean upon death,be it muslims,
christian, buddists or what your death name will be replace
by a serial no, you are just a product

corrupted govt or non corrupted govt makes no difference to me.
cause end of the day i still have to pay more for non corrupted
govt.
the difference in corrupted govt it goes to many pocket
may be little i have to pay,
with non corrupted govt
i cannot miss i have to pay more,and it goes to one pocket.
so what the hack,everybody is pretending good in public.
talk about meritrocracy they only talk but in real facts
facts reveals itself.so don,t listen to them
observe their doing.(cakap achi bunting pun bolih cakap)

corrupted govt or non corrupted govt makes no difference to me.
cause end of the day i still have to pay more for non corrupted
govt.
the difference in corrupted govt it goes to many pocket
may be little i have to pay,
with non corrupted govt
i cannot miss i have to pay more,and it goes to one pocket.
so what the hack,everybody is pretending good in public.
talk about meritrocracy they only talk but in real facts
facts reveals itself.so don,t listen to them
observe their doing.(cakap achi bunting pun bolih cakap)

orang melayu bangga dengan kebodohan mereka.
tanah mereka dikurnia rahmat dengan banyak hasil yg ada.
tapi gagal menghasilkan hasil yg dikurniakan.
bagaimana nak tolong orang melayu.
jawapannya kasi mereka susah,bukan dengan menghulurkan bantuan
seperti peminta sedekah,ini hari kasi besok minta lagi
sampai mereka mampus,dan dikuti keturunan mereka dari dulu sampai
sekarang.tangan memberi lebih mulia dari tangan yg menerima.
kepercayaan melayu pada ilmu ghaib,pada dukun sebagainya yg membodohkan mereka.semacam tak percayakan tuhan.alasan gagal
dalam perniagaan atau sebagainya dituduh kena buat orang.
sombong tak nak salahkan diri sendiri atas usaha yg kurang gigih
dan ilmu.anak melayu harus diajar bahasa english untuk menimba ilmu
dunia belajar alquran untuk akhirat,bukan dari terjemahan yg ada.
system pelajaran malaysia dan indonesia mesti berubah
ke bahasa english,namun bahasa ibunda tetap dijaga.
sedarilah ilmu sains,perubatan,pembangungan sekarang semuanya
hasil dari ilmu english.begitu juga orang islam diwajibkan
memahami alquran bukan setakat membaca atau belajar dari terjemahan.
tanpa ilmu manusia tak ke mana.bukan saja megejarkan dunia
megejarkan akhirat pun perlu ilmu dan ini dituntut agama islam
begitu sedih melihat nasib orang melayu.

orang putih mati tinggalkan nama
orang cina mati tinggalkan harta
orang melayu mati tinggal berangan

(tak kan melayu hilang di bumi),kata hang tuah
tapi sayang Hang tuah siang siang menghilangkan diri
taat pada raja kerana raja selalu nak bertina bukanlah laksamana
Berani menegatkan kebenaran,bangsa dan ugama adalah wira laksamana

BIG-TIME SEX TRADE IN SIN......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5N7tMa2phQ

GANGA'S BLOG.....must read.......
http://gangasudhan.com/blog/2009/05/uniquely-singapore-one-low-iq-boy-vs.html

TAN LEONG HONG'S STORY.......

PLEASE EXTEND COPIES OF THIS NOTICE / ARTICLE TO THOSE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN READING IT.

Tang Liang Hong

Mobile phone : 613 ( 0 ) 412 070 471

Web-site : http://www.ozemail.com.au/~tangtalk

Email : tangtalk@ozemail.com.au

LEGAL TERRORISM IN SINGAPORE By Tang Liang Hong

Scary innovation in law of trust is taking shape

Hearing between 9-13 November 1998 in Singapore High Court

To determine 13 Mareva Injunctions by Lee Kuan Yew & orders against my wife Mdm Teo Siew Har

The Singapore High Court will commence hearing from next Monday till Friday the 9-13 November 1998 to decide the claims by Lee Kuan Yew and other cabinet ministers of the Singapore People’s Action Party’s (PAP) government against my wife, Madam Teo Siew Har in respect of her assets seized by them under 13 Mareva injunctions which were obtained by deceitful, misleading and false statement under oath/affirmation (a crime of perjury with mandatory jail sentence upon conviction ) by PAP leaders in their affidavits in support of their applications for the injunctions, that I had caused the release of my police report to the press for publication. I shall explain further this event below.

To pump fears into the minds of Singaporeans has been a key policy of the PAP government. With the subtle collaboration from the judiciary, the PAP government not only has extensively used legal actions against its opposition , but also has used them against members of their family and their assets, with a view to harass and cow its opponents into submission. It has implemented this policy of creating fears in the minds of its people openly so as to achieve the desired effect of frightening away all potential opposition to the PAP, so that it may remain in power forever. As an opposition I have refused to be cowed into submission, and consequently, my wife and our children, have thus been publicly put to much sufferings and made to taste the bitterness of a broken home in Singapore.

Below are some background facts which show as to how the PAP leaders, being politicians in power, have abused their executive powers illegally and cruelly, in throwing my wife into the legal typhoon generated and designed by them to crush her.

1, The Cabinet’s decision to ‘debunk and to demolish’ me

The Singapore opposition political party, the Workers’ Party on 23 December 1996 announced that I was one of its candidates for the General Election to be held on 2 January 1997. The cabinet members of the People’s Action Party (PAP) government, according to Lee Kuan Yew own statement under oath in court, discussed my "strange appearance" as a candidate and decided that I must be "debunked and demolished" quickly to stop the Chinese-educated Chinese to rekindle their fire of hope to come back to the Singapore political arena. They also discussed the way and means to demolish me. To the PAP, it is a matter of course that the Chinese-educated Chinese, being the majority in number in Singapore, must be continually marginalized in politics in Singapore. Under all circumstances, I must not be given any chance to speak up for them to raise their hope.

2. Mischievous Massive Smear Campaign

Immediately after Christmas Day, Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Chok Tong and other PAP ministers and leaders, through the powerful public media under their absolute control, started its massive propaganda campaign against me and charged that I was an anti-Christian, anti-Islam, anti-Malay, and anti-English-educated Chinese chauvinist and that my views and ideas would eventually cause religious conflicts and would disrupt social and racial harmony in Singapore and would lead to bloodshed in Singapore as what had taken place in Sri Lanka, Rwanda and elsewhere. These kinds of baseless accusations against me in such a massive way in a multi-lingual, multi-racial and multi-religious society like Singapore, immediately put me and my family in danger and at the same time, they were laying the grounds for my arrest under the Internal Security Act under which I can be arrested and detained for a very long time without trial. Of course, if some misguided religious extremists would harm me and get rid of me for them as a result of PAP’s false accusations, it would have been better for them.

3. Abuse of Legal Process with the Collaboration from Singapore public media and the police

When interviewed by a reporter from the Singapore Straits Times inviting me to make response to PAP’s attacks, I denied their aforesaid false accusations and said that they were lying and that I would lodge a police report against them for that. Lee Kuan Yew and others sued me immediately for defamation for saying that. Immediately we received anonymous letters from persons claiming to be Christians and Muslims threatening to harm me and my family. On the 1 January 1997, I made a police report against 11 PAP leaders and sought police protections for me and members of my family. To my surprise, copy of my police report appeared in the Singapore press the next day. Lee Kuan Yew and son Lee Hsien Loong and Goh Chok Tong and all others named in my police report sued me for defamation for the publication of my police report in the press. Many people were shocked in August 1997 when Goh Chok Tong disclosed in court under cross-examination by George Carmen QC from London that he (Goh Chok Tong) was the one who had ordered the Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kun Seng to report to him immediately should I make a police report as I had declared earlier and that the Singapore police had given copy of my police report to Goh Chok Tong and Lee Kuan Yew within two hours from my making it for their political purposes and for them to release to the press and for their instituting legal actions against me. Goh Chok Tong further disclosed that it was he who authorised Lee Kuan Yew to release my police report to the public media in Singapore for publication. As a result of this publication, Lee Kuan Yew and other PAP leaders instituted further actions against me for defamation. It became clear that many of their statements of claim and many of their affidavits filed in court in support of their applications, including their applications for Mareva injunctions and for assessments of damages against me and or my wife were false and misleading. The law enforcement agencies have so far kept quiet about it. The rule of law of Singlish brand has double standard and is therefore unique. Singapore journalists have filed about 50 affidavits to support the PAP leaders’ claims against me and my wife. But none of them had the decency to disclose the fact that it was Lee Kuan Yew who had given them my police report for their publication. Some of these journalists will come to court on 9-13 November 1998 to help the PAP leaders to ‘legally’ establish a bogey trust against my wife’s assets.

4. Flee for Dear Life and Freedom

On the 2 January 1997, the Workers’ Party team of candidates ( Mr. J.B. Jeyaretnam, myself and three others) lost narrowly to the PAP team for the Cheng San Constituency. While I was on my way home in the early morning on the 3 January after the results of the Election were announced, my car was closely followed by several cars belonging to the secret police officers from the Internal Security Department. I managed to get away from them after an exciting car race on Singapore roads in the early morning. I did not go home that day. In the late afternoon, to avoid arrest, I managed to slip out of Singapore and went to Johor Bahru of Malaysia after a press conference given by the Workers’ Party in the after noon that day.

5. The Singapore Court instantly Striking out my Applications to Strike Out

Soon after, I was in London actively making preparations for my defences and counter-claims against the PAP leaders. At the advice of my Queen’s Counsel, I filed applications in Court to strike out the PAP leaders’ multiple defamation suits on the ground of ‘abuse of legal process’ by their misusing of the law of defamation to oppress political opposition. I also applied for a short extension of time to file my defences should my applications to strike out fail. My applications were filed late in the afternoon on 23 January 1997. Just within an hour or so, my law firm was surprisingly informed by the Court Registry that my said applications had been fixed for hearing in the early morning next day. On 24 January, all my applications were thrown out by the court and I was ordered to pay costs, on the ground that my applications were ‘an abuse of legal process instead ‘ and unconventionally disallowed any extension of time to me, not even for a day, to enable me to organise my defences. My law firm had to rush to file my defences before 4 p.m. that day to avoid judgements in default of defence to be entered against me. If I were to appeal on these decisions, I would be put to incur expensive legal costs and disbursements which I could not afford to meet. I disclosed publicly that I was going to sell my assets to fight them in courts, the PAP leaders distorted it into accusation against me and my wife that we were taking steps to remove our assets out of Singapore

6. To totally paralyse us financially with a view to destroy our resistant strength

On 27 January 1998, the PAP Government demonstrated its prowess in its attack against its opposition. On that evening, my wife together with my daughter intended to pay a visit to my personal good friend, Mr. Abdul Razak Ahmad at his home in Johor Bahru during Ramadan fasting month. They were stopped at the Singapore exit point at the causeway by immigration officers who disallowed them to leave Singapore. They searched my wife’s handbag and confiscated her passport. On her return home at midnight from the immigration office at the causeway, a group of lawyers representing Lee Kuan Yew and the other PAP leaders in their multiple defamation suits against me, were waiting for my wife at our doorstep. It turned out that on that the PAP leaders had obtained 13 Mareva Injunctions against us on the ground (alleged by Lee Kuan Yew in his affidavit without evidence or poor quality of evidence if the were evidence at all). These injunctions froze all my assets up to the limit of S$ 11.2 million and demanded that I had to disclose my assets on a world basis under oath. Those lawyers also served on her copies of 13 Writs of Summonses (including HPL case for which I was allowed to engage a Queen’s counsel in June 1996 ). The 13 Mareva injunctions also made my wife a second defendant of the 13 lawsuits against me for defamation which do not concern her at all. The13 Mareva injunction orders also froze all her assets on a world wide basis up to the limit of S$ 11.2 million. The injunction orders also demanded her to disclose all her assets by way of an affidavit to be filed with 4 days from 27 January 1998. Lee Kuan Yew alleged without any basis that my wife had held all her assets as trustee for me. But that kind of bare allegation of trust and the offensive allegation that Johor Bahru of Malaysia was a crime-infested place together with the lie that I had caused my police report against them to be released to the press for publication thereby damaging their reputation seriously and that I was therefore liable for huge damages for defamation, as made by and as contained in Lee Kuan Yew’s affidavit in support of his application for Mareva injunction orders were accepted by Judge Lai Kew Chai in total as good ground and evidence for granting the 13 Mareva injunction orders against us. J. Lai created legal history by granting Mareva injunction in the law of defamatiom before judgement. In fact this move was nothing more than just a part of a financial cold turkey operation, with a view to freeze all our financial source to paralyse our financial strength to resist their attacks by way of legal actions.

Chinese Cultural Revolution re-run in Singapore
When these lawyers left our home after having served the injunction orders on my wife, a battalion of Inland Revenue Officials stormed into our house and ransacked our home. They carted away tons of documents and articles from us. They also carried out simultaneously similar raid at my office in the city. Up to date they have not returned any item of documents or articles seized from us.
On 28 April 1998, when applying to expunge his offensive statements from his affidavit after having apologised twice to the Malaysian government and people for having made those offensive statements, Lee Kuan Yew disclosed that my wife’s passport was cancelled because the PAP leaders would otherwise not be able to recover damages from me if she was allowed to leave Singapore as she, as alleged by him, had held assets as trustee for me. This was a blatant abuse of Executive power for private litigation. When Lee Kuan Yew could not get at me, so he got hold of my wife and her assets and her passport to limit her personal freedom. An oriental gentleman for Asian values indeed.

Multiplying legal costs to paralyse us financially
(1) I did not comply these 13 Mareva injunction orders as I knew that they were just traps laid for me. I knew very well that no matter how much efforts and care that I would put in the preparation of a list of my assets, it would certainly contain some kind of mistakes or omissions which in turn would be more than sufficient grounds for any Singapore court to convict me for cheating or perjury. I would be turned into a criminal instantly. I had to make a choice between two devils. I decided not to prepare my list of assets as demanded on me by the 13 Mareva injunction orders, running the risk of being in contempt of court. On 17 February 1998, the PAP leaders obtained 13 more orders for appointment of receiver to take over all my assets, including my law firm’s accounts which eventually caused the collapse and closure of my legal firm. They in fact served the 13 applications for appointment of receiver over my wife’s assets on my law firm in the afternoon and the hearing for such applications were fixed for hearing at 5 p.m. that very same day. My wife could not find any lawyers in town in such a short notice willing to act for her. She applied for a short adjournment to enable to get a lawyer to act for her and to explain to her what the applications were all about. Judge Lai Kew Chai refused her application and she finally broke down and cried in court. Mr Davinder Singh, counsel for Lee Kuan Yew however remarked that my wife was trying to win the court’s sympathy by her tears. By this order, my wife’s entire assets in Singapore were frozen and taken over by the receiver, including her house, her bank accounts and her joint accounts with our children and her niece (her sister’s daughter).
(2) The Singapore court refused our respective applications to have the multiple lawsuits to be consolidated. In addition, they intentionally separated the cases against my wife’s cases from those against me so we had to engage two sets of lawyers to multiply our legal costs and expenditure. We ended up to have to face 13 sets of lawsuits each, totalling 26 sets of them. We had to face 26 sets of costs whenever making applications, such as making applications to consolidate our cases or to get a London Queen’s counsel to represent us or making appeals or otherwise. We always failed in whatever applications we made and the PAP leaders would always succeed in whatever applications they chose to make. We as a matter of certainty had to pay them costs. In this way, we have already spent and incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars by way of costs and disbursements. As a matter of fact, we have been fighting them with our hands tied. We do not have unlimited resources of funds to continue to face the legal battles mounted on us by them.

Emergency night-sitting to pre-empt Queen’s counsel coming from London
I remained however determined to fight the lawsuits. I made an application to stop Justice Lai Kew Chai from presiding over the cases against me on the ground of apparent bias, as J. Lai was an ex partner in the law firm of Mrs Lee Kuan Yew and a family friend of the Lee family. In addition, Justice Lai himself together with Lee Kuan Yew and son and members of their family and relatives were among the so-called "early-bird purchasers" of the HPL property. The early-birds purchasers obtained deep discounts from HPL when they purchased the HPL property. Goh Chok Ton had said earlier that the involvement of Lee Kuan Yew and son in HPL property needed to be investigated. The father and son sued me for defamation for raising a query, when approached by a reporter from a Hongkong weekly in May 1996, as to why the matter was not referred to the Corruption Practice Investigation Bureau (CPIB). As J. Lai was also one of the early-bird purchasers, I therefore objected to his being the trial judge and therefore applied for him to be replaced another judge.. The PAP leaders made counter applications to strike out all my defences (including the HPL case) for not filing my list of assets as ordered by J. Lai. All these applications were fixed by the High court registry for hearing before J. Lai himself on 10 March 1997. My counsel, Mr. Jeyaretnam applied for a short adjournment so that Mr. Gray QC, who represented me in the HPL case, could fly from London immediately to appear on my behalf. J. Lai after lengthy arguments from the parties, refused the adjournment application and also refused to recluse himself from hearing the cases. When J. Lai made the decisions, it was already late in the evening. However, the hearing of the applications by Lee Kuan Yew and other PAP leaders to striking out my defences, were urgently fixed for decision before another judge immediately that very night, so that my Queen’s counsel could not come to Singapore in time to represent me and so that Lee Kuan Yew and son could avoid being cross-examined by my Queen’s counsel on HPL affairs. During that emergency night-hearing, Justice Goh Joon Seng struck out all my defences as expected.

Function of Singapore courts to furnish legal cover of legitimacy
Of course, the powerful Singapore public media -- the PAP propaganda machinery announced to the whole world that Lee Kuan Yew and the PAP leaders had fought and won a "legal" battles in their defamation suits against me. This is the type of "legal cover" of legitimacy the PAP government has always sought for their illegitimate actions against their opposition in Singapore.

11. The Receiver has been acting in conflict of Interests

Mr. Nicky Tan of Price Waterhouse, Singapore was appointed as the receiver on 17 February 1997 over my estate and the estate of my wife. He was an official of the court and owed an equal duty of care to me and my wife. He however acted in a totally biased and prejudicial manner against my wife’s interests throughout. He delayed in the payment of salaries to the staffs of my law firm and weekly allowance of one thousand dollars to my wife as ordered by the court, from my accounts under his in his control and management thereby causing her tremendous hardship at a time when all our assets were frozen. In his capacity as a receiver with certain privileges as an official of the court, he however was going all out at our costs and disbursements to collect evidence for Lee Kuan Yew and the PAP leaders, by collecting evidence with a view of helping them to establish the alleged trust my wife was a bare trustee for me in respect of her assets. He objected to my wife’s applications in court to sell her house by way of public auction or by private treaty respectively in March and April 1997, on the ground that public tender would fetch a better price for it. He also refused potential buyers obtained by my daughter for the house. He allowed the value of the property to continue to fall and interest on the mortgage loan to continue to mount without any benefit to anyone except to the prejudice of my wife’s interest. He only attempted to sell the property by public tender towards the end of 1997 when, according to him, there was no bidder at all for the house.

The PAP leaders have indicated that they will not be coming to court to give evidence personally. To me it is clear that they do not want to subject them to be cross-examined in court for this absurd against my wife. In this coming hearing fixed on 9-13 November 1998, The receiver is going to be the star witness for the PAP leaders’ claims against my wife. The PAP leaders are obviously making use of the international standing of his reputable firm to do a dirty job.

12. The Mortgagee Bank has also gone cranky

(1) My wife’s mortgagee bank is Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC). Since I slipped out of Singapore on 3 January 1997, my wife had not serviced the interest of the mortgage loan on her house and she was taking active steps to sell her house and to redeem the mortgage loan. This is the only way to pay off the bank. Her efforts were frustrated when Lee Kuan Yew and others slammed her with the injunction order which ordered that only the receiver had the sole right of sale. Her applications to the court for an order to allow her to sell the property was opposed by the receiver. This however did not affect the right of sale by OCBC as secured creditor. For more than one year, the bank refused to exercise its right of sale notwithstanding my wife’s repeated requests. Now, the market value of the property has dropped below the loan and interest.

Mortgagee in breach of banking secrecy

(2) In addition, several senior officers of the Bank, in contradiction to banking law which demands banking secrecy in banking transactions, have filed several affidavits in support of Lee Kuan Yew’s allegation of trust. They are coming to court this coming hearing to give evidence to assist Lee Kuan Yew to make claim to the property of my wife against the interest of the bank as her mortgagee. One can only find such kind of cranky conduct from bankers in Singapore. To understand this, one has to realise that Dr. Tony Tan is also one of the PAP leaders who sue me. He together with his uncle holds l substantial share interest in OCBC. He was the bank’s executive chairman before he went back to join the PAP’s cabinet as its deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Defence. Another PAP leader suing me is Lee Hsien Loong, son of Lee Kuan Yew. He is also another deputy Prime Minister cum Head of the Monetary Authority of Singapore which is in charge of and be responsible for the issuance or cancellation of banking licences in Singapore.

(3) Political Culture affects Banking Transactions in Singapore

Any body having knowledge of political culture in Singapore knows very well that Banks have to act very carefully so as not to invoke any displeasure of from the PAP otherwise political mines will definitely explode and blast them to pieces. The bank for more than a year, refused to sell my wife’s property notwithstanding repeated requests from my wife who could no long service the interest and the fact that I, as her guarantee to the bank, had left Singapore and had faced a judgement entered against me by Lee Kuan Yew and other PAP’s leaders, in a sum more than $ 8 millions ( later in September 97 reduced to $3.8 excluding legal costs). OCBC only sued my wife in August 1998 when the entire loan and the interest had exceeded the market value of her property. The Singapore High Court however has refused to allow her to dispute liability for the entire amount of interest and to counterclaim for damages arising from the very extraordinary and unreasonable conduct on its part in the transaction. My wife is in the course of filing her appeal against the decision of the high court on this. She has thus been put to expenses again. The most sinister part of it is that my wife will eventually be made to appear to having been crushed and her assets taken away by a seemingly commercial bank in the ordinary banking transactions without any smack of political manoeuvre.

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Dear Tun,

By Malaysian kidAuthor Profile Page on July 13, 2009 3:39 AM

Comment:

Are you for real?...or did your dad asked you to write it down....take my advise don't make a fool of yourself here, do something worthwhile......go fly a kite or something.

Denial syndrome in the republic
By Dato from Malaysiakini

I refer to the letter ‘Singapore not as bad as portrayed‘. It looks like the writer is certainly a Singaporean and needs, like all people of every country, to protect their nation’s image.

Granted what he says about every country not being perfect, but he should not, like the better or rather more affluent Singaporean, push under the carpet what is very obvious that poverty and trying to earn a living in Singapore for a lot of people is difficult.

It is this need to ignore, explain and turn their heads away arrogantly that allows this group of people living in poverty to continue to suffer.

Let’s not kid around, all countries of any repute provides basic medical attention, and Singapore is not different, but when it comes to expensive treatment or special treatment, I think he should get his facts right, because the hospital will not dish this out for free. Instead I know of many folks who have been turned away just because one member of the family earns SGD1,500 and this disqualifies them from many social services help, like disabled needs, autistic people getting treatment and so on.

There are also many poverty-stricken blocks of apartments, notorious for their people who live in abject poverty in rat holes they call apartments. Two, maybe three small rooms, and when we say small, trust me, it is small.

I now ask the writer to explain the existence of the ‘Karang Guni’ people and the location they operate in near Sim Lim tower. Maybe he can explain to us Malaysians what is ‘Karang Guni’.

To me their existence only means that poverty exists and openly, as otherwise the government should ban this shocking culture. In many countries they are known as “scavengers” who get their stuff from dumps, throwaways and so on, and then sell them.

So tell us, the ‘Mahathir Malaysians’, a little more about Singapore. Tell us how Lee Kuan Yew bankrupts the opposition, rather then throw them in jail. Tell us why one person protesting is considered an assembly? Tell us about the famous JB Jeyaratnam who died practically in poverty, a few months after settling his bankruptcy payments.

Admit your country’s shortcomings. Just go to some of the Mcdonald’s outlets and you will wonder why Singaporeans, in their 60s and 70s, working there, doing cleaning jobs. I was told it was to keep them busy, but in reality, they need the job to survive.

In Malaysia, we are turning things around with regards to poverty. Our poverty eradication programmes, NGOs and many organisations are doing a good job

Denial syndrome in the republic

By Dato from Malaysiakini

I refer to the letter ‘Singapore not as bad as portrayed‘. It looks like the writer is certainly a Singaporean and needs, like all people of every country, to protect their nation’s image.

Granted what he says about every country not being perfect, but he should not, like the better or rather more affluent Singaporean, push under the carpet what is very obvious that poverty and trying to earn a living in Singapore for a lot of people is difficult.

It is this need to ignore, explain and turn their heads away arrogantly that allows this group of people living in poverty to continue to suffer.

Let’s not kid around, all countries of any repute provides basic medical attention, and Singapore is not different, but when it comes to expensive treatment or special treatment, I think he should get his facts right, because the hospital will not dish this out for free. Instead I know of many folks who have been turned away just because one member of the family earns SGD1,500 and this disqualifies them from many social services help, like disabled needs, autistic people getting treatment and so on.

There are also many poverty-stricken blocks of apartments, notorious for their people who live in abject poverty in rat holes they call apartments. Two, maybe three small rooms, and when we say small, trust me, it is small.

I now ask the writer to explain the existence of the ‘Karang Guni’ people and the location they operate in near Sim Lim tower. Maybe he can explain to us Malaysians what is ‘Karang Guni’.

To me their existence only means that poverty exists and openly, as otherwise the government should ban this shocking culture. In many countries they are known as “scavengers” who get their stuff from dumps, throwaways and so on, and then sell them.

So tell us, the ‘Mahathir Malaysians’, a little more about Singapore. Tell us how Lee Kuan Yew bankrupts the opposition, rather then throw them in jail. Tell us why one person protesting is considered an assembly? Tell us about the famous JB Jeyaratnam who died practically in poverty, a few months after settling his bankruptcy payments.

Admit your country’s shortcomings. Just go to some of the Mcdonald’s outlets and you will wonder why Singaporeans, in their 60s and 70s, working there, doing cleaning jobs. I was told it was to keep them busy, but in reality, they need the job to survive.

In Malaysia, we are turning things around with regards to poverty. Our poverty eradication programmes, NGOs and many organisations are doing a good job

KUMAR ON SINGAPORE COMEDY....

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I am not impressed by you putting such comments about leaders of the neighbourhood Doctor Mahathir.

First, are there any concrete proof and evidence showing Lee Kuan Yew behaves like "little emperor" during his visit in Malaysia only seeking for business opportunities?

Second, can you show us any concrete proof that Malay Minorities in Singapore are poor? And in terms of removing poverties and economical inequalities between races, do you personally think that Malaysia has done better than Singapore?

I hope for an explaination of above to questions. Even tough I have such feeling that you will ignore this comment. But I would like to put it up still.

Tun,

I think it is pointless to keep attacking Singapore. Whether we like it or not, they are progressing. In the 60s, the Singapore currency is lower than Malaysia, we were flocking there to buy cheap goods. Now? They are coming to Malaysia to buy cheap houses, lands and goods. Within 30 years, they had overtaken us and they continue to move forward.

Take Singapore as our ENEMY - THAT IS FINE. BUT to overtake our "enemy" we have to understand their strength and weaknesses. We should learn from their strength and make sure we do not repeat their weaknesses. Nothing wrong to learn from the ENEMY in order the "conquer" them. have we done anything except all the name calling? which never bring us anywhere.

For the passed more than 30 years in Malaysia, we have seen various cronies sucking up Rakyat's money, government spent money to save ill-managed corporations, racists politicians churned up racial issues to gain political power, yet the majority of the Rakyat, including the Malays masses are remained as poor, not benefited from the NEP. We see only a small group of UMNOPUTRA gaining huge benefits from the political power.

Look at our "great leader" Toyo, how he abused his power, look at our Port Klang scandal, how many cronies are involved, until now, no one seems to responsible? the list goes on endless. Tun, I am sure you know best, all these are your former staff, nurtured by you, Toya is specially hand-picked by you.

I think it is time you should correct all these scandals, you are partly responsible since you were the PM for 22 years, PLEASE EXPOSE THEM, QUESTION THEM AND CORRECT THEM. i BELIEVE WE ALL WANT TO MAKE MALAYSIA PROGRESSIVE, MY LOVE TO THIS HOMELAND IS NOT LESS THAN YOU OR ANY PATRIOTIC MALAYSIAN.

Same as everyone, I want a Progressive Malaysia and abe a proud MALAYSIAN. However, I am only a small fly, cannot do much.

TUN, IF YOU ARE SINCERELY DO SOMETHING, I will fully support you.

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In this meritocracy, there's no time to smell the roses

I REFER to Thursday's letter by Mr Anil Bhatia, 'Wealthy and yet unhappy - how come, Singapore?'

There is a systemic flaw in our meritocratic system where we strive to be the best in everything, in meeting wants, in careers, in infrastructure. In the process, our human capital is put through various stress tests from a young age until retirement and even the grave.

The young are put to a stress test the minute they start formal education at primary level with homework and remedial classes. School holidays are filled with more lessons, remedial classes and co-curricular activities for upper secondary students. To gain entry to top junior colleges or polytechnics, students must achieve an aggregate score of eight points or less, compared to 10 to 15 points years earlier. How not to be stressed out?

Young adults struggle with work from demanding bosses who expect 24/7 due diligence from employees. Many in this age group struggle to acquire material wealth at the expense of pro-family, procreation activities. Mature workers worry about job security and those who are retrenched often remain chronically unemployed for a long while. Many in this age group (45 to 55) are most vulnerable, with massive expenses to take care of, such as children's education, housing loans, elderly parents' medical bills and retirement expenses. How to be happy?

The elderly are also vulnerable as their children may fall into the mature age group who are either struggling to maintain their livelihoods or unemployed.

With little financial support from their children, many are forced to work as cleaners or do other manual work with their limited skills. Retirees who have exhausted their Central Provident Fund savings are forced to go back to work with limited scope of employment in the current economic climate.

There is hardly any stage in the human cycle where we can slow down and make an effort to smell the roses in society.

Roland Ang

Smell what roses? The only scent you can smell in my Hotel Sinkapore is the constant methane fart from my SPH propaganda factory

Dearest Tun, and readers,

Honestly? I doubt any non bumi(s) would actually want to overthrow our Sultan/King in Malaysia.

"Kesetiaan Kepada Raja dan Negara"
Means: Loyalty to the King and Country.

The whole point of us voicing out our opinion usually ends up being "disloyal" but the true fact is that what we say gets misinterpreted and bombastically politicize what was suppose to meant

"We need some room to breathe... without hurting you."

which is translated into:

"We don't want to breathe the same air as you."

Which is what the media and some politicians who are Ethnocentric usually politicize to be a Hero.

Honestly, we non bumis have been in Malaysia since even before the Melakka Kingdom was established. We have no interest to overthrow our king who has provided us shelter, protection and some opportunity to develop here. No, I don't think we are so greedy to steal our neighbor's rice bowl. Although, I do not deny there are some selfish people amongst us who does it for their personal gain. Those are the very few whom have been made into the so called "Majority".

My best friend since high school was a Malay, and in College too was a Malay. As friends, we usually mix around with other friends from difference backgrounds and trust me nothing about "How rich and powerful I wanna be" ever came across our mind.

We the non-Bumi and the Bumi, really aren't having any bad terms as others would imagine, foreigners can come to Malaysia and be surprised how well we live amongst our neighbors and friends from different races.

It's true that there are minor conflicts between certain group of people and political views. But have we Malaysians really sat down and think? We do not have a civil warfare, nor do we have anything severe as Ethnic Cleansing.

To the Bumis who felt threatened because of what the others say, please remember this proverb (Direct translation)

"A bow on the wall mistaken as a snake's shadow in a cup"

Means: Feeling threatened by thinking that there is a snake in the cup, when it's actually a reflection of a bow on the wall.

While the Non-Bumis too should practice self constrain when trying to voice opinion and always read between the lines of what is written in the media. Channel your opinions to the community leaders, if that doesn't help, try speaking to a Bumi leader who I believe would be more than happy to help a fellow Malaysian. If all else fails, just vote for someone you believe who can really champion the people's voice. (NOT RACIAL VOICE)

MCA has always been viewed as a "YES MAN" to the Government, and MIC too has always been viewed to be a follower to the Government. The fact remains, if MCA and MIC don't champion the people's voice ... Opposition like DAP, PKR, and PAS (major ones) would champion the people's voice. Racial voice is what the "Extremist" from the political side would usually use, becoming a champion of their RACE instead of the people.

I sincerely hope that, a day would come and there would no need to have such "Racial" champions ... To whom I believe is only championing their personal interest. Perhaps, certain groups of politicians Should not spend to much money on personal gains, 3 million on a luxurious bungalow ? Why not spend 3 million to help your own people? I'm sure that 3 million would have benefited a whole lot of people, Bumis or non Bumis.

Confucious, when he was appointed as a government official only lived in a simple shack. When asked why he wouldn't live in luxury like other officials, he simply replied ...

"A civil servant shouldn't be richer than the people, as his sole purpose should only be to serve the people and have just enough for himself to survive. If the people are in poverty, and the officials are Fat and rich, it would mean something obvious is wrong in the governance system."

If I were a Politician with a Monthly income of Rm 30k or even 10k I would spend only 2 ~ 4k on my living expenses and donate the remaining to help the people around me. As the pay I'm receiving is the people's money and it obviously belongs to the people. But sadly, the truth is always people get greedy and refuse to live by the principle they set. (Hence, should I be a politician someday, this would be my reminder)

So, I hope that the vision of 1Malaysia truly happens when we are not discriminated or categorized as being Chinese, Indian, Melayu, dan Lain lain. We don't want to be a King, we just want to work with the Bumis to reach greater heights.

If Singapore things by sidelining the Malay minorities is the right thing to do, then let us show them that we Malaysians working hand in hand regardless of races, is capable to out last them in the longer run.

There would be a time when Singapore would run out of resources, and that's the time they would realize how small they really are compared to the bigger picture of the world.

Your sincerely,

A Malaysian with a Dream

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I’m not from Malaysia, actually from an European country that’s not speaking English. I married with a Malaysian woman and have two children, all born in Malaysia (1 in primary 4 and 1 in primary 2). I’m really in love with Malaysia especially Sarawak, I said NO, because Malaysia going backward not forward as it should be for the 2020 vision, a developed country is not only the infrastructures and other, the most important to my point of view is the HUMAN CAPITAL. So now the governments stop teaching math & science in English, in that case the people (the Malaysian), especially the students won’t have the chance in their life to learn and get the chance to compete again others, from other countries (just go back to their parent land, for the fortunate one, and plant rice, tapping rubber, etc…) or its going to be only the rich people or those who can afford it to pay tuitions or send their children in private school even overseas, just sorry to said, but Bahasa Malaysia is to general, it doesn’t have specific words like English or other languages, I have read many articles since the announcement, and I’m agree with one of them it should have be done by a referendum, only the parent have the right to decide the future of their children not a minority of people. I have seen also in TV, the people who were against the teaching in English, interviewed and worse! They were speaking in English; just tell me where the point is? Mr. Tun please tries to convince them

THE DAILY MORNING PLEDGE OF THE MODERN MIDDLE KINGDOM....

We the Ministers of THE MODERN MIDDLE KINGDOM,
Pledge ourselves as one united Syndicate,
Regardless of GRC, Salary or Office,
To build a Bureaucratic empire,
Based on Nepotism and Elitism,
So as to achieve Happiness, Prosperity
and Power for the Dementor Familee.

CONTRADICATION....BOOK PUBLISHER BLUR!!!
http://singaporeanskeptic.blogspot.com/2009/04/minister-contradicts-himself-again.html

, July 8, 2009 fm SINGAPORE SKEPTIC extract
Singapore regressing back into the Third World?

Barely a decade after achieving 'developed' status in Singapore, it seems that some people are saying that we are moving back to our pre-developed status.

First, we have our dear old Lee Kuan Yew reminding us, in April this year, that we are not developed[link]. Now, we have a Malaysian (Malaysiakini) telling us that we Singaporeans live miserable lives. He talks about Singapore citizens living in Third World conditions,like poor peasants, with no electricity and with barely enough to eat because they can't afford the high cost of living in Singapore. Our social policies are really bad partly because of a lack of a social safety net. It makes no difference for the poor whether Singapore is a developed country or not.

It is not just our social policies that are Third World, it seems that some people believe our economic policies are Third World too. You have Kenneth Jeyaretnam, son of JBJ and a former hedge fund manager, who says that our economic policies are like that. In a recent speech at the Foreign Correspondence Association lunch, he mentions that our growth for the past few years depended on the input of cheap labour and low consumption.

As a result of the input of cheap labour, the productivity of the work-force stagnated and fell. Unlike a developed country that produces high-end value-added goods, we have nothing of value to add except cheap labour; which is unsustainable. If a foreign MNC decides to leave Singapore, it is not because we voted for the opposition (like the PAP say) but because we have nothing of value to offer the rest of the world. Whose fault is that? Who was responsible for the total control of our economic policy over the past decade? Who was responsible for our decline in productivity and our reliance on cheap (usually foreign) labour?

According to Kenneth Jeyaretnam, our domestic consumption has been driven down to the same levels as China. Skeptic wonders whether it is because there are a lot of PRCs in Singapore. :) But seriously, what is the point of having high growth when we live a hand to mouth existence?

If things get too bad, we may have to export people to look for jobs overseas, just like the Philippines.

Here is an excerpt of his speech. The full speech can be found here.

Kenneth Jeyaretnam

"In some of my economic articles for the Party I have talked about an outmoded economic model which doesn’t really improve the welfare of the bulk of Singaporeans. While the GDP growth rate over the last few years looked impressive, fuelled globally by an unsustainable growth in US imports, the productivity of the workforce first stagnated and then fell sharply. Growth was built upon the addition of seemingly inexhaustible inputs of cheap labour from abroad with concomitant dire consequences for the real wages of those at the median and below. Domestic consumption has been driven down to a level that is on a par with China and countries at a much earlier stage of development. The savings rate rose to 47% in 2008 which given what little we hear about the decline in value of our external investments is manifestly excessive. Yet all we hear from the government is that we need to have more of the same policies of cutting business costs and just wait for the inevitable return of the US consumption binge."

(extract fm 'Diary Of A Singapore Mind')
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Singapore 10th most expensive city in the world!!!!

London is ranked 16th. Paris is ranked 13th. [Link]. We have 20% of our population earning less than $1400 per month. I challenge you to find me one person working full time in London or Paris earning less than $1400 a month - I believe you will have a hard time, yet there are a few hundred thousand Singaporeans living on such low income. Imagine what life is like in the 10th most expensive city in the world when you work full time for less than $1400 a month.

We have the income distribution of a 3rd world country and cost of living that is number 10 among the most expensive cities in the world. So what is quality of life for the bottom one third of the population? You know that article by Vijay Kumar on the "The hidden ugly side of Singapore" [Link] has been circulated in forums and blogs. Many express doubt about the story being true but the important thing is the story CAN be true. When you have people making less than $1400 a month, people who are uninsured (due to existing or congenital illness) because healthcare is not universal and expensive, no minimum wages, no social safety net and the most expensive public housing in the world, you can imagine a large segment of the population living in misery and struggling in the system.
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The problem with Singapore is the leadership that got us to this sorry state. We are led by a prime minister whose first moves when he was elected was to increase regressive tax (GST) and cut corporate taxes and those of high income earners. He then increased the pay of his cabinet which was already the highest in the world. He did not understand that the distribution of wealth in a nation is as important as the creation of wealth. His govt focussed on GDP growth and not on quality of life of Singaporeans....hence the opening of floodgates of foreign labor to keep wages down and GDP growing. How to keep this system going? Repress the opposition, limit the rights of the people to gather and speak up, control the media to paint a fairy tale of success and use estate upgrading as an election threat. It is hard these days to believe in the fairy tale, the Internet is slowing breaking the state media's monopoly, and many Singaporeans are beginning to understand that tax payers' money should not be used to threaten the voters during elections.

(EXTRACT FM WAYANG PARTY BLOG)

If I am a Malaysian
July 8, 2009 by admin
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By Fang Zhi Yuan

There are a few letters to the Malaysian media lately from Malaysian PRs and Singapore citizens whose parents are Malaysians about the ugly side of Singapore which has sparked a furore amongst Singaporeans who are indignified by the “ingratitude” shown by their brethen across the causeway.

What if I am a Malaysian working in Singapore? How will I plot my future and that of my children? Will I take up the Singapore citizenship or continue being just a PR to enjoy the best of both worlds?

Let’s imagine I was born in a middle class Chinese family in Johor Bahru. My family is not exactly that rich, but pretty well off by ordinary Malaysian standards.

My father run a small family business, like the majority of the Chinese in Malaysia and I live in a terraced house on the outskirts of the city.

After finishing my primary education in Johor, I was sent packing to continue my secondary education in Singapore. I went through the Singapore education system till university where I graduated with a Bachelor degree in Engineering.

As a Malaysian with no National Service obligations, I entered the workforce two years earlier than my Singapore counterparts. Within 6 months of working, I was offered to take up Permanent Residency in Singapore which I gladly obliged.

Singapore has been good to me. It gave me an education, a job and a future, opportunities which I will never be able to get in Malaysia as a result of the racist bumiputra policy.

Two years later, I was invited to become a Singapore citizen which threw me into a dilemma as I will have to give up my Malaysian citizenship, not that I was particularly loyal to my country of birth.

Malaysia has always been close to my heart though the government does not treat the ethnic minorities particularly well.

My parents, relatives and friends are all in Malaysia. There is a kampung spirit and human touch which is absent in Singapore. Despite living here for a number of years, I do not feel a sense of belonging.

If I become a Singapore citizen, I will now have to contribute 20% of my monthly pay to the CPF which will effectively tie me down here in the future.

My children will naturally become Singapore citizens and my sons will be mandated to serve two years of National Service under the law.

Other than being entitled to slightly higher education and healthcare subsidies, becoming a citizen does not confer any additional advantages over a PR.

After much contemplation, I have decided to maintain the status quo. My children were born in Johor as Malaysian citizens. I plan to enrol them in a Singapore school. There is little doubt that the Singapore education system is far superior than that in Malaysia.

My children will be brought up enjoying the best of both worlds. Singapore schools are well recognized worldwide. It will be a springboard for them to further their education elsewhere. At the same time, my boy need not waste two years of his precious life to serve the Singapore army.

I will leave the decision whether to become Singapore citizens to my children. As for myself, I do not intend to retire in Singapore. Life is too tough and stressful here.

Being still a Malaysian citizen, I am entitled to a housing grant which I intend to use to purchase a bungalow in Johor as a retirement home which cost about RM$500,000, the price of a three-room HDB flat in Singapore.

Had I remained in Malaysia, I will probably not achieve so much in life. I am thankful to the Singapore government for giving me the opportunity to study and work in Singapore. However, I want the best for myself and my family and Singapore is not quite the place to set up home when there are greener pastures elsewhere.

I have done my part and contributed to the Singapore economy. I do not intend to work till the day I drop dead. I want to retire and spend time with my children and grandchildren without having to worry about healthcare expenses.

Should I forfeit my Malaysian citizenship and become a Singaporean or continue to make money here and retire in my hometown?

Over the years, many Malaysians have worked in Singapore and become Permanent Residents. What percentage of these PRs have taken up citizenship?

Given a choice, would you prefer to be born in Singapore as a citizen or as a PR born in Malaysia?

The above account is not entirely fictitious. It is adapted from the personal life of a relative who is in the top echelon of a statutory board. In spite of numerous invitations by the government to him to become a Singapore citizen, he has adamantly refused to do so.

The Singapore government makes no distinction between locals and foreigners. We welcome foreigners with open arms. They are given equal opportunities as locals to succeed in Singapore.

Unfortunately, our greatest selling point to foreign talents is also dissuading them from settling down here permanently. What additional advantages does being a citizen have over a PR?

I failed my last IPPT and has to go for remedial training thrice a week. Can you imagine the hassle and torture of reporting to Khatib Camp to run 2.4km after a long and hectic day? Due to my frequent travels, I have to apply for deferments often. There was once I forgot and I received a letter from SAF almost immediately threatening to charge me.

My relative, however, have no such concerns. He has zero NS obligations at all - no ICTs, RTs, mob-manning and whatsoever. He can concentrate fully on his work and career. He does not care a bit about local politics. His aim is simply to make money here. His son is born in Malaysia, but studying in Singapore. He need not worry about him having to go through NS when he grows up.

Foreigners flock to Singapore in search of a better life. If they are willing to turn their backs on their homeland and become Singapore citizens in the first place, how patriotic can they be? How many of these new citizens give up their pink ICs later?

J.F. Kennedy once said: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”

Most Singapore males have served 2 years of national service followed by over 10 years of reservist training. Are we getting a fair deal from our country?

SELLING THE SINGAPORE E-GOV..
http://www.futuregov.net/articles/2009/jul/07/selling-singapore-e-govt-story/

More hidden sides of Singapore
Rachel Loo
Jul 7, 09
3:16pm

I refer to Vijay Kumar's letter 'The hidden side of Singapore' and wish to add my own experiences of the so called beautiful Garden City.

For several years I did a part-time course at the Singapore Bible College, commuting to and fro between Johor Bahu and Singapore via the Woodlands Causeway. Had it not been because of God's calling, I would have never stepped into Singapore despite living and working in Johor Baru for more than a decade.

For one, Singapore may be a first world country but the mentality of its people is anything but first world. Many Singaporeans are still very much in the third world.

One does not have to go very far to find an example for this. The Singapore Bible College itself is run as if they are still in the 1940s. They are so old fashioned in so many ways. A Mat Salleh lecturer once made a joke in class: "the dress code for the students in this college is Victorian" and he broke out laughing.

Management of the college is very much influenced by the Lee Kuan Yew's style authoritarian - I talk you listen.

There are no grievances procedures for the students. Thus students are expected not to dispute the decisions of the management and being a bible college, they of course do not think it is biblical to sue the college.

Out of college, younger generations of Singaporeans not only do not have a proper understanding of the history between Malaysia and Singapore, they also do not have any great interest in it. For those who can afford it, they are only interested in migrating overseas. What happens to those who cannot afford it?

Rev Dr Joseph Ogawa, a psychologist missionary from America, often shares his testimony of how when he was first called by God to move to Singapore from America. His first reaction upon reaching Singapore was "are you sure there are any poor people here?"

Yes, there are many poor Singaporeans. A classmate from Singapore Bible College said his family was so poor, they could not afford to send him to school and he had to work as a carpet boy when he was 13 to supplement his family's income. Later when he had kidney failure, he couldn't get aid from dialysis centre like NKF because in Singapore if you have more than one terminal illness (he had two), you will be classified as a "no hope" case. In other words, "wait to die". As such, you will not get aid from government hospitals.

Like many people who visit Singapore, we only see the skyscrapers, the immaculately kept public places, efficiency of the public transport system, the cars, the condos and the affluence of the Singapore lifestyle. But have you seen a one room flat (not a one bedroom flat) with a whole family living in it?

Besides, the normal HDB flats, the poorest of all can be found in abundance around Redhill. As part of my course practicum, I was sent as a volunteer to counsel the students in one of the secondary schools in Redhill. It turned out to be a cultural shock for me.

Have you seen Singaporeans who are so poor, they have to steal their neighbour's water? Collecting cardboard boxes for a living? Have you heard of Singaporeans who can't pay their monthly bills? Have you heard of Henderson Secondary School or do we only know Raffles Junior College? Seen the juvenile delinquents? Do you know what is the "in" thing for school girls these days in Singapore? It's self mutilation by using razors and committing suicide. If you have not done it, you are not considered normal.

The school counsellor admits, this is the other side of Singapore the government do not want to brag about, neither do they want to highlight it. Singapore being a Confucius-led society is very concerned about the "face" and will never let you see anything but only "success". That is why Singapore cannot afford to fail.

The following is a speech by Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Reform Party leader, at the Foreign Correspondents Association Lunch on July 2, 2009.

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for inviting me to this luncheon today. The Foreign Correspondents Association has been here in Singapore even longer than I have and like my father has played a significant and historic role in the story of our region’s history.

It is surely no less an historic moment for Singapore’s newest political party, The Reform Party to be given this exciting platform.

I am very proud to join the ranks of such prominent figures as our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his father Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and from the opposition Jaswant Singh of India, Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim and so many other statesman, politicians and even Nobel Prize winners.

Not least of these is my dear late father JBJ. I really do feel unworthy but then again, maybe July is a quiet month for the press.

You have asked me to discuss my hopes and visions for The Reform Party and how I see the current political situation in Singapore.

However as an economist I shall insist on boring you with my views on the current economic situation and the economic future for Singapore.

I hope you won’t mind if I start by adding a bit of background to my emergence on the political scene. It seems to me that the ladies and gentleman of the press are in dire need of a bit more information about me.

I say this because despite being Singaporean, I am always referred to in the press as ‘British-trained economist’, Kenneth Jeyaretnam.

Hmm..I wonder why I have never read in the Singapore press, British-trained mathematician prime minister Lee Hsien Loong or British trained-lawyer, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.

Naturally I suspect that the mainstream media want to light up a subliminal marker in the people’s minds that a)I’m a foreigner and b) that my economics is suspiciously left-wing because it’s from a country associated with economic failure and the welfare state.

In actual fact I’m much less British than, my father, who spent many more years than I as a British subject. So I went to University in England but I was born here, I went to school here, excepting two years, and I completed National Service.

And I always say that if I’m fit to die for my country then I’m fit to stand for it.

I’m not ashamed of being a patriot. On the second point I have always believed by and large in free markets, though governments may need to intervene to prevent undesirable or suboptimal outcomes.

Indeed at Cambridge, I often used to have economics discussions with our current Finance Minister, Mr Tharman, who was there doing a masters, and at that time he was far, far to the left of me on most economic policy issues.

In addition to British-trained the other appendage to my name is usually “Son Of.”.. JBJ. That one is of course entirely true. I’m just grateful my father’s name wasn’t Sam!

There’s no arguing that the Reform Party and indeed the very notion of an active opposition, was my father’s legacy to Singapore.

He always strove, at great personal cost, to get the people to realise they had the power to change things just by exercising their democratic rights - Hence his call at the inauguration dinner to the people to arise from their slumber.

Unfortunately many here wear ear plugs when they slumber but luckily for me there’s nothing like a recession for waking people up.

My father named his new party The Reform Party for a reason. He believed that the way forward, for freeing the people of Singapore was through political Reform.

It’s a legacy which I’m proud to continue but also to extend and adapt to the current needs of Singapore.

We have always been told that the current authoritarian framework has benefited us economically - I feel we’re victims of the approved version of history.

In fact Singapore’s growth record is good but not spectacular.

It hardly compares with nations such as Taiwan and South Korea - Nations that started considerably poorer and are now at comparable levels of per-capita real incomes. Nations which moved away from authoritarianism and are now much freer than Singapore-so that authoritarian framework is clearly no longer beneficial.

The task I have set myself for the Reform Party is to get across the message that the Faustian bargain the electorate thought they had struck in surrendering liberty for economic prosperity didn’t have to be so.

In some of my economic articles for the Party I have talked about an outmoded economic model which doesn’t really improve the welfare of the bulk of Singaporeans.

While the GDP growth rate over the last few years looked impressive, fuelled globally by an unsustainable growth in US imports, the productivity of the workforce first stagnated and then fell sharply.

Growth was built upon the addition of seemingly inexhaustible inputs of cheap labour from abroad with concomitant dire consequences for the real wages of those at the median and below.

Domestic consumption has been driven down to a level that is on a par with China and countries at a much earlier stage of development.

The savings rate rose to 47% in 2008 which given what little we hear about the decline in value of our external investments is manifestly excessive.

Yet all we hear from the government is that we need to have more of the same policies of cutting business costs and just wait for the inevitable return of the US consumption binge.

So whilst the need for Reform in the field of democracy and civil rights is an integral part of the Party’s platform I believe that there are equally fundamental reforms that need to be made in the economic sphere.

In essence The Reform Party has become the double Reform Party.

These are indeed exciting times for Democracy and the Opposition in Singapore. Given its record over the last few years it will be difficult for the government to continue its claim that it alone has a monopoly on good economic management.

Or at least we hope to make it difficult for the government to go on claiming that monopoly.

Unfortunately it is also a very challenging time for the Opposition. After many years of conditioning, Singaporeans think very differently to those who have been brought up in a liberal western democracy.

There’s little point, I’ve found, in talking about the European Convention on Human Rights to people who think that expressing an opinion will lead to mob rule and rioting.

Or, as we were told often in the past, that foreign investment and MNCs would flee Singapore if there were significant numbers of Opposition MPs in Parliament.

The latest parliamentary changes proposed by the government don’t help promote democracy - amounting to no more than smoke and mirrors.

It’s a cheap parlour trick that will have no impact at all on The Reform Party’s strategy - but clearly gives the government a legitimate excuse for changing constituency boundaries yet again.

The silent and peaceful protesters in Iran summed up our feelings best when they held up notices saying simply, “election not selection”

Throughout all, I maintain my belief in the people of Singapore. We are its greatest resource. We are a uniquely talented and situated nation and we deserve prosperity and emancipation.

In time we will come to the realisation that these are not mutually exclusive but actually are dependent one upon the other.

I believe that The Reform Party is the party to bring that to the people of Singapore and my modest hope is that this will be achieved if not in the next five years than in my lifetime.

http://www.thereformparty.net/?p=267

SINGAPORE MIND IN COMPARISION TO THE MALAYSIAN MIND...
http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/

Diary of A Singaporean Mind
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
GDP Growth as Progress in Singapore....

"Do we want to open our country to expats so that they can progress at the expense of our own Malaysians? Do we want to 'progress' to a level that even our children can't buy a house in our own land? Last, I ask myself. Do we Malaysians look at GDP growth as the only measure to choose our government or are we much more matured than that? Achievement at whose expense?" - Vijay Kumar, Malaysian who worked in Singapore [Link]
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We saw what 7.5% GDP growth is like in 2007 - cost of housing went up by 23%, transport costs go up, utilities go up, etc. Income rose meaningfully only for a small number of people because of unequal distribution. Most Singaporeans fear the type of GDP growth we see in 2007 but we are also afraid of job losses in a recession. For many Singaporeans, the good times are gone for ever and life is a perpetual struggle to survive. Why?

Take cars as an example. We have a quota system. This means that even if income rises, the number of people who are allowed to have cars is the same. What happens when income rises is the COE price goes up disproportionately compared with the rise in income. You might think that if your income goes up, you can afford more taxi rides, forget it! Taxi fares rise just as fast when demand goes up because the number of taxis is also limited by the COE. Housing? Do HDB flats become more affordable when GDP goes up? No! In 2007, the GDP went up 7.5% but the cost of housing went up by 23%. The paradox in Singapore is as people make higher incomes, the size of homes they can afford shrinks. For a large number of people whose income remain stagnant, these price increases represent a fall in real wages and we see more poverty in Singapore today than we did 20 years ago.

Singapore did what no other country has done to go after GDP growth - importing foreign labor in large numbers. Most other countries do it by moving up the technology ladder, innovation, nurturing home grown industries. In 2008, our population grew by 5.5% to 4.84M[Link] that is an addition of roughly 250,000 people. Does it make sense to add so many people onto a land scarce island like Singapore? We have been told various things over the years including "foreigners create jobs for Singaporeans", "don't be small minded", etc. Most Singaporeans can agree that a certain level of immigration helps to keep our society vibrant but to import people to maximise GDP ignoring the impact on ordinary Singaporeans can be detrimental in the long run.
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Malaysian, Vijay Kumar, fears that his govt will copy Singapore's model to maximise GDP growth. He does not like what he saw when he worked in Singapore and asks if Malaysians should just "look at GDP growth as the only measure to choose government" or "are we more matured than that?". Vijay Kumar has asked the right questions, the same questions Singaporeans asked but received no proper answer for the past 15 years. Now we are told to just accept what has been done and told to live with the consequences.

posted by LuckySingaporean at 4:29 AM

12 Comments:The quality of life is becoming lower as we "progress".

The foreigners manning food stalls dish out poor service and poor versions of local food. Just yesterday at a food court stall, utensils had ran out and a customer was scolded by the FT for demanding his fork and spoon.

Singaporeans have to stretch their wallets by buying no frill groceries and cheaper parallel imports from 3rd world countries. These products were meant for the poor in 3rd world countries and are of inferior quality due to their low cost ingredients. But we are actually paying first world Singapore prices for these inferior products.

Public housing is becoming too expensive. The units are also becoming smaller, and located further away from MRT stations and CBD. Now the land near MRT stations are reserved for condominium developments. 200k - 300k will only get you a 4rm flat in ulu place near factories producing noise and air pollution, worker quarters, or beside expressways. The air pollutants alone will give you lung cancer.

With the influx of immigrants, the infrastructure is unable to cope. Crime rate is also going up.

My point is, why are we paying first world prices to live in an increasingly 3rd world like country?

By Jim, at 8:46 AM

PAP under LHL and his junta cabinet has transformed into a neo-Republican party with trickle-down economics as their primary ideology.

By Anonymous, at 11:12 AM

Loser please get lost and do not waste the limited resources in Singapore.

Hokkien saying, please don't "Jia Liao Bee"

By Anonymous, at 11:40 AM

Ministers receive a sizeable chunk of their bonus based on GDP.

Accurate or not, GDP is used by the public as the key indicator of a country's economic growth.

So, it is not surprising that our ministers and elite chase GDP growth like men chasing pretty women.

BTW, GDP bonuses are not extended to rank-and-file civil servants. They are only for the top dogs in the civil service and ministers. Likewise, most civil servants today do not enjoy pension benefits. Ministers and top civil servants (I think) still do.

By Anonymous, at 12:39 PM

I say pay them the money if they can give us a POSITIVE GDP in this trying times. After all, during the boom time, they claimed that it is due to their leadership and should be paid their due.

By Anonymous, at 12:58 PM

To Anon@12:39pm

Yup, pay them obsecene wages for a 5 figures holidays and what have been they achieved? Reminded me te movie by Michael Moore - 911.

when a reporter ask Bush why he takes holidays after winning the election.

His reply: that's part of the work...

So, look at the mess he created for his failure to connect to typical citizens...only talks to elities

By Anonymous, at 2:22 PM

singaporeans are generally courteous and welcome foreigners.

its when the pap govt allow so many foreigners that we become uncomfortable and even hateful.

where did all the supposed benefit go? not me or u, just to the employers and ministers pay.

i sincerely hope fellow singaporeans will wake up and realise the pap's evil and vote against them.

By Anonymous, at 4:04 PM

We have been wishing that Singaporeans wake up and vote against the junta for the past several elections, but sadly it's 'same old same old' lah!

It will probably be 'same old same old' for the next twenty years.

Singaporeans are just like lost souls with a shining exterior. Outstanding in terms of economic performance but lacking in courage to change the things that need changing.

Lost Citizen

By Anonymous, at 4:21 PM

Anon4.04

Singaporean could do one thing in the meantime, use joss-stick to pray to PAP regularly. They are really very very powerful. like a hokkien saying: "God also him Ghost also him.

By Anonymous, at 4:27 PM

Measuring progress of a country by means of GDP growth is the problem and this method should be abandon. When there iis progress, life must be better and if this is not so, then there is NO progress, despite what the GDP figures show.

By WL, at 4:31 PM

Please save Singapore from the heartless PAP by voting wisely at the next election ! Else these PAP crooks will continue to plunder our country reserves via TemaSick and the incompetent ministers' obscene pay cheques !!!

By Anonymous, at 5:40 PM

so the cake is a lie? haha

By Anonymous, at 5:41 PM

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http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/07/whyre-foreigners-on-social-visit-passes-allowed-to-work-in-spore/

A MALAYSIAN'S EXPERIENCE OF SINGAPORE (extract fm Malaysiakini}
The hidden ugly side of Singapore
Vijay Kumar Jul 3, 09 6:48pm

In between the glamarous buildings and shoppings complexes of this city state, there is huge suffering that the world has never seen. Something that the Singapore government or media will try to hide from the rest of the world. And this is the lives of 80 percent of 'true' Singaporeans who live in the republic's Housing Development Board (low cost) flats.

I, like many young youths, went looking for a better future in this Lion City of opportunity, After four years of working experience in Kuala Lumpur. It was my first experience outside Malaysia and I was very happy to be offered a job in Singapore with a basic salary of S$3,500.

Then, with huge hopes, I started looking for a master bedroom to rent being single. I finally got a master bedroom in Clementi for S$700 a month but only after being rejected by many other landlords for being Indian. The ensuing eight- month ordeal that I spent in this HDB flat really opened my mind to what Singapore is for those who can't earn.

It made me ask if this is the type of development that I ever wanted in my country Malaysia. This is the first time that I felt gifted to be born in Malaysia. Anyway, I lived with a family of three (husband, wife with one daughter) who rented out their master bedroom to me while they slept in the common room.

It was a three-room flat (but unlike in Malaysia, a three-room flat has only two bedrooms). I did not believe it was the master bedroom that I was staying in until I went into the other room and saw that there is no attached bathroom there. I was given a bed and a mattress and also two fans. Then I noticed that the couple with their daughter sleeping on the floor with a thin mattress in the other room. Not even a fan in that room.

Both husband and wife are born Singaporeans and were employed. It was after one month that I realised that the daughter was not going to school regularly and most of the time there would be a quarrel in the early morning between the father and daughter as there was not enough money to pay for the bus to go to school.

There were times when the daughter was very sick and father had no money to take her to see a doctor. It was a real pain in the heart to hear a small girl suffering through the thin walls of this HDB flat. It was unbelievable for me to see this happening in this ultra-modern city. It took me another two months to realise that what was happening in this flat was not an isolated case of urban poverty in Singapore.

It was every where in those HDB flats. There was a Chinese neighbour (an elderly man) and his son had no money to get a taxi to send his father to the clinic for daily diabetic wound-dressing. I soon understood that poverty in Singapore transcends racial boundaries. The whole family of my landlord got a shock that I own a car in Malaysia.

My landlord would keep pestering me every time I come back to Malaysia to bring my car over so that his whole family could go sightseeing in Singapore. In all my life, I never believed people in a developed country like Singapore would ever consider car ownership a privelege.

Three months later, one fine day, I came back home and realised that there was no electricity in the house. This time, my landlord did not have the money to pay for the utility bills. I was back in the Stone Age, using candles. This lasted for days until finally he borrowed money from somewhere and settled the bills.

My landlord as a person I have known during that period never come back drunk or looked like a gambler. He had to pay for his mother's medical expenses, that much I know. This was the time in my life when I learned what is was like to live in that poor quality HDB flat, drying clothes in the rooms and listening to what the couple talked about in the next room via the thin walls.

It was this time in life that made me to think, 'Is this what I want Malaysia to be? For those who talk great or look up to Singapore's success, have they ever come and lived in Singapore like I how I did? Have you seen a HDB flat and how it looks like?

Bring your whole family for a dinner using public transport and then rush to catch the last bus. Is this what a 10% growth rate a year is about that we want boast? Does this growth figures mean anything in the first place? Do we want to open our country to expats so that they can progress at the expense of our own Malaysians?

Do we want to 'progress' to a level that even our children can't buy a house in our own land? Last, I ask myself. Do we Malaysians look at GDP growth as the only measure to choose our government or are we much more matured than that? Achievement at whose expense?

HEFTY GUNS EXPENSES FOR A SMALL COUNTRY! WHO'S THE THREAT ?
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=7228&catid=295

"Malay rights have been systematically stripped through the years.The Malays will remain the poorest minority there.Thank you.

At least here we are taking steps to narrow the gap between the richest and the poor.You know who is who.

Jeng3"

Wow JJJ

I am impressed with your intelligence and logic!

In Singapore, discrimination against minority is called having minority rights "systematically stripped through the years".

In Malaysia, discrimination against minority is called "taking steps to narrow the gap between the richest and poor."

You are like a snake that can talk with both heads! Just try not to have both heads talking at the same time.

I think the bumi policies has prepared you well to win in life!

To CONCUBINE:

I will return to "concentrating on my intellectual sowing, and studies to have a better understanding". I'm not extremely intelligent, nor am i particularly racist. I'm just amused that SO many people feel that Malaysia is fair and unbiased against its citizens and Singapore is undermining its Malay population. Because the fact is that the Malaysia government has, for a long time now, trodden over the rights of its non-Malay citizens by giving the Malays special privileges.

I may not have a perfect grasp of the politics within the region, but i do understand and appreciate the importance of meritocracy, equality for all. Because with that principle, Singapore has allowed equal chances for ALL singaporean individuals to succeed, no matter if they're malay, indian or chinese.

I am proud that Singapore,an island with a population of less that 1/6 of that of Malaysia, and a land size many times smaller, can overcome the many adversities and overtake the malaysian economy. Malaysia has yet to achieve the standard of living we possess.

I am proud to be a part of this tiny middle kingdom, a country that has consistently been able to punch way above its weight.

And im not a foreign student occupying the vacant singaporean classroom seat. I'm a true blue singaporean, though my father WAS a malaysian chinese. And he's glad he left malaysia to strike out a better future in a country that appreciates the importance of meritocracy, and doesn't discriminate the non-malays.

maybe you should try to strike out a future in mighty malaysia concubine ^^

DEAR SG STUDENT
YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO CONCENTRATING ON YOUR INTELLECTUAL SOWING,AND STUDIES TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON THE POLITICS AND HISTORY OF THE MALAY ARCHEPELEGO, SEA, AND TO A LARGER EXTENT ASIA ITSELF.THE BEGINNINGS OF TIME IMMEMORIAL OF THE CHOLA DYNASTY AND THE SRI VIJAYAPAHIT EMPIRE IN THIS VAST REGION. IN THE MEANTIME ABSOLVE YOURSELF FROM MATURED ADULT CHAT UNTIL YOU HAVE A GOOD GRASP OF THIS PARTICULAR REGION. RECKON YOU MUST BE A FOREIGN TALENT SG STUDENT, OCCUPYING THE VACANT AUTHENTIC SINGAPOREAN CLASSROOM SEAT. WELCOME TO THE TINY MIDDLE KINGDOM, SURROUNDED BY THE HINTERLAND!

TheStarOnline.

Saturday July 4, 2009
Nothing as solid as land
INSIGHT DOWN SOUTH
By SEAH CHIANG NEE

Banking has now lost its shine. Emphasis appears to be shifting towards accumulating land-based assets.

THE average Singaporean, it was once said half in jest, can easily become the world’s best civil servant or bank employee for reasons that are not very complimentary.

He is serious at work, generally efficient, unbending about rules, and, of course, corruption-free – “too afraid”, someone cynically added.

It also implies that he lacks initiative and avoids making decisions on his own for fear of making mistakes. But scoff as you may, this passive, efficient nature has contributed significantly to the making of one of Asia’s top financial centres and a modern business hub.

As a result, the city is home to more than 7,000 multinational corporations, including most of the top-notch banks. Then the economic storm broke, darkening Singapore’s horizon.

Now more than their neighbours, recession-hit Singaporeans, who have been used to the good life, are increasingly fretting about their future.

The crisis has sharpened their sense of vulnerability concerning size and economic dependency on others, and the ability to maintain their prosperity.

“The golden age of growth may have passed,” commented Selena Ling, an economist with OCBC bank.

Concerned, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong recently set up a high-level group to map out new economic strategies for the future.

“The road ahead will be difficult. First, we have to see through this global economic storm,” Lee said. “Beyond that, we face a new world.”

This year the economy may shrink by 8%, while GDP per person is expected to drop to US$32,000 (RM113,000) from US$37,700 (RM133,000) from 2008.

The chief concern is the eclipse of global banking, one of Singapore’s main pillars of growth.

Historically, financial services have powered the city’s growth, providing high-paying jobs for an army of graduates here and abroad. Thousands have now dissipated in a reversal of fortunes.

Since my early school-days, I have been advised by almost everybody’s mother to take up a banking career. “That’s where the money is” I was reminded.

Banking has now lost its shine, casting doubts on Singapore’s future. The big question: how can the country make up for its decline.

The government appears to be disillusioned, at least for now, about the prospects of major banks.

It has divested substantial holdings in two big banks – Bank of America and Barclays – and taking steep losses after buying them only a few years ago as long-term investments. More could follow.

Emphasis appears to be shifting towards accumulating land-based assets. The sovereign wealth funds said they would invest more in Asia, particularly in raw materials, natural resources and commodities.

It is apparent that the leaders now consider it more prudent to invest in “wealth that is in the ground” as a balance to the volatile financial markets.

When Singapore was spinning into crisis, it was noted here that the larger neighbours that have abundant natural resources – and have managed them well – have survived much better.

Some never went into recession. The fact that they were less involved in international trade explains the bulk of the reason, but the other is the benefits derived from their natural wealth.

By these standards, Singapore, with so few of them, is almost at the bottom of the table – far behind Australia, Canada or Indonesia. The Saudis have a great deal.

When financials collapsed ad inflation soared, they turned to their natural asset, oil, and if the price drops, it could be kept in the ground.

For me – and many other resources-starved Singaporeans – it would be ideal if Singapore could convert more of reserves into land-based wealth,foreign sensitivities permitting.

Many a time have I heard people say they wish Singapore will be able to buy and develop a piece of unused land or island in a nearby country!

In fact, the lack of space and natural resources was a major reason why Singapore moved into high savings, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew once explained.

A large reserve is needed to provide a buffer against any financial crisis – just like at present – and make up for the lack of land-based assets. And that, he added, had to be the case in Singapore – always.

This discussion reminds me of a related one years ago when engineers were flocking to join the booming banking industry because of higher pay.

The trend led top civil servant (now retired) Ngiam Tong Dow to worry about this lop-sided switch – and its implications for a modern city. This was a time when Singapore needed to produce more builders rather than bankers, Ngiam said.

Engineers were people who built the city and factories and office buildings, as well as engines, highways, ships and airports.

Bankers, on the other hand, merely shifted wealth around from one place to another and earning a profit for it, he added. They didn’t actually build things.

Since then, of course, the world has shifted. Mega-industries today need cross-border financing, moving large amount of funds quickly so that trade and commerce can flow.

But his basic point remains valid today – more so after excessive and complex banking helped create the current financial mess.

ATTRACTIVE MALAYSIA....
http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/business/31485-aussie-firms-told-malaysia-still-attractive-business-target

LOOK FOR SOME IN THE MALAY COMMUNITY.....is spade a spade????
http://sgblogs.com/entry/affirmative-action-malays/349614

EVEN U-TUBE IS INFLUENCED TO CENSOR.... WHY?
http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/2532-breaking-news-did-youtube-censor-film-on-pap

FORTY FOUR YEARS TO PRODUCE A GENERAL, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE CONSIDERED FIERCE DEFENDERS DURING JAPANESE WAR AND INDONESIAN CONFRANTATION. THEY EXPERIENCED TRUE FIELD BATTLE.
http://jacob69.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/45yrs-to-have-a-tv-channel-30yrs-to-produce-feature-film-44yrs-to-have-a-general/

MOCKERY OF MAJULAH SINGAPORE IN MALAY....
http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/an-un-malay-majulah-singapur/

SINGAPORE SKETCHES......
http://seijieiga.blogspot.com/

LITTLE SPECK BLOG...
http://www.littlespeck.com/

WAYANG (KULIT) PARTY BLOG.....
http://wayangparty.com/

HOW SHOULD THE OPPOSITION FUNCTION IN SINGAPORE?.......
http://yoursdp.org/index.php/component/content/article/2056-a-credible-and-effective-opposition

ARMY BID....
http://singaporenewsalternative.blogspot.com/2009/07/indian-army-will-not-seek-fresh.html

also..

PEOPLE TRADING.....
http://singaporenewsalternative.blogspot.com/2009/07/st-aerospace-importing-foreigners-to.html

( SORRY EMPRESS ON VACATION, AS OF NOW UFN! I HAVE TAKEN OVER UFN )

THANK YOU!

ALTERNATIVE SINGAPORE NEWS.....
http://singaporenewsalternative.blogspot.com/

hey michealjack:
how is it that Dr Mahathir stands up for the rights of the Non-malays within malaysia?
by up holding the malaysia new economic policy?
don't sprout nonsense by accusing Singapore of "bringing in china chinese to overtake singapore" and "to invade the malayland through economics invasion". Singapore has no ability to economically control malaysia, neither soes it have the intention to. Assuming you know what an economy is.

Are you singaporean? i'll be ashamed of you if you are

Dear TUN
You have to make sure your govt,even though you are not in cabinet.NOT to go low on Singpore.
LKY are diferent.You are open even to media.
LKY is fobia of the media,he always wants to potray his good image
but facts reveals itself.
I don,t blame you for not be friendly to LKY
He will gradually take your home,even your wife
So stand firm on Singapore.follow their styles that will weaken them
NEVER give in

Tun,you are a great muslims leader.U r unique.
LKY negatives on you because he cannot (makan) u
like the rest of the malaysia leader before.
U stands right for yr people.
it is rude of LKY to visits your home and preaching meritrocracy.
What crab is that because he himself do not practise.
His deep intention,words spoken, most important his doings does not
reflects his words and intention.
he brings in chinese from china to gain his
strenght from day 1 of his being the PM of singapore.
reasons of umno failure in singapore,he brings in even more now
to invade the malayland through economics invasion.
1980s when HDB develops singapore,they mad use of the kelantan worke
(mad kotai)work as contractor.Now they are no more.
they bring in more chinese,as permit later a PR.
The indians,banglas are just given permit till time to go back.
mayb just a mild percentege r given PR to made things look good.
What meritrocracy u talk about.
Singporean live to work not work to live.
we are just honourable slaves who work every minute and gain nothing.i,m not proud.

Hi JJJ,

What kind of Malay rights are you referring to? Exactly, what rights should a specific race have then? Should Chinese or Indian have more rights over Malays? Over my dead body. Rather, there should be a "race" called Malaysian or Singaporean instead. Why keep fighting over the differences? It is just too detrimental to everyone.

If you have a critical mind in the context of Human Rights and fairness; regardless of race, language or religion, then perhaps the national language for Malaysia should not be Bahasa Melayu? A language more on a neutral ground.

You speak of the minority being undermined in other country. What about yours? Is having Bumi policy fair to any of your so called RIGHTS? Is this the preferred choice of narrowing the gap between the rich and poor? One should earn his or her own credit and success through hardwork and not hand outs.

Your thoughts are bias and uncritical; skewed toward your own race with vested interest. Sure sound like Hitler or Communism.

All this while, your issue is never on Rights but on RACE! Hey, stick to your Nationalism. Least, you still gain a certain diminutive respect.

to empress:
I don't think all non-malay Singaporeans are biased against malays in the country ^^ For the record, my friends and i admire the community spirit within the malay community. they stick up for each other in times of trouble and never hesitate to help each other. There are so many talented malay individuals who've made an impact in our country, and i can assure many Singaporeans recognize that.

Regarding the NS issue, the army really recognizes its mistake and even appointed its first malay general, and it won't be the last i'm sure.

I just hope one day you would grow up to be proud of Singaporean, instead of cursing the day you were born.

best regards =)

to JJJ,
please look at upholdjustice's comments. please comment on labeling the chinese as ungrateful while they contribute 90% of your income.

BEST MOVIES OF U-TUBE.....MUST WATCH...!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FCEPxslEII&feature=channel

SLAVE TRADING.......
http://forums.delphiforums.com/3in1kopitiam/messages?gclid=CPevnM6buJsCFQQupAodRy3PBA

SINGAPOREAN LIVES IN FEAR AS TOLD BY LATE JB JEYA
TRUE OR FALSE.TRUE
SO WELL ORGANISE THAT U LOST THE LEAD TO YOUR OWN LEAD AND EVEN
WITH YR CHILDREN LIFE.RULES AND REGULATIONS IS A MUST IN LIFE BUT NOT
TO THE EXTREME THAT RULES ARE DESIGN FOR THEIR REASONS AND NOT
RATIONALISE

to JJJ:

Your government has been marginalizing the non-malay races in your country. Look at the NEP. Do we have that kind of outright racial discrimination? All i'm saying is: the Malays are not marginalised in our country. Do come over and take a look around singapore.

To Empress:

it is unfortunate that the malays are not enlisted in the army.
However, the army has realized its mistake and recently appointed a malay as a general in the army. i assure you that that racism is much more prevalent in neighbouring malaysia. Especially against non-malays.

No one wins in this game of I do you in and you do me in. There is no question that Singapore had benefited from the goodwill of Malaya and Malaysia. In the early days Singapore relied on entrepot trade with Malaya as its hinterland.

Singapore joined Malaysia and was divorced. "Malaysian Malaysia" was not wrong but hard to swallow for some, it was understandable that the Bumis did not like it. Why should? The price they paid is brain drain. The choice is Malaysia's.

Singapore will not gain fighting Malaysia and vice versa. Malaysia should not look at the lost of Batu Puteh as a big set back or for any other reasons. Just give a congratulatory pat on Singapore as say look next time we should do better than them. It is like a soccer match. Penalty kicks etc. We won Sipadan/Ligitan last time.

Winning a rock will not advance Singapore an inch. But being so deprived of territory losing it will be a major set back. Similarly for Malaysia with so abundance of territory, winning or losing will affect Malaysia at all, just "tak puas hati" that is all. Maybe someday down the road a remarriage may be attempted again on mutually accepted terms.

I think Singaore agree that the causeway should be demolished and a straight bridge built in its place. Singapore can invest in Pelepas and participate in its growth and Pelepas in PSA.

Johore must clean up its rivers and not pump effluent into the Tebrau straits and West Johore straits to allay Singapore's fear. Our NewWater project is also partly to clean up our affluent water before it is released into the sea. Of course it is our fall back if Johore refuse to sell us raw water. We can only request but not demand.

The third bridge, yes it should be built. It will pay for itself as the land prices in E Johore will rise and more economic activities will follow. Singaporeans who lived in a highly urbanised state will enjoy the freedom of open space presented by Johore. They will go there and invest, play golf and bring business to Johoreans.

Why keep the sand? It will flow into the sea or choke up the river mouths. Selling it will bring revenue to Malaysia and establish good bi-lateral relations, co-operation and goodwill. Singapore can still buy sand from other countries but at a higher price. The more she pays for sand will translate into more bitter memories. A loose loose for both sides.

Iskandar developement is good for Johore and Singapore. Instead of saying malays we will say more jobs will be created for Malaysians and hopefully Singaporeans too.

Railway land. With better roads and budget airlines, train usage will reduce unless you double track and reach the reliability of the Japanese Shenkasen. Moreover with your own Pelepas Port, less and less goods will be exported through Tanjong Pagar. Therefore whether it terminates at Tg Pagar or at Kranji it is of no major importance to KTM. Most important is the ridership. The freeing up of land by KTM will be jointly develope to the benefit of KTM/Malaysia. Singapore will benefit too from seeing scarce land put to better use. Anyway the POA is signed and it is binding. So a peaceful resolution where the rule of law takes precedent is preferred.

Tun and LKY are highly respected statesmen. Surely you both can go say Agentina for a break and agree to help the present Teams in charge to bring about a winning formula.

salam Tun,

to sgstudent,

Wow!You are a brilliant product of your government's 'North Korea style' media!

Anyway SBA,Empress, Nur Dianah and many others before them sort of answered you on my behalf.Don't pull your crap on us.We know better.

Malay rights have been systematically stripped through the years.The Malays will remain the poorest minority there.Thank you.

At least here we are taking steps to narrow the gap between the richest and the poor.You know who is who.

Jeng3

Dear hisham76,

Constantly harping on non native immigrants issue would only undermine the government's efforts to strengthen national unity.

You think we are ungrateful? Tun has already stated that 90% of income tax are contributed by the Chinese. Somebody enjoys housing discounts ,quota here and there from the income tax but still has the face to label us as being ungrateful?

You used America as an example?Just to correct your mistake.Caucasian are not native.Red Indians are.

Furthermore,in US ,there are certain rules protecing the minority but in this country,there are rules protecing the majority.

Here the government is honest with you, telling you the cake shall be shared according to the percentage of the population? Your professor taught you such kind of thing?

Let me give you an example.Person A works 10 hours a day.Persons B,C and D work 2 hours a day respectively.Don't you think the salary given to A is more than the total salary given to B,C and D?

Thank you for sharing your email with all of us.Those scholarship holders were definitely warm and friendly.You expected them to be sad and angry after being given scholarship?

You are really "Gajah di pelupuk mata tidak terlihat, kuman di sebelah lautan terlihat"! This country is still embroiled in racial conflict,rising crime rates and so on .But you can only see the happiness of a few scholarship holders.One drop of water does not make the ocean.

Hi Guys,

This is taken from a blogsite.....take a look and draw your own conclusion....

Here goes:

Lee portrays that he would like to see an integration of citizens, regardless of race, colour or religion. My toes are laughing. If at all, I feel that Lee has been one of the greatest racists in the history of Singapore since independence. Correction, make that even BEFORE independence. Let’s take a quick walk through history.

Before Independence

Before independence, when we were still part of Malaysia, Lee kept harping the race card. Now, it is not that I support Malaysia’s bumi policy. It is that I feel if LKY and party were not comfortable with the bumi policy of Malaysia, why the heck did they ask for a merger in the first place?

It is not that Malaysia was dying to have Singapore in their federation. It was actually Lee’s idea to merge with Malaysia. The bumi policy was already in place. Lee goaded Malaysia for Singapore to be included in the federation – knowing FULL WELL that the acceptance of the bumi policy was ONE OF THE CONDITIONS.

So if at all, Singapore asked to be invited to the party, knowing full well what are the terms. After being accepted, Singapore kicks the chairs and overturns the tables of the hosts, and claim that the conditions at the party were not conducive!

In the guise of opposing the bumi policy, Lee shouts the “Merdeka” card, which calls for all Malaysians to be Malaysians. Hence, this was his first “integration call” amongst citizens. What’s worse, Singapore leaders even instigated Sabah and Sarawak, the other two states, that were to be merged into the federation, against KL.

Of course, we all know that according to Old Lee, Singapore was finally kicked out. Well, that’s Old Lee’s version. According to the Tengku then, Lee was the one who asked that Singapore be out. In fact, there are historians and political analysists who strongly believed that Lee even threatened the Tengku, that he would use Singapore's Chinese majority to create problems for KL. The Tengku finally relented.

Only the two of them were at the meeting. And only Lee is now alive. Somehow, looking at the background, I believe the Tengku’s version. Yeah, you can call that crocodile tears LKY shed on TV.

Post Independence

Lee’s racist remarks and actions are well known. Integration my foot. One of his well known concocted stories was this:

Three women, one South Asian, one South East Asian and one East Asian were in labour. All had difficulties. As it turned out, the South Asian and the South East Asian woman did not make it. But the East Asian woman did – due to her strong resilience.

No prizes for guessing that the South Asian woman was to depict an Indian, the South East Asian a Malay, and the East Asian a Chinese.

Where did he get that story that was told in the 1960s was beyond me. That story was repeated some years back in the Straits Times if I recall correctly.

However, in my opinion, the strongest evidence of his racist attitude, which actually shows that all his talk about integration is bull, is the treatment of Malays as far as NS in the early years, is concerned. We all know that for decades there were no Malays in the RSAF, commando, armour units or any other sensitive areas. You can give whatever reason you want for that. The fact is that the reason is based on RACE and that means the decision is RACIST. That you can’t argue.

Yet another policy, which was less obvious then (during the 1970s to 1990s), was the ease of granting PR to Chinese Malaysians, as compared to other races from Malaysia. The idea was to keep the racial ratio in Singapore intact. It was found that Chinese families in Singapore were not reproducing as much as the other races. Hence, to keep the ratio intact, granting PRs to Chinese was made easy, compared to other races.

Racist Policies is deep in Singapore – so what integration?

I have commented in this blog before that racism exists in Singapore. I have also given examples. In this article, I am going to elaborate some of the things I may have touched on in earlier posts.

CDAC, Mendaki, Sindha and other funds -
Why must we segregate the funds based on race? Is that integration? You mean to say funds contributed by a Chinese cannot be used by a Malay, Indian or Eurasian? The Chinese, being the biggest majority will of course have the biggest contribution. That means the Chinese community will be able to have much better programmes than the rest. Is that integration?

Racial Quota as HDB Policy -
While it appears that the PAP is trying to integrate the races, this policy actually disadvantages the minorities. In fact, the smaller the minority, the worse the situation for them.

It is understandable that newly married couples would like to be close to their parents. For the minorities, it is easy for a particular area to have hit the racial quota. For so long as there are no willing sellers for that area, the newly weds cannot be close to their parents.

The Chinese however, are large in number. The chances of any Chinese family selling their flat in any particular area is hence, more likely than a minority family to do the same.

So is the policy intended to integrate the races, or is it to disintegrate the minorities?

SAP Schools -
Ah….so if integration of races in important, such that there has to be racial quota in HDB flats, why is it the reverse in schools? Why do we have elite Chinese schools which automatically disqualifies minority races, due to their mother tongue?

Most Chinese schools hardly have any minority races. If you want to talk about racial integration, shouldn’t we start them young – at school? Why then this racist policy of favouring the Chinese by setting up special schools for them?

Integration you say? Look at your IC, dude! –
Many of us accept that race is stated on our IC. Now why must that be so? Are we not all Singaporeans? Here is where some social engineering has taken place, which many have not realized. About 20+ years ago or so, there is a column that states our dialect. Hence, on top of ‘race’, we had ‘dialect’.

Around the late 1970s and early 1980s, LKY kept lamenting that the Japanese could progress because they are a homogenous race. One of his thoughts he lamented was that Singapore is diverse. But presto, in no time, ‘dialect’ was removed and all Singapore Chinese were simply categorized as “Chinese”. This was also the time when the “Speak Mandarin Campaign” started.

But wait a minute. Not all Singaporeans are Chinese, are they? So how do you integrate the rest? PAP didn’t integrate them. In fact, PAP subtly disintegrated them. You see, before “dialect” was removed, all Malays were stated as Malays in the race category. Indians were stated as Indians too. However, after dialect was removed, Malays were categorized Malays, Boyanese …..whatever, while Indians too, had sub-races like Malayalee.

I was born during the time when “dialect” was still found on the IC. My dialect was stated “Hokkien”. When the new policy came up, “Hokkien” disappeared from my IC. I was then no longer different from my other Chinese friends who may have once been a Teochew or Hakka. However, over the years, I found that some of my Malay and Indian friends had their race sub-categorized.

So what the heck is going on? The above move meant the PAP wanted to homogenize the Chinese, while trying to break up the minorities into their sub-categories. Integration? My foot!

The above are some examples of blatant social engineering, based on racial lines. I don’t believe a word of old man’s words about integration. In my opinion, he has been the biggest racist leader in the history of Singapore.

GOOD WISE MAN ED SAYS SO.....
ed said...
One of the main reasons why malaysian chinese love Lee is because they know that Lee is doing with the Chinese what the Bumiputra-pushers are doing for the Malays in Malaysia.

In both cases, the Indians are left on the side and aside. Pity that a people from what is verifiably the most perspectivally, critically, and logically vibrant culture in s.e.asia need to be born elsewhere before they can excel with the aid of their cultural perspective above and beyond most of their discriminators.

Instead of learning from them, most in s.e.asia choose to hold them down so that they can continue feeling good about themselves and their respective cultures.

Pathetic actually. My brother had to go to the UK before becoming a professor in law in one of the UK's top universities. And the same applies to many of my professional Indian friends who have left. According to them, for an Indian to make it with the aid of their culture, they'll have to go elsewhere to be recognised for their worth as opposed to their perceived value by the insecure of most in s.e.asia.

Funny how many here stupidly complain about the consequences of their biases. I suppose they have been underdeveloped to not be able to connect the dots.

ed

June 30, 2009 3:48 PM

VERY SAD TO SAY, BUT THIS IS WHAT SINGAPORE TRULEY IS ALL ABOUT!!
http://utopia8787.blogspot.com/2009/06/foreigners-singaporeans-and-pap.html

PAY AND PAY ENDLESS, CITIZENS.....
http://utopia8787.blogspot.com/2009/06/evidence-of-locals-becoming-second.html

WHO ARE THE BRAINWASHING CULPRITS OF 'RACISM' IN SIN????

http://thinkingbetterthinkingmeta.blogspot.com/2009/06/cmio-issues-in-singapore-again.html

SIN's WORLD CLASS MEDICAL CARE FOR CITIZENS......

http://hardhitting-nobs.blogspot.com/

Assalamualikum Ayahnda Tun n Bonda,

please allow me,

to pikachu1986,

as a leader,

if i tell my people the Malays, to be united, more hardworking and try to beat the achievement of other races, am i a racist???

if i tell my people the Malays, to be more careful in this dangerous world, be more alert of incoming congested world of illegal immigrants and illegal exported goods and cultures, am i a racist???

if i tell my people, the young Malays, to be more sensitive with the current conditions, to study harder to become better citizens, to do more hard jobs - the dirty, dangerous and difficult jobs - because these bring more income, am i a racist????

if i warn my people, the Malays, to understand the real situation, not to take things for granted, to be ready for the worse, am i a racist???

well pikachu1986,

if these are being said by a chinese leader or an indian leader or a leader from any other ethnic minority to their people, would you call them a racist????

think like a leader please...

what ever race you are from, if you are a leader, you are sure to warn your own people FIRST!!!...i bet, you'll be doing more than that if you become a leader...it's just because you are not a leader, not someone with a big heart...

May Allah The AlMighty bless both of you Ayahnda Tun n Bonda and all the visitors here.

Wassalam.

just my brain wave...

Dear Barn,

(((( 9) All Singaporeans entitle the same citizens' privileges. But Malaysian you need to be a Malay to enjoy Bumi discounts, uni & IPO. I wanted to ask you, I born in Malaysia, I pay the same tax but my citizen privileges are different from Malay. This is RACIST! I am not a foreigner, I am a Malaysian! ))))

You might be getting some of the facts wrong in Singapore; my homeland by the way.

Malays in Singapore do get a little more privileges than the rest especially in areas like education where they only have to pay a fraction of the school fees as compared to the usual. Educational fees are heavily subsidised for Malays here.

For public housing (HDB), Malays do have more options and priorities over Chinese due to the Racial Quota for each block of apartment. In a way to forge racial harmony.

To further merge the multi-racial society together, the use of ENGLISH as our FIRST language and of course our mother tongue as the second. Also, do note we sang our National Anthem in Bahasa Melayu, and during my National Service, the military marching command in Bahasa too.

Hope this info helps.

Nur Dianah Suhaimi: Feeling like the least favourite child

August 17, 2008

As a Malay, I’ve always been told that I have to work twice as hard to prove my worth
When I was younger, I always thought of myself as the quintessential Singaporean.

Of my four late grandparents, two were Malay, one was Chinese and one was Indian. This, I concluded, makes me a mix of all the main races in the country. But I later realised that it was not what goes into my blood that matters, but what my identity card says under ‘Race’.

Because my paternal grandfather was of Bugis origin, my IC says I’m Malay. I speak the language at home, learnt it in school, eat the food and practise the culture. And because of my being Malay, I’ve always felt like a lesser Singaporean than those from other racial groups.

I grew up clueless about the concept of national service because my father was never enlisted.
He is Singaporean all right, born and bred here like the rest of the boys born in 1955. He is not handicapped in any way. He did well in school and participated in sports.

Unlike the rest, however, he entered university immediately after his A levels. He often told me that his schoolmates said he was ‘lucky’ because he was not called up for national service.

‘What lucky?’ he would tell them. ‘Would you feel lucky if your country doesn’t trust you?’
So I learnt about the rigours of national service from my male cousins. They would describe in vivid detail their training regimes, the terrible food they were served and the torture inflicted upon them - most of which, I would later realise, were exaggerations.

But one thing these stories had in common was that they all revolved around the Police Academy in Thomson. As I got older, it puzzled me why my Chinese friends constantly referred to NS as ‘army’. In my family and among my Malay friends, being enlisted in the army was like hitting the jackpot. The majority served in the police force because, as is known, the Government was not comfortable with Malay Muslims serving in the army. But there are more of them now.

Throughout my life, my father has always told me that as a Malay, I need to work twice as hard to prove my worth. He said people have the misconception that all Malays are inherently lazy.
I was later to get the exact same advice from a Malay minister in office who is a family friend.
When I started work, I realised that the advice rang true, especially because I wear my religion on my head. My professionalism suddenly became an issue. One question I was asked at a job interview was whether I would be willing to enter a nightclub to chase a story. I answered: ‘If it’s part of the job, why not? And you can rest assured I won’t be tempted to have fun.’

When I attend media events, before I can introduce myself, people assume I write for the Malay daily Berita Harian. A male Malay colleague in The Straits Times has the same problem, too.
This makes me wonder if people also assume that all Chinese reporters are from Lianhe Zaobao and Indian reporters from Tamil Murasu.

People also question if I can do stories which require stake-outs in the sleazy lanes of Geylang. They say because of my tudung I will stick out like a sore thumb. So I changed into a baseball cap and a men’s sports jacket - all borrowed from my husband - when I covered Geylang.

I do not want to be seen as different from the rest just because I dress differently. I want the same opportunities and the same job challenges.

Beneath the tudung, I, too, have hair and a functioning brain. And if anything, I feel that my tudung has actually helped me secure some difficult interviews.

Newsmakers - of all races - tend to trust me more because I look guai (Hokkien for well-behaved) and thus, they feel, less likely to write critical stuff about them.

Recently, I had a conversation with several colleagues about this essay. I told them I never thought of myself as being particularly patriotic. One Chinese colleague thought this was unfair. ‘But you got to enjoy free education,’ she said.

Sure, for the entire 365 days I spent in Primary 1 in 1989. But my parents paid for my school and university fees for the next 15 years I was studying.

It seems that many Singaporeans do not know that Malays have stopped getting free education since 1990. If I remember clearly, the news made front-page news at that time.
We went on to talk about the Singapore Government’s belief that Malays here would never point a missile at their fellow Muslim neighbours in a war.

I said if not for family ties, I would have no qualms about leaving the country. Someone then remarked that this is why Malays like myself are not trusted. But I answered that this lack of patriotism on my part comes from not being trusted, and for being treated like a potential traitor.

It is not just the NS issue. It is the frustration of explaining to non-Malays that I don’t get special privileges from the Government. It is having to deal with those who question my professionalism because of my religion. It is having people assume, day after day, that you are lowly educated, lazy and poor. It is like being the least favourite child in a family. This child will try to win his parents’ love only for so long. After a while, he will just be engulfed by disappointment and bitterness.

I also believe that it is this ‘least favourite child’ mentality which makes most Malays defensive and protective of their own kind.

Why do you think Malay families spent hundreds of dollars voting for two Malay boys in the Singapore Idol singing contest? And do you know that Malays who voted for other competitors were frowned upon by the community?

The same happens to me at work. When I write stories which put Malays in a bad light, I am labelled a traitor. A Malay reader once wrote to me to say: ‘I thought a Malay journalist would have more empathy for these unfortunate people than a non-Malay journalist.’

But such is the case when you are a Malay Singaporean. Your life is not just about you, as much as you want it to be. You are made to feel responsible for the rest of the pack and your actions affect them as well. If you trip, the entire community falls with you. But if you triumph, it is considered everyone’s success.

When 12-year-old Natasha Nabila hit the headlines last year for her record PSLE aggregate of 294, I was among the thousands of Malays here who celebrated the news. I sent instant messages to my friends on Gmail and chatted excitedly with my Malay colleagues at work.

Suddenly a 12-year-old has become the symbol of hope for the community and a message to the rest that Malays can do it too - and not just in singing competitions.

And just like that, the ‘least favourite child’ in me feels a lot happier.

Each year, come Aug 9, my father, who never had the opportunity to do national service, dutifully hangs two flags at home - one on the front gate and the other by the side gate.
I wonder if putting up two flags is his way of making himself feel like a better-loved child of Singapore.

ndianah@sph.com.sg

By UpholdjusticeAuthor Profile Page on June 25, 2009 10:29 AM

Dear hisham76,

It seems that you are very concerned about racism in Singapore.You have already admitted racism there is highly subtle.

But why don't you protest against race based policy in this country where racism is very rampant?
Gajah di pelupuk mata tidak terlihat, kuman di sebelah lautan terlihat,who is really a hypocrite?

comment:

Racism in Singapore is non of my concern. The point I'm bringing forward is for the education of the 'ungrateful non-natives immigrants' who keep on harping on " race based policy in Malaysia "
I believe most races in Malaysia are well represented by their own particular race and just because your own kind have been ripping you off please do not blame the natives. You see, unless you changed your name to a natives name like in America where the Afro -American adopt a Caucasian name, their religion,culture and speaks their language (for I dont see the great USA funding a Swahili speaking school), there's not much I can do for you.

Here the government is honest with you, telling you the cake shall be shared according to the percentage of the population. It might not be perfect but they are doing their best. Through these policies, I'm not surprised when I received an email from a Singaporean who is taking his PHD in University of Oxford. The following are his comments:

"Went to Malaysian students' deeparaya night yesterday.... and it makes me more positive that Malaysia is poised to be a fantastic nation. Every race is well represented. What 's so bad about the NEP when I see Chinese, Indian and Malay students here all with scholarships from the Malaysian government or corporations. And every one is so friendly and warm and best of all so "down to earth". It s 'truly Asia". You just have to be with the Malaysians in Oxford for you to feel that the NEP, even though it has teething problem implementation-wise, the policy objectives over time are seeing results. Let us separate the policy from the implementation. Do not hurry...you will get there somehow." (which he did not enjoy although his leader were harping on how they rule base on Meritocracy)

Being an outsider I believes he could see clearly what you could not, for you are what you are in your own words "Gajah di pelupuk mata tidak terlihat, kuman di sebelah lautan terlihat"

Dengan Izin Tun..Terima kasih..

Bravo Empress..I salutes your courage under fire or not..Keep us posted...Thank you...)

I curse the day I was born a Singaporean'
Published by Seelan Palay on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Letter by Olinda Brazil originally published at Malaysiakini.com

It is very amusing to see how Malaysians (probably of the minority races) have spasms of ecstasy when referring to Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) in Malaysian forums. From across the border in Malaysia, Singapore seems like Wonderland and LKY like a benevolent god.

As a Chinese Singaporean, born of Malaysian parents who took up citizenship here in Singapore, I can understand why they feel this way. The grouses are familiar: NEP, corruption and ineptitude in governance.

Let me provide an insight on how it is like to be a Singaporean. I must first stress that new immigrants or Permanent Residents (PRs) from Malaysia (like my parents) will not experience any disadvantages. It is the children of these people (like me) or new PRs' children (who will be Singaporean) who will feel the disadvantages most sorely, and curse the fact they were born in Singapore:

On the relative development of both countries - Singpore developed well largely due to early good advice given to LKY, its strategic position, the lack of natural disasters and its easily-governable size. Malaysia lags behind in spite of its natural resources because of its larger size, poorer planning/ execution, more difficult decision-making and corruption.

However, Singapore has problems at present because its development model is outdated. As LKY still insists on the methods recommended tens of years ago, trouble is looming. There is no impetus to change because there is no one who dares to disagree. The media prints only propaganda, the courts will always find the government blameless as the government runs 70% of the economy.

The opposition has been persecuted to the point where only those with nothing to lose will dare to oppose, and the common people are scared to death of arbitrary arrest.

Yes, corruption is more widespread in Malaysia. But in Singapore, it also exists - though restricted to the top political elite and in a legalised form. In Malaysia, many get a share of the cake but in Singapore, only a select few get a share of the cake.

Many scoff at the position of the Malay rulers. But are they aware of the many dubious acts of LKY and his cronies - his ‘cooperation’ with the wartime Japanese, then the Communists and then the British (he betrayed the latter two in the end)?

And the actions taken by him and his courts to destroy the opposition, moves which are reported in a twisted manner by his press? A shining example of good character?

Yes, up till recently, Singapore was performing excellently. But at the same time, the ordinary people had the fruits of their labour taken away. We seem rich but yet are in debt. The government apartments are now exorbitantly priced. Cars are a necessity (given the poor performance of the profit-oriented public transport companies) but are also exorbitantly priced.

Much of our money is locked in the Provident Fund and it is becoming impossible to get it back while we are still alive. Yes, all races are treated equally - and they are sucked dry equally. This is the pivotal point in times when things became bad. By the way, the money in the Provident Fund (as well as in the reserves) is used for investment - for which there is almost no transparency and accountability.

Huge losses have been incurred in the current crisis yet the ruling party still baulks at spending a million or two on the poor. Oh, and we spend twice as much on defence as Malaysia despite being at least 400 times smaller.

Instead of addressing the root of the problems, LKY's son (yes, his son - by the way did Dr Mahathir install his son as prime minister?) decided to take action on only one aspect of the problem, in a negative manner. Instead of lowering costs for citizens, and therefore maintaining wage levels, he decided to import foreigners to lower cost.

It is effective - foreigners earn much more per hour than they do back home. They are stuck with the same employer for the duration of their visa, hence they are obedient. If they are sacked, they have to go home. And home means facing unpaid debts which they incurred in getting to Singapore. So which foreign worker will dare to resist exploitation?

This means the ‘choosy’ Singaporeans get to twiddle thumbs at home. And would the Singaporean ministers care? They are paid $S$2 million basic per year, a performance bonus of up to eight months, and get a pension when they reach retirement age. Good clean governance, huh? Oh yes, the judges are paid the same too so not surprisingly they always find for the government.

Malaysians are LKY's top choice. It gratifies him to poach bright minority students which his old pal Dr Mahathir had educated. They get good jobs (there is supposedly a quota to be filled), will not get sacked (as it means they go back to Dr M) and are favoured by corporations, as they do not have national service obligations.

None want to be citizens - at the end of the day, they will retire to the Malaysia (which they hate so much) to enjoy the Singapore dollar’s strength. God have mercy on the children they leave behind!

Currently one person in three is a foreigner in Singapore. The press chooses to obfuscate matters by lumping citizens and PRs together in their reporting (as 'resident population') so the huge number of foreigners in Singapore is understated.

To all Malaysians who love LKY, you have to be ruled by him, not as a PR turned citizen, but as a born and bred Singaporean, to understand that he is not what you think.Y ou curse Dr Mahathir because you know LKY will treat you like lords. You are correct but very shortsighted and shallow.

Dr Mahathir may be much less than perfect, but only ignorant fools will say LKY is better than him. Singapore residents receive two broadsheet pages daily on how bad things are in Malaysia, but no Singaporean commentator will blast LKY and compare him to Dr Mahathir.

Why? Because it is stupid to compare - we have not been ruled by Dr Mahathir or Umno so how are we able to compare? Using anecdotal evidence supplied by privileged fellow countrymen is poor practice.

To the few writers (Malays?) in Singapore who viewed Singapore's meritocracy as flawed:

I think the various experiences recounted can possibly be attributed to racist behaviours by certain Singapore employers.

It is important to note that racism exists everywhere, Malaysia included. Such is life, and no matter how much humans try, racism cannot be totally eliminated (not least in our lifetime).

It is incorrect to attribute racist encounters in Singapore to the lack of meritocracy as a basic principle adopted by Singapore society. Singapore society practices meritocracy in most areas. Be it the civil service, education, politics, and the private sector.

While some has noted that there aren't many malays in the Singapore political ranks, it should be noted that there are many indians. Why, if its not because the india ministers has earned their positions based on meritocracy? Or maybe some choose to think in terms of the convenient "answer" that there is a secret agenda in Singapore against Singaporean malays? The Malaysian politicians has suggested that the malays in malaysia would have fallen further behind if not for the bumi policies. What would happen if a true meritocracy system is implemented in Malaysia? Could there be a chance that the Singapore experience is what you may perhaps see in Malaysia under such hypothetical situation?

With regards to the military, Singapore has openly communicated that there are certain sensitivity in the selection of certain malays for military positions, as many malays in Singapore has close family ties with malays in the region. When it comes to defense, if a soldier is being put into position to chose between its family and country, it would be a tough position to be in. The issue is therefore not about meritocracy per se.

Ezani on June 18

You just keep saying I am stupid but never prove that I am stupid.

Just to transfer technology a bit Iskandar needs foreign capital, support and know-how. If you try to keep everything to yourself the project will be still born. Is that very hard to understand??

How I wish all malaysians including Tun are as clever as you, then no need to worry.

Dear Tun, salam sejahtera harap sihat bahagia. Minta izin memberi pandangan pada sebuah kiriman Mat S'pore....

Pandangan pada 'hisham76' on June 24, 2009 1:14 AM

..............PILIH BULU

The difference in your response to a ‘Mat’ (aniesa) and an obvious non Malay (tuffy) shows the colour of your character. Accomodating, polite to one but brutish and arrogant to the other, due to race not opinion. They are both against the ‘we’ and ‘them’ mentality in race matters.

.............HIDUNG TAK MANCUNG

Why does a S’porean Malay stick his nose in M’sian domestic affairs and has the cheek and gall to call M'sians ingrates? What have you done or sacrificed for them to qualify calling them names as if they owe you!! You dont even pay M'sian tax! In what way are they obligated to a nosy Malay S'porean?

You don’t fully understand the situation here when you mentioned M’sian govt majority ‘happens to be Malays’. Only S’poreans will believe it is by default not design (the overwhelming majority). I don’t want to argue this is not fair, but don’t ever say it’s by accident!

.............HAK MENGHALAU

Get a M’sian citizenship and earn your ‘right’ to evict other M’sians! Your M’sian citizenship is pre approved and guaranteed. Come back and help the eviction process. I am waiting your eviction notice. Even before being a citizen you are already arrogant enough to ask others to leave just cos you are Malay (actually S’porean)

Don’t claim to represent the accommodating Malays (who are not in this blog), speak for yourself !! Your citizenship application will be processed the same way you described S'pore's procedure, just that it is now in your favour. I am not complaining your favoured status, as I believe a human is good or bad by his actions not his color. A country in the end deserves the type of people it has!

............SEJARAH PENGHIJRAH

On different status of immigrants in different countries, there is something called history. As Tun suggested, it will help you understand why you and things are what they are.

PS: My advice is focus on graduating from your university and help your race. A good horse can pull a hundred carriages, a bull will only tangle with the matador. The cow will end up typing eviction notices.

US TAX RULES AFFECTING SINGAPORE

http://www.thereformparty.net/

RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS........!

http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/

DANGERS OF ELITISM.......

http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2009/06/illusion-of-superiority-and-dangers-of.html

Somehow, Malaysian government always lacks the credibility. It doesn't show that it can be trusted, especially when dealing with our southern neighbor.

Hello Tun,

You are truly a JAGUH KAMPUNG!!!

1) You have millions of Kampung Minded Fans.
2) You are barking at World Class Country while you as PM for 22 years couldn't develope Malaysia into 1st class.
3) Proton rated the worst car in UK but No. 1 car in Malaysia.
4) We brag we have world class KLCC but please visit our DBKL public toilet. Please experience yourself.
6) Singapore has world class public transport. Please hike a Taxi yourself. Take a bus. You will understand you shouldn't build KLCC but use the money to improve public transport.
7) Our ringgit & sen are no match to Singapore dollar in terms of value.
8) You lose out in the international standard but you are still No.1 in Malaysia.
9) All Singaporeans entitle the same citizens' privileges. But Malaysian you need to be a Malay to enjoy Bumi discounts, uni & IPO. I wanted to ask you, I born in Malaysia, I pay the same tax but my citizen privileges are different from Malay. This is RACIST! I am not a foreigner, I am a Malaysian!

10) If Singapore Malay are poor because of a racist goverment, why Malaysian Malays are still so poor with all the Bumi perks?? Your goverment pocketed their money for 22 years and continue doing it.

10) For the past 22 years you corrupted the Malay mind and you are still continue doing it. Wake up!

Bravo! Malaysia boleh.

Selamat pagi Ayahanda Tun,

Izinkan.....

//By samuraimelayu on June 23, 2009 10:20 AM

ADIK KU 'HBT',
ALLOW US TO QUOTE THE PM IN BM ' RAKYAT DIDAHULUKAN, PRESTASI DI UTAMAKAN'. THAT'S HIS SLOGAN TO HIS CABINET//

Dear abg samuraimelayu,

Thank you abg samuraimelayu. You have scored AAA as rakyat in KPI by repying my help within 2 hours. The new KPI is 3 days because "Kerajaan" Organization is huge and they need this 3 days to get the work done, wow, very efficient our Kerajaan now, GOOD JOB!!!!

//ALLOW US TO SCRIBBLE OUR SLOGAN FOR 'SYOK SENDIRI' ONLY.
'PANCARKAN SAYANG, RASAKAN NADI( POTRAY LOVE, FEEL THE IMPULSE)
BERSATU KITA TEGUH, BERPECAH KITA ROBOH.(UNITED WE CHERISH, BREAK WE PERISH)'//

Yes, as abg and adik, crony or friends, rakyat of our multi-racial, we too need private moment to syiok diri ma.... We are human beings, bukan angel or FANATIK!!!

May "Allah" be with you always, and take care. I love your comment on Mr Ravi and I laughed like pakbelalang - kah..kah..kah... I pun nak syiok diri ma...when confronted with so much politics entah apanama!!!!

Me too,will never stop reminding ourselves that vision 2020 is not for us but for our generations (anak cucu) to come because we have BRAIN WITH HEART, Actions speak louder than talking (it is analyising for Hanan and Tempered, good in writing and reseach, but do not know how to apply, what for men!!!!)

Good day Ayahanda Tun.

Salam Buat Yg Bhg. Tun,

May I suggest this about the water conrtact with Singapore. They recently built new reservoir or plant or something with new technology for NEWATER, with the ministers happily cut the ribbon to officiate the event. Can't we just trade the raw water with our waste water from the toilet instead? I think at 3 sen, that is what its worth these days.

WHAT SAY YOU?

Kind regards

LKY's THOUGHTS......

http://wayangparty.com/?p=10332

DEAR SBA dated 25/6/09 at 4.29pm

IF EVERY BIRD BRAIN SINGAPORE MALAY IS GOING TO LEAVE SINGAPORE BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING TREATED THIRD CLASS CITIZENS, THEN THERE WILL BE NO MALAYS EXISTING IN SINGAPORE AT ALL. MELAYU SUDAH HABIS DI-SINGAPURA! ALL THE MORE REASON FOR THEM TO GET RID OF MALAY AS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE, SINCE THERE ARE NO MORE MALAYS IN SINGAPORE.
STAY BACK AND SPEAK OUT FOR YOUR EVERY MALAY SINGAPOREAN RIGHTS AND FOR EVERY FREE INDIVIDUAL, REGARDLESS OF RACE. WHO BELIVES IN RESPONSIBLE FREE DEMOCRACY. HENCE DO GO AHEAD RIGHT HERE !

RACIST ATTITUDES IN ADVANCED EDUCATED SIN.....
HOW SAD....!!

http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/take-my-photo-again-she-said/

Yawning Bread. 11 May 2009
Archiving J B Jeyaretnam's papers for posterity

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JBJ ARCHIVING



The late J B Jeyaretnam (JBJ) was an important figure in Singapore's political history from the 1970s to his passing last year. Now that he's gone, what does one do with his papers and other objects that represent his life's work?

Against all odds, Jeyaretnam won the Anson by-election in 1981, becoming the first opposition politician to break the People's Action Party's (PAP) monopoly of parliamentary seats since the mid 1960s. His victory set in motion a series of reactive changes to the PAP's behaviour, leading to the many features of Singapore's political scene today, such as defamation suits and Group Representation Constituencies, further reinforcing other repressive habits like tight controls over the media.

Together with Chiam See Tong, Jeyaretnam was the face of dogged opposition to the PAP for a decade until new leaders emerged in the 1990s.

For many years J B Jeyaretnam tirelessly spread his message about the government's oppressive style by selling books at street corners. Picture from The Economist

It must be obvious that his notes and letters, representing as they do his thoughts, obstacles and battle plans, are a rich mine for future historians. Even simple objects like an election poster could be part of future exhibitions, to inform another generation of Singaporeans of this man's role in defining Singapore.

So where should they go to now?

International Institute of Social History

Yesterday, I met Emile Schwidder and Eef Vermeij of the International Institute of Social History, based in Amsterdam. Partly funded by the Dutch government, the institute is interested in archiving material relevant to their mission. As I understand it, they are in contact with the Jeyaretnam family about JBJ's papers, though final agreement has not yet been reached.

The institute catalogs all the material it receives, removes all rubber and metal elements, e.g. paper clips, packs them in acid-free boxes and stores them its own climate-controlled warehouse. The catalogs will be put online, and they have even started a project to digitise material starting with some really significant ones like the manuscripts of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Access to the papers for research will be liberal, but subject to agreement with the family, who will remain owners of the material. This means that certain papers may be held as confidential for a long while.

The institute also loans out material for exhibitions around the world. One of the most interesting next year will be material relating to Henk Sneevliet, who around 1914 founded a workers' union that eventually became the Indonesian Communist Party. In 1920/21, he was sent by Vladimir Lenin as Comintern representative to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, which he helped set up. He's mostly forgotten by Indonesians, especially after the communists' failed putsch in 1965, but the Chinese are interested and have contacted the institute to loan the material. Henk Sneevliet had a Chinese name: Ma-ling.

Other stuff the Chinese government might not (yet) be so interested in would be the materials from the 1970s' "Democracy Wall" movement and around the time of the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989.

The institute also has many other items relating to communists in Indonesia, particularly before and after the 1965 events. Other growing collections relate to the Burmese opposition movement and social movements in Nepal and the Philippines.

One particularly moving item they have is the blood-stained shirt of Lean Alejandro, a student activist who campaigned for democracy. Alejandro was shot and killed in 1987, aged 27, and the gunmen are still unidentified. For a story on this brave young man, see UP activist Lean Alejandro remembered 20 years after killing.

Appeal

Currently, JBJ's materials are lying in various boxes in different locations -- I can imagine it's going to be a lot of work sorting them out. But this may be dwarfed by a bigger problem: Since he was with the Workers' Party for some of the most important years of his political life, much material may be there... if they are still there.

Meanwhile, this is an appeal to anyone who has material related to JBJ to contact his elder son Kenneth Jeyaretnam. It could be old copies of The Hammer published at the time when JBJ was secretary-general of the Workers' Party, election posters, banners or flyers. It could be letters, photographs or news clippings... anything like that. They will help flesh out the memory of the man and enable future generations to better understand his role and significance.

National Archives

But what about our National Archives? some readers might ask. Isn't that what they are supposed to do?

I would have thought so too, but one cannot but wonder whether they are even interested. That said, I understand that they recorded about 60 hours of oral history from JBJ, so it's not as if they are totally ignoring his legacy.

Yet, even if our National Archives are interested, I can't help but wonder how they are going to handle the material once they have received them. Speaking just for myself, not for the Jeyaretnam family, questions that arise are: Will there be open access? Will some materials mysteriously disappear? Will confidential material remain confidential, especially if the information therein proves politically useful to the ruling party?

It is a sad reflection of the corruption that has crept into our country's institutions that we instinctively ask such questions. We all know that lines have been blurred between state, government and ruling party. In fact, it is part of JBJ's legacy that we have been shown this.

© Yawning Bread

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To JJJ
Yes i do believe Malays have equal rights as any citizen in Singapore. Yes i do know what the May 13th incident is about. If you have investigated your facts, you must know that the race riots in Singapore were the result of a spillover effect of the race riots in Malaysia. The race riots in Singapore began as a result of rumors of Malay atrocities against the Chinese population in Malaysia.this of course, lead to dissatisfaction within the Chinese population in Singapore, which culminated into the riots that Singapore witnessed. It had nothing to do with racial inequality.
I repeat. Singapore respects the rights of the Malays and recognizes them as the original inhabitants of Singapore. There is a reason why we made malay the national language and sing our national anthem in the malay language.

I quote: "NOW CAN YOU TELL ME IF TUDUNG ISSUE IN SCHOOLS,AZAN IN MOSQUES,LIMITING THE NUMBER OF INTAKE TO RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS (the list is almost endless)IN LINE WITH THEIR CONSTITUTION?"

It is to the schools discretion as to whether to allow the student to don a tudung during school hours. I'm sure she can enroll in a madrasah if she feels compelled to don the headscarf. Do not take this the wrong way, i am fully supportive of the tudung being allowed in schools.
The intake of madrasashs are restricted for a reason. The education standard of madrasahs are comparatively lower than that of other governmental institutions. This is a source of great alarm for a government that views education as extremely important, thus the limitation of students entering the madrasahs.

There are many Malays in high positions of authority. For example, the speaker of parliament Abdullah Tarmugi, prof Yaacob Ibrahim. Im sure few Malays in Malaysia remember that the first president of Singapore (Yusof Ishak) was a malay.

JJJ, you state that Malays in Singapore are being marginalized and discriminated against. i have provided examples to prove they're not.

i would like to see how you can show that Malaysia treats its non-Malay citizens equally and fairly.
Maybe Dr. Mahathir can help?

Hi Amir Aziz and S Tan,

Before I proceed, let me introduce myself a little so that I am not being positioned in the racist group. First of all, I am mix between Chinese and Malay but obviously much more Chinese that denies me Bumi rights. Secondly, I had vast experiences working with various multi-nationals locally and internationally.

I am not trying to favour S Tan but he has some of his points very right. When I was the Regional/Country manager in sales and marketing during my career in Malaysia, I tried promoting multi racial sales team across the country but ended up with Chinese and Indian staffs. I employed four Malays ( local graduates ) and none lasted more than 6 months. This was owing to various factors; Sleeping at home during working hours, late for work, poor technical knowledge and etc. I asked one of my collegue who is a Malay himself graduating from UK ( He was and is still HR Director till now) about Malay graduates and he asked me to select ONLY overseas graduates as they are the cream of the Malays. My predicament is that all of those creams are unavailable due to fact that they are all attached to the GLC after being granted scholarships by Malaysian government.

That is exactly the reason why GLC's have majority Malays and public sectors have majority non-Bumi employees.

Amir, do you think Public sectors ( Multi National companies ) are employing staffs base on race base policy? The answer is NO. Bottom line is profit for the share holders.

I am writing this to encourage local Bumi graduates to be awaken, stand up and avoid finding reason for under achieving...

Tun,

How do you feel when you read that Genting Bhd beat other Singapore GLCs to run the multi billion dollar casino project in Sentosa, YTL invest billion on dollars on Singapore power station and the brain child behind Singapore F1 is actually a Malaysian?

bitter sweet feeling isnt it?

salam Tun,

jangan ditegak benang yang basah,

In Singapore the Chinese are richest,Malays poor = no action taken = racism.We have proven that racism exist there.
In Malaysia Chinese still the richest,Malays poor = affirmative actions taken = close the wealth gap = what racism?Please provide proof or shut up!

Upholdjustice,up yours!
to Godfather,be prepared to slug and be slugged!

Jeng3

Salam Hormat Tun,

I am a 46 year-old Malay Singaporean and I've always held you in high regard and found your blog very informative and it has given me great insights to world happenings - political or otherwise. Tun, with all due respects to you, this is my very first post in a forum and I would have started by being just a plain observer. However, I have noted some posts, especially the ones I've referred to below, which were of interest to me and I was compelled to comment.

I find the comments by aniesa and DR Sanjeev Kumar very interesting as they had directly or indirectly affected me, as a Malay Singaporean.

Let me begin, as a silent observer of the social/economic/political environment in Singapore. The article, "The Charade of Meritocracy" best sums up, in my opinion, what the general population of Singapore already knows. Acceptance of those facts and being vocal about it is another matter, as most Singaporeans would never, in their wildest dreams, dare to criticise the government's policies openly.

On DR Sanjeev Kumar's comments dtd 15th June and aniesa's dtd 18th June, I must say that I do not totally disagree with their comments. On the topic of "meritocracy" in Singapore, the following conversation took place with the Singapore Armed Forces recruitment officer when I was called up for National Service in 1985 after serving as cadet officer onboard merchant cargo ships and having obtained the relevant qualifications from an institute of higher learning, may enlighten both writers about meritocracy in Singapore:

Me: Sir, I am requesting to be posted to the Republic of Singapore Navy as a Radar Plotter after completing my Basic Military Training. I also intend to have a successful career in the navy.

SAF Officer: (After looking at my qualifications which included Radar and other Electronic Navigation Systems certificates ) I'm so sorry, you're over qualified for this post.

Me: Sir, I would be very interested to join the navy as a full-time serviceman as I have had 2 and a half years of training onboard cargo ships and I liked working at sea.

SAF Officer: You will have problems with food.

Me: Sir, Singapore being a multi-racial / multi-religious country, are you telling me that the navy do not cater food for Muslims like the other services in the SAF do?

SAF Officer: Oh...(blushing)....please wait for our letter regarding your request. You are dismissed now.

Of course the letter never arrived until I finished the compulsory national service in 1987:-)

My question is, what does "over-qualified" mean. And, did being "over-qualified" within the SAF context disqualified me from being a radar plotter in the Singapore Navy? What then? A sizeable number of qualified mariners (master mariners, deck officers and marine engineers) from the merchant navy in singapore are Malays who could have become competent naval officers in the Singapore navy but are there any? And THIS is definitely not the only sector of the singapore armed forces totally devoid of Malays.

To DR Sanjeev Kumar and Aniesa, I write from experience - an unfortunate one at that. Having read your posts, I assume that you both, one a Malaysian and one a "JAVANESE" singaporean, are well-placed in society in Singapore. DR Sanjeev Kumar, does the DR in your name refer to 'doctor'? In any case I would assume that you are a professional working in Singapore so it would do you well to expand your circle of Malay friends in Singapore so that you may properly conclude, if indeed the typical Malay Singaporean is a happy one. FYI, I am currently awaiting approval of my employment pass to work in Malaysia where I have been offered a reasonable position with expat benefits/priveleges in the maritime industry, a position I dared not even dream about in singapore. And I intend to dump my Singapore citizenship the first chance I get when I'm already in Malaysia.

Just as you could go on about your perceptions of the Singaporean Malays and Singapore, my list of grievances is endless but I'd rather not continue lest it gets ugly and in so doing, subject myself to undesired legal chapters of the LKY's and the Singapore government's policies.

I, too, envy your Singapore Malay friends' well-deserved wealth acquired on their own merits - "meritocracy?" is such a wonderful word. Personally, I am totally against receiving help or hand-outs from the government or well-connected people but in Singapore, however, the Malays would definitely need the government's help. Help to eradicate the singapore-styled "MERITOCRACY", that is. See???? I AM getting emotional....hahaha.

With regards to your knowledge pertaining to the "discounts" offered to citizens, did you also know that the HDB's allocation of housing is race-based? And about your asking many (HOW MANNY???) Malays whether they preferred living in Singapore or Malaysia, I am sure being Singaporeans, they would not admit to wanting to uproot from a "developed nation" to a "backward country"...kiasu-ism at play here. More freedom??? Freedom to do what??? apart from the one having to do with the Jabatan Agama? Give us some credit, sir. Singaporean Malays in general are not as small minded as the ones you've met i.e. the ones whose idea of freedom is the freedom to xxxx without inteference from the Jabatan Agama. This must surely be the biggest insult to your circle of "wealth-acquired-without-any-help" Malay friends in Singapore.

Aniesa, being a "Javanese" Singaporean, maybe you could enlighten me about Singapore better than a Malaysian, perhaps? I am not anti-Non Malay, in fact a big chunk of my closest friends in singapore are non-Malays, specifically Chinese. I have voiced out my grievances to these Chinese friends and even told them I would move to Malaysia. They had wanted to know why I was willing to become a second-class citizen in another country. My reply to them was it would be better to be a 2nd-class citizen elsewhere rather than being a 3rd-class citizen in my own country. And you know what??? They totally agreed with me.

Dear hisham76,

It seems that you are very concerned about racism in Singapore.You have already admitted racism there is highly subtle.

But why don't you protest against race based policy in this country where racism is very rampant?
Gajah di pelupuk mata tidak terlihat, kuman di sebelah lautan terlihat,who is really a hypocrite?

Have been reading most of the comments. Like a war zone in here. Malaysians and Singaporeans when they don't meet face to face they are the greatest enemies. But when they sit and drink and eat on one table they are best of friends. LKY and Tun also the same when they don't meet they kutuk each other when they meet face to face they are like good buddies. Well typical right Malaysians and Singaporeans. Every country , person, politician has its or their own strength and weakness. Some of us love Tun some hate him. God created us this way. Imagine what will happen if all of us think alike and have no difference in opinions, we will be living in a very funny world. The best we can do is respect each other. If we don't agree its up to us but never forget to respect the opinion of others no matter we agree to it or not.

Love u TUN regards to our great mum of Malaysia (Tun Siti hasmah)

Dear Tun, salam mesra harap sihat bahagia. Minta izin memberi penjelasan pada seorang pengulas.......

Ini sedikit penjelasan pada 'amir aziz' on June 24, 2009 9:47 AM

...............UBAT ANGIN

If you are not smearing or demonizing any race with your posting, no need to ‘naik angin’. It is not about you then.

Congratulations if you are sincerely for educating bumiputeras for progress not institutionalised domination. I am happy if your heart is with poor bumiputeras, the type that struggles for survival not supremacy (via 'rights').

...............MENGHALAU

Tun’s blog invites comments (Leave a comment) and he decides whose comments get posted. Don’t stress yourself over Tun’s actions.You have no say or control, but you can grumble like all the rest.

...............MALAYSIAN WHATEVER!

On M’sian M’sia, nobody knows how it will turn out. Theory and practice are two different things, as proven by Umno’s NEP. It has transformed into a racist affirmative action instead of a benevolent affirmative action. I am rejecting a proven bad product, at the same time I will not reject something that has not proven itself bad.

...............SURVIVAL OR SUPREMACY

True, I don’t really know why bumi prefer govt service, but my opinion is a fair and reasonable assumption from the numbers. Similarly public sector inefficiency in business is the reason communism fails and why govt should not be in business and the basis for my assumption they are more likely to tolerate loss incurring behavior.

If bumiputeras turn to govt sector for survival, don’t you think the non bumi in private sector may also be there for survival. So it’s square, why raise the issue. But a survival place become 95% dominated and the 'discriminated' place is more balanced.. Who is the discriminator? Strange but true!

Dear Tun, salam mesra harap sihat sejahtera. Kiriman ini singkat untuk cuba mana satu lepas sekatan....

.............CHANGING HISTORY

History evolves with time and we should learn from history to avoid repeating the same mistakes. However what is past is past.

Some M'sian's family history changed from Indian to Malay just like S'pore's history has changed. While S'pore's ancestry is not denied, history has changed S'pore. Similarly the same person's ancestry is unchanged but history has changed him into a Malay.

While you can talk about the ancestry, it is wrong to use it for racial demonization, hate mongering and peddling fear. Which is what this blog visitors do.

JJJ:

Katak bawah tempurung. Neither Singapore nor LKY need any defending. Only the corrupt, the negligent and the incompetent need defending. Allah gave this country with all the natural resources that Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong will die for. Instead we are still third world while these countries are all first world. Where did all the vast natural resources go to ? Tun M knows better than most. What happens when we are a net importer of oil in 2014 ? Tun M knows that too.

Where will you be, JJJ ? Still sucking your lollipop and hoping the country can bail you out ?

Godfather

As a Malay Singaporean, it's super hard to find a job here. Almost 80 percent of the jobs out there requires Mandarin speakers. It makes me wonder why I'm not being taught Mandarin in school since it's actually crucial to learn it and no one is complaining about this.

Salam Tun..............Mintak lalu sekejap.... hangin la dengan mamat nie.... Not even understand the problem... just like to turn the issue... over and over.....

>>Private sector 'discrimination' BY JS Tan...............?

For private company salaries, you seriously believe there is organized discrimination? A profit oriented company (which must pay tax) would forsake a valuable employee based on his race by paying him less?

It is unthinkable for a private company to keep an employee(for his race) and sustain losses, and give up another (due to his race) who brings him profit. A govt agency or GLC will do it, cos the loss is not theirs, it is the tax payers!! A private company will go bankrupt.

Look at overall employment scenario. For Malay, first choice is govt service (better prospects given the domination) second is private sector. So the less qualified go to private sector (generally)

Look at non Malays, first choice private sector (better prospects, govt dominated by bumi) second choice govt. So the best get in private sector. So in private sector the frontliner (of other races) competes with the second liners (of bumi).

Naturally the bumi will get the poorer salaries and lesser jobs due to this factor. Only the govt can redress this imbalance, dont blame the other races.

MY POSTING IS...............

My personal question.... In Which sector did you attach?
Are you a real business man? Start your own business? Are you an entrepreneur? Are you just working for someone else and get your perks every month end? If that is the case…. You KNOW nothing regard the real problem in malaysia…(What we discuss here in chedet.cc is more about how to educate Malaysia especially bumiputera in building Malaysian without loosing what we already have – commitment among all race. Try to be HERO? Open your own BLOGGG… U can talk and said everything that u think right… Nobody want to listen to you?? That is your problems… mean that you are not GOOD.) What you write it’s just from someone that think he is good by getting his perks at every month end and belief that changing Malaysian to MALAYSIAN MALAYSIAN will make Malaysia prosper to everybody especially TRUE MALAYSIAN (1 MALAYSIAN la…) I truly said that you are wrong… We will see in this PRU13.

Firstly... understand yourself... don’t mention about GLC's... Tax Payer Money...GLC's dare to loose money because it is not their money.... What a crap….... Why those bumiputera like’s to work with government? Are you sure with your statement? Please line up those of them? They want to participate in private sector…. But it’s a limitation of area…. They need to survive their life… Joint in government sector is not a choice for them…. Only for a sake of survival!!!!! There is a lot of good bumiputera edger for the challenge…. Please understand my message in earlier posting…. If you can’t………………………………… u decided la….

salam Tun,

As expected LKY's blind worshippers here will defend him at all costs,turning a blind eye to the cronisyms and nepotisms.

We see a lot of your feeble excuses as y'all will always look down on your own country's achievements.Shame on you.One more time,please emigrate!

It's actually your inner racist instincts being unleashed here on cyberspace.

Don't bullshit too much.LKY is a little emperor and his family has a finger in every pie!Talk about cronisym!Why can't you just accept the truth and the facts even after I presented proof of the myth of meritocracy?Godfather,I am now calling you blind!

You guys still proud huh?

Jeng3

singapore is a democratic and not racist country?

ahahaha... eat my foot...

LKY say:

Boyan is not Malay...

Javanese is not Malay...

Bugis is not Malay...

but why don't LKY say the same thing about:

Hokkien is not Chinese...

Hakka is not Chinese...

Teochew is not Chinese...

Awakening from a DREAM

http://singaporerecalcitrant.blogspot.com/

Assalamua'laikum Tun dan keluarga,

Satu kefahaman ada timbul di sini,

perjanjian air yg termetrai adalah perjanjian dengan persetujuan dua pihak yg terlibat ketika perjanjian ber kenaan....

Bagaimana pula dengan perjanjian dalam penubuhan negara Malaysia pula...telah berlaku perjanjian beberapa pihak ketika ini dan termaktub dalam perlembaggan..

bagaimana saudara ku rakyat Malaysia sekalian. Perjanjian ini menjadikan kita MALAYSIA KINI..

kerana perjanjian itu Singapura dapat bekalan air yg cukup murah..

boleh kita fikirkan sejenak..

Dear Sir,

By tuffyAuthor Profile Page on June 23, 2009 11:14 AM

1)"I am a Malaysian and talking all this not because I stand aside of Singapore, after all, their prosperous doesn’t increase my well-being. I am writing this forum because the minority non-malays are simply rip-off by our government."

2)When you accused Singapore is a leech? How is it a leech can develop so well?

Comment:
It seems that your second comment answer your first, considering that the top two richest Malaysian happens to be a Chinese followed by an Indian whom you considered a minority. Just because your own kind rip you off, please do not blame the government whom majority happens to be Malays.It seems to me that you are nothing but an ungrateful ingrates.
In your own words I would say "Please don’t fabricate and misled the readers in this forum about your version of meritocracy in Singapore", for you know not what you are talking about and it all tantamount to hearsay.

Your logic is so illogical it just amaze me that you have the temerity to comment on the "thebigdiapper". You are such a liar that it makes me wonder whether you are from "Hindraf."

Just because the natives especially the Malays are accommodating people, please do not take them for a fool and if you think I know not what I'm talking about, I advise you to check the status of your fellow immigrants in Asean countries and the condition imposed on them as a non natives and tell me your rights are better off there. Of course with the exception of Singapore whom the immigrants were the majority and double standards are being practice.

SIN's childish laws and high handedness......

http://singaporerebel.blogspot.com/2009/06/police-investigates-filmmaker-over.html

Dear Tun,

With your permission
By aniesaAuthor Profile Page on June 22, 2009 3:07 AM

Comment:

From the following comment by a fellow Mat, I do hope you and others both Malays and non Malay Singaporean will get a clearer picture of what we the Singaporean Mats think of LKY's Singapore meritocracy.

It is nice to hear your comment and it is indeed gratifying that you identify yourself as a Javanese and not a Malay. You have actually played into the hands of a policy that see Malays as a "political" construct, defined by nation states that only existed in this part of the world in the 18th century. You have actually accepted the idea of "us and them". To the non Malays, unfortunately, you are still considered as "us".

Yes, perhaps Malays may not be "up there" as you brutally put because they "just don't have it". But it seems strange that after nearly 50 years of self government in Singapore, one of the world's most competitive economies, no Malays have yet taken important portfolios in government, (Minister of Finance, Minister of Trade and Industry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defence). It seems even strange that after almost 40 years (in the 1990s), there was the "first" Malay pilot in the Air Force. It seems strange that despite almost 50 years, there has not been a top general who is a Malay. It seems strange that top officers in the Police force do not see large Malay presence, despite the force being a natural place of gravitation for Malays. Malays tend to huddle in the civil service as teachers, policemen/women, firefighters and civil defence officers, yet top officers seldom see Malays in proportional numbers. In the private sector, Malays tend to occupy the lower ranks(desptach riders, clerks ) and the successful ones are those who join top multinationals, not homegrown banks or companies.

I hate to share my personal account to anyone but your letter warrants a rebuttal as personally being a Singaporean Malay (Singapore first then Malay) working in a domain where non-Malays dominated I was given silly remarks like "Are you are Malay, you certainly don't think like one"..."he does not come across as a Mat, does not think like one"...."for a Malay you are very intelligent, are you a Malay (a taxi driver!!!!)".

I could adopt the position like "no I'm not quite a Malay" or " I am Javanese" to give the other party instant gratification. But I stood my ground.

I am a Malay, successful and currently studying in one of the world's top three universities.But I am a Malay, a "Mat" and deeply proud of it.

Racism exists. They differ only in degrees. In Malaysia, the affirmative action makes it known to the rest of the world that racism exists.

Malaysia acknowledge it and make no bones in telling the world that there are problems, and they are learning to fix it and in a manner that suits them best, albeit it in the most painful way

But affirmative action is by no means static. Trace its development and you know it has changed, in tandem with Bumiputera's capacity building capabilities. But it is not perfect.

In Singapore, racism exists. It is unseen, in pockets, in people's mind and manifested through actions and words. It is not institutionalised. There is no policy pronouncements. It is not blurted through the media; not being manipulated by opportunists. It is selective and highly subtle. Flip through local advertisements in Singapore's papers and you get the impression that Singapore is a one race nation. See the TV serial Phua Chu Kang, and you see Afdlin Shauki and Suhaimi playing the lesser role of a technician or simply a "Mat". Look at TV commercials and form your own conclusions. Racism is there.

This not a hate letter. It is just about seeking to see things in a better perspective given human imperfections. We are all not perfect.

You may be successful in your own right and rightful claim that it has nothing to do with you being a Malay ("Javanese anyway" ) but there are others, loads of others who are working, studying and trying so hard to prove themselves in the system. For them, to be good among equals is not enough. You have to be better.

Discrimination will continue to exist at the individual level or at societal level, but let us not bring issues of eugenics (my genes is better than yours) as a death sentence.

When one talks about race and racism there needs to be emphathy, not hate. We should all try to change our views on others based on trust and embarking on that leap of faith in embracing others. Perhaps, you should too.

Tun:

Spend the remainder of your years in solitude and peace. You have screwed Malaysians for close to 20 plus years, and yet you are still trying to whip up anti-Singapore sentiment. The little red dot has done nothing to you, except maybe to demonstrate to the whole world what Malaysia under your rule could have become with full meritocracy and transparency. So Singapore stands as a testament to your mis-rule and for that you wish to punish the island state ?

Allah keeps you alive not to cast stones at others that have very little connection with your own country.

Working in Singapore,

the facts produced by Singapore on the water negotiations are not new. In fact, the Singapore government has published a booklet just to highlight these facts and misrepresentations across the causeway!

However, our dear friend - and to a large extent his supporters - convenient choose to highlight only the 3sens per 1,000 gallons price. Such disingenious behaviour makes those involved, as what another writer above succiently puts it, looks like morons to the international community.

Dr M seems to think that he is writing only to a particular crowd (i believe to be Malaysian malays), and it seems like quite a few actually buys his arguements - lock stock and barrel- without even doing some simple research on the subject. For one to be credible, I would humbly suggest to those involved to critically think through the issues involved, and not be carried away by the jokes as to how many grains of nasi lemak you can buy with 3 sens. Issues include:

- Respect of the written agreement
- Debating based on facts
- credibility

Personally I find it amusing that a simple comment from LKY as to regard a certain geographical region as Singapore's hinterland could be so conveniently reference to Singapore seeing itself as the new Middle Kingdom. Any individual, company, society, or country in their planning for future, will no doubt plan with itself being the center! How else would you plan for the future of your business, for example? It takes a twisted mind, and clever use of words, to arrive at such a conclusion. And from that, Dr M seems to conclude that LKY sees himself as the little emperor..

Dr M may be the king of malaysian politics judging from his various successes. But that counts for nothing much to the minds of many outside malaysia if he does not debate in a manner that is consistent with what one may associate as intelligent and credible.

weesg

The Straits Times published a related letter 'Mahathir on Water Talks'. Link: http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_392286.html

Quote: "Singapore pays 3 sen for the raw water only because Singapore bears the full cost of treating the water, as well as building, operating and maintaining the pumps and pipelines.

By selling treated water to Malaysia at 50 sen while the real cost of treating the water was RM2.40 per 1,000 gallons, Singapore was in fact absorbing RM1.90 per 1,000 gallons in cost.

Moreover, while Johor is legally entitled to buy 17 million gallons a day (mgd) of treated water from Singapore daily, it has chosen to buy 37 mgd. Why should Johor do so if there is 'profiteering'?"

Can anyone comment on this? What are your views please? Thanks.

The Little Middle Kingdom???

1. Since its birth, Singapore had really truly flourished under LKY.

2. Thus LKY is the master architect of Singapore.

3. Like a good company, it grew and attracted many good workers with good salaries being paid out.

4. But then again, like a company, its success depends a lot on the skills of the Management.

5. Singapore does not have many good leaders, which is why LKY is reluctant to let go. His family member had to be recruited as PM as a front for him to continue being in control.

6. Thus Singapore is really LKY Incorporated. Wonder why some people find that so easy to swallow when they fire shells and bullets at young Malaysians who follow their father's footsteps in politics at a time when the fathers have already left the big scene? Oh yes... in Singapore it is called meritocracy...!!! but in Malaysia it is racist UMNO...!! Even DAP and PKR can have the same meritocracy stories but not UMNO...noo........ never UMNO!!! Right not Karpal? Gobind? Kit Siang? Guan Eng? Anwar? Izzah?

7. I bet my bottom dollar, when LKY is gone, Singapore will start begging from the US and Israel for favours. And then, we will see the real colours of Uniquely Singapore....
And they will have even more good news about them being printed in the world-wide-Jewish-controlled media even though their actual economic stories may differ..

8. Just wait and see everyone. It will take true visions to see the true colours of Singapore then.

Take care good Malaysians, Salam Tun and all. VIVA MALAYSIA!!!

sikenit

Assalamu Alaikum Tun,

To all Chedet blog visitors, please read JJJ's response on "equality" being practised singapore Govt. against minority Malays in that country. Hidup JJJ!!!

Someone like JJJ would have alot more grievances they would like to show off, and the scenario goes like telling the world "we are so sad because have been compaining for 50 years like a sitting duck and made no progress at all, and we are glad to repeat the cycle for another 50 years because we are so poor in the mean time".

Hi thebigdiapper,

Hey if you call me narrow-minded, I bet if our argument present to any foreigner, you think who will be labeled as narrow-minded, very likely is you.

I am a Malaysian and talking all this not because I stand aside of Singapore, after all, their prosperous doesn’t increase my well-being. I am writing this forum because the minority non-malays are simply rip-off by our government.

Please don’t fabricate and misled the readers in this forum about the meritocracy in Singapore. It is good that you go work in Singapore and see it for yourself. Cheating to cover the fact doesn’t help, which is up till today, you all still require spoon feeding from the government. Can you list down a point of Singapore government policy that practice racial discrimination in this forum without BS?

If you are smart, regardless of your color skin, you are put into position to lead. This is what happening in Singapore, which is why you can see so many professional foreigners working there. So don’t BS here, this is not Utusan Malaysia for you to spread all the fake stories to incite racial hatred.

When you accused Singapore is a leech? How is it a leech can develop so well? I don’t know about the water thingy in Singapore, but all I know our country man does not negotiate skillfully when come to water arrangement with them… so who are you going to blame?

tuffy

Dear Tun,

Malaysia and Singapore are neighbour, we should not critize each other. when we show respect to others, they will show respect to us too. We gain nothing by critizing Mr LKY, but we gain respect and friendship by showing good hospitality and forgiveness.

SALAM AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN
IZINKAN,

By HBTAuthor Profile Page on June 23, 2009 8:23 AM

...People first Performance now (may some bloggers help me with this slogan in our national language (BM), perhaps blogger abg samuraimelayu, owlz or kamal ahmad may assist me in making sure I will learn this slogan in BM).
ADIK KU 'HBT',
ALLOW US TO QUOTE THE PM IN BM ' RAKYAT DIDAHULUKAN, PRESTASI DI UTAMAKAN'. THAT'S HIS SLOGAN TO HIS CABINET

PERHAPS, AMONGST US THE RAKYAT WE SHOULD REFRESH THAT LOVING FEELINGS OF 'KASIH SAYANG' IN OUR HEARTS AND TOGETHER WORK TOWARD MAKING AYAHANDA RAKYAT'S VISION 2020... A DREAM COMES TRUE TO UNITE THE RAKYAT UNDER ONE DEVELOPED AND HARMONIOUS MALAYSIA.

ALLOW US TO SCRIBBLE OUR SLOGAN FOR 'SYOK SENDIRI' ONLY.
'PANCARKAN SAYANG, RASAKAN NADI( POTRAY LOVE, FEEL THE IMPULSE)
BERSATU KITA TEGUH, BERPECAH KITA ROBOH.(UNITED WE CHERISH, BREAK WE PERISH)'

WAWASAN 2020 BUKAN TITIK PENYUDAH BAGI GENERASI MENDATANG IA BERMULA

ALFAITHAH, AMIN.
ps. Samuraimelayu will never stop reminding ourselves that vision 2020 is not for us but for our generations (anak cucu) to come.

Hi Ir Syahizan,

When you pulled out the entire historical story about colonial western power strip-off the Malays right, I wonder where the historical record you read from? Oversea migrants came to this country to find a living by working hard, thus this bring development to the whole south east Asia region. Do you think life is easy back on those days for everyone where only western folk is ripping off resources on not only South East Asia but whole world as well? Now you mentioned that British is giving favoritism to oversea migrant about job and educational opportunity... and the Malays were left out...hmm what kind of rubbish is that? At that time, what kind of education opportunity does the westerner give to the local regardless of Indian Chinese or Malay (except you are some powerful royal family or well connect business man) all they care is make use of everyone sweat to work hard and bring back the local resources and mineral to fuel the home country industrial revolution, and every one is destitute. It is true that the British divided the human resource to each different field (i.e. Malay in kampung, Chinese in trading, Indian in plantation). But this does not means that the Chinese was given a golden gift, we were put into the trading field is because we are inherently good in this area, so obviously if you are the boss you want to best allocate your resource to maximize the profit. We are in trading does not mean our ancestor will giving money or gold by the British, our ancestor has to work hard to make a living, and like your ancestor, we all being ripped-off. Now when you said we were given jobs and educational opportunity, that is utterly rubbish. and please do everyone a favor, when you want to put a story in this Tun's forum, try to justify what you said and not simply create a fabricated story out of hatred and emotional feeling. You are indeed not very clever.

Next, you mentioned Singapore is small and easy to managed, and that western colonial has provided proper infrastructure to Singapore. Well, it can be true or not true that the geographical location of Singapore make it a strategically advantageous to Singapore for trading. But on deeper thought, this kind of location advantageous is definitely out of date after twentieth century or after WW2 where human brain becomes the ultimate factor to thrive; do you think Singapore can survive till today if they make use of ONLY location to gain business advantageous?? And you said the small size of the country (not more than the size of Klang valley) is easy to manage. Man, you are incredibly stupid to make excuses for yourself to cover your people weakness. Singapore was being forced to kick out from Malaysia, do you think they want to gain independence of this small island? I think Tun is either very sad or laughing of your statement. Hey otak kosang, do you think any of our Malaysian leaders or Johor government is able to transform this tiny island to a country like today should Singapore still remain under Malaysia?? Speak from your heart instead of emotion!

Further you said Singapore align itself with Israel?? It is true that Singapore use the idea of national services from Israel where everyone has to service the military but talking about align with Isreal. Aiyo my God, I don't know how to put a word to describe your katak dalam tempurong mindset, it is either you are trying to fabricate the story in this forum to incite hatred on your Muslim folk (whom majority are like you) against other non-Malay people, or you are dumbest people I ever come across.

For your information, my client in Singapore is Malay, and I have worked with a couple of them and many of them are hardworking and capable. It is so much different, and I did asked them before if the Singaporean Government mistreat them, and I was told “no”, everyone is treat equally, and in fact, the government does give preferential to them when come to some social benefit such as of university application. How is it that they being wipe out in Singapore, when the real life picture in Singapore I encountered with is a Singaporean Malay that I deal with on our daily business handling reveal to me on the fact? I think our government should put you in ISA before this country heading toward racial tension again by people like you inciting all the hatred. However, I do agree that Singapore is not a total democracy country as there is no opposition party over there. But on second thought, the opposition party there has no chance of winning because their existing government is doing such a good job to the country development, so do you think opposition party has chance to win?

I tell you what is really happening in this country is a real and a total discrimination incurs in this country, and FYI, Dr. Mahathir acknowledged the discrimination in this country. The government in this country has systematically implements policies to try to restrict the growth of non-Malay minority, especially the Chinese from education, to business. You are probably being misled since young by either your family upbringing or mostly likely brain washed by Utusan Malaysia. Did you know where is the government’s money coming from to help you Malay to grow in business and education, it is from our monthly tax we contribute to the government, it is from the non-malays owned business corporate, and not to forget all the compulsory bumi equity that has to be given out when a company go public, and others. This is why you have organization like PNB that have tons of money to help the Malays on business setup (example all the entrepreneur scheme thingy), and to help people like you to go to oversea study loh even though the result is utterly poor...Further, you have the discriminatory policy on housing discount, this will help you or your parent able to afford a housing which indirectly increase your disposal income loh. Therefore, non-Malay has to work hard from our ass so that the government can have the money to nurture you lah, we not only work hard to help you, but we also fight for the fame for this country for example, all the years we won so many badminton tournament, and we have people like Jimmy chew to put a Malaysia name out there in the world, and so much so much story. Yet, we have some moron in this country advocate the government to throw us into ISA, and call us pengdatap. Now, Ir Syahizan, can you tell me who is being ungrateful? The sad thing about this country is there are too many Malay has thinking like you, and Ibrahim Ali, that make the racial harmony impossible. It is really a laughing joke if any foreigners know our country policy.

Tun Mahathir, I hope you stop publishing any of racially-ingredient stories in this forum, as you know most of our Malay brother is not capable of discerning right and wrong, merely based on emotion. If you are sincere about the development of this country, try to promote racial harmony in this forum before some moron like this guy turn out to be another Ibrahim Ali.

Selamat pagi Ayanahada Tun,

BN and PR rejected unity government now. I sincerely hope that they understand why Malaysia Boleh needs to be re-branded to 1Malaysia, and the slogan Cemerlang, Gemilang and Terbilang needs to be changed to People first Performance now (may some bloggers help me with this slogan in our national language (BM), perhaps blogger abg samuraimelayu, owlz or kamal ahmad may assist me in making sure I will learn this slogan in BM).

If brains without heart can solve our multi-racial national issues, we will not be landed in BN's lost in PRU 12. Money and power are not everything in the world. If our multi-racial society could be united, Malaysia will not be having so many opposition parties then. Tun Dr M is not a dictator, and he believes brain and heart is the best solution in dealing with our multi-racial conflicts and he is still working hard to make sure these conflicts are solved, if possible, if not minimize, without harming our unity due to power and monetary rewards. We have been raised and taught in the school on our RUKUN NEGARA. Are we the “Kat On Koon Foh” citizen by “jai learning (memorize only without understanding and its application) by saying” Maka kami, rakyat Malaysia, berikrar akan menumpukan seluruh tenaga dan usaha kami……. “ only, are we?????

The muslims believe that “Allah” is the Maha Kuasa, I am sure the chinese understand the ideology of "Yin and Yan" (Yin means heart-refer to female) and "Yan" (means brain-refer to male), Indian beliefs, I do not understand, and Christians believe that the God is The Almighty. Because of multi-racial, we have “Kepercayaan Kepada Tuhan” so that each and one of us respect and tolerate each others’ religion.

Communists do not allow chinese to pray for their ancestors in the public and in home due to Communist Ideology (Ideology is rigid, human beings are flexible and have intelligence). Now, the Beijing Communist Party understand the religion and ideology conflicts, they allow chinese to decide whether they want this prayers or not. The Chinese government too needs to adapt and learn from the Japanese's technologies (and Japanese is good and we cannot deny it), thus, these 2 governments have learned their history and favour not to confront directly and rigidly the misfortune due to wars so that they will not cause panic in the upper, middle and lower level of their society because it will harm their and the world economy. Most importantly, they know that they are 2 different countries, you protect your country and I protect my country, and if possible no DIRTY JOBS (Bad Corruptions) or Wars!!!

Yesterday, DS Najib said, “MM, Mr Lee Kuan Yew has made a few comments but I think overall he wants to see Malaysia succeed. He wants to see a stabilized Malaysia. I think that is the most important thing.” How he does it... is the style of the man. I think we have to recognize that everybody is different,” said Najib.

Well, DS Najib, what about our Tun Dr M, why you did not mention him. And Don’t forget, he fought for Malaysia unity as Anak Malaysia for 60 years now, and never forget, he has chosen not to stay in Putrajaya, why? Tun Dr M has sent a strong message to UMNO that the country and the rakyat are your main tasks if you are the PM, you did not learn from Pak Lah’s mistake ke? You said “risik-risik “(spy-spy), like a marriage, with the PAS, then you have sent a strong message that you are “a play boy”. Also, why 3rd bridge needs to be built in the eastern Singapore? Are you trying to cover up the top guns of UMNO mistakes in implementing Johor Iskandar Project? Are you assimilating (copying, not plagiary-ing) the double standard of USA without understanding our Rukun Negara due to brain with no heart? If you approved Petronas chairman to be replaced by your own people (not according to “tradisi“), then CIMB group having you as their eldest brother will do then? The rakyat will say "lalang" jugak DS Najib. You think you are Phua Chu Kang whom can simply say "don't play play"?

Rakyat and investors are bijak, when I said “Takkan lah nasi lemak biasa kita hanya jual RM1.20 debunks sahaja, I want to send a clear message use the water deal to negotiate with Singapore so that we will benefit both country. When Tun Dr M said, what malays will works as in the Johor Iskandar Project if Singapore is the main shareholders? You want our Menteri2 (Malays) work as the Pengurus Besar Pasaran in McDonald or Carrefour, or Republic Banana Fashion Boutiques?

Tun Dr M has his style and DS Najib must learn from him that is stay FOCUS no matter what happens. If you think that your moderate and young chap style can accept Mr Lee KY's style, go ahead and I can assure you that UMNO will end with Najib.

Why Mr Lee Kuan Yew came to Malaysia, not his son? He came because this financial crisis is badly hurting the Singaporeans. Why Tun Dr M said we should not entertain Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Malaysia economy is hurt badly. Yes, we may have differences with Singapore, but Malaysia is lead by Rukun Negara, and Singapore is lead by the Family man, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, faham ke DS Najib and your cabinets?????

Good day Ayahanda Tun.

Salam Tun...

Saya setuju dengan JB....

Attitude must be right. Skills is a must but not of the utmost importance. Resources? You need it....People? Raw material? Etc..Etc..

But...ATTITUDE....ATTITUDE....ATTITUDE.....wrong attitude would render the abundance resources meaningless. That is what happening for the last 30 to 40 years.

It is not about the leadership but the general mass of malay's attitude.

Tok sah pening....attitude melayu tak kan berubah.

Dear Dr Mahathir,

Good Evening.

Have A Pure & Good Heart.
Be Fair & Wise to everyone, whether he or she is a Singaporean or a Malaysian.
God loves everyone, whether you are Malay, Chinese, Indian, or whatever the color of our human skin.
Do not divide your own citizens, whether they are Bumiputra or non-bumi.Treat them equally and fairly.
Admit and Correct your mistake and repent. Forgive your sinners and your sins will be forgiven.
Harbour No Evil thoughts against anyone, and you will live happily.
Live & Let's Live, for we are here to enjoy as much as we can today and tomorrow may never comes.
May God bless you.

Rico
Ex- British subject, Ex-Malaysian
2009 June 22nd.

Well said AbdulRahman... I agreed on ur points...

First of all, u have to ask our past Malay leaders. Why tat time, they allow Singapore to go out from Malaysia? And when it goes out, why they dont send the non-malays to Singapore and remained all Malays in Malaysia? Then all this ruckus/complain wont happen here perhaps not happening in this blog too...

The fact is Singapore is very much more developed compare to Malaysia. What's d problem we gip them sand? Scared they will claimed our Malaysia land or scared Singapore will conquer Malaysia?? If they really are(they still got sand from elsewhr to ext their land), what Malaysia going to do with Singapore(they have US backing)?? Tun, are you going to shoot them?? And we become another Pyongyang??

Let them come nearer and stick to us just like Thailand lah, so we dont need to crack our head to solve the crooked brigde issues... sighzzz

Hi Ir Syahizan,

By the way, if you really want all the Chinese out of this country, in that case, that will means there is no NEP policy to help you already oh? That means no special protection privilege for you on bumi entrepreneurship program, no housing discount program, no special loan or no scholarship schema giving to you, no compulsory share equity giving to you, and others. Is this what you really want to forsake. Furthermore, you and your majority narrow-minded malay will not have chance to criticize or to “tai-chi” your personal ethnic social problem (such as ripping of your tanah melayu resource, mat rempit, etc) to the Chinese. Is this what you willing to give up?

On second thought, you should give us some credit on the country development, you see if our ancestor is not here at the first place, I am sure you won’t get all those kind of special protection that will send you to study and make your disposal income go up right?

Think twice before you write in this forum.

Tuffy

Reply to Liew(20th Jun , 10.24am)
Just a word of caution!
Checked your facts before U agreed with another person.
Be rational regarding your words of deadly damaging to trust & honour.
- U're very naive & to put it simple- 'Stupid'
- When a contract is signed, no withdraweral unless both parties agree.

Regards,
eric

What can we expect from a senile "apek" with his tiny dotty kingdom.If I were to be the PM of Malaysia I would just ignore him with his "kiasu" attitude.We just ignore everything attached with Singapore its people, its economy,its government system and everything Singapor.We just see whether they could survive by themselves.Cut the water pipeline, bomb the causeway and 2nd Link,stop KTM from proceeding beyond JB ,may b built a wall along Johore Water front,After all Singapore is a soverign country ,let them lives by themselves so that people from both side will not be making comparison between each other and transfer the "Sing" communicable diseases to our beloved Malaysia.You can go to hell " LKY"apek.

Hi JB_FROM

I agree with you on politician diverting attention, and beside that they really got nothing better to do other than bringing up racial or nep issue, you do know politicians need to make some awkward bold speeches once in a while to gain attention don't you hahaha, now who cares about nep or racial right, as long as I could work and learn, I'm gonna pwnz everyone in Malaysia(In the sense of knowledge).

Salam Buat Yg. Bhg. Tun,

1. This episode of LKY visit to Malaysia has indirectly brought up very subtle across-the-boarder patriotism to some Malaysians. To them it has been a great honour for them to have an audience with this little emperor, from the expression of their face posted in the front page of news paper pictured with him, and up to the extend of how fortunate they were even when the chances were in the toilet (as reported by one local news paper).

2. My international passport expired about a month ago, thus I was unable to join a friend for a trip abroad. When he found out about that, he said "Don't you know that INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT" is very important just in case anything happen to this country". I gave him a blank look before saying "What do you mean by if anything happen to this country?". To that he replied,"In case of riot or chaos or anything and it has happened in Indonesia during the 1997-1198 crisis you know". My replied was "But we are not in Indonesia". Further he said "OK, what about war or something like that?". "Well I think the passport would be useless to me during that time, as I would be dead in no time". Said I. "Why said he?". "WELL I WOULD NOT FLEED THIS COUNTRY EVEN IF IT MEANS I HAVE TO SACRIFICE MYSELF IN HER HONOUR". I quickly changed the topic before it became explosive and we ended up trading on a very dangerous issue.

3. Malaysian Malays for a longtime have been taught to block the issue about race to the extend that any mention about it even about the right of Bumiputera will invite public uproar such as the case of one UMNO leader in Penang not long ago. But issue like LKY, Chin Peng and not to forget NAMEWEE (a student who degraded the NEGARAKU in the global platform: Let it be known here that he should not be forgiven at all cost) are being praised and protected like nobody business by some Malaysians. In case of NAMAWEE I remember certain politicians even went to the extend of trying to get him a laywer to assist him to fight the case.

Think about it?

Kind regards

Salam Tun and all,

1. Meritocracy in Singapore???
2. LKY a great leader???
3. His SON as the PM, LKY as the MM, you call that MERITOCRACY???
4. OMG!!!! IT is called NEPOTISME OF THE HIGHEST ORDER!!!!
5. Obviously Singapore supporters choose to think Differently than the whole world...

(sighhh......) What to say??? Orang BODOH memang tak boleh di ajar...

Salam all... take care good Malaysians...

sikenit

Only Tun can say certain things. His comments about LKY is not inappropriate. Having said that we must learn from the successful ones be it LKY or any others. Spore is a leader in many fields- Biotech computer parts microtek and even defence armaments etc. Even India wants to buy howitzers from Spore. They have made it. Under Tun we too tried. Proton, Hicom, composite materials aeroplanes etc. Unfortunately we did not become leaders. Infact we became laggards. You know why? We started seeing every venture from the racial point. Appointments were made if they were connected or well liked by certain individuals. We obtained experts from the middle east, rejects from third world countries (those who could not make it to the west) etc who professed a certain faith. 40 years from now we would probably be arguing over the importance of English or even Arabic etc. I remember many years ago Tun was asked about the exodus of medical doctors- Tun replied that for every doctor leaving Malaysia for the west ten or fifteen are waiting to come in. The quality which came in was mediocre. University stds have dropped. Any way we will survive. In fact we can afford all these errors in judgment becos we are blessed with natural resources - oil, gas, timber etc AND a very resourceful group of Chinese entrepreneurs.

Hi Sir,
Allow me to have a quick comment on Hisham76:
You seem very bitter about racial prejudice of MALAYS in SIngapore. I have never denied in my previous comment about such social injustices as seen by you, however, being raised in a family like mine, it encompasses me to look beyond the colour of our skin and our origin. If my postings offended you, its my oversight as I never meant to demarginalise the Malays in Singapore.

Obviously my ambition is not to be in the Cabinet of Minister in Singapore, no matter how capable I might be because I would not want to be in charge of sewage water in any of the Ministry Of Environment department, or be associated with a political group that has lost its relevance to me in terms of political freedom needs.

I just feel concerned that the evolution of Malay race in demanding equal rights in their society has always been about why WE are excluded from this and that and how come the rest can have this and we cannot, etc. A smart person like yourself should not be hollering abt such issues as it was exactly why I wrote this originally as I thought someone in this blog has the same disease.

Salam Tun

Having read your article and the abundant feedback from your readers, it seems to me that many of the readers unwittingly reveal, through their comments, a form of inferiority in Malaysians. Our leadership during the many years when you were at the helm revealed a kind of unhealthy contempt for our little adek down south.

May I start by saying that there were a number of key reasons why adek was compelled to leave the Federation. But the paramount reason as far as LKY was concerned was that the policy of the KL government was to promote a Malay Malaysia and not a Malaysia for all Malaysians, regardless of race or religion.

I believe that many things LKY said were very demeaning in the way they had been expressed but the truth seemed to permeate everything he said about Malaysia. So, no doubt, to some extent, we are all humiliated. But to allow ourselves to depart from the truth and feel content simply by dismissing LKY as a little emperor or some despot does not move forward the Malaysian cause.

During your rule, Malaysia had made much progress, but if only you were not too involved in the politics of politics, I sincerely believe that our country could be in an even better state, today. Yes, Malays are better off than the other races today. But at what expense? These days Malays have a contempt towards the Chinese and the Indians. Like it or not, Malays may be the indigenous people but the Chinese and the Indians have been around for a very long time now. We cannot make them go away, so they are part of our society and culture. Your policies have not made the races united.

In the US, all the people there, whether Latino, Caucasian or Blacks consider themselves American and they stand proud, everyone of them, even if America is their country of adoption. So how are we uniting our people? Is this even a priority? Look at adek, he is ever doing his best to unite his family of different races. All this talk about the Malays in Singapore being a minority and oppressed is just sheer propaganda by you, Tun. It really doesn't help us.

If what you say is true about the marginalisation or oppression of Malays in Singapore, why aren't they flocking over to our side in droves and signing up for permanent residence or citizenship?

Anyway, this issue of water being sold to Singapore at 3 sen per 1000 gallons being often harped at by you to say that Malaysia has been short changed does not appear to be the complete story.

I read in the Singapore Straits Times on 19 June 2009, which was very enlightening, that Johor actually buys back the water at 50 sen per 1000 gallons when Singapore spends RM 2.40 per 1000 gallons to treat the water. Adek has to absorb RM 1.90 of the cost. The other point made in the paper was that Johor is legally entitled to purchase back 17 million gallons a day from adek but actually buys 37 million gallons a day from adek. This must be one of the reasons why his Excellency, the Sultan of Johor is on good terms with LKY and the leaders of Singapore. So does not Malaysia benefit from the water deal? Even more than adek benefits?

Such inaccurate propagandistic expressions by you, Tun, makes us look like morons in the world and blinds our countrymen to the truth when the truth can make our two countries great together as a team.

When I say that your Bahasa policy has made us such wretched writers of the English language as can be seen on your blog, it will upset a lot of your readers who have given their comments. If they feel anger, it is again because of the inferiority and denial which you have unfortunately engendered in us.

Nonetheless, without you, Malaysia would not have progressed economically as it has. So I say to Tun, please do not be upset by my comments. I do wish you good health and thank you for the many positive things you have done for the country.

Regards

Objective

Dear Tun, salam sejahtera harap sihat gembira. Kiriman sudah sunting dan sita untuk lalu sekatan. Kiriman membalas komen oleh pengunjung bukan mencetus isu...

................THANKS BUT NO THANKS

It is telling this comment by one alleged S'porean Malay ('Zac' on June 15, 2009 3:53 PM ). He says thank you for the empathy and support (and hopes you continue to support) but he does not wish to come back to his saudara 'Tuan Melayu' here (he gave amusing reason).

He is foresaking institutional supremacy, might of majority and ownership of Malay land!!! Speaks volumes of S'pores management of minority, however you ridicule it. He prefers to slug it out with 5mil Chinese than slumber in the comfort of privileges??

You figure out why the so called 'pathetically treated' Malay refuse the goldmine. Hopefully we can create the same sentiment among the minority here. But some people will blame the minority attitude here, not their own!

................ITS HISTORY

Singapore is an independent nation and a fact of history. No amount of nostalgia or history reading will change that history. Will S'pore bashing change history?? Makes you feel good?

When carrying out S'pore bashing (racially slanted ones) remember how you reacted to so called Malay bashing by small group of bloggers. You smear the whole race, threaten them with ISA, banishment, citizenship etc. You call them fear mongering names.

Compare the history of your response with S'pore's expected response. Better to work towards being friendly neighbours (however difficult) than digging up history and open old wounds (like Chin Peng) The threats and racism in this blog is a big obstacle.

Cermin cemin diri. Tun says we all need mirrors to check ourselves. Only problem when some people use one way mirrors!

Good morning Tun and friends,

We are 11 years away from Wawasan 2020. By 2020 we are supposed to transform from the 3rd world to the FIRST WORLD, on par with Singapore.
Let's assume Singapore will have ZERO GDP growth for the next 11 years. Our current per capita income is USD 8,500 and Singapore is USD 39,000. In order to achieve WAWASAN 2020, all Malaysia have to make sure that their salary with increase by 350% by 2020. It means if you make RM 3000 a month now, you must make RM 13.500 by 2020. If you make RM 10,000 now, you must make RM 45,000 by 2020.

Honestly, I am not too optimistic. I myself definitely cannot contribute to the figure. What about ALL other Malaysians?
We really must figure out some constructive and aggresive ways to achieve our vision.

To JJJ,

My friend is not a soon to be extinct species because as I understand he has got 2 sons aged 3 and 7. I hope the discussion is not personal but based on facts and figures.

Engineers must own a car ? Go to Hong Kong and you will notice tons of multi millionaires over there go to work by BUS. Why ? Because it's efficient ! Buddy I am not kidding la!

Regards.

ok fair enough if your friend spends S$200 per month on public transport there.

But only go to work and school to and fro and go to town once a week,perhaps?Cos my relatives and friends there need to spend at least S$500 per month to fully accomodate their transportation needs.

You see some of my relatives cannot afford to buy a car and the best they can hope for is a scooter.

Anyway,your friend must be an eco-warrior type or a soon to be extinct species.An engineer with no car?We're talking about the land of the 'kiasus'here and one upsmanship is the name of the game.

Dear Tun, salam mesra harap sihat sejahtera. Minta izin memberi pandangan pada komen yg di lepaskan di sini. Harap ruang diberi juga untuk membalas seperti pada mengungkit....

.................MENGULAS KOMEN

>> Grudging compromise and ungrateful morons

I agree with his statement Malays are compromising people. I strongly disagree the writer is in that group! He is the black sheep in the family. He doesn't represent the compromising Malays, but writes on their behalf. Just state what you are, the mengamuk type that is plenty in this blog.

When talking inside a tempurung don't shout, you will get back a lot of noise which is your own sound! But the frog will be proud of this loud noise and think he is mighty. It is people who talk like this that cause BN to lose all the by-elections so far in Malay majority areas.

Understand the meaning of compromise and condition. Compromise, once you accept you don't hold that against the other party as a blood debt. Condition means you are entitled to a claim. Which is which?

Also there cannot be a grudging compromise if given under free will (Merdeka) not under duress. Grudging is the type that needs to constantly remind the other of his compromise. You forget that compromise means two parties have to sacrifice! What about the sacrifice of the other party?

>> Greedy and selfish

State your case not spew hatred. Be fair and specific (when talking race). What is the 'greedy and selfish' demand of the 'ungrateful morons'.

If it is about having non Malay leaders, this is a democratic country with leaders elected through elections. The leaders are elected by the will of the people, unless you disagree with this method.

What is there to 'fight back?' Who is using violent, illegal ways against you that you need to fight? Unless you are against the rakyat who uses the political (elections) and constitutional (freedom of expression) process. You are entitled to the same process, but maybe you read somewhere threats and violence is your constitutional right?

PS: This is directed at the particular commenter, not the Malays. I dont favor racial slugging.

LKY's brand of communism has faired well for s'pore and it may be arrogance or confidence that allows s'pore politicians to preach good goverance to the world; but Malaysia has not been able to show it's own competitive (and competent) edge when dealing with issues relating to politics, governance and the economy.

With regards to negotiating, all Malaysian politicians should be barred from this because they are too stupid and naive to deal with the smart and shrude s'poreans. KL's skills need to be sharpened up if they want a fair win-win future for it's people.

Najib does not seem to have the will nor the grit to deal with LKY or his son, so Malaysia: be careful otherwise you will be burnt again and again and again!

Dear JB_FROM

I agree with you.We're supposed to do much much better than S'pore,we have the land, man power ( population ), RESOURCES.... etc.

But we also have the most destructive element in our country - Corruption!

Everytime this issue comes up, we have idiots who post things like "why don't you migrate ?" or "Why don't you go to Singapore?" or "Go tell LKY lah !". Why should we ? We pay taxes here. We have investments here. What's wrong with wanting a better life for ourselves, for our future generations ? What's wrong with wanting a more secure environment for our investments, be in property or shares ?

We have someone like Syed Azman who commutes to work in his helicopter. We have more owners of private jets than Singapore has. We have Malays who own banks in Africa and elsewhere. We have Malays who own resorts around the world. The problem is that the distribution has not just been even under Mahathir - it was so lopsided that it is criminal.

And because some of you work for government, and make a few thousand ringgit a month, you are happy with the looting that goes on under UMNO ? Happy with the corruption of the judiciary and of the PDRM ? What's the matter with you people ?

Godfather

JJJ is typical of the mindset of the blind leading the blind.

LKY took a piece of rock with nothing and made it into a AAA rated country. Mahathir took a country with vast natural resources and turned it into a basket case.

You don't want to use per capita income as a yardstick ? How about crime rate ? How about foreign reserves ? How about the number of those living below the poverty line ?

You can continue to live under the tempurung. Just don't tell us, the smarter ones, that we should do the same.

Godfather

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our only homeland..! Sometimes,Our lives..Our Dreams..are not fully

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salam Tun,

This is also my answer to sgstudent,

Are you a History student?Does May 13 mean anything to you?You say you believe in equal right.Are you so sure that Malays have equal rights and opportunities there?

Oh free primary education?

NOW CAN YOU TELL ME IF TUDUNG ISSUE IN SCHOOLS,AZAN IN MOSQUES,LIMITING THE NUMBER OF INTAKE TO RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS (the list is almost endless)IN LINE WITH THEIR CONSTITUTION?

"I also have a question for you.In the fifties and sixties right up to the seventies after Singapore pulled out from Malaysia,which city was the most modern and most well developed?
Through which city did most of our exports (including natural resources) go through to be exported?"

Points for sgstudent to ponder,

'All these measures undertaken ensure that the Malays in Singapore, no matter how dissatisfied, can never gather enough electoral support to push for their agenda. This is the classic 'divide and conquer' strategy. With such a strategy, Malay interests would now be primarily articulated and represented within parameters determined by the PAP government and its Malay MPs (pp. 72-76). It also ensures that the government can afford to continue its minimalist approach to the Malay community without suffering any electoral backlash.'

"The Malay community has many grievances, many of which are the direct result of the PAP regime's policies. Some of these include non-conscription in the SAF from 1969-1973 (and limited conscription thereafter), which resulted in mass unemployment, youth alienation and the beginning of the drug problem (employers would not hire Malays who had not served their national service, and since the policy was not communicated to the public, no exemption certificates were distributed), the dilution of Malay-majority electoral blocs through gerrymandering and housing quotas, the fact that their parliamentary representatives are ineffective (which as some might remember prompted a call for a non-partisan 'collective leadership)...the list goes on: eviction of the royal bloodline from Istana Kampong Glam, the tudung issue, government support for regimes perceived as anti-Islam, the support provided for monoethnic SAP schools, the encroachment of the Speak Mandarin campaign into non-exclusively-Chinese media spaces, neglect of their indigenous status, etc. There is a strong sense of dispossession and marginalisation in the community."

The Charade Of Meritocracy
FEER, October 2006
By Dr.Michael D. Barr
The legitimacy of the Singaporean government is predicated on the idea of a meritocratic technocracy. A tiny number of career civil servants play a leading role in setting policy within their ministries and other government-linked bureaucracies, leading both an elite corps of senior bureaucrats, and a much larger group of ordinary civil servants. Virtually all of the elite members of this hierarchy are “scholars,” which in Singapore parlance means they won competitive, bonded government scholarships—the established route into the country’s elite.
Scholars not only lead the Administrative Service, but also the military’s officer corps, as well as the executive ranks of statutory boards and government-linked companies (GLCs). Movement between these four groups is fluid, with even the military officers routinely doing stints in the civilian civil service. Together with their political masters, most of whom are also scholars, they make up the software for the entity commonly known as “Singapore Inc.”—a labyrinth of GLCs, statutory boards and ministries that own or manage around 60% of Singapore’s economy.
The basis of the scholars’ mandate to govern is not merely their performance on the job, but also the integrity of the process that selected them. The educational system is designed to cultivate competition, requiring top students to prove themselves every step of the way. Singapore’s schools first stream students into elite classes after Primary 3 and 4. They then compete for entry into special secondary schools and junior colleges, before vying for government and government-linked scholarships to attend the most prestigious universities around the world.
These scholarships typically require several years of government service after graduation, and the scholars are drafted into the Administrative Service, the officer corps of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), or the career track of a statutory board or GLC. The government insists that all Singaporeans have equal opportunities to excel in the system, and that everyone who has made it to the top did so purely by academic talent and hard work. Other factors such as gender, socioeconomic background and race supposedly play no more than a marginal role, if they are acknowledged as factors at all.
On the point of race, the Singapore government has long prided itself on having instituted a system of multiracialism that fosters cultural diversity under an umbrella of national unity. This is explicitly supposed to protect the 23% of the population who belong to minority races (mainly ethnic Malays and Indians) from discrimination by the Chinese majority.
But this system conceals several unacknowledged agendas. In our forthcoming book, Constructing Singapore: Elitism, Ethnicity and the Nation-Building Project, Zlatko Skrbiš and I present evidence that the playing field is hardly level. In fact, Singapore’s system of promotion disguises and even facilitates tremendous biases against women, the poor and non-Chinese. Singapore’s administrative and its political elites—especially the younger ones who have come through school in the last 20 or so years—are not the cream of Singapore’s talent as they claim, but are merely a dominant social class, resting on systemic biases to perpetuate regime regeneration based on gender, class and race.
At the peak of the system is the network of prestigious government scholarships. Since independence in 1965, the technique of using government scholarships to recruit cohorts of scholars into the administrative and ruling elite has moved from the periphery of Singaporean society to center stage. Even before independence, a makeshift system of government and Colombo Plan scholarships sent a few outstanding scholars overseas before putting them into government service, including most notably former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Yet as late as 1975 this system had contributed only two out of 14 members of Singapore’s cabinet. Even by 1985, only four out of 12 cabinet ministers were former government scholars.
By 1994, however, the situation had changed beyond recognition, with eight out of 14 cabinet ministers being ex-scholars, including Prime Minister Goh. By 2005 there were 12 ex-scholars in a Cabinet of 19. Of these, five had been SAF scholars, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. A perusal of the upper echelons of the ruling elite taken more broadly tells a similar story. In 1994, 12 of the 17 permanent secretaries were scholars, as were 137 of the 210 in the administrative-officer class of the Administrative Service.
The government scholarship system claims to act as a meritocratic sieve—the just reward for young adults with talent and academic dedication. If there is a racial or other bias in the outcomes, then this can only be the result of the uneven distribution of talent and academic application in the community. As Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong put it when he spoke on national television in May 2005, “We are a multiracial society. We must have tolerance, harmony. … And you must have meritocracy … so everybody feels it is fair….” His father, former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, was making the same point when, in 1989, he told Singapore’s Malay community that they “must learn to compete with everyone else” in the education system.
Yet if Singapore’s meritocracy is truly a level playing field, as the Lees assert, then the Chinese must be much smarter and harder working than the minority Indians and Malays. Consider the distribution of the top jobs in various arms of the Singapore government service in the 1990s (based on research conducted by Ross Worthington in the early 2000s):
• Of the top 30 GLCs only two (6.7%) were chaired by non-Chinese in 1991 (and neither of the non-Chinese was a Malay).
• Of the 38 people who were represented on the most GLC boards in 1998, only two (5.3%) were non-Chinese (and neither of the non-Chinese was a Malay).
• Of the 78 “core people” on statutory boards and GLCs in 1998, seven (9%) were non-Chinese (and one of the non-Chinese was a Malay).
A similar outcome is revealed in the pattern of government scholarships awarded after matriculation from school. Of the 200 winners of Singapore’s most prestigious scholarship, the President’s Scholarship, from 1966-2005 only 14 (6.4%) were not Chinese. But this was not a consistent proportion throughout the period. If we take 1980 as the divider, we find that there were 10 non-Chinese President’s Scholars out of 114 from 1966-80, or 8%, but in the period from 1981-2005 this figure had dropped to four out of 106, or 3.8%. Since independence, the President’s Scholarship has been awarded to only one Malay, in 1968. There has been only one non-Chinese President’s Scholar in the 18 years from 1987 to 2005 (a boy called Mikail Kalimuddin) and he is actually half Chinese, studied in Chinese schools (Chinese High School and Hwa Chong Junior College), and took the Higher Chinese course as his mother tongue. If we broaden our focus to encompass broader constructions of ethnicity, we find that since independence, the President’s Scholarship has been won by only two Muslims (1968 and 2005).
If we consider Singapore’s second-ranked scholarship—the Ministry of Defence’s Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship (SAFOS)—we find a comparable pattern. The Ministry of Defence did not respond to my request for a list of recipients of SAF scholarships, but using newspaper accounts and information provided by the Ministry of Defence Scholarship Centre and Public Service Commission Scholarship Centre Web sites, I was able to identify 140 (56%) of the 250 SAFOS winners up to 2005.
Although only indicative, this table clearly suggests the Chinese dominance in SAFOS stakes: 98% of SAFOS winners in this sample were Chinese, and about 2% were non-Chinese (counting Mikail Kalimuddin in 2005 as non-Chinese). Furthermore I found not a single Malay recipient and only one Muslim winner (Mikail Kalimuddin). A similar picture emerges in the lower status Singapore Armed Forces Merit Scholarship winners: 71 (25.6%) of 277 (as of late 2005) scholars identified, with 69 (97%) Chinese winners to only two non-Chinese—though there was a Malay recipient in 2004, and one reliable scholar maintains that there have been others.
The position of the non-Chinese in the educational stakes has clearly deteriorated since the beginning of the 1980s. According to the logic of meritocracy, that means the Chinese have been getting smarter, at least compared to the non-Chinese.
Yet the selection of scholars does not depend purely on objective results like exam scores. In the internal processes of awarding scholarships after matriculation results are released, there are plenty of opportunities to exercise subtle forms of discrimination. Extracurricular activities (as recorded in one’s school record), “character” and performance in an interview are also considered. This makes the selection process much more subjective than one would expect in a system that claims to be a meritocracy, and it creates ample opportunity for racial and other prejudices to operate with relative freedom.
Is there evidence that such biases operate at this level? Unsurprisingly, the answer to this question is “yes.” Take for instance a 2004 promotional supplement in the country’s main newspaper used to recruit applicants for scholarships. The advertorial articles accompanying the paid advertisements featured only one non-Chinese scholar (a Malay on a lowly “local” scholarship) amongst 28 Chinese on prestigious overseas scholarships. Even more disturbing for what they reveal about the prejudices of those offering the scholarships were the paid advertisements placed by government ministries, statutory boards and GLCs. Of the 30 scholars who were both prominent and can be racially identified by their photographs or their names without any doubt as to accuracy, every one of them was Chinese. This leaves not a shadow of a doubt that those people granting government and government-linked scholarships presume that the vast majority of high-level winners will be Chinese.
The absence of Malays from the SAFOS scholarships and their near-absence from the SAF Merit Scholarships deserves special mention because this is an extension of discrimination against the admission of Malays into senior and sensitive positions in the SAF that is officially sanctioned. The discrimination against Malays has been discussed in parliament and the media, and is justified by the assertion that the loyalty of Malays cannot be assumed, both because they are Muslim and because they have a racial and ethnic affinity with the Malays in Malaysia and Indonesia. Current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has historically been a vocal defender of this policy.
This discrimination hits Malay men hard, first because it deprives many of promising careers in the army, and second—and more pertinent for our study of the elite—it all but completely excludes potentially high-flying Malays of a chance of entering the scholar class through the SAF. A Chinese woman has a much better chance of winning an SAF scholarship than a Malay man.
Yet even before the scholarship stage, the education system has stacked the deck in favor of Chinese, starting in preschool. Here is the heart of Singapore’s systemic discrimination against non-Chinese. Since the end of the 1970s, the principles of “meritocracy” and “multiracialism” have been subverted by a form of government-driven Chinese chauvinism that has marginalized the minorities. It was not known to the public at the time, but as early as 1978, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew had begun referring to Singapore as a “Confucian society” in his dealings with foreign dignitaries. This proved to be the beginning of a shift from his record as a defender of a communally neutral form of multiracialism toward a policy of actively promoting a Chinese-dominated Singapore.
The early outward signs of the Sinicization program were the privileging of Chinese education, Chinese language and selectively chosen “Chinese values” in an overt and successful effort to create a Mandarin- and English-speaking elite who would dominate public life. Two of the most important planks of this campaign were decided in 1979: the annual “Speak Mandarin Campaign” and the decision to preserve and foster a collection of elite Chinese-medium schools, known as Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools.
The SAP schools are explicitly designed to have a Chinese ambience, right down to Chinese gardens, windows shaped like plum blossoms, Chinese orchestra and drama, and exchange programs with mainland China and Taiwan. Over the years the children in SAP schools have been given multiple advantages over those in ordinary schools, including exclusive preschool programs and special consideration for preuniversity scholarships.
For instance, in the early 1980s, when there was a serious shortage of graduate English teachers in schools, the Ministry of Education ensured there were enough allocated to SAP schools “to help improve standards of English among the Chinese-medium students, in the hope that they will be able to make it to university”—a target brought closer by the granting of two O-level bonus points exclusively to SAP school students when they applied to enter junior college. By contrast, neither Indians nor Malays received any special help, let alone schools of their own to address their special needs. They were not only left to fend for themselves, but were sometimes subjected to wanton neglect: inadequately trained teachers, substandard facilities and resources and the “knowledge” that they are not as good as the Chinese.
This account of discrimination against non-Chinese might lead the reader to assume that the quarter of Singaporeans who are not Chinese must form a festering and perhaps even revolutionary mass of resentment. Such an assumption would, however, be a long way from the mark. Non-Chinese might be largely excluded from the highest levels of the administrative elite, but just below these rarefied heights there plenty of positions open to intelligent and hardworking non-Chinese—certainly enough to ensure that non-Chinese communities have much to gain by enthusiastically buying into the system, even after the glass ceilings and racial barriers are taken into account. There are many grievances and resentments in these levels of society but the grievances are muted and balanced by an appreciation of the relative comforts and prosperity they enjoy. For most, any tendency to complain is subdued also by knowledge that it could be worse, and the widespread assumption among members of minority communities that it will be if they seriously pursue their grievances. As long as the Singapore system continues to deal such people a satisfactory hand, if not a fair one, it should be able to cope with some quiet rumblings in the ranks.
While this discrimination is not sparking a reaction that threatens the regime in the short term, the resulting injustices are certainly undermining the myth that the regime operates on meritocratic principles. This is worrying in the longer term because this myth, along with the capacity to deliver peace and prosperity, is one of the primary rationales by which Singaporeans reluctantly accept the many unpopular aspects of the regime, such as the lack of freedom and democracy, the intrusion of government into most aspects of private life, the pressure-cooker lifestyle and the high cost of living.
The rhetoric of meritocracy has given Singaporeans the consolation of believing that their ruling elite are the best of the best and can therefore be trusted almost blindly on important matters, even if they are highhanded and lack the common touch. As this illusion gradually falls away—and today it is already heavily undermined—the trust that Singaporeans have for their government is becoming increasingly qualified. It remains to be seen how long the regime can avert the logical consequences of the contradictions between the myth and the reality.

Mr. Barr is a lecturer at the University of Queensland and author of Lee Kuan Yew: The Beliefs Behind the Man (Routledge, 2000) and Cultural Politics and Asian Values: The Tepid War (Routledge, 2002).
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Jeng3

p/s - Wonder what Tun could have achieved if he was PM the same time as LKY?

salam Tun,

JB_FROM,

I also have a question for you.In the fifties and sixties right up to the seventies after Singapore pulled out from Malaysia,which city was the most modern and most well developed?
Through which city did most of our exports (including natural resources) go through to be exported?

We did not have many choices then.But now we are beginning to compete.

Of course per capita income is VERY important,but as I said it's not ALL-IMPORTANT!Do not forget LONG TERM POTENTIALS.Even LKY knew Singapore's limitations when he voiced out not too long ago that they might have to rejoin the Federation in the future.We have natural resources,they don't!Think long run as in half a century then you will see things differently.

I reiterate that a couple more economic turmoils or a major natural disaster might change the whole scenario.Not to mention that the island is sinking!(Six Degrees That Could Change The World)

To compete ,we need time.We will see what the future brings.God willing if we have visionary leaders we will suceed.

What say you?Are you really a Malay?

Jeng3

To JJJ,

"A tiny nation of 4 million citizens with a strategic port can be misleading but can they sustain in the long run?.We have 25 million and much land is still undeveloped.We'll see what happens 50 years from now.The odds are much better for us as we HAVE THE RESOURCES!"

I got a question for you, why is that our economy is still behind Singapore when we "HAVE THE RESOURCES" but they don't. The odds is not with us 30 to 40 years ago?

Should'n we worried about what is going to happen to our nation then to worry about whether Singapore can sustain their economy? So far they are doing quite well sustaining themselves. In fact their currency is more then 2 times stronger then us. Some time ago, both of the currency is at par with each other.

The income per capita is not important? How in the world we the Malay are going to live satisfactorily if the income is barely enough? Do you think the Malay people is happy with their income and state of well being of "just enough" in this country?.

Some people are not living in reality but in wonderland.

This game is played by some politician who are targeting Singapore to divert people attention from the real problem faced in the country.

Politician do that all the time in our country as well as in other countries. However, we the people after 50 years of independence must be mature to see what is the truth, what is important and what is not relevant rather then following our emotion stirred by politician.

JB_FROM

By UpholdjusticeAuthor Profile Page on June 19, 2009 9:39 AM

Dear Ir. Syahrizan,

Constantly arguing that this is a Malay land would only serve to hurt the feelings of the Orang asli,orang Iban and orang Kadazan.

Comment:
The early Chinese reference of of " Tanah Melayu or Malaysia as it is known today is Tanah Ujong and Singapore as Pulau Ujong directly translated 'lands end' or 'end island' being the most southern tip of the mainland Asia. They also referred the inhabitants of these land and surrounding Islands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines as "Wu La yau" ( pardon my spelling ) and that means Melayu or Malay in english. (The Malays refers it as " Rumpun Melayu" )

Just because the Malays speak a with their own dialect, does'nt mean they did not belong to this land. Its akin to saying India belongs to the Indians will serve to hurt the feeling of the Tamils, Benggalis, the sikh and hundreds other dialect speaking Indian and same goes with China. By your deduction China did not belong to the Chinese because it too will hurt the feeling of the Hainanese, Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese and so on.

Please sir do not be an ungrateful ingrates and try to confuse the blog readers with your evil mind of trying to play the colonial game of " divide and rule "

I dont know where your roots come from but like a wise person once said " let people assume you to be a fool rather you open your mouth and confirm the belief "

"Upholdjustice" indeed.......A "hypocrites" is more appropriate.

'Mat Rock rules"

Selamat pagi Tun,

From the grassroots level, I heard "fitnah lagi" that Tun Dr M is mean and bad-mouthing Mr Lee Kuan Yew by calling him as the EMPEROR (here, I used the word calling instead of "fitnah-ing" because Tun Dr M know his conscience very clear and he knows what is the best tested model for Malaysia Boleh and now is re-branded to 1Malaysia, our beloved country regardless of races) because "Saya Anak Malaysia". I will never say that "Saya Anak Malaysia Juga" because my conscience is clear and Malaysia is my home sweet home no matter what happens.

Well, when I said Malaysia is charging Singapore at RM0.03 per 1000 gallon water, he (the towkay kedai cina) agreed that the rate is too low LAH. He laughed and did not say anything. In order to solve this conflict immediately, I used a famous "proverb" which I have learned from TVBI's series drama on China's history, "Kat On Koon Foh", due to his age of 60 years old +. He stopped laughing and I am sure he will need time to digest this proverb.

"Kat On Koon Foh" is an ancient chinese proverb translated in cantonese which means (direct translation from the proverb):-

1. In BM - Memandang orang sendiri membunuh sesama diri di tanahair nya dari belakang kerana sikap "Takut" dan "Lalang".

2. In BI - Watching your people killing each other from behind, and you did not stop and help them because of the attitude of coward and self-centered (self-protection) or human nature.

"Kat On Koon Foh" means Lalang or Kiasu LAH in order for our younger generation to understand, I am sure Singaporeans (chinese) will never understand the meaning because their mind was shaped and controlled by this little Emperor through No Press Freedom, that's democracy and liberalism in Singapore, ha...ha.... Mereka buat boleh, kita buat tak boleh!!!! Malaysia tidak boleh buat begitu kerana ajaran tulen Islam tidak membenarkan kekerasan.

Now, I direct this proverb to those BN and PR politicians, excluding our federal government, who are so busy with their self interest (the batu api or opportunist politicians):-

1. BN - the famous SIL, Tun Lah, and not forgetting the old "ham sap Emperor" Mr Chua, Mr Lim Kheng Yaik and Mr Samy Vellu. Mulut BN, hati pulak, PAS, PKR, DAP pun boleh.

2. PR - the famous Mr Anwar (Saya UMNOPUTRA juga), Zaid Ibrahim, the famous lawyer (who claims that "Dia Melayu Juga"), Mat Isa (the timbalan president PAS - kalau namanya disebut salah, saya minta maaf kerana saya cina).

Tetapi, apabila "Tuhan" tidak mengizinkan nasib mereka, mereka terus jadi lalang!!!!!! Mereka ini ingat pentadbiran negara adalah seperti pergi pasar beli sayur ke, hai.... pilu hati saya melihat mereka buat begitu. Nak buat macam mana, tetapi, saya percaya mereka ini pasti akan dapat balasan dari Tuhan!

See, Ayahanda Tun, we are now watching this "Kat On koon Foh"scenario and it will be our modern history 10 - 15 years from now. What shall we do now Malaysia????? Are prepared to pay for the price? I have chosen not to pay for the price, I will work hard and make sure Malaysia will ride through this stormy weather (well, we have this storm every 10 years).

Good day Ayahanda Tun.

P/S. Mr Chua Soi Lek, sorry I can’t forgive and forget what you have done to your wife and children because I am a woman. I believe that if a man can “curi makan” behind his beloved family, he can “curi makan” behind our kings and rakyat. Well, this is women rights!!!!

Dear Tun,

If I may comment on "By aniesaAuthor Profile Page on June 18, 2009 12:10 AM"

There was this incident that happen that not many Malay Singaporean like "aniesa" knew...A Malay Singaporean was selected by the local tv station to present the English news during primetime base on his/her merit and immaculate english. As soon as he/she finishes, the station was flooded with calls from the public complaining " how come ahh you allow this malay to read the english news ahh " and the rest is history and if I believe that singapore Malay graduate from one of the top British University and if I'm not mistaken it's called University of Oxford.

As for all you ingrates who keep on harping on how good the Singapore Govt. is compare to Malaysia why don't you migrate to Singapore. The good news is if you are a Chinese and applied a work permit in Singapore, within a week you will most probably receive a letter by the Singaporean govt. offering you a PR status. Unfortunately if your IC stated that if you are a Malay even though you are born a Christian since childbirth with a christian name, well you have to wait for sometime and that could be a decade. It does'nt matter if you are well known. I'm referring this to the Filipino Malay. As for the Indians I've got no comment you could try your luck there. They say the pasture is much greener over there. For I know lots of my Singaporean Chinese friends who are more than willing to call Malaysia their home.

As for "aniesa", you remind me of this girl when met at a club in orchard road, was asked " excuse me, are you Malay", and she arrogantly replied " oh no, I'm Bugis". It just makes me wonder You so called Javanese, Boyanese and Bugis, when you go back to your little HDB flats, what language did you speak at home. If they said they speak their own dialect, I have only this to say " Bedek ka Babe" and dont you ever wonder under the column "Race" in the Singapore red IC it will state "Chinese" and not Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese or Hainanese for that matter even though unlike you, they do actually practice their own dialect at home.....duhh....hello!

Well in your case I do understand why people like you will never hold an important post or in your own word "are not somewhere up there in the corporate ladder or the top of some ministry.

Tun,

100% agree with you about the tiny kingdom. I don’t think they have any advice for us. Malaysia is a better country than the tiny kingdom and if not for some corrupted people administrating Malaysia, Malaysia is would have been top 20 countries of the world. Too bad we are not now!!

The 5th PM must continue to fight and demand that the water price be change. This is the most important subject for Malaysia and they are still dragging their feet on the matter. It seems that no one is talking about the subject anymore? Since the rate is not good, we should sell less water (50%) to them and make them understand “supply and demand” The law of commerce is the same all over the world why we should relax the law for them?

STOP SUPPLYING WATER TO THE TINY PIECE OF LAND IF THEY DON’T PAY

Selamat pagi Ayahanda Tun,

Di sini saya ingin menjelaskan mengapakah saya memanggil Tok Dek sebagai Ayahanda (Rakyat). Saya tahu memang wujudnya sesetengah pihak, kaum melayu, cina, india dan minoriti memang mempunyai sindrom "denial". Pada pihak orang melayu, pakbelalang telah menjelaskan sebabnya mereka ini tidak boleh menerima hakikat ini. Pada sesetengah pihak orang cina dan india pulak kata("fitnah" is the appropriate word because Malaysia practices democracy and human rights) saya pengkhianat bangsa cina memang tidak suka saya menggunakan gelaran ini. Kepada saya, pihak2 ini tidak dapat membezakan apakah itu kaum, apakah itu bangsa, dan mereka ini LAH yang menjerit untuk (yelling for) demokrasi dan hak asasi manusia. Jika mereka ini dapat membezakan definasi kaum dan bangsa, saya percaya bahawa konsep 1Malaysia pasti akan berjaya. Always remember, "siapa cepat assimiliate konsep ini, siapa akan cepat dapat menyesuaikan dirinya untuk mencari makan dan mengembangkan ekonomi negara di tanahair sendiri dan di peringkat antarabangsa tanpa mengira kaum dan agama."

Izinkan Ayahanda....

//By huzanna on June 18, 2009 1:25 AM//
Assalamualaikum Tun Yang Amat Dihormati,

P.S:Kepada Puan HBT yang dihormati,
Pada pendapat saya,apa kata buat masa ini Puan tidak payah layan Si Ravi yang berlagak hero,tu.Oleh kerana komennya selalu 'dilepaskan',maka menjadi-jadilah perangainya....macam siapa ye....oh ye,macam seorang Yb yang jadi'sasau'dalam parlimen tiga hari sudah, tu.Tapi nak buat macam manakan.., dah kena sindrom ni,
orang macam Si Ravi ni mana tahu nak beradap bila ke 'rumah'orang.
Kepada Lim lao bei:Tun 'sour grape'??'Sour grape'kan bagus sebagai penawar kepada rasa 'meloyakan'menutraelkan pemikiran seperti kamu!!//

Dear Cik Huzzana,

Ya, si Ravi anggap drinya "Hero" dan menyalak kat blog 4th PM kita seperti "pariah" yang selalu lelap mata tanpa sedar diri, jadi nak buat macam mana? Kan Tun Dr M telah mengatakan hasrat beliau ialah selepas beliau "resigned", he thought that he could enjoy some "good old times" with these people (his ex-employees and friends whom he once trusted), tetapi kerana hasrat mereka yang tersirat mungkin yang telah membutakan mata dan hati mereka, mereka tidak sedar (atau buat bodoh LAH) bahawa apakah itu pepaduan, kemakmuran dan keselamatan negara kita, dan apakah event
"aftermath" jika mereka dibiarkan buat begitu sesuka hati. Jadi, kepada saya, saya akan "confront" issue Ravi "lao bei" - mandarin means orang tua, in cantonese , kita panggil Ah Pak, dan panggilan hokkien ialah Ah Pek. Kalau si Ravi bijak, dia mesti faham maksud tersirat saya, menerima atau tidak, kita biar LAH Ah Pak Ravi tentukan.

Ya, 'Sour grape'kan bagus sebagai penawar kepada rasa
'meloyakan'menutraelkan pemikiran mereka yang sempit dan jeles (jealous). Kerana mereka mempunyai pemikiran ini, mereka tidak dapat merasakan “taste grape” yang ori, mereka fitnah (ha..ha..) grape” merupakan buah yang “sour”.

Once agin terima kasih banyak2, Cik Huzzana, kerana sudi membaca komen kak HBT. Take care and work hard with sincerity and May "Allah" always be with you.

Good day Ayahanda Tun.

salam tun,
saya sekali lagi ingin memohon maaf jika kenyatan saya beberapa hari itu agak memeranjatkan..

tp bagi saya yg jelas..
setelah kita sekat kemasukan media perdana Barat
mereka muncul melalui internet
mempengaruhi generasi baru yg jahil agama..
tapi yang peliknya mereka mengaitkan corruption,israel,vatican, vs iran..kita berprinsip sebagai negara berkecuali.

dalam komen-komen video mereka,setelah sy selidik rupa-rupanya mereka memainkan isu spt akhlak nabi,hak perempuan dsb..dan sudah sampai tahap hadis palsu..jelas mereka berniat sesuatu..sudah sampai masa internet dibataskan..saya cuma takut anak-anak muda seperti saya akan mengikut rentak mereka..

tuk rujukan Tun id saya saussier..tp sy delete semua komen lain sbb takut cetus tension antara agama.

tolong kita orang melayu kena pertahankan islam.

Salam Tun

Nak komen Zac....

Harapan orang Melayu berilmu , berakhlak...Maju....

Jangan Harap la....

No.1 :

Bahasa Ilmu Dunia sekarang adalah bahasa Inggeris. Ade pulak Pak Politician....Pak Menteri....Pak NGO....Pak Guru...Pak Idealis kata tak payah....semua kena bahasa melayu.

"Jepun ...Korea....China guna bahasa dia untuk teknikal...kenapa melayu tak boleh? Org lain translate kita buat gak la.

Cuba tengok buku sejarah....Jepun ...bila dia start pemodenan?....Meiji Tenno punya zaman la!!! Korea?.....lebih kurang zaman tu la. China? Toksah cerita la.

Kita start bila? Lepas merdeka la. 50 lebih tahun jer.

Buat la....translate la.....Orang dah sampai mana-mana....kita terhegeh hegeh menterjemah. Dah lah sekarang cicir dari orang lain.....bila buat apa yg idealis ni cakap....tambah jauh la cicir dan tak berhenti2 la translating...bukan inventing.

Kesimpulan ada kalangan mahu Melayu kekal bodoh dan penguna ilmu orang secara berkekalan.

2. "Ala....macam bagus"! Budak melayu takut buat kerja lebih....belajar lebih....sanggup terima challang lebih kerana takut di lebel "Macam bagus" Lalu ended up tak buat apa-apa.
Kalau saya---- saya tak peduli orang kata....memang saya nak jadi bagus....

3. Budak Melayu yg ada "paper" takut pegang responsibility. Bila nak lantik dia tak nak....Lalu dipilih oleh Mgt Ah Chong atau Muniandy. Lepas tu dia yg paling kuat gadoh....Apa ni ...kenapa tak ambil Melayu? Dah telor tak ade lagi berani mau tanya. Melayu suka makan gaji buta.

Salam Tun.

Sign 1 :
Some comparison made between Seremban,Ipoh and Penang by LKY created commotion between Lim and Koh. Both try to please LKY.

Sign 2 :
Singapore - Malaysia relation during the tenure of the Great 5th....Singapore constantly on the upper hand. (Ade barter trade ke ni....PL and KJ tolong jawab).

Both sign shows that :

The emperor is the emperor already. Two type of subjects exist in the hinterland up north the Modern Middle World. Mmmm....Maharaja LKY.

Sir,

while you choose to nitpick and insult LKY over his every action and comment, you have forgotten to highlight his achievements during his illustrious career as PM of Singapore.

These are the facts.

At the time when Singapore was formed, Malaysia possessed the largest and most prosperous economy. It was blessed with abundance in natural resources and a large labor force. This made it the envy of every nation in SEA, including Singapore.

However,
within a span of 40 years, Singapore has matured and grown into a prosperous nation, with a per capita income of US$52 000 (as of 2008), far surpassing Malaysia's per capita income of US$15 300 (as of 2008). All these in spite of the huge setbacks posed by Singapore's lack of manpower, land, and natural resources. This is largely due to the fact that we have in place an efficient and far-sighted government. Say what you may about Singapore and its government officials, but the facts speak for themselves.

What about you, Dr Mahathir?

You routinely mention that the Malays in Singapore are being undermined and suppressed. Let me assure you. That is not the case. The Malays in Singapore are given Equal opportunities to succeed and excel. Just last year, the Top PSLE student came from the Malay community. We have also various policies in place to ensure that the Malay population in Singapore is being represented in parliament, for eg. the GRC policy, which states that every GRC (group representation constituencies) must have a minority candidate. The government understands and respects the Malays as the original inhabitants of Singapore, and therefore grants them free primary education.

Malaysia, however, has constantly trodden on the rights of its minority citizens. Tun Abdul Razak launched the controversial "Malaysian New Economic policy", which effectively grants malays residing in Malaysia greater privileges and rights than the other citizens of the country. This policy results in non-malays becoming second-class citizens, hence the instability during the recent Malaysian elections.

If you truly fight for equality, you would have removed this policy during your term in office. You did not.

Dr Mahathir, i speak from an unbiased point of view of the matter. I acknowledge that LKY's methods may be harsh to some extent, but the point is, he has catapulted Singapore onto the world map, bringing much prosperity and stability to the country.

I respectfully urge you to relook your comments on our country and government officials and do something more substantial than insult and tarnish our reputation.

The journey of Mr. Lee Kuan Jew..Oops... Yew.... hehe...

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues...

Wachaa!

LKY melawat Malaysia dan berjumpa dengan seberapa banyak orang-orang yang berkepentingan kerana terdesak untuk mendapatkan pasir dari Malaysia.

Selesaikan dulu masalah CIQ di Johor dengan membina jambatan untuk menggantikan tambak. Sila pandu dari JB ke Singapura dan sebaliknya, anda pasti faham kenapa jambatan perlu bagi menngantikan tambak.

Dengan menggantikan tambak dengan jambatan, pengguna pengangkutan air dapat bergerak dari Tg Pelepas ke Pasir Gudang tanpa perlu melalui selatan Singapura. Sepanjang Selat Johor dapat dimajukan dengan infrastruktur seperti marina dan jeti penumpang.

Tidak perlu jambatan ketiga kerana lebuhraya Senai - Desaru sedang dalam pembinaan.

Tuanku Sultan Johor tidak setuju dengan cadangan Jambatan Ketiga, sebagai rakyat Johor, saya menyokong penuh titah tuanku.

Nama saya daud. Saya mengharapkan Tun dan Tun Siti Hasmah dalam keadaan yang terbaik.
Terlebih dahulu saya minta maaf kerana apa yang saya tulis disini adalah di luar topik dan adalah berbentuk pembacaan saya.
Tujuan saya disini adalah untuk memberitahu Tun tentang sebuah buku yang saya baca baru- baru ini.Pada pandangan saya ianya sangat-sangat menarik dan saya kategorikan sebagai 7 bintang. Buku itu adalah sebuah cerita benar tentang perjuangan rakyat Algeria menentang penaklukan Peranchis melalui peperangan. Dan iaya adalah buku berbahasa English.
Saya ingin berkongsi cerita ini dengan Tun Memandangkan Tun sangat sukakan ilmu dan membuat kajian.
Saya sekali lagi minta maaf sekiranya apa yang saya katakan disini seolah-olah macam mengarah Tun membuat sesuatu secara halus (indirect dictatorial). Saya tidak berniat begitu, saya hanya ingin berkongsi cerita.
Sekiranya Tun sudah baca buku itu lupakan saja apa yang saya tulis disini.
Disini saya ada sertakan tajuk dan nombor ISBN buku tersebut. Ianya boleh didapati di Kinokuniya KLCC.
Tajuk: Commander Of The Faithfull-The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader
ISBN : 978-09798828-3-8
Terima kasih banyak atas perhatian Tun,

Lee Kuan Yew is a bastard. His tendency to betray his comrades is well known. In the early part of his political career, he betrayed his communist comrades and was popularly known as Shifty Lee. Later he betrayed all the trust of the Chinese in Malaysia when he could not resist the temptation of becoming an emperor in a new nation by accepting the offer from Tengku Abdul Rahman to form Singapore. He was renowned to be far-sigted. He anticipated the renaissance of China in the early eighties. A person of his calibre surely could have forseen that those Chinese citizen remaining in Malaysia would be less politically influencial and thus would enjoy less in a Malay donimated country when he selfishly took Singapore together with about 2-3 million Chinese away from Malaysia. I can not blame a Malay for fighting for Malay political rights in Malaysia but I certainly cannot forgive a traitor among us Chinese who betrayed us at the crucial time and let us fend for ourselves. I wonder why historians did not reassess Lee Kuan Yew's role in lowering Malaysian Chinese's political power in Malaysia. Probably for the overseas Chinese, they need a hero and found one in Lee Kuan Yew who is good at silencing his critics by all means possible.

salam sejahtera tun..

Saya ada 1 permintaan. boleh tak tun ulas secara lebih terperinci (mengikut pendapat tun) tentang KERAJAAN PERPADUAN yg ideanya dikeluarkan oleh presiden PAS, Tuan Guru Dato Seri Hj Hadi Awang?

rakyat terkeliru.. apa sebenranya yang jadi ni? ada dlm PAS yg sokong (cam nasharuddin, Azizan, Mustafa) dan ada yg tak (cam tok guru Nik Aziz, Husam)..

apa komen & pendapat tun? harap tun dapat buat 1 tajuk utama dalam blog ini..ini permintaan saya dan juga penulis, pengunjung dan pembaca blog tun..

sekian..

Ada agenda!

Nampaknya , macam mesti ada tulisan sumbang yang mengajak kita bersikap racist.
Sengaja menuduh Tun racist supaya ada yang melatah.

Nak tanya ni, apa yang racist nya?
Adakah sebab Tun sebut orang melayu?
Bukankah Tun orang melayu?
Mestilah Tun bercakap tentang orang melayu.
Contoh yang paling dekat, selesa dan benar.
Orang hebat itu yang datang mengadap hari tu pun berhujah dengan menyebut bangsanya, macam tu tak racist ke?

Aren't they shallow and definitely desperate?!

Hak rakyat mesti jaga dahulu.
Bila berurusan dengan pihak luar, keutamaan ialah, hasilnya tidak menyahkan hak atau memporak perandakan rakyat.
Ini , ahli politik mesti jaga.
Tidak dapat tidak, MESTI!
Sekelumit kuman pun, sekiranya ia tidak memihak kepada kesejahteraan rakyat dahulu, ianya tidak boleh berlaku langsung.
Kalau mereka pun, apakah mereka akan menguruskannya dengan cara yang berbeza dan mahu ambil sikap bertolak ansur dengan kita – pastinya tidak, bukan?
Kalau kita mahu berurusan tetapi tidak ikut mereka , maka kita ini di label ‘melampau’, macam tu?
Kalau kita mahu ikut cara mereka – kita ini di label ‘sivil’ pula, macam tu?

Hmph, harga air nyata tidak lojik .
Kita rakyat sendiri pun kena bayar dengan harga yang mahal.
Kalau terlepas bayar dapat surat merah dan sekarang ini, kena catu pulak!

Apa-apa pun.
Walaupun ia termeterai dalam kontrak.
Bila ianya tidak lojik.
Malah berlanjutan seperti tiada apa-apa yang tidak kena.
Maka, ia adalah EHSAN dari setiap rakyat Malaysia.
Justeru, kerana menadah ehsan , yang menyangka hebat itu, sebenar nya tidaklah sehebat mana .

Assalamualaikum.Salam hormat buat Tun berdua.Semoga sentiasa diberkati dengan tahap kesihatan yang baik.

Dear Tun,
You are amazing. You are a big help in shaping the current Malaysian politic-ing style to today lowest level.

Now you are practicing these Malaysian style politic to international level.Rest assure, no leader will response to your emotionally outburst,they had better things to do. Like you rightly said :I AM A NOBODY.

Assalamualaikum Tun Sir,

Thank you indeed for yet another eye opening piece on singapore namely LKY. Whilst this piece and the many you expressed before this has always been profound and telling.. Its immediately forgotten soon after and Malaysians (read the malays) go on doing the same old thing with this issue.. loosing their guard.The 5th PM went on perfecting this art of forgetting this issue and proceeded to give Singapore what they want like you said. Oh, and go away Scot free at that!

The Managing editor of the STAR wrote a very good piece on negotiating with Singapore today, and I thought he puts it very well on the need to underscore the spirit behind meaningful negotiation and not make it as a case of leveraging to the maximum like the way Singapore did on the water deal.

I've heard somewhere of this popular pun likened to a popular radio station called WW-II-FM or a short for "What's in it for me", used on people who insist on a slice of the cake for themselves when they negotiate or played a part in a negotiation, but Singapore or LKY take this always to an unprecedented heights, Theirs is the true blue 'kia-su' attitude that is about scoring in a deal even if your partner lie dead immediately after.

To the lesser minded who accuses you of never ending hatred, obsessed and ranting of an old mind. They need to truly sit back and re examine their brain for it is their very blunt pencils that would end up inking silly deals with kia sus like LKY and the like minded.

SALAM AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN
IZINKAN,

By Nathalie KAuthor Profile Page on June 19, 2009 1:19 AM

Ah, I don't know if these comments are read by the great man, yourself, but, oh whatever.

This is my first time visiting your blog, and I am amazed at the political views you have on my beloved country. I'm 14,...

AFTER READING THIS 14 YEAR OLD COMMENTS, THIS OLD 'SAMURAIMELAYU' HAS TO CONFESS THAT HE IS NOT SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADE..

WELL SAID 'YOUNG' NATHALIE K..ARE YOU?

TAKE CARE AND MAY THE ALMIGHTY BLESS YOU WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE.

To Abdulrahman - the 17 years old Malay boy in JB.

I am a Malaysian Chinese and much more older than you - yet I couldn't be as articulate as you. You have laid out your neutral points in a way thats beyond your age. I am so glad!

If all Malays are like you. Hell, Malaysia could even surpassed the best in East Asia. And damn there will be less of this 'Malay-Chinese' issues which I am getting very sick of it.

rgds
Baiyuensheng

To Pet Reeves,

You wrote "I always believe there is a time for a man,.... past that time he should keep quiet, or being perceived as being demented".

Why are not telling the same to LKY. We need constructive view and not lame comments. We don't need jitters like you here.

Dear YABhg Tun

To me, the words Meritocracy & Democracy that some people thought really been practiced in Singapura are actually just Fake and Cosmetics, or it can be considered as "Wayang Saja"...

The real Truth is, the Malays have been discriminated in all aspects in life even to practise their religions obligation being minimized to comply with the Singapura's autocratic requirements, and many others so as to ensure they have no say at all through continous administrative machineries and policies , and even a Malay was never been allowed to fly any SAF jets or planes just because their loyalty is questioned by their own government.

But still many people so ignorantly think that there are freedom in that tight-lip island. So pity on them, hahaha... i cannot stop laughing when these people try very hard to "menegakkan benang yang basah" haha.

And I only subscribe to the fact that Singapura being developed well earlier than us in Malaysia is just because they are so fortunate because all crucial modern infrastructures were already been built by the British Administration and we have to know that during colonial era, all the resources and gains from the Malay Peninsular from plantations to mining lands all will have to be consolidated in Singapura before being sent to London. Of course lah, this small island should developed so fast, sorry, it is not because under the Lee Kwan Yew that island prosper, the fact is, LKY inherited the prosperity that already set-up by the British.

It's a great failure and shame if he's not able to continue the development that already under-way. If I were him I could have done even better.......

To HBT,

Your comment,

"
Why you work in KL then????? It is because our MCA sleeping jugak and buat bodoh like Tun Lah ke? An engineer does not know how economy works, Singaporeans are drawing higher salary because they need to pay high tax and housing installments. If you want to have high salary, make sure our governmnet can kutip tax lo so that our government can allow all salary be increased lah! Because we have too many politicians, this is why government cannot implement the system that Singapore is doing, faham ke, JB!"

Why shoud I refer to MCA, I am a Malay!!!.

Your comment about Singaporean getting higher income because they need to pay higher tax and housing installment is dumbest thing I ever heard.

We should take the income per capita as a reference among other things, that is my point. This is one of the true indicators for comparisons.

What is the point when our politician says that this country is ours but we the Malay are paid sub standard salaries barely enough and at par with Third world country. Then they try to compare our self with Singaporean?

salam Tun,

to tehtarik,

ok fair enough if your friend spends S$200 per month on public transport there.

But only go to work and school to and fro and go to town once a week,perhaps?Cos my relatives and friends there need to spend at least S$500 per month to fully accomodate their transportation needs.

You see some of my relatives cannot afford to buy a car and the best they can hope for is a scooter.

Anyway,your friend must be an eco-warrior type or a soon to be extinct species.An engineer with no car?We're talking about the land of the 'kiasus'here and one upsmanship is the name of the game.

to Godfather,

please do not bullshit us with per capita income.Life is not all about IPC.A tiny nation of 4 million citizens with a strategic port can be misleading but can they sustain in the long run?.We have 25 million and much land is still undeveloped.We'll see what happens 50 years from now.The odds are much better for us as we HAVE THE RESOURCES!

We can build a canal at Segentng Kra ala the Panama Canal,can we?We have the technology which can effectively kill Singapore but we still believe in 'prosper thy neighbour'.Remember how Singapore reacted when the world's biggest container line relocated to PTP?

Anyway I would suggest you migrate to another country as you have no sense of gratefulness to this country whatsoever.Or maybe you are not a citizen after all?

to Jaquar,

once again please read this article on the internet;

The Charade Of Meritocracy
FEER, October 2006
By Dr.Michael D. Barr

another quote;

"The Malay community has many grievances, many of which are the direct result of the PAP regime's policies. Some of these include non-conscription in the SAF from 1969-1973 (and limited conscription thereafter), which resulted in mass unemployment, youth alienation and the beginning of the drug problem (employers would not hire Malays who had not served their national service, and since the policy was not communicated to the public, no exemption certificates were distributed), the dilution of Malay-majority electoral blocs through gerrymandering and housing quotas, the fact that their parliamentary representatives are ineffective (which as some might remember prompted a call for a non-partisan 'collective leadership)...the list goes on: eviction of the royal bloodline from Istana Kampong Glam, the tudung issue, government support for regimes perceived as anti-Islam, the support provided for monoethnic SAP schools, the encroachment of the Speak Mandarin campaign into non-exclusively-Chinese media spaces, neglect of their indigenous status, etc. There is a strong sense of dispossession and marginalisation in the community."

Thanks LKY,the little emperor who's got a finger in every pie.Talk about cronyism!FEED THE MOUTH TO SHUT THE MOUTH UP certainly works well there!

If LKY was a Malay leader doing the same here, I wonder what will happen?

Think about it.

Jeng3

Dengan Izin Tun..Terimakasih..

virtual11

[[engko belajar sesuatu yg berguna dari komik2 tuh..]]

Alahai virtual11..Wan Yat Leung memperkatakan sesuatu iaitu cara hidup komando yang sepi kerana memilih untuk berkhidmat kepada negaranya..

Kerana Command "do" orang-orang seperti mereka dan kami amat menderita..namun kami tunduk dan patuh kepada hakikat dan kenyataan..lihat kata-kata Waja Timur ini..

Aku tidak sukakan hujan kerana ianya membawa kesepian dan kesedihan..Tetapi aku menerimanya kerana ia telah di takdirkan..

Virtual11 faham tak moral cerita dari Aesop ?

Maka arnab yang telah meninggalkan kura-kura yang jauh itu pun berehat kerana cukup pasti kura-kura tidak dapat mengejarnya..akhirnya dia tertidur dan kalah..

Moral cerita tu yang penting iaitu never slack your advantage..
Never lags when you are ahead..!

Virtual11 pasti bukan golongan pendekar melayu kerana jika benar anda tentu akan faham hakikat hidup dan moraliti pendekar melayu..
Pendekar melayu ada dua code of conduct yang agung..

1) Pantang Pendekar membela diri
2) Pantang Pendekar membilang lawan

Tuan punya blog ini Tun Dr Mahathir juga seorang pendekar..jadi moral ceritanya..

How is ever going to educate the likes of you??

Terima kasih Tun..

Dear Ir. Syahrizan,

Constantly arguing that this is a Malay land would only serve to hurt the feelings of the Orang asli,orang Iban and orang Kadazan.

Dear Tun, salam sejahtera harap sihat. Kiriman dan ulasan saya pada satu dua komen dgn izin....

...............SUPPRESSION

Natural law, the majority will dominate the minority (silent discrimination). But suppression by sanction of law to discriminate is another thing (open discrimination e.g NEP).

Discrimination and suppression of minorities by natural forces occurs worldwide (incl S’pore and M’sia) but in M’sia we have the additional state discrimination. That means in S’pore you can challenge the discrimination in court, in M’sia you have no case.

............ART OF NEGOTIATION

We should always be alert in negotiation. It has nothing to do with any race or just with S’pore. Try to be too trusting with Indon?? Malays will be minority to Jawa and Sundan. Refer to konfrontasi, Indon statements against M'sians on immigrants, Ambalat, Manohara.

M'sian embassy had to advise M'sian students in Indon to avoid discussing these issues and to keep to familiar places!! Does this ever happen in S'pore? Cut the racial bashing and S'pore bashing and we can see the wood from the trees.

............DUA KALI LIMA

To the accuser S’pore is Chinese racist state, the echo that comes back is M’sia is a racist Malay state. Is there no end to this racist accusation. First other races in M’sia, now S’pore...

Here a majority race needs to constantly beat the race drum. In M’sia they say the minority is racist, in S’pore they switch to the majority is racist.

On S’pore military spending, with a neighbour who calls you racist and occupier, what do you expect. But another neighbour who landed soldiers on this soil and has burnt M’sian flag, issued warnings, demonstrated against M’sians is being friendly??

..............MENGULAS KOMEN (amir aziz on June 17, 2009 10:05 AM)

>>PSD scholarship breakdown

You misqouted the 68% non bumi figures. Only 20% of PSD scholarship is under meritocracy award (regardless of race).Bal 80 % is under race quota system which is not transparent. Of this 20%, 68% went to non bumi, still 32% bumi. Combine with the 80% allocation, bumi receive 1176, others 924.

Dont forget, only PSD scholarship open to other races. Mara scholarships are strictly for bumi. The scholarship here is much more than PSD!

>>Private sector 'discrimination'?

For private company salaries, you seriously believe there is organized discrimination? A profit oriented company (which must pay tax) would forsake a valuable employee based on his race by paying him less?

It is unthinkable for a private company to keep an employee(for his race) and sustain losses, and give up another (due to his race) who brings him profit. A govt agency or GLC will do it, cos the loss is not theirs, it is the tax payers!! A private company will go bankrupt.

Look at overall employment scenario. For Malay, first choice is govt service (better prospects given the domination) second is private sector. So the less qualified go to private sector (generally)

Look at non Malays, first choice private sector (better prospects, govt dominated by bumi) second choice govt. So the best get in private sector. So in private sector the frontliner (of other races) competes with the second liners (of bumi).

Naturally the bumi will get the poorer salaries and lesser jobs due to this factor. Only the govt can redress this imbalance, dont blame the other races.

Ah, I don't know if these comments are read by the great man, yourself, but, oh whatever.

This is my first time visiting your blog, and I am amazed at the political views you have on my beloved country. I'm 14, but that doesn't really matter, does it? Well, as an observant, curious young grasshopper, I honestly, never took fancy to Malaysian politics. Especially the articles that pop up every front page that go on and on and on about who lost their seat and who successfully wooed their state. (Particularly The Star)

I may be ill-informed about how the opposition and BN fight over Malaysia, but I am certain that one day, these... political brain-wrecking troubles will definitely be causing Malaysia to be fighting against itself. Malaysia is well known for

I understand that there will always be differences between cultures (which makes the world magnificent), but, why is it becoming a cause for war? Skin color? Pfft, I have been raised a proud Chinese-Malaysian. But what difference do I have between the bumiputera citizens? Oh, I don't have Malays for my ancestors.

When I grow up, I want to be a Pharmacist - a human being who wants to help people, to make a difference, just like you. Stories of your past have amazed me, time and time again. Pairing my optimism and perseverance, it is impossible for me to not have faith in myself. My future, I can change. My homeland's future? I can not. Because I'm not in control of Malaysia. I can't do it alone.

"Wake up, sir, there's a crowd cheering for you outside. Oh! there are twenty five million people calling for you!"

It might take time for Malaysia's leaders to hear the magnificent cheers of wondrous patriotism, faith and joy.

Listen carefully sir, do you hear the people?

Salam Buat Yg. Bhg. Tun,

I only have the following for Singaporeans :

1. With one airport and One Port, there are no other ways to plough
back your gain except these two. So is that really a big challenge to overcome?

2. Can you name any of your success without any joint venture and foreign talents? Yes maybe we are lacking but we achieve it on our cwn capacity and proud of it. Can you say the same?

3. Having to resort to NUWATER alone is enough said that taking the saying " Doing Business and S...t At the Same Place" to new level of the lowest of the low.

4. Success? Can you translate value of your success in your daily life? Going back to HDB flat to most of you which from your ST forum indicates that you could hardly afford. Just give yourselves to tight slap on the face for The Foreign Talent are actually getting all the perks since you Singaporeans apparently are not good enough to take up the job.

5. During Tsunami, we would be more than happy to host the Acheh People as our guest. But remember should something happen to your tiny dot (god forbids) due to the unpreditable nature of the earth. Please feel free to excuse yourselves somewherre else, anywhere but HERE. Ada Faham?

Kind regards

salam tun..

(mintak izin)
waja perak.. ko ni kelakarla..
banyak sangat baca komik.. hehehe..tapi bagus..
engko belajar sesuatu yg berguna dari komik2 tuh..
terima kasih jua dari tony wong kerana ko
telah memperkasakan lagi ekonominya di hong kong tuh..

kirim salam sama keluarga kamitake tu..hehehe

engkau ada baca komik wak dojer tak?

Dear Tun,

Of course singapore is much better off, there is no political
party there to cause trouble except that led by LKY and his
family.

And singaporeans are mostly very easily satisfied. They just
need to fed and housed and they will be contented with life.
For a Malaysian that would be totally, and unacceptably miserable.

YAB Tun Dr. Mahathir,

I am thankful to God that when you were leading Malaysia you did not have an economic manipulation and succession plan like Lee Kuan Yew.

I could not imagine living in a country where the prime minister acts like a dictator in ensuring that the economy is controlled by the family members and later on ensure that the son took on the premiership. It's disgusting that singaporean as whole can accept the situation. It's not for them to be blamed I guess, but who would want to be bankrupted for saying against dictatorship may be except a few still alive but most are gone.

So, what's so great about this man from this little red-dot, nothing in substance of democracy that can be proud of. It's democracy alright, but dictator styled in its softest settings.

Lee Kuan Yew's recent tour is nothing more nor any significant in nature. So what?, he has been meeting some political honchos and vvips but he failed to have a meeting with any of our true statesmen and in particular meeting YAB Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad.

Take care and may you be in the best of health always.

"Some Malaysian officers did suggest this figure but we were ready to bargain and maybe settle for RM3. And why not? Johore sells raw water to Melaka for 30 sen, 1000% higher than to Singapore. And Melaka is, I believe, a part of Malaysia! Some Malaysians may see the irony of this."

First of all, RM3 is not 30 sen. Anyway, I wonder whether Johor should even charge Melaka 1 sen for water. What is the point of joining the Federation then?

ABI,

You just cannot compare the "Little Emperor" Lee Kuan Yew coming from a "small Forbidden City" with our "Great Maharaja" Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad coming from a Great Kingdom. Our "Great Maharaja" is one and only "Great Maharaja" that stands above all others. A very dignified "Maharaja".That's the difference. Make no mistake about it. It is very simple deduction.

Sir,
while you choose to nitpick and insult LKY over his every action and comment, you have forgotten to highlight his achievements during his illustrious career as PM of Singapore.
These are the facts.
At the time when Singapore was formed, Malaysia possessed the largest and most prosperous economy. It was blessed with abundance in natural resources and a large labor force. This made it the envy of every nation in SEA, including Singapore.

however,
within a span of 40 years, Singapore has matured and grown into a prosperous nation, with a per capita income of US$52 000 (as of 2008), far surpassing Malaysia's per capita income of US$15 300 (as of 2008). All these in spite of the huge setbacks posed by Singapore's lack of manpower, land, and natural resources. This is largely due to the fact that we have in place an efficient and far-sighted government. Say what you may about Singapore and its government officials, but the facts speak for themselves.

What about you, Dr Mahathir?

You routinely mention that the Malays in Singapore are being undermined and suppressed. Let me assure you. That is not the case. The Malays in Singapore are given Equal opportunities to succeed and excel. Just last year, the Top PSLE student came from the Malay community. We have also various policies in place to ensure that the Malay population in Singapore is being represented in parliament, for eg. the GRC policy, which states that every GRC (group representation constituencies) must have a minority candidate. The government understands and respects the Malays as the original inhabitants of Singapore, and therefore grants them free primary education.

Malaysia, however, has constantly trodden on the rights of its minority citizens. Tun Abdul Razak launched the controversial "Malaysian New Economic policy", which effectively grants malays residing in Malaysia greater privileges and rights than the other citizens of the country. This policy results in non-malays becoming second-class citizens, hence the instability during the recent Malaysian elections.

If you truly fight for equality, you would have removed this policy during your term in office. You did not.

Dr Mahathir, i speak from an unbiased point of view of the matter. I acknowledge that LKY's methods may be harsh to some extent, but the point is, he has catapulted Singapore onto the world map, bringing much prosperity and stability to the country.

I urge you to relook your comments on our country and government officials and do something more substantial than insult and tarnish our reputation.

-chiahow, Singapore

asalamualaikum...hmmmmmm....nampak gayanye kebanyakkan pemimpin kita belom merdeka lagi....najib cakap berdegar2 tapi gigil kepala lutut bila jumpa lky...angguk ngalahkan burung belatuk dgr kata lky...pak lah ngan najib ni 2x5 5x2......makin lama makin penat balik......letihhhhhhh dapat pm cenggini....siapa lah agaknya penasihat nijib ni yer...rosmah eh....kelam abis lah wawasan 2020 kiter lah yek......hai lah nasib.........ada dr.mahathir taknak minta tunjuk ajar....tapi dah lama kan dlm politik tak kan tak belajar paper pun sikit pun.....hai lah melayu.......

THE BIG TIME SAND TRADE IN S.E.A.

http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1838&Itemid=195

LKY ade visit DSAI ke?

Well not everyone know about what really happen during 1997 economy turmoil.... percaturan "ledger book" hampir membuatkan kita bankrap...

Siapa kah yang menjadi "Si kitol" pada tahun 1997 dan siapa kah yang menjadi "penasihatnya"?

Kita bernasib baik memiliki memanda Bendahara yang baik lagi bijaksana pada masa itu.. yang sedar tanggungjawabnya pada bangsa Malaysia serta dibantu oleh "backroom boys".

Mereka ini tidak perlukan pujian serta sambutan "karpet merah" serta paluan kompang... kepuasan mereka adalah dapat berkhidmat pada bangsa Malaysia serta dapat membantu menjadi bangsa Malaysia satu bangsa yang berjaya dan disegani.

Kita jangan lah berasa rendah diri sangat pada LKY ni. Dia tahu sapa sebenarnye Malaysia ni. "We are the sleeping giant" ataupun mungkin gak kita ni "we are the sleeping dragon". Jadi kalau berbicara tentang Singapore ianya seperti cerita antara China & Chinese Taipe (Chiang Kai-shek). Kita dengan China adalah kawan. Dengan Taiwan? LKY tahu ape yang berlaku pada tempat simpan senjata dia bila sticker Malaysia pada senjata dia. Guest what?

Kita umat Melayu harus sedar, kita memiliki kekuatan tersendiri.. tanpa perlu bergantung kepada "kapitan nanyang" ataupon "little Kingdom" ... Kat nusantara dulu kita ade dekat 10 "Malay Kingdom". So kat mane silap kita?

kita perlu cermin kan diri kita dulu. Jangan layan sangat emosi-emosi yang boleh merosak diri. Kita hanya perlu tingkatkan jati diri kita sendiri dan sedar tanggungjawab diri di atas muka bumi ini disertai dengan perpaduan. Semua kekuatan ini akan timbul dengan sendiri dengan izin Allah. Kita perlu fokus

"Yahudi bangsa yang tersurat di dalam Al Quran, Melayu bangsa yang tersirat..."

Dear Tun,

Have not commented for a while now, but my feelings about this Little Emperor is mutual. Bravo!! I cant wait for more...

The great 5th PM? good riddance.

The new 6th PM? better be careful lest he will be the greatest 6th PM...

ASKUM N GOOD AFTERNOON TUN N ALL READERS.

THIS IS MY THIRD COMMENT ON MR LKY'S VISIT BECAUSE I FEEL COMPELLED TO DRAW ATTENTION OF READERS ESP THE YOUNGER GENERATION WHO SEEMS TO MISS THE POINT ABT THE SIFNIFICANCE OF THESE TWO PERSONALITIES I.E. TUN AND MR LKY. WHETHER WE LIKE/DISLIKE THEM OR SUPPORT/DO NOT NOT SUPPORT THEIR POLICIES AND DECISIONS WHEN THEY WERE IN POWER, THEY REMAIN TO THESE DAYS, LEADERS WHO HAVE BECOME ICONS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
WE ARE PROUD OF THEM BECAUSE DESPITE THEIR AGE (80+), THEY REMAIN ALERT AND INTELLECTUALY SUPERIOR TO MANY YOUNGER GENERATION LEADERS. AT THIS MOMENT, NO LEADERS WHETHER IN MSIA OR SPORE THAT SUCCEEDED THEM HAVE MANAGED TO RAISE THEIR PERFORMANCE TO THE LEVEL OF THESE TWO GENTLEMEN.

AS I HAVE SAID EARLIER, BY ALLOWING MR LKY TO ACCESS ALL THE KEY PLAYERS IN THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM OF MSIA WITHIN 8 DAYS (A 10-STAR PREMIUM VISIT), SOMETHING WHICH I PERSUMED HE HIMSELF( LKY) DID NOT EXPECT, MR LKY N HIS TEAM CAN EASILY MAKE A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF THE CURRENT MSIAN LEADER N HIS CABINET (WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT FAVOURABLE). IT IS A PLUS FOR SPORE AND A MINUS FOR MSIA.

I DON'T THINK MR LKY HIMSELF OR THE SPORE GOVT WILL OFFER TO RECIPROCATE A SIMILAR 10-STAR TOUR FOR ANY MALAYSIAN LEADER SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE NORMAL ETIQUETTE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP OF COUNTRIES. EVEN US PRESIDENTS ONLY BRING WORLD LEADERS AT MOST TO THE CAMP DAVID RETREAT OR THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BRING THEM TO HIS DASCHA. NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF COUNTRIES THAT SUCH A 10-STAR PRIVILEGE TREATMENT ARE GIVEN TO FOREIGN DIGNITARIES, HOWEVER HIGH THEIR STANDING ICLUDING VISITING OPPOSITION LEADERS AND ACCORDING A SPECIAL TALK WITH THE WIFE OF THE PM. I JUST WONDER WHERE ARE ALL THE HIGH-LEVEL ADVISERS WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED. TO THEM, I SAY 'RESIGN' BECAUSE THEY LET DOWN THEIR LEADER AND THEIR COUNTRY.

WHAT I FEAR IS THAT THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS DO NOT HAVE THE LEADERSHIP TRAITS OF THEIR PREDECESSORS. IN THE CHALLENGING TURBULENT FUTURE THAT THE WORLD IS FACING, CAN WE TRUST THEIR JUDGEMENTS?

Salam Tun,

Semoga Tun berdua sihat dan di panjangkan umur.

1. Saya rasa LKY memang takut dan respect dengan Tun kerana pada saya apa salahnya jumpa dan say hello just for old time sake but dia tak pun nak jumpa . LKY ada inferiority complex towards Tun because dia sedar dia dah jumpa sorang Melayu yang bole face him word to word and maybe he might lose kalau tak betul caranya when dealing with Tun.

2. Malays in Singapore? well saya memang banyak masuk singapore atas urusan kerja. Kat imigresen jumpa la org melayu, ramai plak tu. Lepas tu naik teksi plak, jumpa driver cina selalunya la..., past tu jumpa owner kapal plak , selalunya orang depa la...deal plak dgn machai diorang selalunya melayu la. Dah siap kerja diorang antor balik ke airport. So malays kat singapore kena tindas ? tak tau la nak cakap cuma ader la jumpa seorang ex malay sgpore yang dah jadi rakyat indon , dia cerita memang zaman dia sekolah dulu banyak hak2 org melayu masih di utamakan tapi bila dah masuk 3, 4 generasi those privileges slowly being taken away atas alasan meritocracy so he say how very lucky for malays in malaysia to still have their rights and even told me to guard that with my own life so go figure...

3. Air 3 sen? Hmmm memang ni dah tak leh buat aper la, dah sain agreement kan, so tunggu la 2026 untuk revise.

4. Iskandar? bagus project tu tapi selit la skali orang2 kita. kalau setakat jadi kuli make sure kuli yang betul2 di bayar tinggi gajinya . Jangan setakat main sebat jer.

5. Dah la Tun...to me LKY is nothing compare tu Tun Dr Mahathir!!!!!!!!!!!

Salam.

Selamat petang Tun,

Whatever it is, it must be based on one's merit.
Never ever picked due to skin color,blood,descendant, nor the status of 'ama apa'.
It will create a downfall of the country.
Get a qualified person with quality, integrity, -the best.

Early Islamisation Of China....

http://wayangparty.com/?p=10273

Assalamu Alaikum Tun,

I just want to give my response to a comments posted upholdjustice, patrick218 and JB_From. My conclusion from their comments is "better you all back to school" and learn how behave as Malaysian. If you cannot accept our education system, then suggest you migrate to Singapore or other countries and learn how the people treat you there. I you feel you survive and get better threatment these countries, I advise you to apply for these countries citizenship. But if you feel our country is still better, then I advise to return home and learn how to be a grateful Malaysian and together with other races to build our country. You get me?

Salam Tun...

Regarding to the 'divorced' by Tunku Abdul Rahman to Lee Kuan Yew that seperated Singapore from Malaysia and brought LKY cried to face bringing up Singapore alone without help from Malaysia. One think about chinese is they always wanted for revenge. Whatever LKY plan to in his one week trip to Malaysia, should be consider as dangerous threats to Malaysia.

The oppositions leaders are being used by LKY and so the Government as well. I might say that the Government as the body who works need a brain and guide like a brain of yours. I am sure that some 'jobs' can be created to fill you as the brain in the government as we know that talking without power is pointless than power without talking.

I am one of your fan in the way you plan and think for yourself and other as well. I can't deny the fact that you are getting old and I think that you should play different methods here to make our citizen realize how to manage our country efficiently.. Some of methods need to be tough or cruel sometimes but it's for greater goods.

Our youngster now didn't realize and easily influence by the surrounding without looking at their history and making decision for their future. My life begin with UMNO and will end with UMNO. I remembered my late father always said that when our family involve in any problems, we don't abonden our family and find a new one but we overcome the problems in our family and being better then we are today.

There are not many people that our country can count on these day but you are one of those people that will heal the wound and makes our people walking tall once again.

May Allah Bless You
Thank You...

GREED AND EXPLOITATION

http://pseudonymity.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/15-mar-08-a-rally-as-part-of-campaign-against-paps-greed-and-exploitation-of-singaporeans/

I'm a neutral party to this, but i thought to be objective in dealing with the facts with regard to the water issue. to state that spore is benefiting by the 3 sen per 1000 gallon sale is only one side of the fuller picture.

take a read at the url link i have tagged along. it was an ISEAS report in 2003. scroll down to pp 19. let me extract it here. it claimed that the Johore state govt has been profiting RM50 million (2002) out of this whole water deal. Perhaps this explain why in the 80s, the govt did not want to review the price tag. the official answer given then was 'financial crisis'. its hard to resist not linking these two issues together.

"Singapore buys water from Johor at RM 0.03 sen/4.546 m3 (RM 0.03 sen/1000 gallons). It sells
treated water to Johor at RM 0.50/4.546 m3 (RM 0.50/1000 gallons), although treatment costs
Singapore RM 2.40/4.546 m3. Effectively, Singapore is subsidising Johor at a rate of RM
1.90/4.546 m3. Table 5 provides the volume of water sold to Johor in selected years.
Johor presently purchases around 8.14 million m3 (37 million gallons) of water from Singapore
daily and sells this at RM 3.95/4.546m3 to its consumers (The Straits Times, 28 January 2002).

Year Volume
1975 21,341.70
1980 39,841.50
1985 56,735.20
1990 51,424.50
1995 65,501.30
2000 50,600.30

Singapore, however, is only legally obliged to sell 3.74 million m3 (17 million gallons) daily to
Johor although it has been providing over twice this amount to the state (excess amounting to 20
million gallons per day). Hence, Singapore has been providing a subsidy of RM 29 million to
Johor by selling treated water at the rate of RM 0.50/4.546 m3 (Kog, 2001: 18).
Johor is, however, reportedly suffering losses to the tune of RM 3.2 million (S $1.5 million) per
year by buying treated water from Singapore (The Straits Times, 5 February 2002a). This issue
was brought up again in November (The Straits Times, 13 November 2002) by the Johor
Assembly which this time alleged that Singapore has raked up around S$ 700 million by
purchasing raw water from the state over a period of forty years.
However, based on the stated costs of providing treated water in Malaysia by Long (2001),
Johor has stood to gain by continuing to purchase water at the subsidised rate of RM 0.50/4.546m3 from Singapore. Long (2001: 522) cites a figure of RM 6.86 per 4.546 m3 as costs if the
Johor government were to process water domestically.19 The Johor government therefore saves
RM 6.16 per 4.546 m3 of water, as it only pays Singapore RM 0.50 for an equivalent amount.
In addition, back-of-the-envelope calculations reveal that Johor derives over RM 50 million
from the present arrangement of buying treated water from Singapore at RM 0.50/4.546 m3 (RM
0.50/1000 gallons) and reselling at RM 3.95/4.546m3 (RM 3.95/1000 gallons). Based on the
calculations undertaken in Table 6, it is difficult to support the contention that Johor has been
losing money by buying treated water from Singapore.20"

I'd always opt not to feedback on other viewers' comment, but forgive me that this time I really can't stand of not correcting Romeo.Phang's statement.

Dear Romeo.phang,

Forgive me, but with repsect, I really cannot recall when did Singapore achieve the 'modern country' status, as you claimed. Pardon me should my stand is incorrect, but really, it did not only annoy me but somewhat amuse me with the 'yucks' feeling reading your misleading comment/stand.

Sorry.

Rgds,
Adan

A FATHER'S THOUGHTS.....
http://goingback.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/a-nations-birthday-and-my-disenchantment/

Dengan izin Tun..Terimakasih..

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Greeting sluggers..

1)I had just visit Barack Obama blog and found out that he did not have visitor's monitored in his blog.Why?..I guess he is down to earth man and do not have ego to boast that my blog have been browsed by 20,000,000 people.I repeat 20,000,000..

So..It puzzles me greatly why Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chock Tong blog is always unavailable..?

PAGE NOT FOUND... is it a trick of them not to share thought's and comment and very importantly critics and condenmnation??

Hmmm...can I bite this food for thought??

2)How are big man measured?..I searched the Internet and again I found that Lee Kuan Yew are not among the dignified speaker that gives speech at London the other day's where the VVIP's all over the world was invited to give their point of view regarding the world economic crisis.

Tun Dr. Mahatahir from Malaysia was given the standing ovation for a duration of few ? second? minutes? by all the dignitaries..Now..the question is why and just why

somebody removed Lee Kuan Yew contribution in the world matters and let Tun Mahathir contribution's stand..This is ridiculous!!

0F COURSE LEE KUAN YEW HAVE BEEN INVITED ALL OVER THE WORLD TO GIVE HIS TIP ON EVERYTHING THAT MATTER'S TO THE WORLD...AND OF COURSE HE HAVE BEEN GIVEN STANDING OVATION AFTER THE SPEECHES MORE THAN TUN MAHATHIR DID..30 MINUTES MAYBE???

Why..oh why..Lee Kuan Yew contributions not highlighted and Goh Chock Tong too?

Somebody believes that Lee Kuan Yew turn Singapore Economy around..by kow towing to the Israel and American..

Singaporean...Wake up..In Malaysia we call's this handing over our sovereignity..You can call them protectorate but do you realizes that by doing this, Lee Kuan Yew sold you all to the Israel and American??

Yeah..yeah..look and believes it from any angle that you like but

There is no fool like and old fool and I thought you Singaporean are smart enough..

Sigh...

3.How does we know we are not a free man? Have you been checking any electronic devices on your body...What?..Are you sure there is none and Singaporean Government just let you go anywhere you please all over Malaysia without any surveillance device's and tracking monitor..?

If this is so then why are so joyful the moment you are on our soil, doing every whim and fancy that not available in Singa pora pora?..And you dread it very much to come home like beaten puppy with their tails between their legs??..

4.I could go on but I am waiting for smart asses opps sorry..smart aleck like you to slug it out with me..

5.I just warming up my GPMG..I still got many more arsenal for you like M302,RPG and Bazooka to slug each other out...Come on and make Tun blog lively..Of course it is impossible for you to counter my very points...

Thank you very much Tun..

Tun
I always believe there is a time for a man,.... past that time he should keep quiet, or being perceived as being demented.

The High Cost Of Maintaining SIN's Rulers....
PAY AND PAY....
http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/08/the-relentless-rising-cost-of-living-in-singapore/

Salam TUN,

To Zag25.

You can redeem yourself by writting your own memoir on how you pour
scorns on successful peoples.

If the sales of your memoir meletup,then keep on commenting to glory
or else keep your foul breathe and perceptions to yourself.

There is another choice,try selling it to the Martians

With reference to the recently concluded visit to Malaysia by Singaporean Minister Mentor Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, our former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahatir, gave an interesting interpretation of the phrase Middle Kingdom --- a popular term in reference to China or things Chinese, both ancient and modern. He gave the distinct impression that “Middle” was equivalent to “Centre”, thus having the implied meaning of centripetal or centrifugal force or simply being dominant centre (中心).

Historically and (perhaps more importantly), philosophically speaking, the word “Middle” actually refers to “Harmony” or “Not Lacking or In Excess” or “Balance” or “Middle-Path” (中庸).

This is well and amply illustrated by the concept / philosophy of Ying-Yang in the famous Book of Change (Yi-jing), Tao-Te-Jing (Taoism), Confucianism (Middle-Path Way) and Chinese Medicine (Balance of Hot-Cold). In fact, the very essence of the “Chinese-ness” is this very “Middle-ness”.

Unfortunately, this correct interpretation of “Middle” is not well understood even by many Chinese mainlanders when asked what “Chinese Medicine” is. It is not “Medicine practiced by the Chinese”. Rather, it is “Medicine of the Balance of Ying-Yang or Harmony or Medicine of the Middle-Path or Balance”.

The world will suddenly / certainly be a better and safer place to live if everyone (certainly including China / Chinese) interpreted “Middle” as “Harmony” (中庸) rather than “Centre” (中心).

This is also the spirit of the SOHO Technology 3.0 approach.

I feel I cannot help but comment on thinktok's reply on June 17, 2009 5:56 PM. Basically he has not analysed the situation correctly and blames you Tun when he doesn't even know what the facts are!

Here are thinktok's statements and my explanation as to why they are false:

thinktok : [He steered Malaysia into the financial crisis and he steered Malaysia out of the financial crisis by pegging the ringgit to the US dollar. Many Singaporeans lost money having fixed deposit account in Malaysian ringgit. He is always trying to fix Singapore.]

ezani : Tun's decision to peg the ringgit to the US dollar has got nothing to do with fixing Singapore. Tun did not even have S'pore in mind when he made the decision. I believe Tun thought that was the best decision to turn M'sia around. If Singaporeans suffered, that was an unfortunate side-effect.

thinktok : [He will not hesitate to demolish Anwar Ibrahim and Abdullah Badawi. Under his PM the IGP punched a prisoner.]

ezani : Anwar was kicked out after somebody brought up a complaint about unnatural sex and after that a lot of turmoil occurred. It was Tun that brought Anwar up to through the political ranks when he was a nobody in ABIM. thinktok, you should know your facts before opening your mouth.

As for Abdullah, I think Tun has already stated earlier in one of his early blogs that even though AAB appeared to plot against him, Tun did not vindicate him and allowed AAB to continue to play main role in mainstream politics. Don't you even realise that it was Tun that chose Abdullah to succeed him ? So...thinktok, you should know your facts before opening your mouth.

[Under his PM the IGP punched a prisoner.]

My goodness..thinktok. You are blaming Mahathir because the IGP punched Anwar ? You must be really stupid. You think the IGP punched Anwar because Mahathir asked him to do so ? You must be really stupid.

thinktok : [Malaysia and Singapore have much to gain by co-operation. Not buying MIGs to bomb Singapore!]

Ezani : Again you are really stupid because you accuse Malaysia of buying MIG fighter planes just to bomb Singapore. Tell me..where is the war then ? Do you see a war taking place ?

To Leo June 17, I think you should think before you talk. Probably Mahathir has had far more experience in dealing with Singapore and probably he has gone through many things with Singapore leaders to realise who they actually are compared to you. Do you really think Singapore want to have sincere, fair cooperation and agreements with Malaysia ? Yes or no ? If yes, why are they buying water from us at 3 sen and are happy to continue to do so?

And I would have to agree totally with Shafinaz Jun 17 too. I am really worried about this Najib trying to be a clever boy asking LKY and the Singaporeans too come into Iskandariah, Johor and also spending lots of money to visit China. He hasn't felt the bite of Singapore like you, Tun. If something happens, make sure ha pays for it. As Shafinaz says, we must be VERY, VERY careful when dealing with S'pore. Ni Najib...baru nak panaskan kerusi menjadi PM, dah buat macam he and LKY are best buddies!

The biggest danger we must protect against .. and I cannot put it at a higher priority ... is that we must not let the Singaporeans capitalize and make a huge profit in the development of Iskandariah, Johor to our detriment. Why we cannot keep the development of Johor's vast undeveloped land to ourselves and our local contractorss ? Why must membabitkan Abu Dhabi Investment Bank or Riyadh or Al-Rajhi or the Singaporeans or other foreigners ? We cannot develop ourselves ka ? If so, then we truly deserve to lose this land to foreigners !!! Najib and AAB never learn !!!

To the real issue at hand and my final conclusion is : BERSABAR SAJE LAH ! TAHUN 2016 TU TAK LAMA LAGI ... SEKARANG DAH PUN 2009 ... HANYA TUJUH TAHUN JE .. BILA CONTRACT LUPUT, YOU CAN DO A COMPENSATING CONTRACT TO MAKE FOR THE LOSSES OF THE PAST !!! SINGAPORE HAS NO CHOICE ... THEY NEED THE WATER. IF SINGAPORE IS CLEVER, THEY WOULD HAVE PUT IN PLACE WATER DISTILLATION FACTORIES BEFORE THIS CONTRACT ENDS SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON SINGAPORE FOR WATER. THEY KNOW 2016 IS JUST SEVEN YEARS AWAY AND THEY KNOW THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO BE ARROGANT !!!

Last but not least, I would like to comment on Empress on June 18, 2009 3:52 AM :
[Was China truly an advanced nation at one time under the emperors and dynastys? The below website would help to ponder!]

What Empress said is true. China (and Japan and Korea for that matter) were nothing but a land of wooden palaces and bare earth not so long ago and look at what a rapid, wonderful and total transformation happened in Japan many years ago (and Korea later) and now, in China ! The unity of the people and their loyalty, obedience and discipline to their leaders are unparalleled in any part of the world including US, Europe and Malaysia also cannot beat them. Look at the support the football fans from Japan or Korea give to their national football team when they play the world cup even on the other side of the world ! That is just sports ! What about nation building ? This is why Japan has acheived so much in such a short time (but also at a high price such as land and personal space). Do you think we can be like them (or wanna be like them) ? We can take a moderate approach and not be radical like them but we can certainly work harder and improve on your complacency and our laziness and stop quarelling among ourselves !!!

LKY made Singapore into a AAA rated country, with a percapita income 5 times that of Bolehland. Singapore has reserves 4 times that of Bolehland. Shame on UMNO and all of UMNO's leaders including Dr M. If this is not corruption, then it is incompetence. Take your pick.

No need to be jealous of our rich, prosperous and safe neighbour. When our oil revenues run out in 2013, when the subsidies on essential goods like cooking oil, flour and sugar are removed in 2010, let's see what the rakyat will say. Jealousy will not be able to get these good old days back.

Dear All,

Singapore is a very small island country. Although it has no natural resources, it is relatively a very small piece of land and easy to maintain. To balance this lack of natural resources and space, we have to see it another way, British had been occupying Singapore even before Malaya independence. Hence, the Empire has provided proper infrastructure to Singapore and plus it is a well known trade port since the days of the Malay Sultanate.

Furthermore, the favoritism (split and rule concept) that British has instill since its colonial days; the Chinese immigrants and Indians immigrants were given jobs and educations opportunity (Sounds like NEP for them eh?) and meanwhile the indigenous Malays are left out rotten in the woods. Since the 15th Century, the Malays were strip off from their rights, power and freedom by these colonial figures (Dutch, Portuguese, British and Japanese). So after 500 years of “Silent Oppression” the Malays has enough of this and the climax of this rebellion (or should I say freedom fighter) has given British no choice but to allow Tanah Melayu (Malay Peninsular) become independent in 1957. Singapore, together with Sabah and Sarawak joined the Malay Federation in 1963 to formed Malaysia.

So everything was already laid out for Singapore when Lee Kuan Yew took it over, prior to its breakup with Malaysia in 1965 (just short 2 years after its merge with Malaysia). Singapore with very limited resources has to resolve its country-building issues by aligning itself with Israel. Israel, a newly formed illegal Jewish-state of that time, builds up its regime from the occupied lands of the Palestine, provides Singapore aka Lee Kuan Yew the necessary ingredient to bring up Singapore into an economic powerhouse as we witness today. But it comes with a price, hiding under the banner of democracy and freedom, Lee Kuan Yew, systematically wipe out the Singaporean Malays of their rights and belief system (Islam) which he sees as the main obstacle. Rather than compromising and integrating with local indigenous Malays, he instead uses the power of capitalism (the mighty wand of Jew) to catapult the Chinese Singapore into the modern age and left out the Malays (or should I say deliberately held back the Malays). They were very few opposition parties that try to fight off Lee Kuan Yew’s unfair policy, amongst them is the late Jayakumar. The first and sole opposition which managed to secure a parliament seat in Singapore government. Unfortunately, the late Jayakumar was “politically killed” by Lee Kuan Yew with his vast influence and power, and left to die with debts amounting from multiple suits from Lee Kuan Yew’s government.

Recently, the master of deception and trickster aka Little Emperor, coming to Malaysia and telling us what to do and what not to do. We should have banned Lee Kuan Yew to enter Malaysia and labeled him equivalent to Chin Peng. Lee Kuan Yew and his ideas are contagious to the harmony and stability of Malaysia. This info will need to be spread amongst Malaysian as a future warning of what might come. We will not bow to the demands by the immigrant descendants. If you think Singapore is great, we would gladly pull off your Malaysian citizenship and ship you back to where you come from. I recommend the government to rather throwing this ungrateful people into ISA lock-up, they should be dismissed off from Malaysia permanently and citizenship taken back.

You don’t see a Malay leader in China cause it is the land where Chinese originate, you don’t see a Malay leader in India cause it is the land where Indians originate but you do see Malay, Chinese and Indian leaders in Malaysia although it is a Malay land. This shows that the Malays are compromising people. And yet, you ungrateful morons are greedy and selfish and wanted more. Do not test our patience; we will fight back if provoked.

Dear Tun and friends,

I kind of like JJJ, he is a funny guy.

Yes, I don't live in Singapore. My close buddy told me that. They have a choice to use public transportation in stead of buying a car because it's efficient.
Transportation expenses: S$ 200 a month for a family of 4. The figure is correct. He is an civil engineer making S$ 5000 there.

You would die in Singapore if you are poor. You cannot live in KL if you are not rich enough either.

Regards

Dear all,

Anybody knew how many malays fighter pilots in Singapore Airforce?

Anybody?

salam Tun,

TDM - doctor by profession ; "heal! heal!recuperate!
(case in point ; the '97 financial crisis )

LKY - Lawyer by training ; "I'll sue!See you in court!Make sure you're bankrupt!
(one of the cases in point as there are many ; Worker's Party late JP Jeyaratnam)"

LKY cannot hold a candle to TDM.

Jeng3

Your infantile tantrums is getting old and boring. When are you ever, ever, ever going to stop bashing Singapore. Are you still pissed off about being equated to a driver's friend when you visited a Chinese friend in Singapore during your school days? It's old news Dr.M. Get over it!!! A mistake was made a long time ago and do let it go for your own health's sake. It's eating you up inside out and blinding you with hatred.

Then again, is it because MM LKY upstaged and outperformed you in the world's theater. Every developed country welcomes him and listen to his speeches and advise while you are only a insignificant voice in some third world countries.

Maybe you can't stand it when Singapore GNP and standard of living is first world while you are stuck in third world status.

No, it's just business with Singapore. Nothing personal. Singapore has grown up with semangat yang baru while Malaysia is still sucking on it's thumb. Singapore is doing everything it can to compete and better itself in the world and let it be that some short sighted person like you see it as the "Middle Kingdom" or some other terms.

You were outmaneuvered in every turn and corner when you were in power by Singapore and still carries sour grapes.

Majullah Singapura.

TUN.
Izinkan.
By MalayJessyJames on June 17, 2009 3:04 PM
"Si Kitol In Modern Age"
Saya setuju dan suka tulisan anda. teruskan usaha untuk memberi nasihat dan kesedaran pada saudara2 kita yang mudah lupa dan sengaja buat2 lupa.
Melayu sekarang berada di hujung jalan yang bersimpang. Tak tahu nak beluk kiri atau kanan.
Kekeliruan dan diperbodoh2kan oleh pemimpin2 yang tak bertanggung jawab. Yang hanya untuk mencari kepuasan nafsu dan kepengtingan diri sendiri.
Siapa lah si Kitol ini didalam negara kita sekarang. Dan siapa lah boleh di tafsirkan sebagai Bendahara Mandaliar itu. Apa yang jelas mereka berdua ini seperti sorang To guru tu...dan sorang lagi macam si Anu tu....
Biarlah bumi dan bangsa tergadai asalakan "Hmm...Puas hati aku" Gitu lah yang ada di hati mereka2 ini agak nya.
Maaf ler.... sekadar melihat yang tersirat dan tersurat.
Kisah si Kitol dan Bendahara Mandaliar ini hanya boleh di ketahui kesah nya jika kita belajar sejarah. Rasa nya anak2 muda sekarang ada yang tak pernah dengar pun nama2 ini.

In Chinese Custom We Should Never Criticise Our HOSTS !

http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-mans-mouth-speaks-faster-than-his.html

Was China truly an advanced nation at one time under the emperors and dynastys? The below website would help to ponder!

http://edsperience.vox.com/library/post/50-years-of-pap---the-relative-greatness-of-ancient-china-why-mahathir-is-wrong.html

Assalamualaikum Tun Yang Amat Dihormati,

1.Pada pendapat saya,apa yang tersirat daripada penulisan Tun adalah negara kita terutamanya pemimpin harus berhati-hati menerima 'tetamu'daripada luar terutamanya yang mempunyai ikatan kuat dengan Yahudi dan pihak barat(terutamanya Amerika).

2.Memandangkan Singapura adalah negara perdagangan yang mempunyai rangkaian perdagangan yang besar dengan negara barat terutamanya,sudah tentu negara itu terjejas teruk akibat kemelesetan ekonomi sekarang.Lawatannya ke sini bukan lawatan biasa ,beliau mencari peluang yang boleh memberi manfaat kepada ekonomi negaranya,beliau juga seperti berminat untuk mengetahui situasi politik di Malaysia.Tidak salah,tetapi memandangkan beliau juga adalah bekas warganegara Malaysia,dan Singapura adalah sebahagian daripada Malaysia dahulu,mahu atau tidak kerajaan negara ini perlu berwaspada.Sekira boleh mereka ingin mengatasi Malaysia dalam apa-apa bidang sekalipun.

3.Pada pandangan saya,persaingan itu sihat,tetapi beliau merasa tidak senang apabila Malaysia berada di landasan kecemerlangan sewaktu Tun menjadi PM dahulu.Tun tegas apabila berdepan dengan hal kedaulatan negara.Saya masih ingat,beliau berkata tidak mudah 'dealing'dengan Tun,dulu.Sememangnya dalam menjaga kedaulatan dan kepentingan negara kita tidak boleh terlalu tunduk kepada negara tertentu yang akan merugikan negara dan rakyat dalam jangka panjang kelak.Malaysia adalah negara merdeka,kita boleh berlajar pekara yang baik daripada mereka tetapi bagaimana hendak mentadbir negara....sorry.Kita ada 'acuan'kita sendiri.

4.Pada pandangan saya,beliau mencari peluang apa yang boleh 'diraih'
peluang dari negara ini untuk 'survival' negaranya mungkin untuk jangkamasa 50-70 tahun lagi.LKY bagi saya juga seorang pemikir yang hebat seperti Tun.Hanya Tun Dan LKY antara pemimpin yang masih hidup tahu apa yang berlaku dan maksud tersirat dan tersurat antara dua negara yang hebat ini.Tetapi kalau ditanya kepada saya yang lahirkan di Johor baharu dan dibesarkan di Singapura pada awal 70-an,saya seperti mereka yang lain tiada masalah dengan penduduknya,hanya ada perasaan berhati-hati dengan pihak kepimpinan dan pentadbiran kerajaan Singapura(hasil daripada tidaktanduk kerajaan negara itu semenjak berpisah daripada Malaysia hingga sekarang-dimana LKY selalu disebalik takbir),terutamanya perluasan dan penambakan kawasan negara itu.

5.Kepentigan negara ini nampak 'goyah' di bawah siapa lagi kalau bukan PM ke-5.Semasa Tun menjadi Pm rakyat merasa selesa(tak payah tanya pembangkang dan mereka yang tahu merungut....tahu dah jawapan standard mereka).Kerana kami yakin dengan Tun,kerana Tun
pandai'bawa diri'dan 'No monkey business'bila berhadapan dengan kedaulatan dan maruah negara.

6.Saya berserah kepada kebijaksanaan kepimpinan yang ada.Harapan kami rakyat Malaysia supaya DSNTR, TOLONG teliti dan mendapat nasihat yang betul dalam membuat apa-apa keputusan yang melibatkan kepentingan negara dan rakyat.

7.Masih menaruh harapan jambatan(jambatan bengkok) menggantikan tambak Johor manjadi realiti,jambatan ketiga tidak perlu.Selesaikan masalah rakyat(negara ini) dahulu seperti kesesakan lalu lintas di Tambak Johor.

Semoga Tun Sentiasa berada dalam keadaan sihat dan dilindungi Allah.
AYUH,BERSATU HATI RAKYAT SEMUA UNTUK KESEJAHTERAAN NEGARA TERCINTA,MALAYSIA.WE LOVE YOU, TUN.
P.S:Kepada Puan HBT yang dihormati,
Pada pendapat saya,apa kata buat masa ini Puan tidak payah layan Si Ravi yang berlagak hero,tu.Oleh kerana komennya selalu 'dilepaskan',maka menjadi-jadilah perangainya....macam siapa ye....oh ye,macam seorang Yb yang jadi'sasau'dalam parlimen tiga hari sudah, tu.Tapi nak buat macam manakan.., dah kena sindrom ni,
orang macam Si Ravi ni mana tahu nak beradap bila ke 'rumah'orang.
Kepada Lim lao bei:Tun 'sour grape'??'Sour grape'kan bagus sebagai penawar kepada rasa 'meloyakan'menutraelkan pemikiran seperti kamu!!

To All Singaporean and Singapore Supporters,

Please wake up! LKY never relinquish his POWER until today.

Do you know why? He never trust anyone of you except his family.

That is why he got the title "Little Emperor".

There's no one in Singapore who is good enough to hold important key positions.

If there is, it is just a breathing puppet.

Malaysian regardless of race, better wake up too.

There is no such thing as 'helping your neighbour' in Singapore dictionary or a win-win situation.

Please read history. It tells everything.

Lee Makan You

Hi Sir,

I am not writing to defend my ex Prime Minister MM Lee because I am not a fan of his and never will be. But that's another story....I just feel compelled to write as your article display the exact nit picking and small-frame-against-big-picture mentality that seems to elude many Malays. Race is just a combo of our biological state and I worry for the Malaysians in general if political leaders seems hung up on the color of their skin in order to dictate them wealth, success and status in the society.

I am a Singaporean Malay if described by the general census. I am so glad that my ID states Javanese as my race, just so that I can get away from the stigma that comes with being the stereotypical Malays. But the brutal truth is, if the Singaporean Malays are not somewhere up there in the corporate ladder or the top of some ministry, it simply boils that in certain quarters, the Singaporean Malays are simply not good enough. There are many outstanding Malay individuals in my country, each excelling in their own field. If there are grouses about the lack of Malays in some quarters of our government, it simply means another better non-Malay is fulfilling that job.

Its not about just giving out to any MALAYS to do any jobs. Its about giving to a GOOD Malay, if and when there are any, to do that job. Case in point is Malaysia's Yasmin Ahmad's involvement with the Singapore government advertising campaign. Malay? Checked. Malaysian? Double checked.

Salam Tun,

Looks like orang Melayu di Malaysia seakan akan mengizinkan kaum lain mengiyakan hasrat mereka menjadikan Malaysia menjadi sebuah republik. Kaum lain sekarang bersatu dibawah naungan parti ... sebagai landasan untuk mencapai cita cita mereka sedangkan Melayu berpecah belah. I am not a Malaysian nor Singaporean Malay but I am praying that Melayu bersatu lah demi bangsa dan negara......Singapore secara bertulis mengakui Melayu adalah indegineous people. Hargai lah hak orang Melayu, invest in knowledge dan amalkan lah ajaran Islam demi mengecapi kejayaan sebenar.......kemajuan tiada bererti if maruah melayu tergadai di negeri sendiri.

Dear Tun,

Please do not commit fraticide by shooting off your own friends and counterparts. You seem to have a penchant for finding quarrels over negligble matters. Apparently you have never heard of the English idiom, "make friends, not enemies" before, Doctor. (Please remember that you got your degree in King Edward VII Medical College, Singapore

1: You pick fights with Lee Kuan Yew.
2: You pick fights with Pak Lah (Abdullah Badawi).
3: You manage to split UMNO up into rival factions.

Is this for the good of Malaysia?

Please enlighten me here, Che Det. What is the point of making personal attacks and criticisms on indivduals or other sovereign states? To forge bilateral relations to improve terms of trade? Is this for the good of Malaysia, again? Or is it just a personal grudge which remains perenially?

I have wondered why you have chosen to voice your comments and ideologies from the sidelines instead of taking the helm. Why rule by proxy when you don't have absolute power? It would also be more constructive to sound workable solutions and policies instead of mindless and baseless criticisms, with all due respect. Somehow, it seems that you have also kept the age-old tradition of splitting Malaysia along communal lines by insinuating that us Malays will lose out in the development of the Iskandar region.

It appears that you are severely outdated. We, the modern-age and young Malays, are more than able to maintain our standing amongst other races (such as obtaining a high proficiency in English), thank you very much for your concerns. What we need is racial harmony, not racial segregation, so please stop hinting that we are losing out in everything and belittling us in every way.

Malaysia does not owe Singapore anything. If so, why are our leaders (you included, with all due respect) even entering into bilateral relations with Singapore, even though you criticise Singapore for viewing Malaysia as its hinterland? Surely, according to the economic framework of comparative advantage, trade is always mutually beneficial to both parties. We would prefer both Malaysia and Singapore to grow rich, instead of both remaining poor. As for the 3 sen per 1000 gallons of water, I am surprised that Che Det remains ignorant of the contract signed in the 1960s stipulating such a price, conveniently leaving out the details. It is just too bad that the contract was inked and signed at that time, with such unfavourable terms for us. With all your astuteness and sagacity, I would have hoped that you could pick new topics of contention with Singapore instead of relying on the water issue, which is what, 50 years old?

Just what grudge do you have against Singapore? You have been the Prime Minster of Malaysia for 22 long years, and surely most of the credit of Malaysia's development over the eras, from aeons ago, must go to you. However, Malaysia seems to be lagging behind Singapore further and further. Why is this so, when Malaysia has greater manpower resources and a panoply of natural resources, unlike Singapore? Should we question our leaders on the success (or lack thereof) of Malaysia in recent years, or should we place the blame on Singapore again?

By portraying Lee Kuan Yew as an Emperor controlling global issues, it seems that you relished being a figure on the world stage and you are residing in nostalgy, reminiscencing about the past when you were all-important. With all due respect, since you have given up your post as Prime Minster of Malaysia voluntarily, please give your successors a chance to rule. It hardly seems to be for the good of both Malaysia and UMNO when you voice criticisms of your own party members. Please be mindful that Anwar Ibrahim is waiting in the wings in case of a political failure.

I hope you would understand that it may be better to teach youths about the value of bilateral relations and friendships since they are certainly useful, instead of teaching them how to criticise without any legitimate basis.

Thank you, Tun

The writer is a 17 year old Malay student residing in Johor. Please do not be amazed by his use of lexicons, or look up their definitions in a dictionary.

LKY FINDS THE TUN STILL STRONG !

http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1936&Itemid=181

NO POINT TALKING ABT THIS 3 SEN STORY. DAMAGE IS ALREDY DONE LING TIME BACK. MALAYSIA SHOULD BE SMART ENOUGH TO REDUCE THE FLOW INTO SINGAPORE. THE ONLY WAY TO REDUCE THE FLOW INTO SINGAPORE IS TO SUPPLY ELSEWHERE THE WATER. I AM SURE THERE IS NOTHING WRITTEN IN THE AGREEMENT ON THE VOLUME OF WATER WE SHOULD SUPPLY TO SINGAPORE. CONSIDERING WE ARE ALREADY LOSING MIGHT AS WELL REDUCE OUR DAMAGE.

ANYWAY AS FOR THE MINITORY EFFECT..HAHAHA..NO NEED TO GO TO SINGAPORE YOU CAN DO IT IN MALAYSIA AS WELL...IF YOU DON;T KNOW WHO ARE THE MINORITIES TRY INDIANS

Tun,
Saya menyanjung sumbangan Tun kepada Malaysia, kalau lah Tun mempunyai perasaan kejam dan memerintah secara kuku besi seperti LKY sudah tentu Malaysia lebih maju dari keadaan sekarang tetapi selama 20 tahun Tun memerintah Tun terlalu lembut dan sentiasa bertolak ansur. Saya tidak pasti sama ada menjadi Melayu yang tidak berada di dalam kelas elit bermaksud menjadi warga negara kelas ke 2 itu lebih baik atau pun 13 Mei ke 2 itu lebih baik. Saya berterima kasih kerana ketika pemerintahan Tun banyak peluang diberikan kepada anak Melayu dan saya merasakan bahawa saya bernasib baik membesar ketika dizaman pemerintahan Tun dan menjadikan saya sgt yakin utk bersaing dimana mana jua. Saya tidak benci kepada mana mana pihak tapi saya sangat berharap supaya 13 Mei itu berulang kembali, mungkin kah setiap 30 tahun kita memerlukan "reset" supaya kita menjadi lebih baik? Mungkinkah kematian bebrapa ribu orang didalam rusuhan itu boleh menjadikan Malaysia lebih melonjak maju? Mungkinkah kemerdekaan secara damai itu kesilapan? Satu yang pasti pemberian warganegara secara membabi buta pada awal penubuhan Tanah Melayu (Malaysia) adalah satu jenayah dan perlu diperbetulkan.

SALAM AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN
IZINKAN,

By SesquipedalianAuthor Profile Page on June 17, 2009 3:10 PM
YOU BELIEVE 'UNCLE LEE' CAN GOVERN A COUNTRY LIKE MALAYSIA WITH A MALAY/MUSLIM MAJORITY?...BULLS... UNLESS ALL THE MELAYU MALAYSIA HAVE LOST THEIR WAY TO THE MOSQUES..PERHAPS.
AND YOU BELIEVE 'UNCLE LEE' WILL ALLOW MULTIPLE OPPOSITIONS IF HE WAS TO RULE?..A BIGGER BULLS...

IF YOU'RE A 'LINGAMPOOP' MALAYSIAN BY ALL MEANS GO FIND YOUR KEEPS ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY. OTHERWISE, PLEASE BE APPRECIATIVE AND THANKFUL FOR ALL THE PEACE AND PROSPERITY THAT OUR GREATEST MALAY LEADER HAD PROVIDED.

By bulanAuthor Profile Page on June 17, 2009 2:46 PM
A VERY DOWN TO EARTH POSTING.. FAIR AND JUST, THANK YOU

MAY THE ALMIGHTY BLESS ALL GOOD CITIZENS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAUSEWAY.

Salam TDM,

we all(msian) know 3 sen per 1000 gallons of raw water is ludacris,

but a deal is a deal,

it was done before you and i were even born ,

but then to me ,,that they (spore) really rely upon water solely because much of their industries depend on water.(esp, Electronic and semiconductor )

they can use their "NEW WATER"(N.A.S.A technology anyway) but how much can they recycle from biological waste to meet their economic demand.

previously i know Johore is using treated water from spore.
but now i know we have our own water company doing it privately for our own usage ,

we are giving away our VERY GOOD WATER for 3 sen per 1000 gallons,

therefore why not we give it for free of our NOT SO GOOD WATER..

the aggreement just state supply of water from johore to spore
..what type or quality of water is not mentioned in the pre-historic aggreement.

so why not we try this and see what happen..

Tun,
Saya setuju dengan Askay. Bagi saya lawatan Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) ke Malaysia tanpa menemui Tun dalam senarai lawatan itu tidak membawa apa-apa kesan terhadap Tun.Sekurang-kurangnya ada pemimpin kita seperti Tun yang tidak perlu membuang masa untuk menemui Maharaja LKY.Tun, negara kita telah membuat banyak kesilapan dalam pelbagai hubungannya dengan Singapura termasuklah isu harga air dan sebagainya.
Semua ini sepatutnya memberi pengajaran kepada kita bahawa apabila kita berurusan dengan Singapura, kita mesti berhati-hati apabila berbincang, membuat sebarang perjanjian kerana Singapura bukan sahaja akan memperhalusinya supaya menguntungkan mereka malah diperkuatkan dengan peruntukan undang-undang.
Oleh itu, pemimpin-pemimpin politik kita haruslah berhati-hati dan jangan pandai-pandai membuat sebarang janji dalam perbincangan mereka dengan pemimpin-pemimpin Singapura terutama apabila melibatkan kedaulatan dan masa dengan negara kita.
Malangnya, kita masih tidak mahu mempelajari daripada kesilapan yang lalu.Apabila kita tidak dapat membina jambatan lurus kerana kedegilan Singapura, kita memberikan republik itu bertapak di kawasan Iskandar, Johor secara percuma tanpa sebarang quid pro-quo daripada republik itu.
Dan terbaru, kita mudah beralah apabila bersetuju membina jambatan ketiga dengan Singapura, sedangkan kita benar-benar memerlukan jambatan baru bagi menggantikan Tambak Johor.
Saya tidak mahu mengulas lanjut mengenai perkara ini, tetapi cuba kita fikirkan bahawa dalam setiap rundingan kita tidak selicik Singapura, sentiasa beralah dan sentiasa rugi kerana kita tidak mahu mempelajari daripada kesilapan kita apabila berunding dengan Singapura.
Maaf Tun, mungkin orang lain memperketawakan kita kerana kebodohan dan kemurahan hati kita tetapi itulah hakikatnya.
Salam Tun.

Tun,

Sebagaimana Tun tahu, dulu masa Singapore keluar dari Malaysia, LKY sebenarnya dia mahukan Johor sekali, bukan setakat Singapore sahaja.

Ketidakpuashatian dan dendam kesumat LKY tidak pernah padam sejak daripada itu. Dengan desakkan Singa UMNO masa itu dan juga ahli-ahli UMNO yang lain, Johor berjaya diselamatkan.

Tun & LKY adalah rakan sebaya (lebih kurang) dalam arena politik pada masa itu. Tok Guru hapak kat Tun supaya masuk balik dalam politik atas sebab tertentu setelah kecewa dgn politikdan dasar-dasar kerajaan pada masa itu.

LKY bernasib baik kerana berjaya take over Singapore dalam usia muda berbanding dengan Tun. Walaubagaimanapun, dalam masa 22 tahun Tun mampu melaksanakan kemajuan fizikal pada Malaysia walaupun gagal dalam menukar cara pemikiran orang Melayu.

LKY mungkin berjaya menukar mentality org Singapore kerana LKY mempunyai masa yang lebih berbanding dengan Tun. Kalau lah Tun dapat take over Malaysia seawal macam LKY take over Singapore, saya tak leh bayangkan macam mana la Malaysia sekarang dengan rakyatnya mungkin lebih advance.

LKY mungkin dia aksyen sekarang kerana dia dari Meewa Famliy. Duit dari gunung sudah turun Tun. Dia mungkin banyak duit sekarang sbb tu merata dia nak pi sebab mungkin nak melabur. Nak melabur di Singapore mungkin dah tepu, so LKY nampak Malaysia yang dia boleh tabur duit-duit tu. Dalam masa yang sama nk kongka Malaysia.

Dalam masa yang di Malaysia, “Si Kitol” dan "Bendahara Mandaliar" membuka pintu untuk depa masuk. Sebab tu la dia berani cakap Melayu boleh keje kt Malaysia (kurang ajar la tu). Kita jgn marahkn LKY, kita marahkan Si Kitol & si memanda Bendahara la.

Tapi Tun, kita kalau nk tumbangkan Singapore dalam satu malam jer Tun. Ini pernah berlaku ape. Isu air biak pi la. nanti bila-bila boleh kita kata, kau org cuci ponggong pon guna air Johor. Yang penting kita sediakan orang-orang kita supaya jgn jadi Si Kitol dan jadi memanda Bendahara yang bahalol. Cukup 2061 Singapore masuk balik. Yang penting surat jangan hilang lagi macam Pulau batu putih minit mesyuarat pon hilang (ke kena curik).

Mahathir scoffs at MM's visit.

He should not comment on this visit.
His behaviour is uncalled for. He should be more courteous
and polite in addressing issues in Malaysia and other matters
when commenting.
He ended his blog post by writing that he had more to say about
MM Lee but would reserve this for later. This shows that his attitude and mindset is frustating and the only way to venge his anger, frustration and criticism is to write in his own blog.

PM Najib and all cabinet ministers of Malaysia, do you accept these kind of remarks on his own blog.

We do our utmost best to serve our country.
Avoid attacking ministers or civilservants in the government sector.

Last but not least, Mahathir should not criticise the Malaysian and Singapore government openly. Time for you to retire and sit back
to enjoy your retirement age. If he insist on continuing to criticise the current governments, his remarks should be monitored closely by the Malaysian government to prevent him going over the limit.

POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND MINDSET.
SEIZE THE DAY, TAKE IT EASY.

COURTESY IS OUR WAY OF LIVE.

AC on June 16 made a very good case as to why water was priced and remained at 3 sen. Mahathir conveniently ignored the facts and told only half truths. That is his style. No wonder LKY cannot stand him. Blow hot blow cold in the same breath. Like a cobra!

And to my dismay, bloggers too chose to ignore the facts and talked about nasi lemak etc.

He steered Malaysia into the financial crisis and he steered Malaysia out of the financial crisis by pegging the ringgit to the US dollar. Many Singaporeans lost money having fixed deposit account in Malaysian ringgit. He is always trying to fix Singapore.

He will not hesitate to demolish Anwar Ibrahim and Abdullah Badawi. Under his PM the IGP punched a prisoner.

Malays in general are very nice people. It is only when they are in power that they become unnice. Mahathir with great skills play the emotions of the Malays to his advantage. He is unwittingly helping LKY to outperform him.

Malaysia and Singapore have much to gain by co-operation. Not buying MIGs to bomb Singapore!

To those who do not know what an agreement is, refer to the below and stop making noise.
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agreement

Main Entry: agree·ment
Pronunciation: \ə-ˈgrē-mənt\
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 a: the act or fact of agreeing b: harmony of opinion, action, or character : concord
2 a: an arrangement as to a course of action b: compact, treaty
3 a: a contract duly executed and legally binding b: the language or instrument embodying such a contract

salam Tun,

Tehtarik must have been joking when he / she said that transportation is Singapore is cheap!LOL hahahaha!

Aiseyman,you REALLY been to Singapore or not?don't blufflah my friend!

If you don't have money in Singapore,better dielah!Buka mata need money,tutup mata need money,carpark also middle of the night pay ticket,mah!

Go clinic need LOTS of money...haiyaa better die loh if you don't have money,man!

At least in Malaysia you can go to government clinic and pay RM1!

Haiyaa...lu siowlah!

Jeng3

Tun, just admit it you have been sidelined by Harry and now you feel malu about it.

Salam Sejahtera kepada Tun dan Keluarga.
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Macam Mana Tun dapat idea kasi Lky title baru, the 'little emperor'.
Your article very stinging and right at the cutting edge.

I cant inmagine kalau Tun not around apa jadi pada Malaysia.semua nya akan jadi pak turut.

Saya tak dapat nak bayang kan kalau Malaysia tu sekecil Singapura dan Singapura sebesar Malaysia dah lama kita di tindas,tengok saja israel.Another words the small Malaysia would have been steam rolled flat by the bigger Singapore.

Kepada mereka yang komen tentang Singapura mengamalkan meritokrasi,saya sarankan lihat saja angkatan tentera singapura,yang berpangkat tinggi siapa,adakah Melayu begitu tidak berkeupayaan,dont try to teach Malaysia about the NEP.Apa jadi pada sekolah sekolah Melayu di Singapura buka lah mata.Di sini Meritokrasi ada lah perkataan sahaja tetapi apa yang di amalkan amat berbeza sekali.

Tun definitely you are not alone.God Bless You Tun.Take good care of your health

i still dont understand why you didnt clear your job whilst in power but prefer to stay sideline and criticise?
when you pulled the sultan powers down i really take my hats off you!
but now?? i'm having a headache!

Salam Tun

I feel I have to agree with comments from OrgJohor (June 15) and UpholdJustice (June 15). The first thing we must know and digest is that LKY studied in Cambridge and thus he has a brilliant mind (as has been seen from his establishment and realisation of Singapore). However, it doesn't mean we are every bit less brilliant than him. I cannot believe the Sultans and rulers can entertain this man..what ? Are they so happy to have fine cigar with him and indulge in useless talks about the colonial ways? I have stated before and I state it now again...I am not in favour of a system where certain people are treated way above other people and who can simply travel along a crowded highway with some siren and police escorts and live in palaces like kings, while we, the ordinary public, mumble and bungle our way through the backbreaking traffic jam. I think foreigners who come here realise how stupid we are to allow such a thing to happen. Of course such rulers and leaders would not want such priveleges taken away from them which even makes them appear more stupid because they do not think that the ordinary intelligent citizen notices!

First the water issue. Who is the stupid UMNO leader who signed this ridiculous water agreeement with Singapore? He should be kicked in the butt! I only have 1 thing to say. It is our fault. Any common layman can see that the price of the sale of water must reflect changing times and be also based on supply and demand. I suspect that someone silly made a contract a long, long time ago to fix the price of water with Singapore for hundreds of years and if so, there is nothing we can do about it until the contract terminates. I mean, we have had stupid Malay rulers who have given away large and valuable and strategic and precious lands of ours in the past such as Singapore and Penang and others have capitalized on it and made these land very commercially successful. To that I say we have nobody to blame but those past leaders. And people will continue to talk about their blunders in many years to come. It is our water. We are the giver and Singapore is the asker. We have water. Singapore does not have water. How come our UMNO leaders can even fail to even make a commercial and profitable venture out of this? A bright leader with foresight would have made our country very rich doing business with Singapore. But look what kind of leaders are coming out of UMNO until we are making big losses on this contract and Singaporeans are happily laughing their heads off. Well done, UMNO! And to top it all off, your leader went and handed off a piece of land/rock to the Singaporeans under his short tenureship. Singapore -2 Malaysia - 0 ! This shows UMNO leaders (except you) cannot govern! And Singapore implemented their national youth programme way before Malaysia implemented Rakan Muda, making their people very disciplined and nation-minded! I think all the loss Malaysia is making on this sale of water to Singapore issue should be deducted from the salaries of UMNO leaders or more correctly, the stupid person who signed the contract in the first place!

Second Uphold Justice's statement about the Chinese getting involved in Iskandariah will make it more commercially vibrant. I really respect the Chinese community in Malaysia because compared to the Malays, they are way, way hardworking. I always like to compare myself with them to ensure that I am constantly on my feet and not lagging behind. Unfortunately many a Malays (and a good number from UMNO) like to just goyang kaki and get the contract and let the Chinese do the work which in the end makes the Chinese richer! This is so common with UMNO politicans, it makes me sick!!! It is this lazy tidak apa attitude which is why Malays have not progressed much. Otherwise we would be at a level where we can handle the development of Iskandariah ourselves without involvement of non-Malaysians!!!

I have to also agree with JJJ on his approach. There cannot be excuse for stupid UMNO leaders who have been outsmarted in business to the advantage of our opponents. Singaporeans have outsmarted us on many fronts (water, technology, land development, commercial appeal). We have learnt, seen and done nothing - that is what UMNO leaders have done (except under you when rapid development took place and Singapore got its rightful cold shoulder treatment).

Under Najib, I don't know how much worse it is going to get. He'd better be careful. He is opening the doors to Singaporeans once again and he'd better be careful not to be outsmarted by them, otherwise we all will suffer and he just runs away into the shadows! Some leaders just don't learn!

However having said that I do note the words of Rimba Emas. However I don't think he understands the problem where S'poreans reprocess our water sold to them cheaply and sold back to us at a higher price. I cannot understand how we can be so stupid. Yes, we can be humane...but only to people who are deserving. If we are humane to people who take advantage of our humanity, why should we be humane to them, then ?

I have to applaud Askay for a very deserving comments. It shows how silly our current leaders are. And I am not placing much hope in them! The sooner we change leaders to more capable persons, the better!

Attaturk : [The only thing the mainstream papers did not do was show pictures of Najib and the rest of the leaders, BN or Opposition prostrating before this "Emperor".

At this rate we are going, very soon Singapore will be our next colonial masters.]

Ha...ha..ha...ha..... I must say that I really have not been impressed with Najib so far ... a lot of talk, flamboyance, lawat sini lawat sana...but still no action! I think he really went off to a bad start...the way he structured his cabinet. I cannot believe that he lumped Culture and ICT into one Ministry and Badlisham even supported it by saying it helps to infuse culture into technology!

And finally I have to agree with OrangLama which I simply must reproduce below : Keluarga saya biasa sangat lah dengan sifat orang Cina. Sebab itu lah saya bersama UMNO. Depa kuat bekerja berusaha bersungguh2 dan kebanyakan cara depa dapat pun cara betul. Tetapi malangnya orang Melayu kita ni lembik , lemah dan tak cukup kuat untuk bersaing dengan depa. Jangan marah saya pun orang Melayu. saya tak kata orang Cina itu tidak baik. saya kata orang Melayu itu lemah ,kurang pengalaman. Nanti hang pa rugi. Orang Melayu suka dipuji! semua boleh jadi! Kaum lain buat baik sikit depa terkenang dan menyebut budi berkali2. Kalau orang melayu buat baik depa lekas lupa, seprti "kacang lupa kulit".

It is better to let the Malays fall and pick themselves up...they will be a lot stronger and wiser then!

u sound like a sour grapes.... LKY meets the rest even the opposition party but not u so u feel like a no body. In fact, u r a no body.... no longer a PM

Mr Mahathir, for whatever you and his views are worth, you cannot hold a candle to Mr Lee Kuan Yew. If I may summarise both your achievements and successes (if only I could deign to call yours by those terms), no one would fault me if I say, 'Mahathir has made a country into a kampong, whereas Lee Kuan Yew has developed a kampong into a country'.

You come across as a thoroughly disgruntled mumpsimus, who still smarts from the pain of your ineptness and incompetence. Of course, I concede, we cannot blame you for your feeling envious of your contemporary, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who has so much between his ears, much respected, sangfroid and is a juggernaut to his detractors.

While Mr Lee Kuan Yew will go down in history, Mr Mahathir, I deeply regret to say, you will be found in history's waste bin.

I (too) got a lot more to say about a makebate like you, but perhaps, I shall reserve it for another time when you are ready.

"Si Kitol In Modern Age"

Dahulu gadingan Tuanku Sultan yang berjiwa rakyat dan memanda Bendahara yang bijaksana menjadikan kerajaan Melayu Melaka sebuah empayar terhebat di nusantara.

Akibat hasad dengki dan tamak haloba empayar tumbang akibat si kitol. Percaturan politik Melayu semakin gawat dan mengundang situasi tidak menentu. Wibawa pemimpin tersasar untuk dilihat daif kadang kalanya. Sopan beretika kian merudum nilai peribadi apabila terjelma watak-watak “si kitol” yang khianat membuka rahsia pertahanan kerajaan Melayu Melaka menjadikan hancur sebuah empayar terhebat di nusantara. Agenda Yahudi menjadi kerajaan monarki kepada kerajaan berpelembagaan terlaksana.

Lima ratus tahun kesannya Melayu menjadi “penjilat” kaki penjajah, lima ratus tahun jugalah Melayu kehilangan harga diri menjadi hamba penjajah yang silih berganti “memperkosa” bumi Melayu semahu mungkin. Semua ini terjelma kesan pengkhianatan “Si Kitol” dan Bendahara Mandaliar.... begitulah kata sejarah.

Dan setelah Melayu mengapai usia lima puluh dua tahun merdeka “si Kitol” muncul lagi bersama dendam yang tidak menentu. Jiwa bersalut haloba disebalik kilau memperolehi kuasa menjadikan mereka tersilau untuk tidak dapat melihat percaturan licik pendatang.

Pada tahun ke lima puluh dua (52) Melaka diperintah oleh Sultan Mudzaffar Syah dan Sultan Mansur Syah. Melaka meluaskan tanah jajahannya dari Manjong, Selangor, Batu Pahat, Kampar dan Indragiri. Membebaskan Kedah daripada Siam sehingga menyebabkan kemarahan Siam. Perkembangan dan kemakmuran Melaka ini adalah disebabkan pemerintahan yang adil serta dibantu oleh Bendahara dan pahlwan yayang bijaksana serta memiliki budi perkti mulia.

Lain pula yang terjadi pada zaman Melayu moden sekarang. Apabila pihak musuh melihat Melayu tidak dapat ditewaskan dengan senjata. Pihak musuh menjalankan perang saraf dengan merosakan jati diri orang Melayu. Perang dijalankan dengan menguasai ekutiti syarikat-syarikat Kerajaan. Tanah baru dibuka kemajuan agar “orang luar” boleh meniaga.

Kekalutan mengumpul kekayaan dari “rampokan” harta khazanah negara dan persekutuan yang sepatutnya dinikmati rakyat bagai tidak mampu disekat. Yakin marhain dijadikan saham jijik meraih keuntungan bergelar pemimpin. Perebutan mengejar jawatan untuk dijadikan lesen besar memunggah kemewahan adalah watak-watak Bendahara Mandaliar bersama “Si Kitol” kian menerewang-rewang di dalam kerajaan.

Pemimpin yang seharusnya menjadi “payung” unggul melindungi bangsa Melayu dan Negara kian diasak oleh percaturan sempit mengejar jawatan dan kedudukan yang tentunya bakal menghakiskan keyakinan rakyat terhadap kemurnian idelisma perjuangannya.

Pimpinan hari ini bagaikan tidak bermaya untuk mengusir “parasit-parisit” politik yang berlegar di anjung serambi kuasa mengadu domba sesama sebangsa memunculkan beberapa “antagonis Melayu” bergerak memasang jerangkap waktu.

Tiang seri rumah Melayu semakin tenat diragut anai-anai dan parisit politik yang berselindung disebalik yakin ahli meletakkan mereka bergelar pemimpin atau orang berwibawa mencanai hala cara bahtera perjuangan menyongsong angin selatan. Melayu lebih mengkritik orang lain daripada menilai diri sendiri. Salah sapa?

Persoalan Melayu mahu “membangsat” menjadi “barua” kapitan nanyang tidak sedikitpun dihiraukan oleh kalangan parasit politik ini asalkan “tembolok” dan kocek mereka terhimpun kekayaan peribadi biarpun dengan mengadai maruah suci Melayu.

Atas nama pemimpin biarpun sekecil ketua cawangan, parasit politik ini akan berlegar mendenak umpan mencuri perhatian pemimpin agar ada imbalan bernama “projek” disalurkan kepada mereka yang tentunya bakal di ali babakan tanpa merasa jijik atau malu.

Peras ugut politik semakin bermaharajalela tanpa batasan. Selagi mampu mendapat “habuan” perlakuan sumbang pemimpin tetap disembunyikan untuk tidak ditegur atau diperbetulkan dalam budaya ampu sana ampu sini. Seandainya tiada imbuhan, peribadi pemimpin pasti “dibogelkan” tanpa batasan. Caci hamun sesama sendiri merobek perasaan wira bangsa yang tentunya bakal mengundang kecewa kalangan penyokong.

Terkadang lebih mengecewakan bila adanya usaha “memaksumkan” pemimpin untuk dilihat sentiasa hebat, jaguh, bijak dan terpelihara dari melakukan kesilapan.

Aduhai....

Sesekali muncul juga pertanyaan sejauh mana Melayu mampu mempertahankan dirinya untuk terus unggul memayungi untung nasib bangsanya bila petualang sukar disisihkan dari “berladang” di halaman tanpa ada yang berani mengusir. Bagaimana mampu Melayu menerajui bahtera Malaysia ke pulau impian untuk tidak lagi menjadi pengemis di bumi sendiri?

Ada kalanya terungkap juga persoalan apakah pimpinan hari ini sedar dan tahu dirinya seorang pemimpin? Tertanya juga dihati kecil tahukah menteri dari kalangan orang Melayu bahawa dirinya seorang menteri?

Mana mungkin seorang Menteri boleh celupar mulut, berhibur dikhalayak tanpa rasa malu mempamerkan kekayaan diri sambil menyedut asap curutu tentunya diimport dari luar negeri dengan nilai ratusan ringgit. Pastinya tidak munasabah seorang setiausaha sulit seorang menteri boleh memiliki kereta mewah bernilai hampir satu juta ringgit sedangkan ongkos gajinya setiap bulan belum pasti mampu membayar biaya ansuran.

Kenapa harus masih ada menteri yang mahu diarak bagai “pengantin” bersama paluan kompang setiap kali turun padang menjenguk untung nasib rakyat desa? Perlu apa puji dan sanjungan terhadap bapa menteri yang lalu lalang disekitar kotaraya sedangkan di kiri kanan jalan laluannya masih ujud pribumi Melayu bergelar setinggan!

Jika begini jadinya, kemana Melayu harus membawa diri? Munginkah Melayu bakal hilang dunianya tenggelam oleh perlakuan bangsanya sendiri. Mungkin betul kata Hang Tuah “Takkan Melayu tidak hilang di dunia” tetapi Melayu yang macam mana tidak hilang di dunia? Mungkin tinggal hanyalah Melayu “haprak”.

Walau apa pun kita perlu la bersyukur kepada Allah swt… Kesultanan Melayu telah dilanda badai yang amat besar dengan adanya Residen Inggeris dan juga Malayan Union yang bertujuan untuk menghancurkan tunjak kekuatan Islam dan Melayu. Usaha itu telah timbul semula dikala ini.

Sejarah telah tertulis.. jangan lah diulangi kesilapan lalu… bangkitlah bangsaku… musuh mu di sekeliling mu… menanti masa untuk meratah… kenali la si kitol dan Bendahara Mandaliar di sekitar mu.

Kemakuran negara yang tidak sepatutnya ini bukanlah untuk diratah oleh sekelumit umat, tapi untuk kepentingan Negara dan keseluruhan rakyat.

Setiap pandangan tidak semestinya dipersetujui atau di terima seluruhnya dan kita boleh untuk TIDAK BERSETUJU dengan sesuatu pandangan itu.

Mengkritik bukan bererti membenci, melahirkan pandangan berbeza bukanlah satu pengkhianatan. Sekadar meluahkan rasa berbuku dihati dan rasa saying rasa perihatin mengenangkan nasib bangsa sendiri yang lebih mencari kesalahan orang lain dari menilai jati diri sendiri. Wacana pemikiran harus berkembang sejajar peredaran zamannya.

“Kepada Allah kita berserah… kepada Allah kita beribadat… kepada Allah kita mohon kita pertolongaan…”

Assalamualaikum Tun Dr Mahathir,

What is envisaged by the little Emperor may become a reality, if Malaysians and politicians are not careful.

The dream was already in the pipe-line some years ago but it had to be canned because there was one man the little Emperor could not con-talk. When this Prime Minister of Malaysia, no other than Dr Tun Mahathir who was respected world-wide, as one of the most intelligent leaders the world has seen retired, not only the little Emperor but anyone who is half the intelligence and shrewdness of the little Emperor could buy over Malaysia, without much fuss.

It was no surprise to witness that the little Emperor was given a welcome, never bestowed to other leaders before. After the retirement of Dr Tun Mahathir, virtually all the politicians in power practiced such conduct that put to shame the performance of Malaysian politicians. They were instrumental to making all Malaysians hate their own politicians. Subsequently, they look over their shoulders for someone else to lead them, so that they could enjoy a comfortable life-style albeit superficially.

Every single person over the other side of the cause-way could buy a unit and save for the recession, everyone was gainfully employed. Of course, under the current Malaysian political leaders most of the Malays find difficulty in getting employment. But not too far away, all the Malays are employed with the majority of them working as drivers, messenger-boys/girls, parking attendants and factory hands, etc. However, a few hold top positions, too. Only a few but there are numerous Malays, holding very respectable positions in Malaysia.

To the many, it is better to ‘own’ a small unit with modern shower, toilet and kitchen rather than a very big block of land with ‘jamban tong’.

When it comes to business and making money, it unlikely the Malays can come close to those groups of people who now control the world-economy with their ‘otak geliga, otak penipu’ (quote, unquote Allahyarham P Ramlee AMN) life-style.

Though the Tun was one of the most intelligent leaders the world has seen, he led the country with total democracy. He must have forgotten what President Sukarno once said, ‘There is no such thing called total democracy but with a guided democracy only, will a country prosper.’ Of course, without the proper backing the Tun could not rope in all the opposition parties. There would be an outcry, world-wide.

It is rather sad that Malaysians cannot appreciate the intelligence, kindness and guidance of their own natural father but opt for someone else to guide them.

Regarding the bridge whether is straight, crooked, hanging or pointing towards the sky, it will be built to safe-guard the interest and survival of the kingdom rather than Malaysian interest.

The letter ‘M’ is not only for ‘Mahathir’ but also, ‘Malaysia’. Forget about Tun Dr Mahathir is as good as forgetting ‘Malaysia’. After this, if Malaysians are not wary, it will be PAP‘Pontianak Atas Pokok’ for all our beloved citizens, whether they are the Malays, Chinese or Indians. The role of pontianak is well-known and no recitation is necessary.

Singapura tu kecil je,sebab tu dia mampu tunjuk kekayaannya secara material dan bolih urus negara dengan semporna. Tapi sebenarnya tidaklah yang sebenarnya. Macam orang yang ramai anak tak bolih la nak bandingkan keluarga kecil. Keluarga besar kena catu segalanya untuk membesarkan anak-anak. Maka anak-anak tak bolih hidup mewah.
Ketika saya masih bertugas dinegara sendiri rasa macam miskin sangat Malaysia kita. Sekarang ini baru saya sedar sebenarnya Malaysia kaya. Ini diakui oleh orang barat, europe dan middle east. Mereka kata Malaysia kaya. Mereka ada yang cari peluang untuk bekerja atau belajar di Malaysia. Negara kita masih mampu membayar hutang dibank dunia. Kerajaan masih mampu beri subsidi pendidikan dll. Sumber alam tu jangan cerita la... suburnya negara kita, banyak kelapa sawit dll.
Jika hal air yang dibekalkan ke singapura tu... berdoa saja moga bertambah kaya Malaysia kita. Nak macam mana, perjanjian dah buat. Nanti 2016 kita tak tau la apa pula senario waktu itu. Pihak yang terlibat dengan penjualan air itu kena beri fakta yang kukuh kepada PM untuk buat tuntutan nilai air semasa.
Yang jadi geram saya di sini, mengapalahhhh projek jambatan johor tu tak menjadi??

By pulau_sibu

"There would be a few countries in the world who preach democracy and freedom. Malaysia and Mahathir should be the one to preach. Politically, we have a healthier system although ours is just slightly above average. We still allow the opposition to exist (now Dr. Mahathir started to say that oppositions are required). We don't sue the oppositions by father and son combined so that the opposition went bankrupt. We all believe that our judicial system is rotten and ruling is likely fixed by some one else. I believe Singapore is not much better than us when seeing the law sues by the politicians against the oppositions."

In Malaysia, especially Mahathir's era, the govt didn't sue the opposition. They didn't even put them on trial. They were put straight away into jail using Ikut Suka Aku law. This is democracy to you?

Dear Tun and everybody,

The main issue is not Malay in Singapore or Chinese in Malaysia. It's Malaysia and Singapore.

1. Singapore per capita income is at least 4.5 times higher than Malaysia. (USD 39,000 versus USD 8,500)

2. Singapre has excellent public transportation system. My friend with a family of 4 spend less than S$200 a month on transportation. I have to fork our more than RM 1000 a month on my Kelisa installment, toll, parking, maintanence and ect.

3. Malaysia has a population of 27 million with a manpower of 1.2 million in civil service. Ratio 1 to 22.5. Singapore has only eighty thousand civil servant versus 5 million population, ratio 1 to 62.5.

4. I do not hear any corruption in Singapore as compared to Malaysia. (Maybe all the hear say in Malaysia is just hear say.)

I only hope that those who are running our country has the passion and the political will to improve the situation here.

Regards.

Tun Mahathir,

Just to tell Yg Bhg Tun that I appreciate Mrs AC sharing of information on the water issue.

At least with this information we all should rationlise on why our Tun Mahathir is trying to put blame on our Fifth PM Pak Lah.....just merely personal ill-feeling where we all do not understand till todate....only God knows...

Just recap what our friend Mrs AC above:-

By AC on June 16, 2009 5:45 PM

Why did Mahathir agree to 3 sens per 1000 gallon during his time? A few pointers lifted from an earlier posting in my blog :

1) The construction of the reservoirs, dams and pipe works to bring the water to Johor and to Singapore, as well as it's upgrading and maintenance is all paid by Singapore - over the years it came up to a cost of more than S$1 Billion.

2) Back then, for every 1000 gallons of water:
- Singapore pays 3 sen for the raw water from Malaysia
- Singapore pays RM2.40 to treat this water
- Malaysia pays 50 sen to buy this treated water from Singapore
- Malaysia sells this treated water at RM3.95 to Johor residents

Johor made a profit of RM128,000 every day by selling treated water bought at a much lower price from Singapore. That's a tidy net profit as the cost of construction is fully paid by Singapore (refer pt 1).

3) The two Water Agreements allowed for a price review after 25 years, that is in 1986 and 1987 respectively. But Malaysia did not ask for a review at that time. It was a calculated decision by Malaysia not to review. Johor State Assembly Speaker Zainalabidin Mohd Zain made this clear : "There was no point in doing so because Johor was dependent on Singapore for its treated water supply, and Singapore would have also increased its price of treated water sold to Johor." So, Malaysia did not ask for a price review then because it have benefited Malaysia more for the status quo to continue (refer point 2).

4) Despite Malaysia choosing not to review the prices during the periods where they could under the treaty (refer pt 3), Singapore is still open to a price review - if only the Malaysia government under Mahathir could make up his mind on the right price - Mahathir first agreed to the price of 45 sen for current water supply and 60 sen for future water supply in Sep 01. But in Mar 02, he increased their asking price to 60 sen for water sold from 2002 to 2006, and RM 3 for water sold from 2007 to 2011. Yet later, he increased the demand to RM6.25 for water from 2002. It can be quite hard to play football if the goal posts keep moving.

5)In Dec 98, Malaysia under Mahathir decided the drop the price reviews approach as a singular negotiation (refer pt 4), and requested to resolve all the outstanding bilateral issues as a package. Singapore agreed. Then the Malaysian government unilaterally called off the package approach.

So all this ‘package approach’ linking sand, air space etc to water price reviews originated from Mahathir - not Singapore. Thus, both Malaysians and Singaporeans have the dear Tun to thank for the ‘creative’ approach of bundling multiple issues together.

Assalamu Alaikum Tun,

Thank you for the article. Its very informative and analytical. Give us more. We want to know more about what actually happen between us and Singapore. Don't let any country belittle our intelligence. Let us free to do what we want in our own country. Don't let other people to decide what to do adn not to do within our country.
We are waiting more from you Tun.

Salam hormat Ayahnda Tun,
Without realizing it or not LKY is playing the mind games again.Not only a shrewd politician he's knows to hit where it hurt most.I don't blame u on the outburst at least it's a wakeup call for those still in their slumber after 5 years of the 5th Premier reign.
I hope the PM are playing his cards right knowing LKY's timing of intentions ulterior or not.We're talking about our future here not theirs and I found it rather comical sometimes absurd why we Malaysians still squabble among themselves.Place the sovereignity of this proud nation FIRST and FOREMOST,let's work together and make Malaysia a place we can together call "Home Sweet Home".Let the tiny kingdom be run by the little emperor and let's see where it end up in 10 years from now!
Tun, I salute u on your clear conscience and I call upon upon all Malaysians to work together for Malaysia.

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Dr M

You made me laugh so hard....you are so sarcastic but what you said is very true. Singapore will only act to her benefit and no one else's. I cannot imagine LKY going around and preaching his words wisdom-next stop the White House, USA??. Malaysia must stand united against Singapore demands and hard ball negotiation tactics. Malaysia is a sovereign and a bigger country and certainly does not need Singapore's permission to do things like the crook bridge. Let's not get started about Pak Lah.

Selling water for pittance is outright ridiculous but unfortunately at the stroke of the pen, Malaysia is made legally binding to the contract. The British have done a lot of damage during colonial times and it is the very same colonised countries that have to live with their reckless decisions.

Malaysia has huge natural resources & many talented professionals etc. With a good government, it is just a matter of time before Malaysia becomes a fully industrialised country. Singapore could only stand and watch.........

Dr M I hope you are taking good care of your health. You are amazing for a man of your age.

Assalamualaikum Tun,

Let's make it plain simple. We just cut-off Singapore from the Iskandar Development Corridor Deal. It is Singapore that needs the extra land and resources and not the other way around.

We've have given almost everything to their demands such as Pulau Batu Puteh (which is the most absurd and illogical International Court's decision: believe to be already twisted and rigged by Singapore), we've canceled the crooked bridge, we've given them 3 cents per gallon of fresh water supply, the KTM land issues and heck, we've given that Island Singapore for free to them without waging a bloody full scale civil war (except for that 16th May hiccup). And still this ungrateful people is asking for more and even step into our domestic issue openly.

I say we need to developed Iskandar Development Region by ourselves, and build half of the bridge and continue demolishing works of the old Tambak Johor at Malaysian side.

Long live MALAY-sia!

Salam..Ayahanda Tun Dr. M.....1,000 gel...3 sen , teruk benar tu... Apanama...kita buat perjanjian baru.... ubah sebutharga yang dah lapuk tu....Kenapa nak biaq depa apanama berlarutan begitu...Apa nak jadi dengan generasi depan kalu tak diubah. Harap dapat tindakan segera menangani penjualan air mentah ke Singapura ni..terima kasih

Assalamualaikum.

1. Saya merasakan LKY hanyalah seorang oportunis yang datang membuat tinjauan tentang peluang yang mampu di teroka di sini.

2. Saya juga merasakan kedatangannya amat dialu-alukan oleh kaum Cina sebagai pemangkin perpaduan dan melakar strategi baru untuk memperbodohkan Bangsa Melayu, seterusnya menguasai Negara ini.

3. Saya mencadangkan agar perbincangan antara PAS dan UMNO disegerakan, walaupun Tun tidak bersetuju. Ini amat penting untuk kesinambungan kekuasaan Bangsa Melayu ke atas Negara ini.

4. Perpaduan PAS dan UMNO ini mampu melahirkan ISLAM MELAYU, MELAYU ISLAM. Inilah jati diri Bangsa Melayu. Jika kita berjaya bukan saja Melayu mampu memerintah Malaysia tetapi tidak mustahil seluruh Nusantara akan bernaung di bawah Malaysia.

5. Singapura hanyalah metafora kehidupan yang akan hilang bila tiba masanya. Apalah sebuah negara yang hanya berpura-pura kaya dan makmur itu ada. Malaysialah yang banyak membantu mengkayakan Singapura ini. Begitu juga kaum Cina di Malaysia ini yang dikayakan oleh Bangsa Melayu.

6. Apalah yang boleh dibuat oleh kaum Cina dan India jika Melayu Bersatu? Mereka akan menjadi kaum minoriti. Persoalannya adakah Melayu akan meminggirkan mereka?

7. Jika ISLAM menjadi teras pentadbiran dan kehidupan orang Melayu, saya percaya tiada siapa yang terpinggir kerana semua pihak mempunyai hak dan tanggungjawab terhadap NEGARA ini. Disinilah Bangsa Melayu akan diuji tentang keadilan dan jika berjaya akan menjadi ikutan dan perhatian banyak pihak. Maka bersedialah wahai Bangsa Melayu memikul tanggungjawab ini KERANA ALLAH.

Dear Dr Mahathir,

I enjoy reading your blog. It always provide an interesting perspective and your take on issues never fails to bring a smile to my otherwise deary day.

I must say some of your stories are quite convincing and you almost made a believer out of me at times!

Please write more interesting stories more often and always take care of your health.

Dear All,

I recommend that PAS and UMNO and even Malays in PKR to hasten the Malay alliance as soon as possible. Its very obvious that the Chinese and Indians are feeling uneasy with such unity. They don't want to see a powerful Malay Race Unite under one flag. That in which, when Malays are united, so is Islam. They kept on complaining and put a smiley face in front of us, while in truth, they kept on looking for ways to shatter us too pieces. They prefer to see Malays from different sect and beliefs to hold each others throat. Let the lesson of the Singapore-Malaysia to be heard by our younger generations. We will not lose grip of Malaysia by these immigrant descendants.

"They" are lucky cause Malays are good Muslims. We are not like those minority Tamil-Guerilla at Sri Lanka trying to forcibly took Sri Lanka from the Singhalese, we are not those white Christian German Nazis who have massacre the Jews, and we are surely not a Chinese-Racist-State of Singapore which silently kills of the indigenous people of Singapore (Malay).

I hereby declaring war against this hypocrites and troublemaker!

YABhg Tun,

..we might be living in the so called ' modern world '. But, culturally...and ' mengikut adab 'Malay...Chinese..Indians..or for that matter we.. Asians especially who still hold dear to our culture and beliefs, LKY meeting with Opposition Leaders in Malaysia is ' kurang sopan...tidak beradat ' and ' kurang ajar '.

Assalamualaikum Tun,
apo cerito nie?macamano lky boleh buak suko hati kat Malaysia.
binguang ko apo semuo menteri2 kito?penat jo pertahan negaro dari musuh sampai mandi darah.
melayu..melayu...melayu.sampai bila nak jadi gini.pupuslah bangsa kalau macam nie je otak kita.baik tak bertempat,bodoh sombong,dengki bangsa sendiri tapi kaum lain kita yang bela.
UMNO must remember it's roots.now all other races are defended by UMNO but whose defending the Malays?MCA jaga Cina,MIC jaga India,UMNO jaga semua kecuali orang Melayu sebab orang Melayu tak kisah,orang Melayu kesian kaum lain,orang melayu suka mengalah,orang Melayu dah banyak feadah.
Hang Tuah kata tak Melayu hilang di dunia.betuilah tu cuma dia tak sangka esok lusa Melayu merempat negara sendiri macam kat Temasek yang kini dikenali sebagai Singapura.
cakap tak guna tembak tak kena.orang Melayu tetap akan jahanamkan bangsa sendiri.
all the best my brothers and sisters.gua kuak duduk singapura kerja pak guard.thanks

Dear Amir Aziz,

I am not a racist.Instead I am a nationalist.

I just worry about the future of this nation.Thailand and even Vietnam are near to catching up with us.But some group of people in this country still want to be protected and pampered.

If this group of people cannot even compete in their own country,how can they compete in the world?

Assalamualiakun TUN... (Mintak izin lagi sekali...)
Dear UpholdJustice,
Thanks for your clear understand with my message (dengan izin). As you call yourself as nasionalist why dont you honestly built up your message to all the malaysian.... again u did mentioned about greatly being chinese (you r chinese i think..) and the failure of the Systems (DEB). It just a matter of making money... During that 50 years... dont you think that chinese is more poorer compared with other malays? If yes, from which angle you study this issue? There are thousand malays and bumiputera out there are more poorer compared to other poorer chinese or other races i belief.... Even yesterday, in Parliement Dato Seri Nazri Aziz (16 June 09) are clearly answer DAP MP LKS about the ratio of student received the Schorlaship from Government. ( 60% more other race received the schorlarship compared to Bumi ) instead that 40% we did share with another bumi from sarawak like iban, bidayuh etc.... there are also bumiputera in malaysia!!! Why must you see it from the angle of malay when we r talking rgds BUMIPUTERA? Another scenario, please ask yourself and please do your own survey in malaysia market right now..... How many company that belongs to other races give 10% more salary compared to bumiputera staff? Have you check? Why they do that? Because they proudly said that if the bumiputera get the benefit from the government exemtion in few areas.... they as the company will surely give it the same thing to their races!!! In that manner their staff can survive!! If you can assure us this double standard behavior can be stop in the market... I belief,(dengan izin) we can review back the system....It is why the govt under TUN is hardly try to do... we want to educate the bumiputera.... They hardly want to understand.... MELAYU MUDAH LUPA DAN SENANG LAYU DENGAN HUJAH-HUJAH SEMPIT DARI PIHAK-PIHAK YANG BERKEMPETINGAN!!!!! Again, as you said " I am not a racist.Instead I am a nationalist " PLEASE put your hand together in helping us to resolve this issue without any prejudice!! As an Barisan Nasional member.(We are in the same boat... Now, what we can see is we ride a same boat with a different interest!!!!) please work together to improve the comunity.... and built up the TRUE MALAYSIAN....

Thank you......
(ampun dan maaf dipohon dari TUN jikalau terlebih tulis...)

salam Tun,
to Upholdjustice,moon and the likes,

I am very happy to answer you.

I have no problems at all with the Chinese being richer and more hard working.As I have reiterated many times before we Malays should learn from and emulate the Chinese good traits.

But when you made comments that Malays are of a lesser race it makes my blood boil.

While you imply that Malays should be grateful to the Chinese for being the biggest contributor to taxes,why don't you use your useless brains and ponder for a moment the thousands of soldiers (mainly Malays and other Bumis)who died protecting this great country so that you can make your money and condemn us at the same time?

So who's the racist now?Please answer me.

I read with disgust moon's comments as if Singapore's meritocracy is the way to go.Bullshit!

You guys do not want to accept the reality that LKY's Singapore is an intolerant state.

You just want to focus on its perceived economic greatness.

And you guys can't accept that what I've written is based on truth!

Remember our concept of tolerance and power sharing is much more noble than theirs.

Jeng3

Tuffy,

You are obviously a blinkered and myopic.

Singapore is a leech and that is a fact. Just take the case of our water which singapore is enjoying for free(I cannot consider the few cents singapore forks out as payment).

And of course meritocracy there is only for the chinese. I know because I have experienced the racist discrimination there. And it comes in numerous subtle guises.

In case you don't know, LKY and family has a finger in everything that goes on in that tiny state.

Tuffy,

You are obviously a blinkered and myopic.

Singapore is a leech and that is a fact. Just take the case of our water which singapore is enjoying for free(I cannot consider the few cents singapore forks out as payment).

And of course meritocracy there is only for the chinese. I know because I have experienced the racist discrimination there. And it comes in numerous subtle guises.

Ayahanda Tun,
I am very happy that my Form 5 child got a chance to visit our Parliment arranged by school. It looks like our MOE is doing their jobs now and have learned to improve our school children development seriously. Good take TS Myuhiddin and his cabinet!!!!
However, our wakil2 rakyat have not learned to develop the country, they are more interested to membahaskan isu2 terkini just to show who are more "talkative" rather then solving the rakyat's problems. They are paid RM300 allowance just to attend the meeting, and they thought they are up there to sing the song of Bee Gees's Jive Talking, oops no, I mean Jai Talking (Jai in cantonese means "nothing" - no meat (no isi lo...).

Good day Ayahanda. NO MORE BELAS KESIHAN. Imagine Ayahanda, when we cancel water contract with Singapore at RM0.03 per 1000 gallon and we pay back all the necessary costs as stipulated in the contract included the inflation rate, compounded interest, hidden cost, not forgetting lawyer fees (Not Zaid Ibrahim kind of lawyer), etc...., say Malaysia pays back at RM0.30 for cancelling the contract and charge Singapore at RM3.00 per 1000 gallon, wow, we still untung RM2.70 per 1000 gallon. Ayahanda Tun, takkan nasi lemak biasa kita hanya jual pada harga RM1.20 sebungkus saja.

Tun Lah knows nothing about national issue took his gut to cancel a project implemented by Tun Dr M (just because he is Mahathir?) which benefit the country due to his astute attitude who claims to know everything, pay back the Saudi Arabian investors without “lelap mata”. Will rakyat allows DS Najib to do this?

I have never comment Lim Kheng Yaik because I do not know much about this old man. Because I have read his press statement on DAP in the Gerakan general meeting (entah apanama), he said, "Let DAP suffers, DAP thinks governing a state is easy ah...". Well Mr Lim, governing a state of course is difficult because you only think of yourself, your hokkiens and family, so hard lah to you. If you think of the rakyat and country first then it will be easy lah. Governing to you is hard because you know the objective, but you use “main belakang“ tactic to solve problems, so become hard lo, can you sleep well?. Whenever there is a water issue, it seems like we need to have him to solve the problem, why?????

Time for work now Ayahanda Tun, and I will sembang with Ayahanda Tun when I have the time.

Dear Tun,

Please don't be sad and offended by Lee Kuan Yew's visit to Malaysia. Actually Lee Kuan Yew planned to slight and snub you because you are anti-Chinese. Talking about middle kingdom, Malaysia in a way is a middle kingdom compared to Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. Singapore is higher than us in social economic strata. We are higher than Thailand and Indonesia in standard of living. When we cross over into Singapore, you feel it is safer but more expensive on the pocket. On the other hand, when you cross-over to Sungai Golok there is a sense of nervousness. At the immigration, the uniformed personnel ask for corruption money to stamp your passport. You can see nobody wears a crash helmet on their motorbikes and 2 pillion riders on the motorbikes instead of one. Of course prostitution is rampant. Even in Bangkok, you can see the standard of living is lower than us.

In our dealings with Singapore, we are always on the losing end. As you pointed out 3sen for 1000gallon of water. This only shows our stupidity and craftiness of Singaporeans. If you read in LKY's book, he said Singapore armed forces would invade Malaysia if ever we stop water supply from Johor. If you fly in Singapore Airlines to London or Manchester, you find the flight path on the TV screen does not show Malaysia or Kuala Lumpur. Whereas is shows Thailand and Indonesia. This is an economic sabotage. But we can't blame them, it is their airline. Whereas in our airline, it shows Singapore in the flight path on the TV screen. If Singapore wishes to invest in Johor, it is good for Malaysia. Treat Singapore just like US, UK or Germany- foreign investors. Don't be anti-Chinese or anti- singapore just because they are better than us. Try to emulate them and don't be naive and let them play us out. It is better to engage them than to create enemies with them. Every country and leaders of every country is expected to take care of their self interest. The level of success of a country depends on the ability of its leadership. LKY is definitely more capable than other leaders of the region. It is no coincidence.

amin tan

TUN.
Dalam para 7, nampak nya LKY membuat lawatan 'mentor' kat negara kita. Sikit sebanyak dia memberi semangat pada kerajaan dan MCA.
PAS usah kecewa, berundinglah dengan UMNO untuk masa depan orang melayu kearah lebih berjaya dan maju. Kita orang melayu tak mahu lah hanya berjaya dan gah di persada politik sahaja tapi ketinggalan dalam banyak hal2 kehidupan lain.
Aneh nya orang2 PAS ni macam tak ada perasaan atau rasa apabila ada pehak2 yang memperlekehkan mereka. Contuh nya apabila Karpal meminta Tok Hadi mohon maaf pada DAP dan PKR kerana kenyataan Tok Hadi cetuskan idea kerajaan perpaduan dan kekadang memperlekehkan agama dan kaum melayu, mereka tidak berasa apa2, tidak sensitif langsung. Macam tak ada harga diri atau maruah diri. Siapa Karpal untuk memaksa Tok Hadi memohon maaf pada dia. Tapi PAS semacam dah kena 'manderam' DAP. Tak ada siapa yang berani nak menemplak semula Karpal. Jadi siapa sebenar yang jaguh dalam PR. Macam mana nak jadi penaraju kuasa selepas PRU13, al konon nya PR pasti akan dapat menumbang kan BN kali ini dan PAS akan hadiahkan kerusi PM. Bolehkah ini terjadi. Jadi boneka atau kuda tunggangan DAP dan PKR boleh lah.
Tapi kalau UMNO tersilap, melompat, melengting Tok Guru dan pemimpin2 lain membidas dan mencabar UMNO. Macam UMNO ini bukan dari rumpun yang sama dengan mereka. UMNO semacam bukan orang melayu dan Islam seperti mereka2 PAS. Di anggap musuh, tidak bersaudara. Hanya tunjuk berani pada saudara dan kaum sendiri tapi penakut pada kaum lain demi perjuangan politik peribadi.
Saya rasa sedeh bila lihat Karpal atau pemimpin2 DAP dengan bongkak mempersoalkan dan memperlekehkan 'kesetian' pemimpinp2 PAS walaupun saya bukan ahli mahu pun penyokong PAS. Ibarat kata perpatah "Cubit peha kanan, peha kiri terasa juga sakit nya"
Melayu mestilah bersatu dahulu barulah boleh kita boleh menjayakan satu Malaysia atau menyatu padukan kaum2 lain untuk duduk dibawah satu payung negara. Dah melayu berpecah belah tak mungkin sesiapa pun memerintah dapat melakukan atau menjayakan perpaduan rakyat. Ini kerana melayu adalah kaum dominan.
Namun saya tidak lah kecewa sangat jika PAS tidak mahu meneruskan hasrat Presiden nya mahu berunding dengan UMNO kerana dah pun kenal akan sikap 'melampau' PAS. Malah saya maseh yakin pada UMNO untuk terus mempertahankan kuasa nya. Dan yakin majoriti kaum melayu maseh menyokong UMNO.
PAS ibarat tin kosong, bunyi sahaja kuat tapi isi tak ada, baru dapat lebih kawasan pada PRU yang lalu cuba berlagak seolah2 semua rakyat terutama orang melayu sokong kat dia. PAS terlupa dia hanya ada 28 kerusi dan UMNO ada 79 kerusi pun tak lah riuh rendah macam PAS. "Telur sebiji riuh sekampong".

"But we already have a new Middle Kingdom now. During Lee Kuan Yew's triumphant visit to Malaysia he made it known to the Malaysian supplicants that Singapore regards the lands within 6000 miles radius of Singapore as its hinterland. This includes Beijing and Tokyo and of course Malaysia. Of course this self-deluding perception places Singapore at the centre of a vast region. It is therefore the latter day Middle Kingdom. The rest are peripheral and are there to serve the interest of this somewhat tiny Middle Kingdom."

Actually, I do not see anything wrong with LKY's statement. He was merely doing what a good CEO should do, i.e. defining the market and the focus for the management of his country. One has to focus on key areas. Anyone who "focus" on the whole world is not focusing anything.

Lee Kwan Yew went between China and Taiwan, acting as if he was a mediator during Lee Teng Hui era. What a position such that China and Taiwan both had to listen to him. When China was behind, they admired the success of Singapore. Unfortunately, China now grew stronger. Lee had to start polishing China by telling the world how great China is and started warning a little country like Taiwan. In fact, gradually, he was disliked by Taiwanese people. What a kind of China diplomat was him.

The success of Singapore was greatly attributed to the manpower from Malaysia. The brains drained away by Malaysia was absorbed by Singapore. So UMNO in a way has to be blamed for creating the success story of Singapore. Whenever there will be a successful one, there would be many more less fortunate ones whose wealth were sucked away. In early days, the neighbours of Singapore were the less fortunate ones. But, the neighbours are now smarter than before. We no longer need a trading centre where the people do nothing but to take commission (easy money).

There would be a few countries in the world who preach democracy and freedom. Malaysia and Mahathir should be the one to preach. Politically, we have a healthier system although ours is just slightly above average. We still allow the opposition to exist (now Dr. Mahathir started to say that oppositions are required). We don't sue the oppositions by father and son combined so that the opposition went bankrupt. We all believe that our judicial system is rotten and ruling is likely fixed by some one else. I believe Singapore is not much better than us when seeing the law sues by the politicians against the oppositions.

There is a lot more press freedom in our society compared to Singapore where the internet and news media are censored. It is almost time we have to help the oppositions in Singapore by first educating their people about democracy and freedom. Democracy is not the politics practiced by North Korea, which passed the throne from the father to the son.

Dear Dr Mahathir,

I am a Singaporean and my wife and in-laws are Malaysians. My brother's wife and in-laws are also Malaysians. Some of my colleagues are Malaysians. Malaysians are witty, possess lots of survival skills, articulate, humorous and of course, critical.

Some of the best bosses I worked with in the past are Malaysians and I can also remember vividly one of the best flying instructors I had when I was in flight training school was also a Malaysian. I believe you know some of our politicians were Ex-Malaysians. Many Malaysians, past and present, helped built Singapore to what it is today!

Malaysians can achieve great heights if all were given equal opportunities based on meritocracy, as Singapore has shown, but your government (of which you were a big part of) and the NEP is preventing that, can't you see? Why are other countries responsible for Malaysia's "brain drain"? The Malaysian government keeps reminding its people, "You are in Malay land so do not question the Malay's sacred privileges!". Chinese and Indian Malaysians feel like 2nd or 3rd class citizens in their own country and even Malay Malaysians now feel marginalised within their same race as a new supreme Malay race now exists dividing the "elites" and the common folks. This is created by UMNO. Why are all Malaysia's problems caused by Singapore alone? Why do you treat Malaysians as non-thinking people?

During your leadership as PM, Malaysia achieved much prosperity and growth but your achievements were grossly over-shadowed by your "flip-flop" decisions and policies. How do you expect anyone to respect a person of authority and influence if he cannot stand for what he has committed and changed his mind later because his emotions took over? Why did Mr Lee specifically mention that for all co-operations and partnerships to work, it has to be long term, not sunny today and rainy tomorrow? There are many common men and women who can see this, why not you?

Who signed the water agreement and why the outburst on the price, yada, yada.....? The railway land issue. How many times did your government made U-turns? Does the Malaysian government honour contracts and points of agreement? If you don't, you are sending a strong message to the world that Malaysia cannot be trusted so how do you expect people to invest in your country and the govenment to protect their investments?

You appointed a PM and then you beat him to pulp because he has his own mind. You ridiculed others who shared his vision and instead of doing something constructive to bridge the gap, you chose to throw tantrums like a child whose toy has been taken away from him.

Don't blame Singapore for all of Malaysia's woes. Malaysians have to fix it for Malaysia.

Alah Singapura tu.

Ape nak bangge sangat.

Sehebat mane pun negeri diorang,diorang takde pembangkang nak lawan kerajaan.Pembangkang diorang tak hidup langsung bawah Lee Kuan Yew dan anak beranaknye.

Cube bayang betape bestnye negara yang takde pembangkang.Semua bende yang kerajaan buat jadi betul.

Salam Tun

Tak habis habis cakap bukan melayu biadap kurang ajar dan sebagainya bila bersuara pasal NEP..DEB..keistimewaan orang melayu dan bumiputra...tetapi saya sebagai rakyat biasa tidak pernah menyoal ataupun tidak menyuarakan ketidak puashatian saya....yang menyatakan bukan melayu biadap dan kurang ajar ialah UMNO dan UTUSAN MALAYSIA..tapi yang menjual Pulau Batu Putih yang terkini Iskandar dan tiga sen per 1000 gallons air ialah UMNO melayu..masa tu si utusan meloya pi mana...Pelabur Singapura diberi keistimewaan kerana mereka mempunyai wang dan boleh membeli Johor.satu persatu tanah di Johor dikuasai oleh Singapura....Jelas UMNO dan konco-konconya telah mengadaikan Johor.

HAHAHHAHAHA.....

CLASSIC TUN MAHATHIR MUHAMMAD!!!

Love you Tun.

Salam buat semua,

I've spent couple of hours reading all the comments here, some comments make me laugh because it is a true depiction of how orang Johor Baru feel,especially about how meluat they are with Singaporeans yang datang membeli belah di pasaraya dan pasar tani, menaikkan harga barang-barang kat Johor. When I was a kid, we used to go to Woodlands to buy things, especially kain-kain before Hari Raya. It is the opposite now. Nevertheless, they have contributed to the prosperity and growth of JB.

With regards to Wilayah Iskandar, I hope that someone smart is managing and looking out for Malaysians interest, and not a political appointment. Every aspect of it must be analyzed. How are the taxation systems implemented and enforced? We shouldn't and never will trust Singapore to do right for Malaysia.

Salam Tun. I was fomerly a born and bred sporean, came to Malaysia and never went back. And never regretted leaving spore. Now I am proud to be a Malaysian. Why, because I love this country and the people. And you Tun, has succcesfully transformed Malaysia to be a modern and developed country and, to a certain extend put shame to LKY who always think that he is a great leader and emperor (sporean should check out the who's who in the top brass in the state GLCs including MAS). Talking about cronism, abuse of power and corruption?....he should look at his own backyard. No one dare, especially the Sporean, say or comment anything on these matter, less you end up being sued till you're bankrupt or cold (dead)! Sound familiar anybody??? Of course.
I don't see for what purpose our govt entertain LKY visit. Why did we even give him the opportunity to visit the King, Sultan Azlan and many others....why??? Who is he that we should give him the honour? He has done nothing for Malaysia, and the Malays (here and spore). Suppress and discrimate the malays, he did perfectly well...I know it because I was there before.
On the 3rd bridge...why did we even make such a suggestion. Forget the notion about sporean will help and contribute to the development of east Johore. If we had hope such economic transformation can happen, please look at the Nusa Jaya since the 2nd link was completed...do we see sporean coming in huge numbers to invest and develope the areas????? hahaha
Malaysian should JUST FORGET the 3rd bridge. Let those people commuting JB-Spore use the causeway. These people go to work in Spore earn good money, but economical it benefit spore more than it benefit the people and Johore. Let them live with the 2nd link (Tuas). The money to spend on 3rd bridge, pour into a super-highway from JB to Mersing, and thereafter to Pahang. This would be better investment...the toll can eventually recoup the investment. I truly believe a really super-highway from JB to east Johore will bring the traffic, investment and economic activities.
Finally, don't ever believe in any negotiation with Spore, it's a total waste of time. I strongly believe that spore need Malaysia more than we need them. See for your self, or ask the Johorian for that matter. Kalau sekadar nak harapkan orang spore datang untuk shopping2 dan makan2 di Johore...berapa sangat lah sumbangan kepada keseluruhan pembangunan ekonomi Johore. Bottom line, forget about spore when planning and embarking on economic development for Johor.
I sincerely hope someone out there, be it govt, political leaders, people in the high authority will ponder on matters raised above. Probably dearest TUN can expand and affirm what I have commented above.

Dear Tun, salam sejahtera harap sihat gembira. Minta izin mengulas komen pengunjung blog ini....

................EVIL MINDS ('antikmalaya' on June 16, 2009 12:40 PM)

>> Domination

Just because you subscribe to domination does not mean other people are like you. Dominating is not in the blood of others like it gushes in some. Dont try to smear others with the same paint.

What the MCP failed to do (with help from even Malays) when the other races are 45% population (Malays 50%) and are well armed by the British during Japanese occupation, you claim they can succeed with 23% population (Malays 65%) now? MCP failed largely cos the Chinese gradually deserted them for peace. I see the fear mongering as demonization.

>> Demonization
I agree with you Malays and Islam will uphold justice for all races in M'sia. Only they can do it due to the might of their majority. I dont believe you are one of them. A person who paints the other races in M'sia will do like S'pore has a far more vicious mind than this other race! It takes a thief to catch a thief?

S'pore is taken from Tanah Melayu by the British not by immigrants. The immigrants did not snatch it from your hands. The immigrants are there due to the hand of the British. We dont know what it takes to resist the British to avert that history, but it is all history now. We have to move on, stop demonising immigrants who are objects of British power play.

Saya tidak berapa ingat perkara ini:

Semasa LKY mengumumkan hasrat BERSARA pada 1990, bagaimana reaksi rakyat? Adakah rakyat Spore atau PAP menjerit dan bersorak heboh? Adakah ada tangisan dan seruan 'TARIK BALIK'?

Bagaimana pula dengan reaksi dunia?

Yang hanya saya tahu, Harold Wilson memanglah rakyat England sangat terkejut dan banyak rayuan untuk 'TARIK BALIK' tetapi tak tahlah sama ada sehebat Dr.M.

Tetapi M. Thatcher, Suharto dan banyak lagi yang dianggap 'GREAT' ditumbangkan pula oleh rakyat sendiri. Bagaimana pula dengan keadaan Mandela semasa undur pada 1999?

Kalau reaksinya biasa sahaja, ertinya Dr.M satu-satunya negarawan di dunia yang menerima sokongan dan rayuan hatijati rakyat yang begitu sangat kuat dan luar biasa sekali. Tetapi reaksi DUNIA saya masih tak tahu hangat ke hambar.

Sayang esok harinya Dr. M setuju tangguhkan persarannya setahun setengah. Kalau tidak mungkin seluruh negara kecoh dengan RALLY 'show of support' untuk TARIK BALIK.

Assalamualaikum Tun,

"by Org johor 15/6/09.

Ko ni baru turun dari langit ke apa? tiba2 terperanjat dgn harga air tu pulak. Tun dah puas bersilat tapi pertandingan terpaksa dihentikan sebab masa dah habis.

Salam Tun,

I am a Malaysian Chinese and I feel kind of sad looking at comments of people in this page. No matter it's from a Chinese or Malays. To tell you a little secret, there are 3 people in this world I admire the most, Tun Mahathir, LKY and my secondary school headmaster :). Probably this a good place for everybody to reduce stress and let go.
Personally, I feel that if we really wanna beat singapore in economic achievement, we really need to do something aggressively. We have to tackle corruption immediately. You hear corruption everywhere. Mr So and so is paying how many % to get a contract/grant. It's like nobody's business.
In a football match, I always support the underdog. Malaysia is an underdog as compared to Singapore now. So let's FIGHT !!! Come On ! FIGHT !!! Work Hard ! Study Hard !! All Out!! You guys like football match don't you? Najib is there in front of us.

Sigh.....

There is only one place I can call home, it's Malaysia.

Dear Tun,

Both you and LKY were great leaders. Every Malaysian sees your achievements and his too. But I wonder why his were less contentious.

The water pact is an agreement between Malaysia and Singapore. It would not become one if either party did not agree. If amendments are needed they should be made within the bounds of the stipulated terms and conditions, else even we should despise our ownself. Was Malaysia forced to sign the pact? What did we get in return? Anyway, you had 22 years to correct the "unfairness". Why not then?

Malaysia and Singapore were pretty much the same 40 over years ago. Why are they always able to take advantage of us (at least you think they are)? Why is it not the other way around? We have more resources, oil, land, talents, etc.. What was happening? Why are we having so much yet we sound like we are also having an inferiority complex?

If we continue denying our shortcomings, the disparity between our country and theirs will go further and further. When are we going to wake up? Isn't making a friend better than making an enemy? What's more our neighbour.

We can't change our past mistakes, but we can certainly make sure that today will not be regrettable in the future.

Wishing you good health.

Regards.

Asw Tun,
Why this country suddenly start talking about a third bridge? I was born, grew up and wish to die (InsyAllah) in Johor Bahru. They should follow this order: Other bridges should only come in after a bridge has replaced the Causeway.

to By DR Sanjeev KumarAuthor Profile Page on June 15, 2009 7:55 PM

Is it "Dr." Sanjeev Kumar?Malays are so happy there in Singapore,article 152 notwithstanding. I hope you didn't get your degree in Malaysia because you are using anecdotal evidence to gauge Malays of Singapore.

Malays of Singapore are discriminated and persecuted in the land that once theirs. They are only 10,000 Malays in Singaporean Universities and "Chinese only" policy discriminates them from finding jobs from companies in Singapore.

The Singapore government sponsors students from China in order to maintain the Chinese majority and dominant in this city-state whereas Malays are not even allowed to wear their hijabs in schools.

The Singapore Dilemma is a good book.Pick it up.

And, by the way, have you paid attention to the gap between Singapore Indians and Indian Indians?They are huge.

As for the water issue, I have to agree to one of the comments stating that its due to our own stupidity to sign the agreement. But then, if they want 3 sen worth of nasi lemak by all means give them 3 sen worth at current rate! After all the river source is on our land.

For example, the water needs of Johor, Melaka and Negri Sembilan must be given top priority. After all, we are paying much more than Singapore. Think about it.

Excuse me, Tun.

By Kimmi on June 16, 2009 1:28 AM: "well but you must remember these minorities doesn't have roots here, their grandfather, great grandfather and great great grandfather were born elsewhere and not here....they shouldn't feel bad but they should feel grateful that they are being accepted to live here peacefully with the majority ethnic.."

This is where I believe you have been misled. The geographical location of my great-great-grandfather's home has no bearing on my love for this country. This is where my root is, and I consider myself as native as you are. I'm grateful, but it does not mean that it justifies anyone lording over me. I happen to be an ethnic minority in my own country, so I do have something to say about that.

Response to HBT (June 16, 2009 8:03 AM): So much hate, so little grace. Perhaps I'll have time for you, but not now. Sorry :)

Dear Tun, salam mesra harap sihat sejahtera. Kiriman saya untuk tajuk ini dgn izin...

..................SILENCE IS GOLDEN?

The water deal involves a treatment and buy back which is also fixed until 2061. It is dishonourable for an eminent blog to quote half sentences to justify its position. Quote the deal in full, not just the S’pore buying side (and benefit by silence).

There is the Johor buying side to it (50 sen FIXED also). Any increase by M’sia would deliver a corresponding right to S’pore to increase the rate to Johor. S’pore supplies 37mil gal treated water daily to Johor at 50sen per 1000gal which is peanuts by current treatment costs.

..................SANCTITY OF AGREEMENT

Those pushing for water review should ‘cermin diri’ their stance when M’sians ask for review of NEP (Umno creation) not Article 153 (Constitution). They quote sanctity of agreement when it is their interpretation. S’pores water agreement is far more air tight than NEP. S’pore water agreement is their Article 153, tak boleh cabar! Feel the frustration???

Even if M’sia does not want to buy the water from S’pore it still has to honour the supply of raw water. Sanctity of agreement is different from interpretation of constitution! Yet some people argue the indisputable one must review, while the arguable one is sanctimonious! What to expect from people who don't respect the sanctity of the constitution (another example Perak) Look yourself in the mirror!

Don’t misread that I am supporting S’pore in the water dispute.

.................TWISTER

Hinterland context is so badly twisted into centre of the world status, to create a hated land? Personal hatred for Pak Lah, LKY is uncompromisingly plain to see. Hate can consume us to make blunders. If the water matter is so easily resolved, it would have occurred last 22 yrs. But one PM within 6yrs must do what 22 yrs cannot achieve? A PM with iron fist and gleaming teeth expects a haprak toothless PM to crack a tough nut!

................ ‘BOX’BUSTER SLUGGING ACTION

The little emperor of the Middle kingdom vs the ultra slugger from the Malay kingdom! Enjoy this boxbuster slugging movie. Slugging is good for international disputes also!

Tun

Let me qualify this - I am a 100% Malaysian born, bred and will be Malaysian till the day I die...

I am only stating this so the sensible bloggers in your "thought space" will think twice before labeling me a 'Singapore Lover'.

I am asking the questions below so to understand your handling of commercials with Singapore:

Sir, you were PM for 22 years. You had the avenues to establish future commercial policies following any end of contract with Singapore. But what did you put in place to ensure that Malaysia would not be disadvantaged for the longer term?

You say you were ready to bargain...why even bargain. You deem Singapore a little empire...why did you not just state your demands, and if they weren't going to agree on the price, tell them to look for business elsewhere?

I guess on the basis of Bilateral relations, you probably did not want to play hardball, plus there must have been a lot of other constraints that prevented you from playing hardball.

Care to share what those constraints were - is there more to this than what the Malaysian public know?

Yes, there are lots of material published on the contract(s) with Singapore, but there are also lots of information that either is not published in history books, or said beyond boardroom dealings by both countries.

Pray do tell what your negotiation strategies were with Singapore, and how successful were you in handling them during your tenure as PM? Or are you going to blame Tun Abdullah, who was your Foreign Minister for most of your administration and who I believe would have followed all if not most of your directives on foreign bilateral relations.

It's sad that you continue to be condescending to Tun Abdullah, and continue to vent your anger at him openly. Sir, is this the behaviour of a sensible and responsible statesman?

(Ravi)

HBT - I am sad that you are unable to hold a sensible argument. You label me a racist, and all along, you continue to spew your irresponsible comments and further incite racial disharmony. You continue to write and segragate Malaysians on the basis of their ethnicity, whereas I am trying to highlight, that Malaysians are a single race.
I now challenge you to publish your comments in your actual name, like I do, instead of hiding in your pseudonym. Are are you not brave?? I guess not...

Jeng3 - are insults the only way you think you can win an argument or share a point of view? Is this the kind of education you give your children where you will resort to insults?
My challenge to HBT goes to you too - publish your thoughts in your true name...not a psedonym...if you believe you are right, why do you have to write in an assumed identity?

Your vile racist comments done behind a psdonym is akin to the Klu Klux Klan incomprehensible and vile actions done behind a mask...

You can respond sensibly to my challenge above, which will be commendable or you can continue to spew your venom at me which will just go to prove your inability to respond in a sensible and responsible manner. God Bless!

(Ravi)

LKY is a world leader, even at his advanced age. Mahathir is a has-been, an also-ran. Simple explanation lah.

Those who promote mediocrity must be mediocre themselves.

Hello, Tun,
Please admit that Singapore is more successful than us and they are calling only themselves "Singaporean" not "Chinese", "Malay" or "Indian".
Imagine they just have to make S$1.00 and we need to struggle for RM2++. Don't blame the history, have you forgotten your "Vision 2020"?

Tun yang hormati,
Apa yang dilakukan oleh para pemimpin politik Tanah air sekarang nampak tiada bermatlamat.Mereka tidak nampak apa-apa di hadapan kerana mereka asyik berebut kuasa untuk diri sendiri.Mereka tidak perasan,bahawa keturunan mereka sendiri yang akan musnah.

Lawatan Kuan Yew ke sini mempunyai makna yang tersirat.Jangan sekali-kali menganggap dia 'buang tabiat',atau kononnya dia tidak lama lagi akan mati.Lee Kuan Yew sebenarnya lambat lagi akan mati.Percayalah.Lee Kuan Yew berpandangan sangat jauh.

Lee Kuan Yew adalah lambang kehebatan Kerajaan Singapura.Lihatlah betapa hebatnya bekas PM itu,hinggakan Tanah Singapura yang strategik itu dapat dimilikinya.Selepas ini,apa lagi pula.

Ingatlah bahawa,Singapura sentiasa bersiap sedia dengan kelengkapan perang yang canggih dan menggerunkan untuk menakut-nakutkan musuhnya.Kerajaan Singapura berkuasa memberi arahan kepada kerajaan Malaysia supaya mematuhi kehendak mereka.

Saya sebagai rakyat malaysia khuatir akan taktik yang dimainkan Singapura sama saperti Israel atau AS.

Nampak kita sudah kalah sebelum berperang. Kita sebenarnya sudah dijajah.Kita sudah tidak bebas kerana kita tunduk pada musuh yang nyata.

Politik orang Melayu tidak sampai kemana kerana mereka bodoh dan tidak bertamadun.Renungkanlah.

SALAM AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN
IZINKAN,

By kt64Author Profile Page on June 16, 2009 7:29 AM

sudahlah!TUN jgn cakap yg bukan2 lagi. biar org berkuasa sekarang buat kerja,jangan tuang tahi tikus atas bubur lagilah!sedangkan selama23 tahun Tun berkuasa apa yg Tun buat?...

PERHAPS THE INITIALS 'KT' STANDS FOR 'KATAK TEMPURUNG' AND NO WONDER THIS FROG HAD NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COUNTRY DURING THE REIGN OF AYAHANDA TUN...
PERHAPS, THIS FROG IS A 'DUMB'(DERANGED, USELESS MENTAL BLOCKED) OR 'MUTTAL'(IDIOT) IN RAVI'S MOTHER TONGUE..HE HE

ALFATIHAH, AMIN.
PS.
MR. RAVI SIR, WE ENVY YOU LAH...OUR REPLIES TO YOUR 'MUTTAL' REMARKS AIMED AT THE 'MUSKETEERS' WERE HELD BACK BY THE ADMIN. OF CHEDET.CC ...ROMBE NALLA EREKE MACHA?( YOU FEEL VERY GOOD?)

Banyak juga org sini yg kena jangkitan sesema LKY1 Singapura oleh TUN.
Hairan saya sebagai rakyat Malaysia mengapa setengah2 org suka sgt bermusuh dgn negara jiran kerana apa? Kesalnya....

Fakta terbukti Singapura lebih maju dari Malaysia dlm berbagai aspect sedanagkan kita yg masih dijangkiti sesema perkauman. pengcanggahan pendapat tentang Kaum; Agama dan Bangsa sesama rakyat Malaysia selepas 52tahun Merdeka.Pemimpin negara harus meneliti dan analis fakta2 social kita yg semakin ketarah dan pulihkan perpaduan rakyat utk kemajuan negara sebelum terlambat dan bukan cuma blame kat orglah.....

Dear Tun

Theres many posters here who lament the "undulating playing fields" due to the NEP, who belittle the Malays for their subsidy mentality etc. I would advise these people to not worry so much about these little details but to just concentrate on what they do best ie. making money, tons and tons of it. Well who knows, when you have enough perhaps you can even try to buy this country from whoever was in power then.

The Malays have a price for everything...even their mother-in-laws. But in buying and selling, the concept of profit is utterly foreign to them, so that explains their total incompetence in anything resembling business. See their roadside stalls? Its so ramshackle, even your goats would refuse to take shelter under them. At the higher level, they would use the bank's loan for working capital to buy the latest brand new merc...or refit their grand offices with all kinds of italian stuff...then theres no more capital to work with, hence no money to repay the loan.....down the bankruptcy drains they go, its all so laughable I tell you.

You know la, the Malays... they are lazy, they want it easy, they are prone to corruptions, their best leader to date ie. TUN is a racist of the highest order...(and even then is not 100% Malay. If he is, can you imagine the amount and kind of damages he would inflict on this country?)....!

What else is there? Just pile on all kind of insults that you can think of to describe the Malays, they would and could not say anything back that'd resemble a coherent retort for they are all dimwits, blur...you know. Don't worry about hiring them for jobs in your companies guys. These slow morons wouldn't be able to converse in anything more than their kampung's BM, let alone English....Mandarin? Haha...that would be too far out! Even if you have to hire them out of pity or due to your altruistic spirit, or perhaps even on humanitarian ground, they won't get far. They simply have no inkling of what productivity means. They would rather lepak around, gossip about you to the death and the moment they see you around, they would then muck about as if too busy with works. Of course you could easily see thru them....the simpletons. You can even make out what they are thinking right then. Their shallow body language - which hate works so much - reveal all. So, no promotions for them....no need...and no bonus, and they would just leave sooner or later without your prompting....too much works, pressure too high...mana bule tahan? Well, at least you have done your national service...trying to reduce unemployments....the ungrateful louts!

To be sure theres a few brilliant Malays (can count on one hand?) around, apart from TUN.... But then, if he's not downright racist, he has some other character flaws...(too embarassing to mention here)...you know, people like Anwar Ibrahim...ehem, nudge nudge, wink wink. (Yeah I know, its actually a conspiracy - hatched by the bankrupt Malay ruling elite bereft of a better idea - already too well known all over the world...nothing to be embarassed about after all!).

You know its ironic. TUN talked about LKY being a little emperor of some sort. But its the Malays who exhibit the kind of behaviour befitting the offsprings of royalties. Look deeper, study their family trees....somewhere in the distant past, you would inevitably find one of their ancestors - father side can, mother side also can - was borne of royal blood. Well, lets not go any further down this route....this is becoming too ridiculous!!

Whats for sure is that a royal (even if its true that each and every Malay is of royal blood) is no longer automatically superannuated, nor is there free lunch available....ever! Just like the next guy, I have to work, you have to work....not only for day-to-day survival but also to earn some respects....especially from those who work their butt off, who superachieve beyond what you can ever hope to. No works, no achievements, no money....cannot survive one, let alone superachieve anything....and no respect for you. As simple as that. Be it that your great, great, grand father could have been the king of this land some long, long times ago....doesn't mean you can have it easy having things silver-spooned into your wide open claptrap of a mouth. So, Malays....to start of....just think of what the non-Malays think of you, every time they see you, every time they look at you....or on second thought, why should you bother? For after all, isn't this land, this blessed land, TANAH MELAYU??? IT IS, ISN'T IT???!!!

Why did Mahathir agree to 3 sens per 1000 gallon during his time? A few pointers lifted from an earlier posting in my blog :

1) The construction of the reservoirs, dams and pipe works to bring the water to Johor and to Singapore, as well as it's upgrading and maintenance is all paid by Singapore - over the years it came up to a cost of more than S$1 Billion.

2) Back then, for every 1000 gallons of water:
- Singapore pays 3 sen for the raw water from Malaysia
- Singapore pays RM2.40 to treat this water
- Malaysia pays 50 sen to buy this treated water from Singapore
- Malaysia sells this treated water at RM3.95 to Johor residents

Johor made a profit of RM128,000 every day by selling treated water bought at a much lower price from Singapore. That's a tidy net profit as the cost of construction is fully paid by Singapore (refer pt 1).

3) The two Water Agreements allowed for a price review after 25 years, that is in 1986 and 1987 respectively. But Malaysia did not ask for a review at that time. It was a calculated decision by Malaysia not to review. Johor State Assembly Speaker Zainalabidin Mohd Zain made this clear : "There was no point in doing so because Johor was dependent on Singapore for its treated water supply, and Singapore would have also increased its price of treated water sold to Johor." So, Malaysia did not ask for a price review then because it have benefited Malaysia more for the status quo to continue (refer point 2).

4) Despite Malaysia choosing not to review the prices during the periods where they could under the treaty (refer pt 3), Singapore is still open to a price review - if only the Malaysia government under Mahathir could make up his mind on the right price - Mahathir first agreed to the price of 45 sen for current water supply and 60 sen for future water supply in Sep 01. But in Mar 02, he increased their asking price to 60 sen for water sold from 2002 to 2006, and RM 3 for water sold from 2007 to 2011. Yet later, he increased the demand to RM6.25 for water from 2002. It can be quite hard to play football if the goal posts keep moving.

5)In Dec 98, Malaysia under Mahathir decided the drop the price reviews approach as a singular negotiation (refer pt 4), and requested to resolve all the outstanding bilateral issues as a package. Singapore agreed. Then the Malaysian government unilaterally called off the package approach.

So all this ‘package approach’ linking sand, air space etc to water price reviews originated from Mahathir - not Singapore. Thus, both Malaysians and Singaporeans have the dear Tun to thank for the ‘creative’ approach of bundling multiple issues together.

Dear Tun,

Your personal vendetta against LKY continues to reflect poorly of yourselves.I have seen the pros and cons of both Malaysia and Singapore in my business association with both countries

The biggest difference between this two countries is that most if not all Singaporean see themselves as SINGAPOREAN rather than as Chinese, Malay or Indian. This is much more than what I could say for Malaysia. Y

Its always easy to criticize others and making self presumptions. However action speaks louder than words. While LKY like anyone else will have his weaknesses, nevertheless Singapore is way above Malaysia in terms of economic progress , security, governance and efficiency during both our tenure and present administration. This is a fact that even you cannot deny .

Whatever that makes you hate LKY so much, only you and maybe LKY will know .

As a parting word, I would like to quote from Buddha ' Holding on to anger or grudge is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing in at someone else, you are the one who gets burn.

By pikachu1986Author Profile Page on June 16, 2009 11:38 AM

dear TUN
for so long i respect you, but this post has change my mind, how can you be so racist?
what has anything to do with race and success in Singapore?
Singapore run on the Meritocracy which make them so success compare to malaysian that based on so called social contract and race privilege..
they took whoever has the ability to be the best, not like us, base on colour and religion..

so please, dont write such racist and full of jealousy and hatred post, it will tear down your image

Comment:
Sir your writing saying Singapore run on Meritocracy are just loads of rubbish...A friend a Singapore Malay who got a place to do his Phd. in Oxford could'nt even get a study loan and a scholarship is out of the question to pursue his dreams....his father..is a taxi driver...and currently his mother is suffering from cancer...but because for the love of the son....the father sold their 3 bedroom flats to raise the fund to send his kid to oxford....unfortunately..the fund is only sufficient for 2 years stay...he is currently making arrangement to finish his Phd within 2 years. He frequently email me to tell me how lucky Malaysians are and this is what he wrote..." Went to Malaysian students' deeparaya night yesterday.... and it makes me more positive that Malaysia is poised to be a fantastic nation. Every race is well represented. What 's so bad about the NEP when I see Chinese, Indian and Malay students here all with scholarships from the Malaysian government or corporations " and if you think this guy have the merit to earn a scholarship...you might ask...Ask Andrew Sheng an adjunct Professor with the Faculty of Economics and Administration....meanwhile both his parents have to endure of moving from one son's house to another until my friend came back....and that sir is only the tips of the iceberg..I've got lots more grievances if you are willing to solve it for them....and you say Singapore government are not racist....wake up man.

salam Tun,

Terang lagi bersuluh...terlalu banyak perkara yang tidak betul telah berlaku semenjak Malaysia merdeka dan banyak perkara yang rakyat tidak tahu dan tertipu.malah akan ada perkara yang tidak betul dan tidak adil akan berlaku,saya percaya...pemimpin haruslah bertanggungjawab ke atas apa yang telah mereka lakukan.usah risau,perpecahan bangsa telah berlaku.bangsa seagama yang tidak pernah bersatu.

Tun,saya melihat Tun sebagai lagenda bangsa Melayu.Selagi Tun berupaya, lemparkanlah idea-idea dan pendapat Tun untuk mengatasi segala kesilapan yang telah berlaku 52 tahun dahulu. Bangsa Melayu kesuntukan masa Tun.Tiada apa lagi yang boleh dibanggakan.Ada yang perlu dikorbankan.Masalah perlu diselesaikan.Penyatuan bangsa Melayu wajib dilaksanakan segera.Berpecahnya Melayu,maka huru-haralah Malaysia.

By austoziAuthor Profile Page on June 15, 2009 4:26 PM

Dear Tun,

I wish you would just stop ranting already because you are starting to sound like just a grumpy old man with nothing else to show. It does not do justice to your intellect.

"Maybe someone should make a study of the Malays of Singapore just to know what it is like to be a Malay minority in their own country."

No need to venture that far. There are plenty of ethnic minorities in Malaysia who can tell you exactly how it feels.

Comment:

I fully concur with the above suggestion....for I would not like what happen to the Singapore Malay happen to the Malays in Malaysia...where not only there is no more Malay school in Singapore but even school with historic name like Sang Nila Utama who landed in Temasek and called it "Singapura" are erase from History. At least here the immigrants have their own Tamil school and most are funded by the government.

SALAM TUN DAN MALAYSIA,

SAYA BERDOA TUHAN PANJANGKAN USIA DAN KUATKAN TENAGA TUN UNTUK TERUS MENULIS, BERUCAP DAN APA SAJA CARA BAGI MEMIMPIN UMAT MANUSIA DLM ZAMAN YG MAKIN CACA MARBA INI.

WALAUPUN ADA SESETENGAH PIHAK YG TIDAK SUKA DGN SESETENGAH TULISAN TUN, NAMUN TUN TERUS MENULIS APA YG TUN RASA, ORIGINAL DAN TIDAK DIPENGARUH ATAU DISURUH SIAPA SIAPA.

KEUNIKAN BLOG TUN.....YG AMAT MEMBENCI TUN PUN TERUS MENERUS MELAWATI DAN MENULIS DIBLOG TUN(NASHA, PAK PANDIR,..)

YG BERFIKIRAN WARAS DAPAT MEMBEZAKAN APA YG TERSURAT DAN TERSIRAT DAN TAK MENGATAKAN TUN RACIST WALAUPUN DIA BUKAN MELAYU(HBT,..)

AMAT BYK SEKALI UCAPAN2 DAN TULISAN2 TUN UTK MALAYSIA DAN DUNIA....SUSAH NAK JUMPA PEMIMPIN ZAMAN INI YG SANGGUP MELAKUKAN APA YG TUN TERUS LAKUKAN.

LIHATLAH BEKAS2 PEMIMPIN LAIN, MEREKA PASTI AKAN MENGHABISKAN MASA TUA MEREKA UTK KESENANGAN DIRI SENDIRI.

BEKERJA SEOLAH2 UTK HIDUP SELAMANYA, BERIBADAT SEOLAH2 AKAN MATI ESOKNYA. TUN PASTI AKAN BERJUANG SEPANJANG HAYAT UTK SELURUH UMAT

Tun,

I am a Malaysian Chinese. I just dont understand you being a Tun and a elder statesman of Malaysia - why do you have to harp on race all the time??!! The many things that you have been complaining could have been addressed when you 'reigned' over Malaysia. You know, having the priviledge to serve in public positions come with heavy responsibilties to all Malaysian regardless of their backgrounds. Therefore, words said cannot be taken lightly. By the way, how should you suggest to resolve this 'Malay-Chinese' issue?

Well, I guessed no one can go beyond oneself and become race blind. And such leader has not arrived yet to lead Malaysian into the new century. I am afraid for all Malaysian future.

SALAM TUN DAN MALAYSIA,

SAYA BERDOA TUHAN PANJANGKAN USIA DAN KUATKAN TENAGA TUN UNTUK TERUS MENULIS, BERUCAP DAN APA SAJA CARA BAGI MEMIMPIN UMAT MANUSIA DLM ZAMAN YG MAKIN CACA MARBA INI.

WALAUPUN ADA SESETENGAH PIHAK YG TIDAK SUKA DGN SESETENGAH TULISAN TUN, NAMUN TUN TERUS MENULIS APA YG TUN RASA, ORIGINAL DAN TIDAK DIPENGARUH ATAU DISURUH SIAPA SIAPA.

KEUNIKAN BLOG TUN.....YG AMAT MEMBENCI TUN PUN TERUS MENERUS MELAWATI DAN MENULIS DIBLOG TUN(NASHA, PAK PANDIR,..)

YG BERFIKIRAN WARAS DAPAT MEMBEZAKAN APA YG TERSURAT DAN TERSIRAT DAN TAK MENGATAKAN TUN RACIST WALAUPUN DIA BUKAN MELAYU(HBT,..)

AMAT BYK SEKALI UCAPAN2 DAN TULISAN2 TUN UTK MALAYSIA DAN DUNIA....SUSAH NAK JUMPA PEMIMPIN ZAMAN INI YG SANGGUP MELAKUKAN APA YG TUN TERUS LAKUKAN.

LIHATLAH BEKAS2 PEMIMPIN LAIN, MEREKA PASTI AKAN MENGHABISKAN MASA TUA MEREKA UTK KESENANGAN DIRI SENDIRI.

BEKERJA SEOLAH2 UTK HIDUP SELAMANYA, BERIBADAT SEOLAH2 AKAN MATI ESOKNYA. TUN PASTI AKAN BERJUANG SEPANJANG HAYAT UTK SELURUH UMAT

Salam Tun Dr.

Batu Putih, simbol kehitaman sejarah melayu raya, dia orang cilok dah, Batu Burok sikit hari dia orang belasah,
Batu kerikil, batu kapor dia orang sosah,
Hanya tinggal satu batu yang dia orang tak buleh peghabih,
kepala batu Tun Dr lah!

Pahatkan aje kalam Tun Dr di jiwa si siudo nepotisma tu seperti peristiwa Batu Pahat dan Batu Belah!

Wa Salam,
pewaris Batu Akik

Dear Tun,

Malaysian ministers, planners and administrators, apart for some if not most lacking in quality, all has been cultured to abandon the interest of the nation over individuals or self-centred priorities.

When the water agreement was negotiated, those Malaysians involved could not fathom that fresh water would become a very strategic commodity, like oil of today, and Singapore would become a very developed city of today. Even then, oil was then trading probably at US 50 CENTS per barrel.

That was so much negotiating with Singapore in the early 50's or 60's. But we have another opportunity as recently, when Singapore sent their entourage headed by none other than their Chief Justice to the World Court on tne claim of Pulau Batu Puteh. Whereas Malaysian send jokers and we lost miserably.

Talking about negotiations, I fondly remembered when TNB was negotiating on the Power Purchase Agreemwnt (PPA) with the Independent Power Purchasers (IPP's). I believe, inspite of having the goverment's EPU, TNB's hands were twisted during the marathon session of negotiation. Y/Bhg. Tan Sri Ani Arope, the then Chairman held high the interest of TNB by refusing to sign the PPA, but later the cabinet instructed that TNB sign the agreement. The first PPA was later signed by the deputy chairman, and....the rest is history.

Hi all,

When people are successful, most of you become jealous, and angry. You start posting all nonsense messages in this forum to vent your anger. May I know why you all harbor dendam? Singapore come a long way to this stage is because their government is clever and well-managed the country. They did not rip-off your benefit or your resources. We all are blessed with natural resources, and on top of that all the preferential government policy, yet still tak puas hati. Tak malu ah, you all?

Instead of learning from them, most of the writers in this forum turn to racially narrow thinking and accusation. For some reason, the “M” word just seems cannot get out of your head?

It is pathetic!

Dear Tun,

Malaysian ministers, planners and administrators, apart for some if not most lacking in quality, all has been cultured to abandon the interest of the nation over individuals or self-centred priorities.

When the water agreement was negotiated, those Malaysians involved could not fathom that fresh water would become a very strategic commodity, like oil of today, and Singapore would become a very developed city of today. Even then, oil was then trading probably at US 50 CENTS per barrel.

That was so much negotiating with Singapore in the early 50's or 60's. But we have another opportunity as recently, when Singapore sent their entourage headed by none other than their Chief Justice to the World Court on tne claim of Pulau Batu Puteh. Whereas Malaysian send jokers and we lost miserably.

Talking about negotiations, I fondly remembered when TNB was negotiating on the Power Purchase Agreemwnt (PPA) with the Independent Power Purchasers (IPP's). I believe, inspite of having the goverment's EPU, TNB's hands were twisted during the marathon session of negotiation. Y/Bhg. Tan Sri Ani Arope, the then Chairman held high the interest of TNB by refusing to sign the PPA, but later the cabinet instructed that TNB sign the agreement. The first PPA was later signed by the deputy chairman, and....the rest is history.

SINGAPORE IS NOT A PERFECT COUNTRY TO LIVE IN. THE GOVT IS NOT FRIENDLY AND BENEFICIAL TO THE PEOPLE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES I HAD WANTED TO EMIGRATE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY. I STILL DO AT TIMES. I FEEL THAT IN SINGAPORE, I JUST HAVE TO WORK UNTIL I DIE. I OWN NOTHING OF MY OWN. MY HDB FLAT IS ON LEASE. MY CAR IS ON 10-YR COE. MY CPF RATE KEEPS REDUCING. INFLATION IS UP. BANK INT RATE IS DOWN. JOBS ARE SO HARD TO COME BY. EMPLOYERS - EVEN THE GOVT SVC - EXPLOITS EMPLOYEES BY OVERWORKING THEM. BONUS IS WITHDRAWN THIS YR. SALARY IS BASED ON A LARGE PORTION BEING VARIABLE COMPONENT...SO MANY UNCERTAINTIES! SO YUCKY!!

BUT IT WILL BE A COLD DAY IN HELL IF I WERE TO GIVE UP BEING A SINGAPOREAN TO BECOME A MALAYSIAN. NOT THAT MALAYSIA IS BAD. IT'S JUST THAT THE MALAYSIAN GOVT SUCKS BIG TIME. THE GOVT IS SO AFRAID TO LIFT THE PROTECTION OF THE MALAYS BECAUSE IT KNOWS THAT ONCE THIS IS DONE, THE MALAYS WILL BE DROWNED BY THE OTHER RACES. THE GOVT IS THE ONE TO BE BLAMED - FOR INSTILLING (FOR DECADES) THIS SENSE OF DECADENCE WITHIN ITS OWN INDEGENIOUS PEOPLE.

WHILE TUN DR M MAY HAVE HIS OPINIONS OF LKY'S VISIT, LET'S NOT DRAW THE FAULT AWAY FROM THE CAUSE HERE. LKY DID NOT CAUSE MALAYSIA TO BE IN THIS STATE. THE MALAYSIAN GOVT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT - AND TO A LARGE EXTENT - THE LONGEST REINGING PRIME MINISTER HAS TO TAKE THE BRUNT OF THIS FAILURE. A TREATY IS A TREATY! 3 SEN IS 3 SEN! IF MALAKA HAD SIGNED THE WATER TREATY AT THE SAME TIME, IT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO REPAY JOHOR IN TERMS OF BANANAS OR GULA MELAKA ONLY! TOUGH LUCK THAT IT HAS TP PAY 1000% MORE. SIMILARLY, WHY DO MALAYSIANS COME TO SINGAPORE TO BUY ELECTRONIC GOODS? WHY ISN'T THE MALAYSIAN GOVT CHAMPIONING FOR ITS OWN CITIZENS BY MAKING ELECTRONIC GOODS CHEAPER? YES - 3 SEN IS NOT FAIR, BUT THAT WAS THE TREATY. JUST LIKE HOW THE BRITISH RULED MACAU AND HK FOR 100 YEARS. CHINA DID NOT TELL THE BRITISH TO BREAK THE TREATY, DID THEY? SIGH...

REMEMBER: WHENEVER YOU POINT A FINGER AT ANYONE, 3 OF YOUR OWN FINGERS ARE CURLED INWARDS AND SECRETLY POINTING BACK TO YOURSELF.

Tun Mahathir yang dihormati..
kedatangan lky betul2 telah membuatkan saya tertanya-tanya tentang niatnya... bukan kita boleh lupa macamana liciknya dia dapat s'pura.

- kalau setakat nak bercuti sambil mengingat memori lama pun tak payahlaa sampai 8 hari.
- kalau betul niatnya tulus, tentu dia respect party pemerintah tanpa melawat, berjumpa ngan parti pembangkang.
- dia datang ngan timing pun tepat...disaat dap penang berproblem ngan pkr, macam nak kasi nasihat bagi puak nuar je!
- macam ada perancangan je bila dia takde plak nak jumpa defacto pembangkang? ... nak cover line ke?
- tak pernah2 nak berbaik ngan M'sia tiba2 tunjuk baik plak.. walaupun taksengaja buat statement macam Iskandar tu milik s'pura, tapi kalau dikaji ertinya penuh dengan maksud tersirat.

lky memang tidak layak untuk bertemu Tun..dia pun tau sebabnya..
Tun bukanlah calang2 MELAYU yang boleh dipijak, ditipu dan dipukau sewenang-wenangnya... or pretender

Syabasss Tun.. it is an honoured to you actually!!

Assalamualaikum,

Dearest Tun,

1. Kenapalah ada lagi yg tak bijak menilai dgn kebolehan Tun.

2. Bandingkanlah dgn sesiapa pun, Tun tak ada galang gantinya dgn yg lain setakat ini. Bukan bodek...ini kebenaran.

3. Ramai yg pandai tapi tak bijak. Globalisasi,liberal,'human rights', modenisasi, kolot, konservatif, budayawan, perjuangan, kapitalis, meritokrasi, transformasi, reformasi...dan macam2 lagi.
Tahu ke apakah maksud semua itu? Sesuaikanlah dgn negara kita.

4. Dan bertahun2 kita ada dan 'implement' formula keamanan dan kemakmuran negara. Bukannya rahsia, satu global dah tahu dan tentu rakyat kita sendiri lebih tahu. Masih ada lagi yg terkial2 dan yg kat luar tu memang tak faham atau buat2 tak faham, mereka rasa tercabar dan ego tak bertempat dgn cara kita mengurus negara.

5. Negara kita sederhana tapi progresif. Banyak bencana dan halangan yg kita tempuhi...dgn tenang kita masih 'on the right track'. Kita nampak visi yg nak di tuju, tapi negara lain kononnya maju sedang menggelabah. Mereka wujudkan propaganda utk tutup kelemahan dan dlm diam nak menjajah negara membangun. Ingatlah bahawasanya di luar sana ada gerakan nak menjajah negara kita dgn bantuan org dalam (rakyat Malaysia yg derhaka...walaupun tak layak digelar rakyat Malaysia). Maka wujudlah protes sana protes sini.

6. Malaysia ni kaya, maju dan makmur. Tak rasa bertuah ke duduk kat Malaysia ni. Kalau tak reti jugak itulah namanya pandai tapi tak bijak. Seribu satu macam rahmat ALLAH yg dilimpahkan kepada negara kita yg tercinta ini.

7. Mana boleh 100% puashati, manusia tak akan puas. Tapi kalau puashati lebih majoriti dari tak puashati pun dah dah cukup dah. Of course we appreciate ideas, brilliant ideas. Yg banyak tak puashati tu yg selau saya dengar, ideanya tak cukup memberangsangkan dan menggegarkan utk mengubah sistem yg ada. Idea yg kolot dan terkebelakang, tak cukup ilmu dan kajian. Cakap kosong macam pandai sgt, habuk pun tarak.

8. Bros and sis, pls protect our nation our homeland. For the foreigner who hate us pls do not feel irritating b'coz of our prosperous and happiness.

9. Your measurement surely based on money matters. My country do not have as much money you have but peaceful is the best. Yet, my country for your infomation is among the richest and leader for the development and poor countries. I think that's maybe the strong reason why you feel so jealous. I'm very proud with my country.

10. Pls save your own country and feel free to come and visit Malaysia. We have fine beaches, beautiful islands, megamalls, shopping spree, multicultural, multiethnic, multi foods, nice peoples, universities, colleges, nice and beautiful historic and modern buildings and dont forget KLCC (the World beautiful modern and world highest twin building)....and many others at the very affordable prices. Very small, unpopular and moderate liberal Islamic country...Once in your life you must visit my country, Malaysia. If not you'll regret.

Dear Tun, I really appreciate your contributions and thank GOD, you still contributing.

Dont play play with my country ha!!!

Rindu nak jumpa TUN, tapi siapalah kita.........

SALAM AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN
IZINKAN,

By zaq25Author Profile Page on June 15, 2009 10:59 PM

ORIGINALLY OPEN LETTER TO TUN DR. MAHATHIR

SDR. ZAQ25,

WOW WEE! WHAT A LENGHTY CONTRIBUTION.... A NEARLY COMPLETE 'CHECKLIST' FOR OUR AYAHANDA TUN'S MEMOIRS.

PERHAPS, NOW THE CRITICS AND DETRACTORS IN CHEDET.CC CUD TAKE THE CUE FROM YOUR KINDNESS TO COME OUT WITH A 'CHECKLIST' FOR 'UNCLE' LEE'S MEMOIRS FROM ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY...PERHAPS THEN WE CAN COMPARE NOTES OR RATHER MANTLES.

WE BECOME SENTIMENTAL WHEN LISTENING TO THE RENDITION OF THE SONG 'TITIP RINDU BUAT AYAH' BY EBIET G. ADE AND AYAHANDA'S TUN YEARS OF DEVOTIONS FOR THE ANAKANDA RAKYAT TO ENJOY THE PEACE AND HARMONY, PROSPERITY AND SECURITY DURING HIS REIGN AND MAKE US PROUD MALAYSIAN THE WORLD OVER WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED.

OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR THE CHECKLIST 'COLLECTIONS'.

ALFATIHAH, AMIN.

I think LKY is much better than you. Same time Malaysia achieve independence but Singapore, such a tiny island achiever better result than malaysia. U are just jealous of him because LKY has brought Sg to the greatest height where it was almost equivalent to HK & Japan. So where is malaysia stand. Another 10 years down the road Malaysia will fall behind vietname.

Just Watch And See

Dearest Tun,
Saya dengar (khabar angin) LKY membawa 'segerombolan' pemimpin Singapura ke Malaysia sempena lawatan rasmi berjumpa Najib. Saya berpendapat dia tengah assess samada Najib ni senang dimakan atau tidak macam our previous PM yang blur sentiasa tu.Dalam masa yang sama, tengah mendapatkan maklumat lanjut samada BN boleh bertahan atau tidak!Tun, tolonglah sound lebih sikit ke Najib and Muhyiddin, pertahankan bangsa dan agama. Jangan benarkan negara ini dijajah oleh jirannya sendiri. I've always thought that Johorian are the aggresive and Modern Malays, but somehow not towards Singapura. Why? Malays have their own weakness, but at the same time it is to the advantage of other races. Because of these weaknesess, non Malays can live peacefully in Malaysia. Because of these weaknesses, they tend to be very forgiving to others that to a certain extent....sad to say 'lupa diri'. Well, Melayu kan mudah lupa.Stop ridiculing us, or blaming us.Let us work together to build up this country...like during Tun's time. Why not? Even with the privileges given to the Malays, that has not stop non Malays from getting rich. Would you want to sacrife peace and harmony for more wealth? You know, it'so easy to be a Malay in Malaysia, as long as you practise the Malay custom, speak the language and of course a Muslim, you are readily accepted to be a Malay.Why not? It's not necessarly has to be by blood.

Dear Tun,

From your own blog, "Malaysia Incorporated",

9. I don't think the country will lose if we listen to their stories of success. There may be something to learn from them. We may be able to adopt some of their ways. We may even be able to detect the faults in our systems and make adjustments.

I would consider Singapore a stories of success, with their limited natural resources, by just depending on the people that they had, built a nation (although small as it is) to be a recognized 1st World Country.

Why shouldn't Malaysia be opened to the things Singapore had done well and steal the their ideas to improve our life? Just because they are from Singapore, was part of us and is now a more successful country than us?

Nonetheless, Mr. Lee's comments will always have Singapore's interest in his mind, and for that I would not fault him, as he is a Singaporean. How I would wish more Malaysia's politicians have as much interests in the country's interests in their hearts.

Dear Tun,

LKY runs Singapore like any dictator. Dissent is taboo and never tolerated. But even worse than that, Singapore is a racist chinese state.

Dear Tun,

Biasalah Tun macam mana Singapore x kaya.
Kita jual air 3sen/1000gal,

Melayu Malaysia boikot barang Israel tapi beli barang dari Singapore tengok 'Country of Origin' dari Israel. Siapa kata kita xbeli barang Israel? So siapa yang support Israel?
S'pore sebagai ajennya @ kita sebagai pembelinya?

Beli barangan Jepun beli dari Singapore. Apa guna ada MJEPA (Malaysia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement)?

Dengan kata lain kita yang bagi peluang orang lain kaya xgitu Tun?

Thank you for saying it like it is. I took a long time to finally understand what LKY is - a true psychopath.

Now before you consider me a lunatic, perhaps you might want have a look at this - Political Ponerology - A Science on The Nature of Evil adjusted for Political Purposes, by the late Prof. Andrew M. Lobaczewski.

The website is

http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/political_ponerology_lobaczewski.htm

Thank you. Almost an ex-Singaporean.

Hi Ir. Syahrizan, Tun Mahathir, and others...

I find it a bit troubled by some of the story written by you which is, again, full of irrational, racist, and untrue message. When you said the Malay and Muslim populations at Singapore are slowly being eradicated from their rights, identity and beliefs... it is totally absurd because it is untrue. All Singaporean, regardless of color skin, is given fair playing ground to compete. The Malay I met in Singapore is doing well and their mentality is sophisticated when compare to the Malays here in Malaysia. You guys are too preoccupied by all the hak-hak and Bumi thingy until you loss sign of the big picture. One thing for sure, after years of brain-wash by the Umno in the media (i.e. Utusan Malaysia), you all have become insecure, and racist. The country has gained independent for 52 years and yet relationship between inter-racial become worse each day. This is all caused by the Umno leaders. Mr. Mahathir plays a big role during his twenty years of administration inculcating this hatred among the Malays. The bulk of the Malays community in this country is unable to discern what is right and wrong and this cause even more ethnic tension. Umno policy bread all the racist moron and retard person, Ibrahim Ali is one clear example. Corruption is rampant in Umno, and the MACC is a joke, and our civil servant is always slack on the job despite all the KPI index setup to track their performance. Thus, are you qualified to criticize the Singapore where there is no resource available and yet excel in every area of development?

I hope you all understand the implication of spoon feed culture will retard a person ability to compete and thrive. The national car Proton is one clear example. I am very sure if today UN is to rank a list of ethnic base on its own capability to success, sad to say, you will rank one of the last.

Back during our parent generation, racial harmony is so prevalent in this country, but it has died out in this generation.

This 'tiny red dot' is extremely dangerous for Indonesia, Malaysia and the SEA region.
LKY is the Netanyahu and that 'tiny dot' is Asean's very own little Israel. I'm sure we could learn a thing or two from the plight of the Palestinians.
Singapore would create townships in 'hinterland Malaysia' and gradually link-up before making their claim.
I wonder if this 'invasion' is already in motion.

May God Bless My Malaysia.

Dear Tun

It happened I just climbed the great wall last month, visited forbiden city and summer palace. All are majestic. Then it crossed my mind, all these places were built at what cost, not in money term but in term of human life. Why our beloved prophet did not built a great castle in the middle of the desert to rival dinasty ming forbiden city. Yet his teachings are being embraced by people of different continents and Quran is still the highest reference for the Muslim. To many, these majestic buildings are the symbols of great civilization, however I look it as a symbol of great human suffering. With regard to this tiny red dot country, the malay still cannot comprehend in the nutshell your magic words "melayu mudah lupa". At one time there was a newspaper suggesting Iskandar malaysia should be developed such that the singaporean can live in Iskandar and work in Singapore. So if singapore government thinks they need more manpower they can import from hong kong or mainland or Taiwan and then reside in Iskandar. This is the request since Dato Onn IMP when Dato Onn rejected, they leaved IMP and joined MCA. Malay has forgoten what Lee said to Tunku in negeri sembilan or in Australia before the separation and It was Lee who was about to snatch Tanah Melayu and you are right Tun when you accused him of planning to become Prime Minister of malaysia. What I can say, if it happened, then Tanah Melayu ould be flooded with people from mainland and Malaya with become what Nordin Sophie termed as Chinaya. Finish.

Salam hormat dan sejahtera,

Ayahanda Tun,

1.Saya telah lama membaca blog Ayahanda Tun semata-mata mencari ilmu yang tidak boleh di beli dengan berapa juga nilainya.

2. Saya bersekolah menengah sejak Ayahand Tun menjadi Menteri Pelajaran sehingga menjadi PM yang di kasihi lagi di segani di seluruh dunia. Sempat juga saya bersalam dengan Ayahanda sekali dua.

3. Pendapat saya ialah, terdapat 2 insan yang "genius" di dalam Malaysia yang di anugerahkan oleh Allah SWT.
Allayraham Tan Sri P. Ramlee dan Ayahanda Tun Mahathir Mohamad.

4. Lakunan dan arahan filem Allahyarham P. Ramlee banyak memberi pengajaran sehingga kata-kata sinis beliau, lawak jenakanya, sehingga skrip lakunan dan muzik boleh di hafal sehingga ke genarsi sekarang. Semua orang akan ketawa terbahak-bahak setiap kali menonton filem P. Ramlee tanpa bosan. Banyak lakunan Allahyarham telah menjadi keyataan sekarang dan kenapa kita tidak memahami mesejnya?? Tidakkah beliau genius??

5. Kempimpinan Ayahanda Tun Mahathir tidak di nafikan telah proven terserlah. Sungguh pun tidak perfect dan masakan manusia itu perfect.
Dalam usia emas yang di anugerahkan Allah, mampu memberi komentar dan idea yang bernas. Walaupun bermula dari seorang doktor perubatan asalnya, tetapi mampu menghasilkan negara Malaysia yang aman dan makmur, membangun dan di segani.Untuk siapa?? Untuk rakyat Malaysia!!! Tidakkah itu genius???

6. Terima kasih Ayahanda Tun Mahathir.

Salam Sejahtera Tun dan warga Che Det,

Satu ketika dulu, saya pernah mengatakan bahawa saya amat menghormati Tun dan kagum dengan visi Tun serta pencapaian Tun membawa Malaysia ke teraju kemajuan secara keseluruhan, biarpun dikecam atas dasar "Mahathirism". Tetapi saya juga menegakkan bahawa bukan setiap masa kami sehaluan, dan ini merupakan salah satu waktu itu. Saya sedar Tun dari dulu memang kurang bersopan dengan LKY, mungkin kerana isu-isu yang kami rakyat biasa tidak mengetahui dalam perbincangan atau perundingan negara ke negara, tapi mungkinkah Tun membenarkan kebencian Tun mengaburi pandangan dan pendapat Tun kali ini? Secara jujurnya, saya memang tidak pasti.

Banyak ulasan yang saya baca kini dalam blog Tun kini amat "Jingoistic". Kita nie dah nak 52 tahun Merdeka dari penjajah, tapi masih hidup dalam era dimana dipertikaikan siapa yang memperolehi kemerdekaan. Amat menyedihkan untuk membanding era dahulu dimana rakyat berbilang bangsa dengan bangga menyuarakan mereka adalah rakyat Malaysia, walaupun terpaksa menandakan Melayu, Cina, India atau lain-lain. Tapi kini, jurangnya makin mendalam, hak masih dituntut, perbalahan masih berterusan. Jika kesemua pihak tidak mahu mengalah dan berkerjasama, tak lama lagi kami mungkin menjadi "jajahan ekonomi" Singapura pula. Saya rasa ulasan saya ini akan dikecam dengan kuat oleh "militan" Tun dalam blog ini. Sekali sekala Tun tolonglah log-in sebagai member dan memberi sedikit ulasan atau komen tentang setengah coretan warga blog. Pasti melucukan.

Saya bukanlah peminat orang Singapura, malah kadangkala sebagai anak Johor jati, muak dengan perangai sesetengah warga republik yang berlagak ego dan "kiasu", yang memandang rendah warga Malaysia, tidak kira bangsa. Tapi hakikatnya, mereka mendatangkan keuntungan kepada peruncit dan peniaga di Johor Bahru, dan ini menguntungkan ekonomi mikro di sini, sehingga menyusahkan orang Johor sendiri, yang terpaksa makan sardin setin tahan 2 hari atau lebih, betul tak saudara Kamal Ahmad :) ?

Tapi ramai pulak warga Malaysia yang bekerja di Singapura, dan menyumbang lepada pembangunannya. Bukan sahaja kolar putih dan professional, bahkan kolar biru dan pekerja kilang. Ini secara nyata adalah akibat kesan penukaran kadar matawang, dan juga kerana pekerja lelaki Malaysia tidak perlu mengambil cuti untuk tujuan "National Service Reservist Training" tiap tahun. Orang Malaysia snaggup membuat kerja-kerja yang tidak dipandang oleh orang Singapura. Dan jika tidak, ada orang Indonesia, Filipin, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Myanmar, Vietnam dan macam-macam lagi. Di SIngapura pun ada rakyat mereka yang melarikan diri ke Australia, New Zealand, Kanada, AS, Eropah dan lain-lain negara. Kekosongan ini diisi oleh rakyat dari Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, malah India, Filipin dan Indonesia juga ada. Orang Singapura pula melayan mereka sebagai warga kelas kedua. Bagaimana polisi LKY?

Tun, memandangkan perasaan Tun terhadap LKY, memang patutlah dia tidak melawat Tun. Tak pe, Tun tak rugi, sebab LKY dah tiada apa-apa untuk diajar kepada Tun, dan "memory lane" bersama Tun mesti perit untuk beliau, jadi memandangkan usia beliau, mungkin beliau tidak mahu tekanan darah beliau naik ketika bersemuka dengan Tun.

Saya amat-amat berharap Tun boleh memberi lebih fokus terhadap langah-langkah yang boleh menyatukan rakyat Malaysia, sesuatu yang disebut-sebut pemimpin negara barat satu ketika dulu, yang kini sudah lenyap akibat "guerilla tactic" Saudara Anwar yang menjadi kroni AS sekarang nie. Tun masih mempunyai darjat dan martabat tinggi dalam mata pandangan ramai rakyat Malaysia, gunakanlah penyokong Tun untuk mencapai maksud ini untuk meninggalkan "legacy" Tun yang telah banyak berbakti kepada Malaysia.

Semua PM menyuarakan hasrat untuk menjadi PM untuk semua rakyat Malaysia, tapi bolehkah Tun mengetuai barisan Malaysia untuk semua rakyat Malaysia, atau slogan itu dah digunakan DAP?

Sebenarnya rakyat sudah bosan dengan sikap pemimpin yang tak sedar diri, dan tak sedar betapa susahnya untuk menyara diri dengan keadaan kos yang kian meningkat, sebab tak pernah pergi ke pasar. Mereka hidup di dunia sendiri, diberitahu apa yang mereka ingin dengar, dan memberitahu kepada rakyat apa yang mereka perlukan. Kerajaan kini perlu mengkaji dimana rancangan membasmi kemiskinan telah gagal, dan mengorak langkah baru. Ambil tindakan dengan sewajarnya sekiranya berlaku rasuah, berikan masa kepada pihak MACC, polis dan sistem undang-undang untuk melaksanakan tugas dan tanggungjawab mereka.

1. Kepercayaan Kepada Tuhan (sebab utama kenapa Chin Peng tidak patut kembali ke Malaysia - Komunis tidak percayakan Tuhan, Saudara Anwar)
2. Kesetiaan kepada Raja dan Negara
3. Keluhuran Perlembagaan
4. Kedaulatan Undang-Undang
5. Kesopanan dan Kesusilaan

Sesiapa yang tidak tahu, tidak mempercayai atau tidak menghormati prinsip ini, tidak akan memahami apa yang menjadikan kami Rakyat Malaysia, bukan Melayu, Cina, India dan lain-lain.

Zaman atuk dan abah saya, mungkin mereka buta warna, sebab TV pun hitam putih, tapi sekarang dengan colour, manatah lagi LCD yang Full HD, bukan perpaduan, tapi perbalahan dan perebutan kuasa yang berleluasa.

Maaf dan ampun Tun, kalau menyinggung perasaan, kepada yang lain, setiap orang berhak untuk mempunyai pendirian.

Askm Tun,

1. Isu air- perbelanjaan saya di johor bagi air adalah Rm 5-6 sebulan siap boleh basuh kereta dan siram pokok bunga lagi, perbelanjaan bil air saya di selangor rm rm80 sebulan hanya guna didalam rumah etc mandi dan basuh baju(mungkin sebab duduk di condo) kenapa mahal sangat ni ye????.... jika ade pembaca yang ada kenalan di johor boleh tanya betul tak perkara ni...

2. Pemerhatian saya boleh dikatakan hanya rakyat malaysia yang duduk di kl diatas aje yang suke bebenor dengan org singapore ni...kene tanye kenapa orang yang paling hampir ngan singapore ni meluat sungguh dengan org singapore nih....(mungkin ade pembaca dari johor yang boleh komen)-

3. jika sesaper yang kaji siapa LKY nih mesti tahu yang dier boleh baca jawi dan ber asal dari johor jugak,dan taktik kotor dier masa nak keluar dari Malaysia dulu dan sejarah yang diajar di sekolah singapore tidak pernah mangaku yang singapore ni sebelumnya adalah sebahagian dari Malaysia...urmm

4. Doktrin tentera singapore...kepada malaysia...urmmm

kesimpulan, terlampau banyak isu dengan singapore nih kalau nak di keluarkan disini....persoalannya adakah Malaysia akan makmur bersama singapore atau sebaliknya...

Saya memilih kita tak perlu bersama singapore nih, dan saya rasa jika isu singapore nih melambatkan malaysia menjadi negara maju, tak yah layan diaorang nih, tak mati pun.....teruskan apa2 perancangan yang penting kemakmuran Malaysia diutamakan. Kalau di NS9 cakap 'mengabihkan boras jo'... layan singapore nih

pst: Singapore nih ibarat mcm negara israel je kat palestine

Dear Amir Aziz,

I am not a racist.Instead I am a nationalist.

I just worry about the future of this nation.Thailand and even Vietnam are near to catching up with us.But some group of people in this country still want to be protected and pampered.

If this group of people cannot even compete in their own country,how can they compete in the world?

Salam to my dearest Tun,

Salam as well to JJJ,

Pagi ini semangat saya terbakar apabila membaca artikel ini. Jadi, saya ngin memberi sedikit komen.

1) LKY has never been impressed with Malaysia.
So, why the sudden change in heart?
They are here, perhaps because they are desperate for help as its economy is growing at -10%. But the million dollar question is?

ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING THE GIVING-IN POLICY? The bridge debacle, in my view is a great shame to the country. Even if we assist, I do not think Singapore is appreciative to the kindness that we have accorded thus far. If Singapore is sincere in building-up long lasting relationship, it should have used it common-sense that the current water tariff rate no longer makes any economic sense. Since Singapore fail to use its common-sense on this matter, we should then ask ourselves, is it worth according them with all hospitality?

Have we forgotten the 97 Asian Financial Crisis? What sort of help that we had gotten from Singapore??

2) Singapore has gotten our Pulau Batu Puteh, Iskandariah and.......what more! Aren't we left with any fighting spirit anymore? Where is our superiority mindset? How long do we want to be in the background rather than the foreground? Who is going to save us if none on the foreground? How long do we need to learn in order to become competitive? Have we understood Islam properly? If yes, why has Islam failed to make us competitive and productive as in the golden days of the Islamic civilization.

If the Malays fail to achieve glory, and continue making mistakes to the point of affecting our dignity as a Nation, then the Malays will not gain any respect, even by its own Malaysian counterpart. LKY saw this and is still seeing this and the time is still ripe for him to take advantage of.

2) LKY has no real interest in us except for his country's agenda, and if there is really one, be prepared to give-in more. Singapore does not believe in sharing with others especially the Malays. Why are we submissive to him? Is he the greatest leader of all? Are we Malaysian short of great leaders to match him where his words are now seemed to be far valuable than gold. Perhaps, only in the eyes of PAP and DAP! Do you think our statesman can visit the Opposition whilst on official trip and making comments as to how to govern a country? Singapore gave platform for Anwar Ibrahim and yet we give them the platform to be here to ridicule us in front of our eye-balls!! What an irony!!

3) In Malaysia, we have a highly respected ulama who offers very little respect to another Muslim leader simply because he is perceived to carry a secular view which is Un-Islamic. Ironically, this man has introduced Islamic values and system into the Governement machineries ever since he took office. If Malaysia is an UnIslamic, why then we ended-up with institution such as Bank Islam, UIA, Tabung Haji, Pusat Islam, Jabatan Agama, Jabatan Zakatan, Mahkamah Syariah, etc. Most importantly, why then do we allow the state's religious affair under the custody of the Sultan? And also, who amongst the Muslim dares to challenge the monetary system be replaced by Gold Dinar when every support is in USD? Who had fought the currency speculator and devised a rescue plan to save all Malaysian from out of job and loss of income. Since every single citizen in this country benefited from this rescue plan, each and every one of us is indebted to this man.

And yet, I'm surprised that our great ulama Nik Aziz gave a thumb-up to his visitor from Singapore, who has successfully cleanse the Singaporean Malays, displaced of their rights that have been enshrined since the independence. LKY is smart but not the Malays. Singapore who was once a Malay state is no longer Malay-owned. Which government in this world would allow its land to be taken by immigrants?

4) The Malays have always been shy, submissive, kind-hearted and naturally loves to give-in in order to maintain friendship. Today, such good deeds were taken advantage of by the non-Malays and without stepping afar into the history, we could learn the fate of the Malays in Singapore. If we continue failing to understand the reality, the Malay rights in this country will sooner or be later be wiped-off. PAP of Singapore has proven they can do it and handle it well. So, why can't the DAP and PKR achieve the same feat!

May Allah s.w.t protect this country and clear the mess that we have created in the interest of Malay and Islam. Malay and Islam have proven that they can uphold justice in the interest of every races and religions and we must support the established framework to ensure we can continue living in harmony in one big multi-racial country. Insyallah.

Salam.

Tun,

Assalammualaikum. Saya orang Melayu Singapura dan saya setuju dengan fakta-fakta yang telah Tun hujahkan di laman internet Tun. Kebanyakan orang Singapura moden, terutama orang berbangsa Tiong Hua, bukannya 'racist' tetapi hanyak pemerintah sahaja yang 'racist'. Benar, 'racism' di Singapura tidak ketara dan kelihatan kerana ianya berlaku dan diperlakukan dengan sulit.

Kalau saya ingin senaraikan akitiviti-aktiviti ketidakadilan yang berlaku di Singapura, sudah tentu tidak boleh dimuatkan di ruang komen ini. Hanya Allah sahaja yang tahu nasib orang Islam, terutamanya orang Melayu Islam Singapura.

Dahulu saya sering kritik Tun kerana Tun sering sibuk menjaga tepi kain orang Melayu Islam Singapura tetapi sekarang saya sedar kenapa Tun berbuat demikian. Tun lah satu-satunya pejuang dan pelestari kaum Melayu yang saya hormati sekarang.

Kalau Tun ingin tolong orang Islam di Singapura, saya cadangkan Tun beri peluang untuk orang Islam Singapura untuk mencari rezeki dan peluang di Malaysia.

Saya sungguh sedih melihat keadaan masyarakat Islam di Singapura. Benar, kita diberi kebebasan untuk mempraktikkan agama Islam tetapi mereka gunakan alasan ini untuk menindas masyarakat Islam di Singapura.

Lihat sahaja Member of Parliaments dari Masyarakat Melayu. Sejauh ini, apa telah mereka juangkan untuk masyarakat Melayu Islam? Ada MP juga yang menggalakan orang Muslim untuk bekerja di casino. Percaya atau tidak, ini kebenaran: Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura adalah sebuah badan kerajaan (statutary board) tetapi agama-agama lain tidak ada. Jadi, fatwa-fatwa kita ada pengaruh dari kerajaan dan bukan didasarkan dari Quran dan Sunnah?

Muslimah tidak dibenarkan memakai tudung ke sekolah tetapi orang-orang Sikh boleh pakai turban?

Saya harap Tun boleh bincangkan hal ini dengan masyarakat kita. Kalau orang Melayu sendiri tidak tolong, siapa lagi? Saya juga ada saudara-mara di Malaysia. Kebetulan juga, nenek saya ada keturunan diraja Johor yang lama.

Assalammualaikum.

Terima kasih Tun..

Sir,

I don't blame LKY for his latest tour of duty up north from his little kingdom south of the border. You see, his days are numbered, as are yours, and he is doing everything he can to make sure his kingdom's interests are all well taken care of before he leaves this planet. Malaysia cannot take Singapore and its leaders too lightly. They are here to stay and they are playing to win.

May I suggest that you, as the undisputed greatest PM of Malaysia, do something really great for your country while you still can. Something that every single Malaysian can be truly proud of for ever. I don't know what it is but it should be something that genuinely unites the people of this country once and for all. This accomplished, Malaysia will take off to dizzying heights of progress and development. We will leave this tiny little southern kingdom far behind us and.... the memory of the great 5th PM.
Don't squander your opportunity to do this for your country. You owe the nation this task. You can do it so don't tarry. You will be immortalized in the minds of future generations of Malaysians, just like Simon Bolivar or Che Guevara or Nelson Mandela and many other great men. You must join their ranks in the history of civilization.

I don't know how to begin to describe your absolute bias comments. You call people by names and stab ex-prime minister for things he has not done. Well, if you are SO GREAT, the "3 sen per 1000 gallon" matter should have resolved during your time as the PM.

LKY is a smart man. During his visit he met with many top political leaders including the oppositions'. He even visited Kelantan for the first time and have a dialogue with Rosmah. All the people he talked to are those currently in power and those will be in power after the 13th General Election. But somehow he ignored you...this shows that you are no longer relevant. Your manipulation no longer works and it's shameful that an old man like you still have so much grudge and hatre in you. Wake up!

Water 3 sen a thousand gallon.

This agreement must be seen in the overall context. The agreement was made when the two sides were not competing with each other.

Singapore had to foot the bills of building the dam, purify the water and piped it to Johoreans and Singaporeans.

There are benefits to both sides. A win win situation.

There are quidelines to increase prices. LKY was agreeable to increase to 45 cents and Tun agreed and later u-turned. Tun wanted to backdate, go for exhorbitant increase etc. My question is why agree to the 45 cents in the first place when you know you are not serious about it.

Pahang River experiences floods due to alluvial deposits. Singapore had the dredges to dredge the Pahang River to deepen it and alleviate floods. The dredged sand will be barged to Singapore. LKY mentioned that Tun as PM said no sand for Singapore. As a consequence Singapore had to barge sand from Cambodia and Vietnam which incur extra cost and Pahang continues to experience floods.

This is a win-win situation.

But you chose to:

forget your 'prosper thy neighbour' slogan
be disinterested in solving the flooding problem
Show your dislike for Singapore.

Not recognising that the proceed from the sale of sand can be used to build more schools, roads or clinics.

Tun, you do seem to have problem divorcing your personal feelings from your professional duty.

As a medical doctor would you operate on LKY?

Handbrake sedikit!

dear TUN
for so long i respect you, but this post has change my mind, how can you be so racist?
what has anything to do with race and success in Singapore?
Singapore run on the Meritocracy which make them so success compare to malaysian that based on so called social contract and race privilege..
they took whoever has the ability to be the best, not like us, base on colour and religion..

so please, dont write such racist and full of jealousy and hatred post, it will tear down your image

Dear Tun,

Singaporean government never agreed to any ISSUES we HAD raised, so it is VERY IRONIC key Malaysian leaders agreed to meet LKY of course with "open-heart". All unresolved outstanding bilateral issues were mastermind by LKY. So LKY visit should not be welcome at all.

Regards

Assalamualaikum Y.Bhg Tun,

I can't stand the arrogance of this Singapore's Minister 'Mental' LKY. What he is doing is clearly enroaching into the sovereignty of our country. More sickening is that our leaders, opposition or not, royalties and pundits are all singing hoobaalaah to the whole event.

Clearly he is here to save the future of Singapore. Say what he may and want, Singapore's future is in danger if they do not seek a more definitive economic model, i.e manufacturing, plantation, agriculture, infra-development, natural resources etc rather than the Zionist economic model that the thrived on and which is the main causes of Temasek's coffer being mercilessly whacked.

Arrogance as he can be, he even issued an un-called for veil threat to us:

"He was frank with Malaysian leaders, he said, and told them that Singapore businessmen now have thousands of projects in China, Vietnam, India and the Persian Gulf states.

They are also benefiting from the web of free trade agreements that Singapore has signed with large economies, including the United States, Japan, Australia and India".

Are Malaysia's economy and businesses so hard-up for Singapore participation? Or is it the other way? This kind of threat are famous with Zionist Israel leaders!

"He is keen to dredge the Pahang River to prevent flooding, and Singapore has the expertise for the job. But Singapore cannot take the sand from the river unless the federal government agrees to it, Lee pointed out". See that catch? He is asking for the Pahang State Goverment to by-pass the Federal Goverment in order to achieve his main target!

The Third Bridge will provide opportunities for Singapore to extend as what Tun said of his 'tiny Middle Kingdom'. No sand no bridge. The bridge will comprehensively turn Port of Tanjung Pelepas and Pasir Gudang into a big jetty for fishermen and tongkang. Land reclamation in and around Pulau Tekong will further expand his kingdom, blocking water passage into the strait for good.

Cheaper land cost in S.E Johore will provide home for Singapores' homeless.

Is Najib seeing this? Or is he another 'Lame-Duck' in the making?

Tun has done much damage to Malaysia and to Singapore Malaysia relationship. He keeps playing the racial card which if not checked will set Malaysia further back.

Why use 'the great 5th Prime Minister' just mention Badawi or something like that. Is he so trivial and incensed with him that he would not mention his name.

LKY reiterated that it is senseless to go on quarrelling. Blow hot blow cold. Good weather one year and bad weather the next year. Isn't that what a statesman should do? Bring good tidings to the people rather than playing to the gallery for personal vendetta.

Please tell us more about the little Emperor. But I am sure you are also a bit apprehensive that the little Emperor may have something to say about you too.

SELAMAT PAGI N GOOD MORNING TO ALL.

I'VE COMMENTED EARLIER IN THIS SAME POSTING ON LKY'S VISIT THOUGH NONE SEEMS TO HAVE NOTICE IT. MY POINT IS DON'T BLAME LKY FOR BEING ABLE AND ALLOWED TO HAVE A FREE RUN IN MSIA.

WE ALL HAVE HAVE OUR OWN HOMES. A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE. WE DETERMINED WHO CAN COME IN OR NOT. IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO VISIT US, WE LOOK AT HIS/HER RELATIONSHIP WITH US. IF THEY ARE CASUAL VISITORS, WE JUST HAVE A CHIT-CHAT AT THE GATE OR IN THE LAWN. IF THEY ARE REGULAR FRIENDS, WE INVITE THEM TO THE FRONT PORCH N OFFER THEM SOME DRINKS. IF THERE ARE SERIOUS MATTERS, WE INVITE THEM TO THE SITTING ROOM/LOUNGE.

BUT RARELY DO WE INVITE THEM TO SEE THE BEDROOMS OR POP INTO THE KITCHEN, NOT EVEN NEIGHBOURS. ONLY CLOSE RELATIVES DO THAT. IF THE VISITORS ARE OUTSIDERS, HAVE NOT BEEN ON 'SOCIABLE TERMS', HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF BELITTLING US, THEN YOU ARE RIGHT IF YOU JUST SAY LET'S TALK AT THE GATE ONLY OR IN THE FRONT LOUNGE.

THESE LEVELS OF TREATMENT FOR VISITORS ARE GENERAL UNIVERSAL CODE OF CONDUCT OF ANY RACE.

SIMILARLY, IF MR LKY'S REQUEST INCLUDE SEEING THE BEDROOMS, THE KITCHEN N THE TOILET, IT'S UP TO THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE NOT TO ALLOW IT, BASED ON THE ABOVE CONSIDERATIONS.

SINCE HE HAS ALLOWED IT, IT JUST INDICATE HE IS NOT THE BEST PERSON TO SAFEGUARD YOUR HOME OR FOR THAT MATTER, YOOUR COUNTRY. HE IS DEFICIENT IN JUDGEMENT. WHAT A SHAME.

JJJ

I read your comments with disgust. It is not meritocracy that will threaten you. It is your own egoistic attitude that will forever put you in the shadows of other races, locally or internationally. Nobody has the intention of overshadowing Malays. What we want is a nation that does not look at skin color and quota. Provide a level playing field and compete in a friendly manner.

Nobody bothers to LANGKAH YOUR MAYAT. It is YOU who have to LANGKAH YOUR OWN MAYAT before you can progress. Else you will continue to be where you are right now.

Pak Lah dari kerusi PM dalam Parlimen, kini hanya sebagai MP. Kerusi lagi mahal dari tuan. Tuan YB MP muda, you masuk parlimen pakai baju designer punya kan? Tengok fitting pun saya tahu, bukan warehouse sale punya coat serebeh macam kami. Bukan PWTC/Mall punya tailor macam kita, ini mesti bapok designer Givenchy atau Gucci punya signature series (aku tak mau sebut harga la). Macam mana hang nak selami masalah rakyat macam tu? Rakyat makan sardin setin bagi tahan 2 hari tuan MP muda, goreng teluq ayam 3 biji potong 8 bahagian, nasi beras pecah serbuk dah pun kena makan telan jugak. Hang boleh faham ka? Tu pak mentua hang, lagi sekoq punya keldai. Bagi jadi PM apa dia pi buat? Gadai habih kesemua! Dia lupa tebing. Hang nak jadi PM umuq 40 tahun? Ok, katakanlah tokong hindu terbang hangpa buat magic memang hang jadi PM umuq 40 tahun, lepas tu apa? Hang tau ka apa nak buat? Ka nak jadi kera luku jugak? Kami lagi matang daripada hang dengan pak mentua hang sendiri pun tak tau nak buat apa dah. Kalau nak glam buat cara nak glam, tak yah duk seret perut kosong rakyat masuk sama duk gelumang dengan hangpa. La ni hang duk tutuh angin free saja dalam UMNO. Apa satu kerja pun hang tak buat, check tendang saja. Rasuah punya muka. Dia macam ni lah aku nak cerita dekat hangpa dua ekoq anak beranak, hangpa ni BODOH. Muka beruk teran taik zoo lagi nampak bernas daripada hangpa. Aku memang geram dekat hangpa. La ni hang duk tembak masuk sikit-sikit guna sepupu hang menteri JKR tu ka? Kerja sikit nak raya punya menteri? Guna NST? Guna TV3? Guna si kerbau balaq Ang?Apa kerja piling hang duk harap depa bulih buat? Hang nak buat projek condo pulak ka? Hang tengok sepupu hang cakap, sampai ayaq leok kerin putih tepi biar mulut dah, haram satu kerja pun dia tak buat lagi. Serupa hang juga la. Serupa pak mentua hang juga la. Mana mamak kereta recond PJ hang? Hangpa duk plan nak timbui kut mana pulak? Orang tau la, saja nak tengok kerenah hangpa saja. Macam ni lah, kita kalau dah tewas, maka terima hakikat. Kalau kita dah tak laku maka terima hakikat. Hangpa duit banyak, hindik atas belakang tokong terbang hang pi beli satu pulau jadi raja sana hangpa anak beranak. Buat bendera lagu negara sendiri. Nak jadi komunis pun kami tak kacau. Tak dak sapa pun nak pi kacau hangpa dah. Jadi masa hangpa duk sini lagi tak payah la duk kacau hal sini. Makan gaji/elaun/pencen buta sudah la. Tu lah, harapan ramai supaya hangpa ada kesedaran, ada keikhlasan ada ayaq muka sikit. Duk diam-diam, tutuh gaji/pencen/elaun buta cukup la. Sekali sekala pi rasmi fashion show pi menebaih golf dua tiga round kernyeh depan kamera. Cukup lah. Bulih ka? Ni nak habaq tu saja la. Tu pun kalau Ayahanda Perjuangan kami Tun bagi tumpang lalu. T. Kasih Tun.

Assalamualaikum Yg Bbhg Tun,

1. pada hemat saya (ini bukan nak bagitau Tun tapi nak bagitau semua rakyat Malaysia, Tun dah pakar dlm banyak hal), peringatan Tun itu untuk tidak melalaikan kita bahawa di luar sana ada banyak jenis dan bentuk cemburu dan dengki dgn negara kita yg unik, maju dan kaya ini.

2. Pada masa yg sama ada juga rakyat kat dlm negara ni yg turut sama nak menjahanamkan negaranya sendiri. Yang tak tahu bersyukur dan tak mengenal diri mereka sendiri.

3. Malaysia ni alahai, keciklah sgt...rakyat tak ramai...dipimpin pulak oleh org Melayu di mana tak ada seorang pun yg tersenarai dlm billionaires (USD)dunia.

4. Sedarlah yg Melayu dan yg bukan Melayu, orang Melayu ni baik sgt, sgt mudah menghormati org lain. Lu org tak rasa aman ke dudk kat Malaysia ni.

5. Kalaulah org Melayu ni jahat sgt, dah lama dah majoriti org Melayu yg billionaire. Kaum lain jugak yg lagi kaya. Bukannya susah sgt nak buat. Org Melayu yg perintah takkan tak boleh nak buat kot.
Kacang sangat...Org Melayu ni taklah gila sgt nak kaya. Yg penting aman, makmur dan cukup makan. Tapi pantang org Melayu dicabar2 dgn propaganda dan sifat tak reti nak berterimakasih.

6. Ramai juga org melayu yg tak sedar diri. Terikut2 dgn globalisasi dan 'human rights' yg melulu. Pandai sikit ttg agama, dia rasa dia wali dan akan masuk syurga...ramai yg sesat.

7. Pergilah cari negara lain yg sesuai dgn kehendak hati kalian. Ramai yg tahu bersyukur dan aman duduk tinggal di sini. Pergi berambus....

8. Org Melayu dah banyak bersabar...tapi ada juga org bukan Melayu yg tahu bersyukur dan berasa bahagia dan nikmat hidup di negara yg unik ini. Org luar ramai yg terkejut malah ada yg nak 'take over'.

9. Ramai yg sederhana tapi bahagia. Yg bodoh dan tuli, yg pandai tapi tak bijak....tolonglah berfikir dan berubah.

10. Namun ku yakinkan diri semoga negaraku ini akan mencapai jua impiannya utk menjadi negara maju menjelang 2020. Semoga Yg Bbhg Tun dan sekeluarga sihat dan pjg umur.

Wassalam and c u then. Tq

Dear Tun,

"Maybe someone should make a study of the Malays of Singapore just to know what it is like to be a Malay minority in their own country."

No need to go so far, and spend so much money to conduct this study. Our beloved country has plenty of ethnic minorities who can provide you data for free.

Now, if only you're not so obsessed about skin colour, Malaysia would have probably been a far more developed nation, enough to even let LKY chew on humble pie.

Dear TUN....

I wish to invite you to visit www.kamagong.org

She could have been your daughter.

regards
Lawrence Jayaraj

Dear pakbelalang,

//We Johorean should have a Menteri Besar of Johore resembling Lee Kuan Yew's brain, if Johore state wants to compete with Singapore economically.//

What if the Menteri Besar of Johore resembling Lee Kuan Yew's brain is a Chinese? Can you accept it?

Actually ,the success of Singapore is due to the Chinese population there who can be easily pushed to work hard like cows under the guidance of LKY.

YBhg. Tun,
I always suspected that LKY visit is more than down memory lane in nature. He is in fact on a spying highways making inroads into palces, offices and homes of Malaysian leaders. Why was he given such a welcome like a long lost brother coming home? Cant our leaders see his hidden agenda. Singapore needs to restrategise how to deal with our leaders. Keep on giving your views. Some might not like it. But many more are willing to be on board with you. It is not about being racist but it is all about defending the rights of the Malays and Malaysia, tanah tumpah darah ku. May Allah bless you and Tun Hasmah.

cool down Tun ... it is publicly known that Tun hate Singapore very much, due to the achievement they have compared to Malaysia ...

may be the feeling is a little bit sour, when competitor is visiting in a situation where they are more advanced 10 years ahead compared to us ... can know how is the feeling when competing for 22 years but still failed to overcome even they do not have any resources ...

some people said it is the behaviour of dengki, some said jealous & etc ... but i am not sure about it ...

take it easy Tun ... it is just a visit from a neighbour ...

Selepas mencapai umur 86 tahun LKY sangat berpuas hati dengan pencapaian Singapura tetapi dengan usia 84 tahun TDM masih merungut ini tak betul itu tak betul mengenai pencapaian Malaysia. Ini semua kerana pemimpin UMNO yang kurang bijaksana dan korup dimana budaya rasuah adalah menjadi amalan hidup mereka. Parti yang korup seperti UMNO/BN inilah yang menjadi batu penghalang bagi Malaysia untuk maju setanding dengan negara Taiwan, Korea Selatan dan Singapura dimana pada tahun 70han keempat-empat negara ini berada ditahap yang sama..malahan dari segi sumber asli Malaysia mempunyai kelebihan. Sudah sampai masanya Malaysia diterajui gabungan parti pemerintah yang bersih dari rasuah dimana pemimpin2nya bukan saja bersih tetapi kelihatan bersih dan ini tidak ada pada UMNO/BN..agar pemimpin dan rakyat Malaysia akan datang tidak merungut sepertimana TDM merungut.

when a DNA & IQ or EQ test to those malay,You get a answer how malay are incapable of managing this country better than others.Tun mantion also in his book "The Malay Delimas".

Dear Tun, denying fact was a lot of work when we tried to argue with Singaporeans. They are smart, competitive and self-reliant unlike most of the Malaysians. Maybe this is due to a strong government with weak oppositions oppressed each time when coming up with an issue. The Chinese based government in Singapore consist of those who believe in Meritocracy and secularism always seem to be on the side of good governance in a multicultural state. But it seems the Singaporeans still fells unsafe and this feeling is masked by acting superior in every ways towards their neighbours especially the Malaysian. The Malaysian meanwhile still feels like impoverished nation and afraid to use our advantages for our benefits. For me, it is alright to let the Singaporeans to do whatever they want to do except if their action make the Malaysians looks small and stupid. For our beloved PM, Dato Najib please be smart and increase the water bill like the Malaysian pay for their water bill. Yes, just tear down the stupid Tambak Johor so that a clear water can cross from the Malacca Strait to the South China Sea. - Jizurimin

Assalamualaikum Ayahanda TUn.... dengan izin....

Dear UpholdJustice...

Dont be too racist in this blog... We need more open mind opinion in building malaysian... dont talk that we made mistake and so call weak... we did tolerate to much to you all people untill you can make more than us... and we dont mind with that too.... What we want is just a respect and your understand....just take yours and we take mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as what we already did in 50 years... or you just love to be what u r right now.... dont try it again... Dont you think that it because of winning few contries in PRU12 make you all so great? We just SIMPLY did it because of unsatisfaction to certain people in government and our party...BUT PLESE remember that your time is up.... We TOTALLY tired with all your nonsense..
This contry is belong to those who understand to respect each other and never be racist to each other and we call ourself as truly malaysian

Salam Tun,

To those blaming Mr Lee Kuan Yew :

Blame yourselves, there are so many you can learn from LKY's visit.
This visit gives him the opportunity to look-see and fulfill his objectives of collecting information. This is not only LKY typical strategy, but also those who want to remain ahead of others! This accounts Singapore to what it is right now. As in other countries, you must have a certain kind of policy to control and administer to enable your country to prosper in a manner that could serve your country's best interest, not your personal interest.

In terms of Singapore's development, the profile of its landscape has been changing rapidly. Both public and private housing estates,
each complimented with stadium, indoor-sports hall, swimming pool, primary/secondary schools/junior colleges, and not forgetting the excellent public transportation like buses and the mass rapid transport (MRT). This certainly expedite your movement to any nook and corner of Singapore with much ease and comfort.

But this comes with a price! - To sustain this rapid development, Singapore is compelled to be reliant on foreign workers from China, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Philippines etcetra. Please do not be mislead by the presence of this foreign workers, they are not local Malays, Chinese or Indians. They are foreign workers, reportedly by the thousands. This has caused some displeasure by the locals because it seems the foreign workers have robbed off their livelihood.

Well, if Malaysia wants to aspire to achieve to be a developed nation, Singapore is one of those countries in the world, or perhaps compatible to emulate.

Malaysia should learn from Singapore:-

1. Singapore led by LKY has less corruption, unlike BN & UMNO gov.

2. Singapore regarless Malay, Indian, Chinese, Mat Salleh, they called themself Singaporean. Malaysia politician keeps remind you have different race, different rights & different status.

3. Singaporean has higher living standard & income

4. Singapore crime rate much lower compares to Malaysia, a safe country for its ppl

Malaysia BN gov has failed to achieve all these important things for Malaysian.

Asalamualaikum Tun,

The eight-day trip done by Lee Kuan Yew is overshadowed by the reasoning; "a trip along the memory lane". I don't think Lee Kuan Yew has any sweet memories here in Malaysia. All are bitter memories only. Its weird to think off, that Lee Kuan Yew is a sentimental man. He met with several BN and PKR leaders. He even invites some of these PKR leaders to come over to Singapore for "further discussion". I wonder, what kind of "discussion"? Tips to topple the Malaysian Government? Should we allow Singapore to dwell with our domestic issues? As I quote from Tun's remarks, "All those who met the great man from the little country were lectured on how Malaysia should be run". Tun can sniff problem even before Lee came over here. Lee Kuan Yew should have been ban to enter Malaysia as we did to that horrendous Chin Peng too.

Futhermore, Singapore has a very strong tie with the regime Israel. In fact, Singapore is modeled based on regime Israel formula. Take and conquer. Just like what they did to that Palestine people. The regime Israel even set up its spy agency at Singapore; the Mossad. Singapore has always been the proxy for the Israel. Singapore is also known to equip its small country with sophisticated killer weapon and destructive arsenals. For what? Fireworks? It seems that Singapore fire power is capable for invasion and offensive strike. This is the very reason; I’m among the few to agree that Malaysia should carry on with its military modernization to neutralize this potential threat, despite the cry from the Opoosition.

Furthermore, the Malay and Muslim populations at Singapore are slowly being eradicated from their rights, identity and beliefs. I fear for the worst. If Singapore wants apart of the Iskandar Development Corridor, at least the Malaysian Government should create a system which prevents these morons from overtaking us instead. We shall never be tricked by that similar 3-cent per gallon of raw water deal anymore. The Malaysian Malays should learn the plight of their Malay siblings in Singapore of being treated like second-class citizens. Bear in mind, Singapore is a Chinese-Racist-State. That fact will remain forever.

Ayahanda Tun,

//By JB_FROM on June 15, 2009 6:46 PM
Tun,

I cannot but notice that you very personal on the matters with Singapore.

LKY is just having a neighbourly visit to our country.

I am from JB, I've worked as an engineer in KL. Comparing myself with my cousin in Singapore, who is working as a teacher (non executive) his salary quite substantially more then me.

By the way, when Singaporean cross the causeway, everything is half price due to the currency exchange.

I think your perspective about the Malays in Singapore is a bit exaggerated. You should make a more thorough look rather then making an assumption.//

Dear JB,

Why you work in KL then????? It is because our MCA sleeping jugak and buat bodoh like Tun Lah ke? An engineer does not know how economy works, Singaporeans are drawing higher salary because they need to pay high tax and housing installments. If you want to have high salary, make sure our governmnet can kutip tax lo so that our government can allow all salary be increased lah! Because we have too many politicians, this is why government cannot implement the system that Singapore is doing, faham ke, JB!

http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2009/06/singapore-island-is-there-any-hope.html

THE TRUE SIN UNDER LKY !

Selamat pagi Ayahanda Tun,

Izinkan...

//By austozi on June 15, 2009 4:26 PM
Dear Tun,

I wish you would just stop ranting already because you are starting to sound like just a grumpy old man with nothing else to show. It does not do justice to your intellect.

"Maybe someone should make a study of the Malays of Singapore just to know what it is like to be a Malay minority in their own country."

No need to venture that far. There are plenty of ethnic minorities in Malaysia who can tell you exactly how it feels.//

Dear austozi

Yes, there are ethnic minorities in Malaysia who can tell how it feels. Why? The reason is because they know nothing about Islamic and our Rukun Negara and they do not want to learn to accept when they have opportunity to do so, all they know is to get "jealous" and talk co.k worst than his own "grumpy old man", (the father lah).

The 700 Iranians's demonstration in Wisma UN happened in our country and the Iranians are against the elected leader whom they hate so much and one of the demonstrator was killed. Didn't you get this message, or you read news without reading between lines just to show off that you can read news in English? And by the way, you are an indian, so learn to accept your fate (nasib's Tuhan) because you are the minority in our country.

You guys wanted racial attack, right? You guys are educated but you guys have no experience in dealing with unity because you are a 'katak di bawah tempurung' who syiok the west by watching movies. If you guys don't have solutions, I will say "SHUT UP". Everyone in Malaysia is suffering now because of our Mr Anwar Ibrahim and the fomous SIL who wanted so much to become our next PM by allowing you minority the so-called educated fellows (I am only referring to those indians, chinese and malays who are rude to our Tun Dr M, and they talk about justice and barking like a moron at his blog) to gain support.

Shame on you tambi!!!! I will say, NO, no more belas kasihan to you guys, if you have money, please export yourself out from our country and you love to have this dream. Dreaming is no use, you have to work to get the money, not by slashing "rude" comments in our ex-PM's blog when he is nobody now just to challenge our patience.

Ayahanda Tun, this is the minority group whom we should not allow them to have 2nd chance, let them suffer the pain, if not they will never learn!

I lost hope to Najib already.......he misses his chance to revive umno and the country.

Salam Tun,
Bagi saya Tun telah memalukan dirinya sendiri. Selama 22 tahun Tun memerintah, Tun gagal buat apa yang Tun mahu, apakah Tun berharap Tun Abdullah yang memerintah begitu singkat boleh lakukannya? Malu ! Malu! Lagi memalukan ialah Tun melantik Tun Abdullah bukan rakyat dan bukan ahli UMNO pun walaupun kemudian dia menang pemilihan.

Apa nak diharap bagi Singapura untuk lakukan untuk orang Melayu sedangkan Tun sendiri pun menggunakan ISA untuk kurung orang Melayu dalam penjara Kamunting?
Sudahlah Tun !. Lagi banyak Tun tulis atau cakap lagi nampak Tun tidak bijak.

sudahlah!TUN jgn cakap yg bukan2 lagi. biar org berkuasa sekarang buat kerja,jangan tuang tahi tikus atas bubur lagilah!sedangkan selama23 tahun Tun berkuasa apa yg Tun buat? masih guna tektik membuli & setengah paksa.

beranikah kita buli & menuduh Indo kawan sebelah kah? (rasa boleh juga hanya buli org gaji & bini nikah tiga je) sedangkan Singapura pulau sekecil itu masih dapat membangun dan lebih maju dari kita Malaysia Tanah ketuanan Melayu.

Rasa malu saja sebagai Malaysia!!!

orgjohor, banyakkan membaca!

"Malays can also work there"

kepala hotak ko la lee

it is a really a great fear. walaupun singaporah dah lama gelakkan kita, but it wouldn't be a prob, just continue laughing at us, we feel so fun with that

dah tradisi, org ceredik makan org buduh

http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1921&Itemid=181

PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS OF THE ABOVE WEBSITE, MADE BY MALAYSIANS AND SINGAPOREANS.

http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1921&Itemid=181

PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS OF THE ABOVE WEBSITE, MADE BY MALAYSIANS AND SINGAPOREANS.

SALAM AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN
IZINKAN,
6. The great 5th Prime Minister has decided that since the people of Johore did not want to sell sand to Singapore, Malaysia would not build any bridge, straight or crooked, or negotiate and settle the other issues like the Central Provident Fund, the Railway land. Maybe the 5th Prime Minister thinks he is punishing Singapore. Actually he is giving Singapore what its wants including the 3 sen per 1000 gallons water until 2061. Think of how many grains of nasi lemak we can buy with 3 sen in 2061. Imagine what 1000 gallons will earn for Singapore at that time. Can't think of a more astute PM for Malaysia.

YESTERDAY, A MIND BOGGLING HISTORY WAS CREATED AT THE HOUSE OF PARLIMENT BY YAB TUN ABDULLAH AHMAD BADAWI I.E. FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S CHAIR DOWN GRADED TO A BACKBENCHER'S .. A FLIP-FLOP HEAD TO TAIL..FROM LEADER PM TO FOLLOWER MP,.. 'P' FROM THE FRONT TO 'P' FROM THE BEHIND AND TOP OF HIS FEATS, THE FIRST YANG AMAT BERHORMAT, EX-PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA AND A 'TUN' AMONGST THE BACKBENCHERS.

CAN'T THINK OF A MORE ASTUTE YANG AMAT BERHORMAT TUN, AS A BACKBENCHER MEMBER OF PARLIMENT OF MALAYSIA..HOW DO WE FORMALLY ADDRESS HIM?..YAB OR YB?

MAY WE REMIND THE SPEAKER AND THE HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS CABINET MINISTERS TO ACCORD THE 5TH PRIME MINISTER THE HONOUR AND RESPECT OF THE 'YAB' OTHERWISE, IT WILL BE AN INSULT TO THE EXISTING PROTOCOL.

ALFATIHAH, AMIN.

P.S. Will somebody teach this Nizar and his boneheads, the difference between the 'Dewan Undangan Negeri' and 'Dewan rakyat'? What kind of fool is he?..It will be choatic if all the ADUNs were to run to the Parliment to show their protests or dissatisfactions with the affairs of the States.

I wonder which gov. made the contract 3 sen per 1000 gallons water until 2061. Did MACC do a check on the MP banks account that sign this deal.
For all your ranting what did you do during your rule.
You and your supports are constantly hung up on the delusion that non-malays are out to get the Malays. All they are asking is to be treated equally.

When Singaporeans Malay say they are doing fine and they do not need special privileges to make it in life, your supporters label them as traitors or not Malays.

.Salam Bahagia Tun,
Saya berdoa moga Tun sihat walafiat dan terus mendedahkan peranan dan agenda tersembuyi Maharaja moden yang kecik itu.

Pandangan Tun memang di perlukan demi untok menyedarkan genarasi yang ada ini dan yang mendatang.Mungkin ada yang ambil nasihat dan teguran Tun. Tapi kebanyakan MALU nak mengaku yang depa cedok idea Tun, tak sikit tapi banyak.

Seperti yang Tun nyatakan mantan PM kelima tu. Entah apa yang telah di rundingkan dulu sehingga si-mentol LKY tu tak langsung gerun kat bekas PM kelima itu.

PM kelima itu konon nya nak tunjuk dia lagi hebat dari pada PM-PM yang lepas-lepas .Terutama kepada mantan PM ke-Empat.Maka terjadilah apa yang telah dilakukan nya..yang kini kekal dalam lipatan sejarah.

Demi nak tunjuk hebat..pasal dia menang pilihan raya lebih kurang 90 peratus. Dekat hampir sama pencapain-nya dengan rejim mentoi LKY tu. Maka sepatutnya lah PM ke lima tu mengambil tindakan macam rejim mentoi LKY tu, pasai nya depa kan setaraf.

PM keEmpat (Tun kut).. dalam 4 pilihan raya..nak lepas 50 peratus pun..Tercunghap-cunghap. Jenoh jugak laa depa kata.!!

Mungkin kut dia rasa tak setaraf . Maka betoi lah apa-apa tindakan yang di ambil sebelum PRU-11 tu. Segala apa saja benda..walau pun 'bau bacang' sekali pun dengan PM keEmpat . Mesti di cantas masuk terus ke 'back burner'..!! Dan seterus nya dah jadi 'His Story'..!

Ketua Maharaja kecik tu mai jenghok sat atau mai bagi 'warning' kat PM keEnam yang 'on duty or on watch' sekarang supaya jangan dok dengaq sesangat. Baik Idea ka.., nasihat lagi lah toksah dari Mantan PM..22 Tahun tuu. Mungkin itu kut 'signal' yang dia bagi..!!

Kepada Mantan PM ke Empat terus kan lah....goncang, baling,tembak,lastik selagi daya. Orang lain saya tak tau, diri saya sokong habih... melimpah ruah apa saja yang Mantan PM ke Empat usahakan.

Tapi ramai dok JELES tak semena-mena kat Mantan PM keEmpat tu. Ramai jugak yang rasa pungkhoq hangat sampai naik ke muka...hingga merah padam dan hitam legam..teruih nak padam..!!!

Terus kan Usaha murni Tun demi anak bangsa dan negara MALAYsia yang ter cinta. Laa ni depa tak nampak kebaikan yang coba di sempurnakan.Orang muda - serba baru. Semua nya pada kadar yg segara.Nampak yang didepan mata... rabun pada nun jauh di mata.!!

Macam yang dulu-dulu..! Semuanya tak betoi tak kena. Baik jambatan, lebuh raya,kereta dan yang lain-lain yang depa dok kata tak seduit pun baguih. Tapi laa ni...depa lah, yang ke depan..dok pulon sakan, punya jolok masuk ke temboloq, sampai tak nampak telinga. Yang tu lah yang dok nampak... dok ada laa ni...!!

Don't be Jeles laa nooo..!! Sekian..Wassalam

Don B.Jeles of Teypin...slowly Faded Silver State....

salam TUN

Topik TUN ni terlalu hebat sehinggakan pilitition2 kampung tak boleh nak campur..ada gak yg tak paham langsung sb TUN tulis dalam basa omputih.tapi TUN memang layak jadi PM.tahap pemikiran politik dan kepimpinan TUN jauh hebat dari pesaing2 lain yg hanya mengutarakan isu2 remeh(politik kampungan).saya yakin,kalau TUN pegi berkempen kat mana2 pun dalam malaysia ni,buka topik2 yg tak tercapai dek akal mu ni,TUN compom kecundang punya.
Sya ni pun nak tanya isu panas kat TUN ni.TUN percaya tak saiful bukhari tu di liwat atau ia hanya satu perangkap untuk memanupulat pemikiran rakyat.saya agak was2 sebab saiful tu datang mengadu kat najib.kenape tak pg mengadu kat bapak dia atau pegi repot polis terus.lepas tu ada pulak gambar dia dengan najib. pkr pulak buat mcm najib saje je nak perangkap anwar..kalau anwar di dapati tak bersalah......................................!!???

Dear Beloved Tun,

I totally agree with you. LKY should not be allowed to make the 8-day tour of Malaysia. From my past observations of LKY, he has ulterior motives. His main objective is to gather vital information for their military. As such, he should not be permitted to enter any government buildings and facilities in Malaysia. Meetings should be conducted in hotels just as what Singapore does for visiting Malaysian officials to Singapore.

As for water, our government should not renew the 1st raw water supply agreement with Singapore set to expire in 2011 unless they agree to purchase the raw/treated water at market price. If Najib fails in this simple matter, then he should quit as PM just like the lethargic AAB.

Malaysia has given this little emperor of Singapore's Lee dynasty a pretty good ride for the past 50 years. Good times are over for you now LKY!

i would like to comment on austozi statement "There are plenty of ethnic minorities in Malaysia who can tell you exactly how it feels"....well but you must remember these minorities doesn't have roots here, their grandfather, great grandfather and great great grandfather were born elsewhere and not here....they shouldn't feel bad but they should feel grateful that they are being accepted to live here peacefully with the majority ethnic..

ASSALAMUALAIKUM dan SALAM SEJAHTERA..

Tun,

Mungkin Tun boleh jelaskan kenapa 3 Naib Presiden UMNO kena jumpa dengan Lee Kuan Yew? Apa pulak jasa Lee Kuan Yew pada UMNO?

Mungkin tak lama lagi gambar Lee Kuan Yew terpampang kat PWTC? Atau akan ada nama dewan Lee Kuan Yew di PWTC seperti mana ada nama Dewan Sri Endon? HE!HE!HE!

http://sensecredaccountability.blogspot.com/2009/06/apabila-pemimpin-politik-kita-jadi.html

Pemimpin kita HIDUNG TAK MANCUNG, PIPI TERSORONG-SORONG..

Wallahualam..

Dear Tun M,

We Johorean should have a Menteri Besar of Johore resembling Lee Kuan Yew's brain, if Johore state wants to compete with Singapore economically.

Johore must have a Menteri Besar whose vision is like LKY. A Menteri Besar who is not obsess with "ghazal" "joget zapin" and "kuda kepang" or makanan "mee rebus, mee bandung and asam pedas" !! kah, kah, kah !!

Kawan pun orang "Muo", sepatah kata Dato' Johan Jaafar (orang Muo juga), hampir semua Menteri Besar Johore dari orang "Muo" tapi belum dapat melahirkan Menteri Besar bertaraf LKY lagi. Mungkin Razali Ibrahim , budak kampong kawan dari Parit Jawa, the new and up coming potential Menteri Besar of Johore could do something better than the previous and current Menteri Besars.

Tun

You are seen more an angry man in this latest posting of yours. Why cynically termed Singapore as the new Middle Kingdom? Singapore attracts high valued investments from the world over, won't that also benefit Malaysia too? Many Malaysians have worked hard and prospered in this tiny red dot but in your many political speeches, you took swipe at us for taking away your talents which you do not appreciate them in the first place. Singapore attracts the talents from Malaysia with its good governance policy, a safe place to study & work. I have my own posting on my blog, http://tockkong.blogspot.com, care to comment?

Salam Tun,

Sometimes i wonder why humans respect another human...

I guess its a good thing to do... but in this case i believe that the 'malaysian leaders' should respect you as the bigger emperor to compare to the little island emperor...

I dont think he would survive if we would lead Sarawak or Sabah instead of Singapore long time ago... or even Nigeria or any 3rd world country...

But you my friend can be a leader anywhere... u can have turn a small country to be a world leader in so many field... and this is a fact!

To JJJ,

What is wrong if the Chinese want to be in the top positions in this country?

Do the Chinese pay lesser income tax than the Malays?

The Chinese is incapable of managing this country?Then why are Singapore,Taiwan and Hong Kong much richer than Malaysia?

The Malays being poor is because of the Chinese's mistake ? The Malays thought tin mining was dangerous and dirty and hence they were lazy to be involved in it.When the Chinese worked hard and became rich,the Malays like you became jealous and angry.

Why are the Indians not the poorest in Singapore?Their population percentage is much less than the Malays.The Indians are actually more easily to be sidelined by Singapore Government.

The Malay being poor is whose mistake?

JJJ,please answer me.

Dear Tun

I would like to add that China was no exception. Almost all ancient civilizations thought theirs was the centre of the world, if not the Universe as well.

The Pandavas of the Mahabaratha thought Indraspatha the centre of the world, while Hindus and Buddhists regarded the mythical Indian Mt. Meru, the abode of the God Brahman the Creator, as the centre of both spirituality and the physical Universe.

The Greeks believed that the Omphalos Stone at Pythia where the Delphic Oracle (priestess) lived and made her famous predictions about Oedipus, Perseus and the thrilling story of the slaying of the Gorgon Medusa and of Jason and the Argonauts etc, was the centre of the Universe.

The Incas of Peru had a similar notion about the centricity of their nation as did the Egyptians and Babylonians too.

These beliefs were quite logical for those times and places. The lack of known sea or overland travel routes across 'dangerous' rivers, mountains, vast tracts of jungles ans seas and oceans were natural barriers to any contact with th eoutside world. Of course, the modern systems of communication - telephone, wireless, tv, satellites, internet etc were still some thousand of years away in the future.

Dear Tun Dr M,

It is rather unfortunate that Malaysia has been on the losing end in some of the deals with Singapore. However, the deals would not have been binding unless somebody signed on behalf of Malaysia. The signatories to the deals for Malaysia should be equally blamed. They should explain their act and justify their involvement in the biased agreements with Singapore to all Malaysian.

If there are any irregulatories, it must be ensured such an act is not repeated and if it still takes place then the Signatory should be brought into the books irrespective of his rank and file.

However, the practice of having grudges with Singapore now (where we are partly to be blamed)do not benefit any and it would only be akin self inflicted injury.

The only thing we should do is to thoroughly scrutinize and deliberate any future dealings with not only Singapore but with any other nation.

Well said!

But DAP and some Malaysian will disagree with you.

Many people will simply "kow tow" to middle kingdom's Money and they think it is easy to it.

Good Luck to those who “sanjung” this middle kingdom and those who are willing to sell their souls to the mighty middle kingdom's dollars.

By the way Malays can get jobs in Iskandar for sure, based on merits and they must bi-lingual, i.e. Mandarin (BM & BT tak pakai).

So Malays better sharpen your IQ if you want jobs in Iskandar because the emperor from this middle kingdom is well known for his beliefs about inferiority and superiority, go figure!

ORIGINALLY OPEN LETTER TO TUN DR. MAHATHIR
-I hope you also read the e-mail in webadmin@chedet.co.cc. Mke sure it's not deleted.

Dr. M is 84. There is not much time. Very soon all will turn into memory and tribute and legacy. He should be remembered well.

MANTLE: NOT MISSING ANY FEATHERS.
I hope you have a clear view of what your legacy is. In case you don’t, allow me to explain.

Najib mentioned during the close of your last Umno assembly that you have 4 mantles. There are actually 8.

1. Champion/spokeperson for the 3RD WORLD.
2. ISLAMIC LEADER
3. Statesman (now elder) of ASIA (including strong proponent of Asian values)
4. Father of MODERN MALAYSIA.
5. Strongman (and nationalist) of MALAYSIA
6. Staunch fighter and defender of the MALAY race.
7. Strong leader of ASEAN
8. Stringent CRITIC OF THE WEST.

ALL 8 MANTLES must be present at any one time in any one profile or tribute; 3RD WORLD, ISLAM, ASIA, MODERNITY, MALAYSIA, MALAYS, ASEAN AND CRITIC OF THE WEST.

Most great people are known for just one significance issue, like Apartheid or Palestine. Few have at the most 2 mantles. You have 8!

Whether you have deliberately or otherwise sought to take up such positions is not important. Such labels have been bestowed unto you; just take it!

Most interviewer esp. foreign ones tend to only mention one or two, usually being the elder statesman of Asia. I hope they haven’t forgotten your contributions to the 3rd world and Islamic world too.

Why are there two mantles for MALAYSIA? What’s the difference between modernizer of Malaysia and strongman of Malaysia? Answer: various countries have a strongman, but not all strongman modernized their countries. Some are merely dictators. You were a strongman, and in addition you modernized Malaysia, hence the difference between the two.

Remember you have 8 mantles. Don’t be shortchanged.

MAHATHIRISM: IT’S ALL ABOUT BRANDING

Many great people are great because of their image rather than what they actually accomplished. In one word: OVERATED

Somehow they manage to portray a certain character and charisma that captivates the audience and builds a reputation for themselves. Some of them build such a status that it overwhelmingly yet so quietly covers up his lack of performance or worse still his many misdeeds. I will not name names. I believe you have done just enough to avoiding falling into this category.

Mention the name Mandela, Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher and Tito and many would be in awe despite not really knowing what these icons have really accomplished.

This is somewhat similar to product. Colgate is such a famous toothpaste brand that some even mistake the word for toothpaste itself. The same goes for Nescafe, McDonolds, Milo and the likes. Cola-cola is not vocabulary-wise coke itself; it’s just a brand name for coke.

A brand name ought to be catchy, captivating and memorable.

You must amplify on words and deeds that brand you well. MAHATHIRISM. DR. M. DR. MAHATHIR. CHE DET. These are your brands.

SUGGESTIONS

In addition to your upcoming memoirs may I also suggest you produce a book containing all your QUOTES considering that you are such a quotable person.

Another book you can pen is one on snippets, since you always have interesting and sharp viewpoints on many subjects including mozzarella cheese and cobble stones?

I see that you have already produced a book containing selected letters by you to world leaders, which is good. Perhaps you can also publish selected letters by and to Arab, African and other leaders too.

You should also have another book updating your photos and pictorial journey, and also a book on speeches (this can be broken down into UMNO speeches, international forums etc.)

You should also have a simple book highlighting your programs and achievements. No need for too many words; justthe main points following the pictures will do.

You should then pen books on every thing else.

You, or rather should pen a personal song by the title Mahathir and whose lyrics sing about…you. This song should precede Frank Sinatra’s MY WAY.

In addition to MY WAY, may I suggest that you make these other song your own too as I see them fitting to your personality and legacy. They are:

LEGENDA, by Shiela Majid
STANDING IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD, by David Gates (Malay cover by Ella)
PAHLAWANKU (Malay patriotic song, originally meant for soldiers)

Many movies too contain a main Theme Song, at times a second and third supporting track, and various other music scores.

Already these songs are already playing in your many film tributes.

This goes the same for any future leader/PM who makes it great.

Highlight totally your resignation in 2002. It is a rare, classic and historic moment. Very seldom does any leader in history receive such overwhelming emotional outcry and affection. I wonder what happened when Lee Kuan Yew retired.

Your supporters/Perdana Leadership staff/your think tank should also be wise to play a strong co-operative role with the government in producing your tribute videos and making sure all your policies and accomplishments, mainly Malaysia’s modernization and mega-projects and your international spokesmanship is well defined and portrayed.

Last but not least, upload many significant videos (like the OIC speech or so) in Youtube and set up a full Youtube account and album. Most videos featuring you there now are crappy.

MILESTONES

Most developed developing/3rd world nation (That is, until 2020. Then we’ll be the most under-deloped developed/first world nation).

(2nd)Most developed Islamic country (after Dubai?)
The only industrialized developing country.

The first to transform from an agricultural to an industrial nation.

PERFORMANCE

Most tributes and description of Dr. M’s 22 years I find are messy and all over the place with a little here and there.

Below I have carefully ARRANGED all his policies and achievements categorically according to POLICIES, then PROGRAMS/CAMPAIGNS/AGENDA, then lastly straightforward MEASURES.

I have then highlighted separately OTHER THING such as his MEGAPROJECTS, SPORTS EVENTS, MALAYSIA BOLEH FEATS, SPOKESMANSHIP, INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES AND HOSTING EVENTS.

Policies
1. Vision 2020
2. Dasar Perindustrian Negara (incl. Dasar Industri Berat)
3. Dasar sains & teknologi (incl. Dasar IT/MSC)
4. National Development Policy (NDP) – which focuses on quality.
5. Malaysia Inc(operated)

Programs/campaigns (kempen menggalakkan)
1. Malaysia Boleh – do impossible, break records, excel in sports and achieve great feats.
2. Pandang ke Timur / Look East
3. Islamic values
4. Bersih, Cekap, Amanah / Clean, Efficient, Trustworthy
5. Leadership by example - only for leaders
6. 70 Juta Penduduk

Initiatives/measures/langkah-langkah
1. Public services
-work manual
-desk file
-flowchart
-name tag
-clock in punch card
-brainstorming
-excellence award
-office space
-foreign expert training
2. Privatisation
3. Standardize time between Peninsular and East Malaysia
4. Metric system
5. Law for Royalty (correctly it should only be enforced for criminal offences)
6. Declare assets (to combat corruption)
7. Industrialization (Science and technology)
8. Strongman (and nationalist) of MALAYSIA –promote patriotism
9. Staunch fighter and defender of the MALAY race.

• *Look-East cannot possibly be a POLICY. Why? Because definition-wise, policy is a legal framework that guides a major or central sector of an entire nation.

• You can’t enact a law ‘forcing’ everyone to Look-East! Look-East ‘Policy’ is simply a campaign i.e KEMPEN MENGGALAKKAN – a national campaign aimed at driving people towards emulating Japanese work ethics, not forcing them.

• The same goes for ‘Dasar 70 Juta Penduduk’. How are you going to force out an additional 40-50 mil humans beings ‘by law’ (as required by the ‘policy’)?

…Do you actually know what is a POLICY? Do you know what it means?

• However, Dasar Perindustrian IS INDEED A POLICY…simply because you can have a central code of regulations and guidelines pertaining to the INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE ENTIRE NATION.
• It’s the same for foreign policy or economic policy. A policy simply refers to the rules of macro-level things been done

Builder
1. Four main pillars and symbols of technology and industrialization:
-Proton – car, most common modern transport of today.
-Twin towers – modern metal tower and symbol of modern KL and Msia.
-Cyberjaya/MSC – cyber hub
-KLIA – modern gateway station and international door into Malaysia.
*The car, tower and cybercity, and airport: these 4 make up a modern civilization.
2. Putrajaya
3. LIMA
4. Langkawi

Sports
1. Commonwealth Games
2. Formula 1 (and all other motorsports events such as MotoGP, Japan GTI, formula A1, Powerboat and Formula 1 Equestrian)
3. Le Tour De Langkawi

Feats Under Malaysia Boleh
1. Conquering Mount Everest
2. Reaching the North Pole
3. Sailing solo around the world
4. Sending a Malaysian to space
5. Swimming across the English Channel

International
Champion/spokeperson for the 3RD WORLD.
ISLAMIC LEADER
Statesman (now elder) of ASIA (including strong proponent of Asian values)
Father of MODERN MALAYSIA.
Strong leader of ASEAN
Stringent CRITIC OF THE WEST.

International Initiatives
EAEC
Inclusion of Burma and Indochina into ASEAN
Gold Dinnar
South-south Cooperation (prosper thy neighbour)
Asian Values
AMF/EMF
LID (Langkawi International Dialogue)
Solving disputes in southern Thailand and Mindanao
War Crimes Tribunal (against war in Iraq)
Fight against globalization
Fight against financial speculation
Apartheid
Bosnia

International events hosted in Malaysia
–international events are NEVER hosted in a small or unknown country.

I would just like to note it is usually big or prominent countries that do the hosting. Under Mahathir Malaysia had the rare opportunity and privilege of hosting such major events.
1. CHOGM
2. COMMONWEALTH GAMES
3. OIC
4. NAM
5. G 15
6. G 77
7. APEC
8. F1

Now it all makes sense.
Firstly measures are taken to brush things up and improve basics such as the public services and other systems.
Then, policies are formulated to drive the nation first towards industrialization. This move towards industrialization is supported by the various campaigns and programs such as Look-East and privatization. Proton and mega-projects give additional boost.
After some years when we are ready we move up then secondly the science and technology policies together with the MSC is launched.
By arranging nicely I hope nothing will be left out and the direction and steps towards modernization can be clearly seen.

ACHIEVEMENTS only DR. M himself could do.

• Exemplify patriotism of Malaysia

• Pride, self-belief (Malaysia Boleh), memartabatkan maruah bangsa

• Physical development and mega-projects

• World leader

• Great leader, strongman of Malaysia

• Transform Malaysia from agricultural to industrial nation

• Transform mentality (esp. Malays – Melayu Baru)

• Make Malaysia famous and respected (incl. hosting many int. events)

• Break records and attempt the impossible

• Ripple/domino effect and spillovers

• Instill values, set example and inspire a nation

• Embark on many (new) fields, all-encompassing

• Celebrity status

• Stress on knowledge, science and technology

• Bursting seems such as MSC and Proton

KNOWN IN THE WEST
Anwar, Asian crisis, Twin Towers, Anti-Semitic, anti-west, deputy sheriff, recalcitrant, commonwealth, Dr. Mahathir.

ISSUES CHAMPIONED
Critic of west, critic of globalization, critic of financial speculation, Anti-Semitic, apartheid, Mid east, war in Iraq, Bosnia, Antarctica, anti-war (peace advocate)

WHAT MAKES A GREAT LEADER
STRONG LEADERSHIP
NATIONALIST/PATRIOTIC
MOTIVATOR, INSPIRATOR, MOBILIZER, MOVER
BUILDER, PROGRESSOR, VISIONAIRE
INTELLIGENT (AND CAPABLE)
STRATEGIST AND PLANNER
BIG THINKER, BIG IDEAS, VISIONAIRE, CREATIVE
CHAMPION, IDEALIST, ADVOCATE
UPHOLD VALUES
CHARISMATIC, CROWD PULLER (POPULAR), RESPECTED
CHARISMA AND LOOKS OF A GREAT LEADER

These I have personally observed from Mahathir and Anwar who have made in internationally.
WESTERNIZED
STRONG LEADERSHIP
INTERESTED AND SAVVY ON INTERNAITONAL ISSUES
SELF BELIEF AND SELF-GREATNESS
OUTSPOKEN
CHARISMATIC AND RESPECTED

TO BE A LEGEND
He should possess:
LEADER’s appeal and ability
CELEBRITY appeal (and popular appeal)
LEGEND’S appeal
UNIQUE appeal

Whoever does not possess even half of these qualities should gracefully step down or step aside in place of those who do…or risk being removed by the people as in recently.

addition: CLAIMING STAKE
Should the person who conceptualized and initiated the project (foundation) take credit rather the person who officiates the finished work long after?

You shouldn’t take credit for the Penang Bridge or PLUS Highway. They were initiated by Tun Lim Chong Eu and Tun Hussein respectively. It would be morally wrong.

However, you should lay claim on the Angkasawan. The deal with the Russians (and probably with Putin himself on his maiden and only visit to KL) was sign, sealed and delivered during the last years of your tenure.

Sending a man to the moon is by far one of the greatest feats of a modern, technologically successful nation.

Of course the Angkasawan jetted off in 2007 and the PM in 2007 was Abdullah Badawi. Though he did somehow try to place himself nicely as part of the program, but in all fairness he did say ‘Thank you Dr. Mahathir’. It was quoted in the press. Even Abdullah gave you the credit. This can only mean that the Angkasawan Program is truly your milestone and achievement. Technically it is you who sent the Angkasawan to space.

This means that your success in Malaysia Boleh is complete. Malaysia has conquered Everest, the North Pole, sailed the world solo, crossed the English Channel and put a man the moon…I mean space station. The circle is complete.

Be smart. Claim what is your.

If Lee Kuan Yew could be branded as "Little Emperor", you too could be characterised as " The Greatest Autocrat of Malaysia." It is like the pot calling the kettle black! Sometimes, Tun, we can't see the dirt on our back, but others can see it well. Perceptions differ and also change over a period of time. You should choose your words carefully. If we tell the truth always, we need not have selective memory or remember things! At 84, you should be a changed man.. more accommodating, more dignified. You don't lose anything by meeting Kuan Yew. Your arrogance- intellectual or otherwise- can denigrate your reputation as a past senior leader of a great country. As Mahatma Gandhi said,"Be the change you want to see."
ABI

Ayahanda Tun,

Satu tulisan yang pedas yang mengenai pihak-pihak yang berkenaan. Hendak salahkan siapa dengan lawatan ini. 8 hari Ayahanda Tun Cuti-Cuti Malaysia. Duit siapa tak tahulah. Menteri-Menteri pula berbaris memberi penghormatan. 3 Naib Presiden UMNO terpaku melihat kegagahan Mr Lee yang jalan pun macam hendak tumbang. Ini belum lagi dengan jamuan sate oleh The First Lady. Fuhh ... hebat betul layanan kita. Akhirnya, Ayahanda Tun, izinkan saya menutup dengan "ending posting" yang saya buat di dalam blog saya,

Lee should “look after his own rice-bowl” and not interfere with other countries. Singapore is “tiny” so “don’t be too proud”. The so called Mentor only looked wise in his own “tiny” country. China also did not think much of Lee and the Chinese there don’t want to listen to him. The Chinese in China don’t think much of him and it is a fact that he is marginalised by Chinese in the world. LOL.

Salam sayang untuk Ayahanda Tun dan Bonda.

Cucu Tok Selampit

http://khairulryezal.blogspot.com

Dear Upholdjustice,

You are not the first chinese who say that wherever there is chinese, there is development which is a really stupid statement. I wonder what would happened if all the chinese in the world stays in China and I think you all should.

You all like Jewish, would even charged people for the shit underneath your nail unethically. That's the statement the non-chinese thought of chinese people.

Dear Tun,

No need to elaborate and make an analysis about the "Emperor of Small Kingdom". We simply can draw a conclusion that our leaders are all "GOBLOK" period.

LUCKY LEE
Speaking of Asia Lee Kuan Yew is lucky. Singapore is in a unique position in the world as it stands out as one of the very few (if not the only) island city states. Moreover, Singapore uniquely sits at this historically famous east-west entrepot crossroad, further cementing is name as a modern, prosperous economic, financial and business hub of which on it lies the world-famous world No 1 port (and also airport). That’s how Lee Kuan Yew became a household name...because of Singapore.

By right looking closely Lee Kuan Yew’s influence was only up to an Asian level. He hardly stood higher or spoke louder than others on the international front. I do not recall Lee Kuan Yew introducing any particular policy, program or mega project that specifically added towards Singapore’s growth and improvement. He merely oversaw Singapore’s natural transformation into a Tiger economic from what was already - given Singapore’s easy small size, strategic position and urban population – an outrightly foregone potential in a then already well established and developed capital of the Straits Settlement. Lee Kuan Yew simply sat through the job.

However, that not the main reason I wrote. The main reason is down here. IMPORTANT!!!

LEGACY AND LEGENDS: HOW GREAT IS GREAT?
Imagine if all the greatest people since the dawn of time were ranked from first to last; where would you stand?

INTRO: Go the distance
Once you pass on all thet will re left of you is your legacy. All that you have done will no longer hold. Therefore you must build on your LEGACY.

In Malaysia you are great beyond; none higher. However on the international front you fallen short. Please compare the overwhelming support and outpouring adoration of Malaysian with other countries. Some probably just know your name, full stop. You have to reach out to all the people of the world the same extent to which you did to Malaysian, like for as if you were President of the United States or even leader of the entire world. You must do more. Unlike others you have 8 mantles and you are active on international issues; slightly better than the average Asian strongman. You are very close. Separate yourself from the pack and go the distance.

MANY AT ONCE
Already in this very split second of a moment in time, there is Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Yasser Arafat, Mother Teresa, Lee Kuan Yew, and many others. Not to mention also living legend from other fields such as Bill Gates, Marlon Brando, Princess Diana, Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe just to name a few. What more in a 100 years and forget a thousand; the list is endless!

FAMOUS IN THE WORLD (not just Asia)
You are not to be famous and statesman-ly mere in Asia or the Islamic world or any region. You are to be a statesman and legend to the world. You are not to go from Malaysia to Asia or worse still from Asia to Asia. You are to go FROM Asia, TO the world. TO the world!

FROM…..ASIA TO………..the WORLD!

…An Asian statesman (or European or African or Latin or whatever) simply because you herald from Asia; but INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED.

Too many names from Time Magazine’s 60 years of Asian Heroes did not make it into Time Magazine’s 100 greatest people of the 20th Century. Why? ...Obviously because they were not great enough. Their greatness was only enough to lift them to an Asian level, but not the world. I hope you are not one of them.

Besides, there are already TOO MANY STRONGMEN IN ASIA. Almost every country in Asia and even Africa has at least some sort of strongman. There is no more significance; nothing special anymore.

Lucky Lee
Speaking of Asia Lee Kuan Yew is lucky. Singapore is in a unique position in the world as it stands out as one of the very few (if not the only) island city states. Moreover, Singapore uniquely sits at this historically famous aast-west entrepot crossroad, further cementing is name as a modern, prosperous economic, financial and business hub of which on it lies the world-famous world No 1 port (and also airport). That’s how Lee Kuan Yew became a household name...because of Singapore.

By right looking closely Lee Kuan Yew’s influence was only up to an Asian level. He hardly stood higher or spoke louder than others on the international front. I do not recall Lee Kuan Yew introducing any particular policy, program or mega project that specifically added towards Singapore’s growth and improvement. He merely oversaw Singapore’s natural transformation into a Tiger economic from what was already - given Singapore’s easy small size, strategic position and urban population – an outrightly foregone potential in a then already well established and developed capital of the Straits Settlement. Lee Kuan Yew simply sat through the job.

So close yet so far
There is nothing worse than to be so close yet so far. Losing doesn’t compare. Rather be out of the running than to be a close second separated by the second (or millimeter or any smallest measurement). There’s no place but first place.

Even the Bible makes a reference to this by saying it is better to be cold if not hot rather than being lukewarm, going further to say that Jesus will spit these ‘lukewarmers’ out of his mouth.

Who knows?
I’m not sure as to whether the great leaders of the past are as great as people claim them to be. Let me air my doubts as to why.

In saying past I mean dinosaurs like Jesus Christ (and other religious figures), Plato (and the rest of the philosophers), Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Shi Huang Ti, Asoka, Napoleon Bonaparte, Queen Victoria, Caesar, some Pharoah and the likes. The list also includes musicians and scientists like Beethoven and Newton among others.

Firstly I doubt because mostly of these figures are held highly by the west. Perhaps something about the west and how they perceive make them like these people over others.

Secondly, no one particularly those today would possibly know what these so-called legends actually did or accomplished and therefore no one would know exactly how great they really were.

The people today rely on (historical) written, handed-down records to judge these people. There was no film footage or even photographs. And there is only so much a record can tell. We can’t visually even to the closest of extents the true situation of their chronicles. We can only imagine based on what was written. And no ones know whether that which was written is true. All these are mere assumptions.

Genghis Khan might merely be a Jaguh Kampung. Alexander the Great might not be so great after all. His influence might only extent to part of Europe here and there. We wouldn’t know.

Their greatness can easily be spun upwards (or downwards) by the intellectuals and authors.

I’m not too sure whether Mandela is adorned by China. Do African honour Gandhi? The only people who honour all of the above are the western universalists.

WESTERN FAVOURITES
I notice that the west particularly Englishman (Americans included) are very fond of honouring two types of people as great and befitting of legends: freedom-fighter, and rulers of great empires. They stand in awe of great men who lead armies and fight courageous battles to conquer and build their empire. On the other hand these very same people adore peace-loving freedom fighter like Mandela, Gandhi and Suu Kyi who advocate freedom and justice.

OVERNIGHT FAME
There are short-cuts and quick fixes into becoming famous internationally overnight. One way is to be involved in something so big in the world that this project upon launch immediately propels a person into instant stardom. Daniel Radcliffe a nobody became an overnight sensation after the release of the first Harry Potter film and since the subsequent release of its sequels he has only gone from strength to strength. The other way is to say/do something so stupid that people just can’t get it out of their heads.

MEASURING GREATNESS
One way of measuring a person’s greatness is by pitting him against another great man. A truly great man will not be diminished by another. The meeting between Roger Federer and Tiger Woods for instance is a meeting between great men. However say if an ordinary leader were to meet Mandela, this person will be immediately dwarfed and ‘subdued’ by this man and his greatness.

Another way of measuring a person’s greatness is by pitting him against a great phenomenon or a historical event of this earth, for instance 911 or the tsunami. Again the greatest of men will not be overwhelmed by such events in the sight of others. Their perspective of him in the news or other material is that he is just as large and nothing is taken from him. A lesser man however would seem sidelined and unheeded in the wake of such catastrophic events.

RATING MAHATHIR
In Malaysia Mahathir (i.e. you) has reached the pinnacle of greatness; terbilang; as far as the sky would take him. He is a national hero, warrior/crusader, statesman and legend. He is the stuff stories and movies are made off. Anwar still has a bit more to go. Rafidah only needs the opportunity and then she must move faster than she already is.

I believe and I can see that Mahathir has somehow reached even further than a Asian level of statesmanship probably because of all the world issues he has been championing on the international arena. However, on the world front, I believe there is still a short distance more to go. Why? This is simply because Mahathir has just been pushing from the sidelines and not directly involved inside the centre itself.

WANING TOO FAST?
It is normal for a leader’s popularity and influence to wane once he has stepped down and is out of the limelight. This goes the same for legends: they would be heard and seen less on TV and in the papers; however their legend and memory should live long after him, and definitely so while he is alive and a living legend. He should not be so easily removed and forgotten. However if a great leader and statesman like yourself sees your influence waning drastically, there might be cause for concern.

HOME GROUND SUPPORT – exaggerating the truth?
I wonder whether you are really as great or is it the Malaysian media which is exaggerating (spinning upwards). I’m not being skeptic but it is good to have a true and fair viewpoint. Then we can assess correctly and make the necessary adjustments forward.

US Presidency
The US Presidency does not guarantee legendary status and greatness. It is only a ticket which the President must walk through and build upon by exemplifying greatness to truly become great. Yes, the President is automatically and international person, but a lacksure and ordinary performance will see him merely becoming one of the many presidents and merely a diplomat and a hire agent for international affair. He will be just like the UN secretary-General: just doing his job, only that it is on an international scale; there is nothing great about that. It does give him a clear head-start though.

GO THE THE USA
USA is middle-earth. I notice US political figure and Hollywood celebrities get instant international fame. A person who aspires to dominate the world should establish himself in the US. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not talking about Europe or the entire west; just the United States of America. It’s so happens that the USA is a western nation, that’s all. United States is the centre of the world. Yes there are some small TV dramas and local acts which hardly make it pass their own border. However, many moderate yet well-established people, films and other endeavors easily become a worldwide phenomenon. Their movie and TV soaps broadcast throughout hundreds of countries; literally the entire globe. Whoever is well established in the US most likely will be an international icon.

EVEN MORE FAMOUS
Footballer David Beckham and Spice Girl Victoria Adams were both already extremely popular in their respective fields. However, their marriage boosted their popularity beyond popular. The same went to other Hollywood ‘power couples’. Arnold Swazenegger was well-known as Mr. Universe, extremely famous as a Hollywood action hero, and now beyond famous as the Govenor of California. Cemerlang, then gemilang, and finally terbilang. There’s always room for improvement.

CONCLUDING HOPES
This passage is not just directed to you but also your think-tank and supporters. Once you pass on they are the ones who must work hard to establish your legacy adequately.

I hope this study on how to be great is helpful to you. I welcome any feedback. I do hope you will make it to the extreme heights of greatness of the world equal to Alexander and Mandela.
BE THE GREATEST!

Tun,
You have given a very interesting take on the Little Middle Kingdom.
I don't think the present PM wants to punish Spore by not wanting to sell the sand for the new bridge.You see he is not even sure abt wanting to build this new second bridge to replace the causeway.He needs to think very2 hard.I have a strong feeling eventually it will be built to serve both countries because the congestion at causeway is really killing during the festive season.Too much time is just wasted trying to cross over.Imagine how much time could be saved if you have a multi-lane bridge.Spore govt wants to resolve the problem on a package with all the other outstanding issues to get a win-win situation.To be able to do the cost-benefit analysis takes a lot of time to qualify & quantify all determinants & it is certainly not easy to do.Both countries need each other obviously.You would also agree it is good to have a peaceful co-existence..........
RT

Assalamualaikum,

Obviously our leaders are suffering from inferiority complex, from the top right to the bottom. I thought the previous one was incompetent, but the current one, is nothing more...Perhaps they really are inferior, nothing to do with the psycho complexity. I believe as leaders we need to have a certain degree of arrogance. Enough to keep ourselves enlightened with sufficient technology to face our competitors so that at least we can be critical during his lecture!
(just to tell him that we dont need one)But that is what I am not seeing. Some are humble enough to announce that we can learn something across the causeway!

We cant blame our elders, they tought us this!
"Berhati-hati merendah diri, jangan jadi hamba orang"

Ayahanda Tun,

I copy paste from the Star Online on this Anwar's support Chin Peng's return to Malaysia:-

//Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said Anwar’s statement on the matter was regrettable because it was as though he wanted to forget both the history and the suffering and sacrifices of those who had died at the hands of the communist insurgents.//

DS Hishamuddin, how to forget history if those who are killed are your relatives. You nak lembap dan main tai chi sampai bila? Muslims were shoot to dead in a mosque in Southern Thailand, and Chin Peng is from there!!! Take your guts out lah and help DS Najib and TS Myhuddin lah. Rely on Michael Chong, he knows nothing about nationalism except some "kung2 poh2 issues (the remeh-temeh isu lah).

Ayahanda Tun,

Izinkan.....

//By Upholdjustice on June 15, 2009 4:13 PM
Why are you so obsessed with what race would dominate the Iskandar project? Do you realize that the higher the Chinese population ,the more developed the area is ?This statement is true in Southeast Asia.//

Dear Upholdjustice,

You know nothing about the chinese life in Southeast Asia. We too have to struggle because of astute citizens like you who think brain without heart will be the answer to richness and justice!!!! We too do not want to blind our heart for the sake of making money and let our next generation pay for the price, and we dislike
"kiasu" Singaporeans!!!! Why the world is landed in chaos? Because we have too many people(including our darling Tun Lah) who has assimiliated into kiasu attitude without realizing it!!! Chinese populate the area will be rich????? Chinese owners are suffering like hell, and please shut up if you do not know anything about us and you think we will wait and rely MCA politicians to help us, ha...ha.... they are kiasu like Singaporeans.

//As for the raw water deal,every leader has to take care of his or her nation's interets.Some people forgot to review the prices in the 1980s.Malaysian leaders are to blame because they always sleep on the job.//

Yes, our ex-4th PM has a weakness. He was too kind and trusted people easily and he does not want our current leader to repeat his weakness. Today, our this highly respected ex-PM is telling us not to be kind anymore to thy neighbour if we want to maintain our economy, stupid!!!. Naik harga air Singapore lah! You think what, everything is free ke???

//Some people really feel hurt because Mr Lee, a great leader , is not visiting him.He feels more hurt when Mr Lee would rather visit PAS leaders instead of visiting him.//

Feel hurt, you think our this most respected Ex-PM is the astute 5th PM who is "hopeless" and ego ke????

When Tun Dr Mahathir said we have to learn from Singapore and they invested alot of money , he was telling our ruling government head and his cabinet to be careful with Lee Kuan Yew's visit because our policians surrounding them know nothing! Like chinese says, duit dah pakai, so kena cari mangsa lah untuk membayar balik duit ini by all means even if they are agaist our Rukun Negara. The mangsa will you, me and those who are not the super rich lah!!

Selamat malam Ayahanda, I frust lah dengan sikap boneka kiasu ini who knows nothing and challenge our Tun Dr M's intelligence, a "siu yan", a hypocite in cantonese, and he is bodoh ego!!!! Ada education so what, and he wore diaper to school!

Yg Berbahgia Tun,

Saya amat terkejut dengan lawatan provokatif LKY kali ini. Bagaimana Kerajaan Malaysia boleh membenarkan LKY melawat negeri negeri yang di kuasai oleh Pembangkang seperti Penang dan Kelantan!?
Bagaimana LKY boleh melawat Perak juga?

Barangkali LKY dah nak mampus agaknya dan ini merupakan lawatan terakhir beliau ke Malaysia.

Saya masih ingat semasa Tun menjadi PM Malaysia, lawatan PM Singapura hanya dihadkan di KLIA sahaja!

Singapura tidak patut dilayan seperti sahabat kerana layanan buruk kepada rakyat Malaysia di Tambak Johor dan menahan wang EPF rakyat Malaysia di Singapura.

Singapura juga gagal membayar harga berpatutan untuk air yang dibeli dari Johor dan 'mencuri pasir Johor' dengan membeli secara rahsia dari pemimpin yang korup dari Malaysia.

Melayani LKY adalah sama sahaja seperti membenarkan Chin Peng kembali ke Malaysia. LKY mungkin telah berjaya mengeksport idealisma nya kedalam otak LGE. Bersedialah orang Melayu kerana membenarkan musang masuk ke reban, kali ini bukan musang berbulu ayam tetapi musang original.

Apa kata Dato Najib bila LKY berjabat tangan dengan LGE(Penang) dan NANM(Kelantan)

Salam Tun

I really miss this kind of comments from you!!! I'll definitely wait for what you're going to say next,about this Little Emperor from "pulau apa ka nama. yang dok tepi-tepi johor tu". ;)

Regards
Amzar

Dearest YAB dan Di Kasihi Tun,

1. I believe we are RICHER than Singapore because we are actually DONATING (“bagi SEDEKAH”) THE WATER TO THE SINGAPOREANS...Nothing can be bought for 3 sen nowadays; even the “nasik lemak” sellers won’t even consider selling one grain of nasi lemak for 3 sen (“dah tak laku dah…”).

2. If I were the Singaporean government, I would feel ashamed for holding on to the 3 sen per 1000 gallons of raw water deal, which is roughly only 1 cent Singapore $. “TAK ADA MARUAH LANGSUNG…” No wonder they have lots of money, because they are so “KEDEKUT..” & very “KIASU” too.

3. The fifth PM was punishing the people of Johor…

** May Allah SWT bless Tun & family **

Ni pedas..panas..terangkat sy dr kerusia baca ni Tun. nk gelak marah at the same time.talk about contradict feeling.

saya tak tau nak express mcm mana perasaan saya sejak dua menjak ni Tun. Dari saya baca dalam paper sampai la ke blog Tun.Semua jawapan pedas. Lawak tahap maharaja. saya kagum dengan kebolehan penulisan Tun yang sememangnya jadi kegemaran saya. You really make my day.

To Maharaja LKY,
to have an opponent like Tun. You will never have a boring battle, am I right?

Hazman Abu Bakar*still laughing out loud*

Mungkin agak susah bagi TUN terima bahawa, Malaysia & Singapore, dua buah negara, yang sama-sama merdeka dari jajahan British pada masa yg sama, satu dibawah pimpinan Lee, satu pimpinan BN (dimana TUN yg menjadi ketua pimpinan lebih 20 tahun, satu telah mencapai negara maju(Singapore), satu lagi hanya negara membangun, lebih menyedihkan, masih nak bersaing dgn. negara-negara yg dulunya mundur (Vietnam, Myanmar, India & Indonesia etc.). Tidak boleh dinafikan negara kita telah jauh ditinggalkan di belakang......

Sungguhpun terdapat perbandingan dan persaingan antara pimpinan dua buah negara berjiran di Asia tenggara selama ini, memang kita kena menerima bahawa pimpinan Mr. Lee yg lebih bersih,cekap dan lutsinar. Sebuah negara pulau yg kecil, tidak mempunyai sumber asli, tapi pencapaiannya melebihi negara-negara jiran di rantau ini. kerajaan Malaysia patut mempelajari cara pentadiran & pimpinan Singapore.

Mari kita sama-sama mengakui kelemahan dan kekurangan pentadbiran Kerajaan Malaysia selama ini dengan ikhlas dan jujur. Bersamalah kita membasmi rasuah di kalangan ahli-ahli politik, institusi kerajaan dan swasta yang sudah memudaratkan ekonomi negara yg disebabkan oleh polisi tertentu pemimpin yg cuma nak mengaut harta dan wang titik peluk rakyat selama ini ...........

MALAYSIAN BOLEH...... !!!

SALAM, TUN

1. SAYA BERPENDAPAT KERAJAAN NAJIB SEWAJARNYA MENYEMAK ATURCARA LAWATAN LKY KE MALAYSIA BARU-BARU INI. BAGI SAYA DIA TIDAK WAJAR BERTEMU DENGAN MANA-MANA PEMIMPIN PARTI PEMBANGKANG. BAGI SAYA PERBUATAN LKY BERJUMPA DENGAN PARTI PEMBANGKANG ADALAH PERBUATAN YANG TIDAK MENGHORMATI KERAJAAN NAJIB YANG SAH. DAN PERBUATAN KERAJAAN NAJIB YANG MEMBENARKAN LKY BERJUMPA DENGAN PARTI PEMBANGKANG ADALAH SATU KEPUTUSAN YANG TIDAK TEPAT DAN SALAH.

2. KERAJAAN NAJIB PERLU MEMBATALKAN LAWATAN LKY JIKA DIA INGIN BERJUMPA DENGAN PEMBANGKANG. JANGANLAH TERLALU LIBERAL SANGAT SEPERTI PM YANG LEPAS YANG MANA TELAH DIGULINGKAN OLEH PIHAK TERTENTU. KALAU ORANG DATANG KERUMAH KITA, KITA HARUS ATURKAN AGENDANYA DAN KITA BOLEH BATALKAN ATURCARANYA JIKA KITA TAK BERSETUJU.

3. SAYA RASA TIADA FAEDAH LKY MELAWAT MALAYSIA BERGITU LAMA, KERANA KITA TAK NAMPAK KESANNYA CUMA BAGI SAYA UNTUK MEMBERI SOKONGAN MORAL KEPADA PARTI PEMBANGKANG.

4. SEBENARNYA LKY ADALAH ORANG YANG SANGAT SMART DALAM PERCATURAN POLITIK DALAMAN DAN POLITIK SERANTAU, DIA TELAH PANDANG JAUH KE DEPAN KERANA BAGINYA PADA PRU 13 , PARTI PEMBANGKANG AKAN MEMERINTAH MALAYSIA.

5. KEPADA KERAJAAN NAJIB , SAYA BERPENDAPAT DAN MENYARANKAN AGAR KITA PERLU AMAT BERHATI-HATI DAN CERMAT DENGAN KERAJAAN SINGAPURA. MEREKA ADA AGENDA TERSENDIRI HANYA KERAJAAN SINGAPURA SAHAJA YANG TAHU.

6. KEPADA TUN, SAYA BERHARAP DAPAT KIRANYA TUN TEGUR DENGAN KERAS SECARA TERBUKA KEPADA NAJIB JIKA DIA MELAKUKAN KESALAHAN SEBAGAIMANA TUN MENEGUR PM YANG LEPAS. INI ADALAH UNTUK KEBAIKAN BANGSA MALAYSIA SECARA KESELURUHAN. KALAU TUN TAK SETUJU SESUATU PERKARA, NYATAKAN TAK SETUJU , JANGANLAH PUASA SUARA.

7. KEPADA BANGSA MALAYSIA , JANGANLAH TERLALU SANGAT MENABURKAN FITNAH DAN MENWUJUDKAN PERASAAN KEBENCIAN SESAMA BANGSA MALAYSIA. KALAU KITA PERJUANGKAN BANGSA MALAYSIA , SEMAIKAN PERPADUAN DAN JANGAN AMBIL KESEMPATAN ATAS KELEMAHAN SESUATU PIHAK. ADA ORANG SENGAJA MEWUJUDKAN HURU HARA DENGAN SATU TUJUAN UNTUK MERAMPAS ATAU MENUMBANGKAN KERAJAAN NAJIB YANG ADA SEKARANG.

SEKIAN.

Come on, Tun. Don't be childish. You are ranting just because the Little Emperor snubs you. He saw everybody except you. Why? The little Emperor always does things with a reason.

“6. The great 5th Prime Minister has decided that since the people of Johore did not want to sell sand to Singapore, Malaysia would not build any bridge, straight or crooked, or negotiate and settle the other issues like the Central Provident Fund, the Railway land. Maybe the 5th Prime Minister thinks he is punishing Singapore. Actually he is giving Singapore what its wants including the 3 sen per 1000 gallons water until 2061. Think of how many grains of nasi lemak we can buy with 3 sen in 2061. Imagine what 1000 gallons will earn for Singapore at that time. Can't think of a more astute PM for Malaysia.”

Yes Ayahanda Tun, there is so much stupidity and absurdity that Bedundullah the misguided Bedebahwi had saddled us with. No horse ridding into no sunset could make us forget idiocies that were/is all uniquely Bedebahwi’s – and no horse stupid enough would take him on that ride. We must keep reminding the polulation of that, just like how we would tell our children silly tales and antics of the fabled Pak Pandir, and Si Luncai dengan labu-labunya, Mat Jenin, Si Kitol, Lebai Malang, Bedundullah Bedebahwi and Kheiry Bedebahwi. We would tell these stories to our children and we would close the story with this line: See kids, it doesn’t pay us anything to be gullible and foolhardy like those fellows. This is part of our literature Tun. I am still trying to comprehend beyond my mind, why and what means makes Najib says he came out ahead with Singapore already? Lee Kuan Yew, we brought him in because it was a hell of a lot easier than bringing in Chin Peng I reckon. He toured many states and lets just be glad that nothing dropped off. Same market and same demands catered I believe. Well, let’s just hope that DS Najib wakes up fast Tun. In 2061 with three cents Malaysians can’t even buy a decent Bodohwi stamp to spit on anymore. Urban legend has it that; Bedundullah Bedebahwi was once annoyed with Singapore, and he confronted LKY by shooting his own foot. And he yelled from across the Tambak, “STOP LKY! OR I’LL SHOOT MY OTHER FOOT!” – What a goner we had for PM then. Let’s just hope none other goes that way ever again.

Oh hail, hail, be to Bedullah the misguided Bedebahwi. Hail be to his decayed toe nail Kheiry Bedebahwi and hail be to their flying balaci the flying vintage supernatural being Kalli (misguided just like his bosses too). Hail be to the Flying Badawis!

I echo my brother JJJ's line that you are the savior of us Tun.

Salam,
Mungkin senikata lagu warisan ini boleh menceritakan segalanya.

Senikata lagu Warisan

Anak kecil main api,

Terbakar hatinya sepi,

Air mata darah bercampur keringat bumi dipijak milik orang,

Nenek moyang kaya-raya,

Tergadai seluruh harta benda,

Akibat sengketa sesamalah kita,

Cinta lenyap diarus zaman,

Indahnya bumi kita ini,

Warisan berkurun lamanya,

Hasil mengalir ke tangan yang lain peribumi merintih sendiri,

Masa depan sungguh kelam,

Kan lenyap peristiwa semalam,

Tertutuplah hati terkunci mati,

Maruah peribadi dah hilang,

Kini kita cuma tinggal kuasa,

Yang akan menentukan bangsa,

Bersatulah hati bersama berbakti,

Pulih kembali harga diri,

Kita sudah tiada masa,

Majulah dengan Maha Perkasa,

Janganlah terlalai teruskan usaha,

Melayukan gagah dinusantara,

Melayukan gagah dinusantara,

Melayukan gagah dinusantara!!!.

http://www.zoompanas2.com/2009/03/lagu-warisan.html

Dear Tun,
Lately the quarrel between Guan Eng & Soo Kun don't make sense at all. They seem so worried when Kuan Yew said that Penang no comparism with Negeri Semblan & Melaka. Why are they so worried about what Kuan Yew said. First of all, Singapore are not going to invest in the states mentioned. Kuan Yew just want to take a look on Malaysia current political situation. As long the development of the state doesn't stop. Think for the rakyat, not the oldman next door.

Salam Tun.

Sarcasm to the max. Proves your still in your sharp mind.

I am waiting eagerly for another dose of 'Emperor of the Middle Kingdom'. Hope it'll be a trilogy like LOTR.

hehe.

SALAM AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN
IZINKAN,
KAMI BERSETUJU 100% DENGAN SAUDARA SEKIBLAT DAN SEPERJUANGAN KAMI, SDR. 'JJJ'
'THE BIGGEST AND MOST CUNNING RACIST IS LKY WHO SUCCEEDED IN TURNING THE MALAYS INTO NON-ENTITIES!FOR THOSE WHO WANT MALAYSIA TO BE ANOTHER SINGAPORE,OVER MY DEAD BODY!PLEASE DO NOT PATRONISE ME WITH CLAIMS OF MERITOCRACY!PAP ELEVATED RACISM TO AN ARTFORM!

IZINKAN JUGA KAMI 'COPY AND PASTE' KOMEN KAMI YANG TERDAHULU DIBLOG AKJ.

KAMI DAH LAMA FAHAM SIKAP 'DIKTATOR' DARI SEBERANG TAMBAK JOHOR YANG BONGKAK DAN LICIK INI.

DIA NI SEORANG 'MANGKOK' YANG TIDAK TAHU MENGHORMATI ORANG LAIN APATAH LAGI JIKA ORANG ITU NAMANYA MELAYU.

PERNAH KAMI TONTONI DITV S'PORE SATU KETIKA DULU BAGAIMANA DIA MENGHINA SEORANG ANAK MELAYU SINGAPURA DALAM SATU RANCANGAN Q & A BERSAMA PENUNTUT2 UNIVERSITI DISINGAPURA APABILA DIA DENGAN ANGKUHNYA MENYURUH ANAK MELAYU ITU DUDUK DARI MENYUARAKAN SOALAN DENGAN BERKATA 'KALAU BAPAK ANDA HANYA SEORANG PEMANDU 'LORI' TAK PAYAHLAH HENDAK BERTANYA SOALAN.'

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BAGI 'SAMURAIMELAYU' TAHAP 'MAHARAJA' CINA SINGAPURA ITU ADALAH 10 TIANG TNB DIBELAKANG PUNGGUNG AYAHANDA 'SHOGUN' KAMI.

MELAYU TAK HILANG DIDUNIA BUKAN DENDANGAN TETAPI LANDASAN PERJUANGAN.

WAWASAN 2020 BUKAN TITIK PENYUDAH BAGI GENERASI MENDATANG IA BERMULA.

ALFATIHAH, AMIN.
P.S Pernah kami perhatikan sehari suntuk masa berada disana suatu ketika dahulu dan mendapati tukang pacak dipintu besar hotel2, pemandu kereta mewah towkay2 cina, pengawal keselamatan dan jurujual 99% orang melayu melainkan lah mereka yang kelihatan itu pekerja import dari negara2 asing. Yang menghairankan pula, ramai diantara pemandu teksi berbangsa cina.. susah sangat kot orang melayu S'pura nak dapatkan permit teksi?

little emperor & his monarchy country, & yet a few malays still proud of singapore!

Salam hormat Tun

Malaysia tidak perlu bergantung bantuan dari Singapura dan yang harus melawat Malaysia adalah PM Lee bukan bekas PM

Hanya satu pekara Malaysia harus dan di wajib kan belajar dari Singapura bagaimana boleh satu bangsa dulunya bilangnya kecil sekarang menjadi bangsa majority sehingga mencapai 80% penduduknya.Antara lain banyak profesional dari China,Hongkong dan Taiwan sudah berbakti di Singapura dan di beri kerakyatan.Sehingga bangsa bumi mejadi minority dan tidak ada suara lagi.Pemimpin2 bangsa ini harus ushakan agar Perseketuan Tanah Melayu tetap miliki bangsa ini.Manusia seperti Anwar dan Zaid hanya meyedihkan dan akan menghancur bangsa ,negara dan agama .Saya sedih melihat saudara Zaid buat press conference dengan Anwar waktu diberi mirophone tidak sebut pun baik bismillah atau asalamualaikom manusia seperti ini yang mahu memimpin negara mudah2an tidak tercapai.

Please put aside the racial issue in Singapore. You should talk in general term about the democracy in that country. Is there a democracy and freedom of speech? press freedom and political freedom. Teach the Singaporeans about democracy and freedom, please. For this two items, Malaysia enjoy a higher standard, I can guarantee.

There are two countries in Asia where the father passed the job to the son. North Korea and Singapore. Even the communist China is not doing it. Teach the Singaporeans about this.

Dr. Mahathir, your influence should not be just on Malaysia, right? We look forward to your Mahathir's lectures on Singapore.

Drar Tun,

Malaysia has wasted billions of Ringgit. Think we can afford to waste 3sen. I hope that the future leaders of this country will learn the art of making our RM1.00 work like RM2.00 so that my chilren and grand children for whom I am unable to leave agenerous inheritence can live in dignity and perhaps to make Malaysia Ku into yet another Middle kingdom in this region. Tun,the more Middle Kingdoms we have in this region the better for all of us.

It is not too late. We still have the resources and the talent to push this country beyond the limits of what we have achieved provided we have the right mix of policies to make our citizens drag this blessed country into the next century.

Dear Tun,

You suggested "Maybe someone should make a study of the Malays of Singapore just to know what it is like to be a Malay minority in their own country"

Why don't you sponsor such a study? I assure you, you will be shocked at the results.

I am a Malaysian. However, thanks to your policies, I live and work in Singapore. I have many S'porean friends here who are Malays and they are happy here.

They speak English way better than a large majority of the Malays in M'sia

Their outlook in life and ambitions surpasses that of most Malays I know in Malaysia.

I know you cannot judge a man's success based on his material possessions, however, I have more respect for my Malay friends here as I know they earned their wealth based on their merits without any help from anyone (ie NEP).

By the way, did you know that the Housing & Development Board (HDB) here offers discounts to those who qualify irrespective of their race and religion?

The Malays in the civil service here are more disciplined and dedicated.

Malays here don't have to be members of political parties to be successful.

I have asked many Malay ppl here, would they rather live in Malaysia or in Singapore... almost all but a few , have said they would rather live in S'pore as there is more freedom here than in M'sia.

One reason they often quote?
Well, they don't have the Jab Agama Islam snoop squad spying on them. They live and dress whatever way they want. (Tun, you're 83, I know you know what I mean)

I could go on Tun, but I have to study now....you see , in Singapore, everything is about meritocracy....

salam tun
it is obvious that LKY just to heat up again our relationship with Singapore. And yet as in Malay Dilemma as you said, we Malays are too kind hearted and tolerance

*I wonder the 5th Prime Minister is greater than you

http://pre-lawrian.blogspot.com

Salam YAB Tun,

Kalau Chin Peng dipanggil pengkhianat negara, Lee Kuan Yew pula sepatutnya dipanggil apa?

Wassalam.

中国 : Middle Kingdom Singapura : Temasik

Hm, Lee Kuan Yew buat kelas tambahan untuk subjek "pengurusan negara" rupanya. Tapi dia ni lulus tak matapelajaran "bayar air ikut harga semasa" tak ha?

Dear Tun..,

How come our leader include sultan/agong also pleasure to meet him.
I wonder LKY meet with sultan is that he raise (sembah) his both hand as he once a Malaysian citizen ago. Poor our sultan not recognize which one enemy under blanquet and the true heroes.
Or doing good with LKY will get chinese support...you think at your own!

Tun,

I cannot but notice that you very personal on the matters with Singapore.

LKY is just having a neighbourly visit to our country.

I am from JB, I've worked as an engineer in KL. Comparing myself with my cousin in Singapore, who is working as a teacher (non executive) his salary quite substantially more then me.

By the way, when Singaporean cross the causeway, everything is half price due to the currency exchange.

I think your perspective about the Malays in Singapore is a bit exaggerated. You should make a more thorough look rather then making an assumption.

I think one of the most important thing to look for when comparing the Malays in Singapore and the Malays in our country is to look at the income per capita. Comparing with other ethnics, Singapore Malay maybe the lowest but what are their position comparing Malay Malaysian. By the way, the Malay income percapita is not the highest compared with other ethnic in our own country.

I also think that you should stop belittling them. Yes we have a bigger country, a lot of resources, we have oil, we have rubber, palm oil, they have nothing but we are still lagging behind in terms of our economy, currency, infrastructure, income percapita and standard of living.

We should not be too arrogant when we are still far from perfect and have a lot of catching up to do.

JB_FROM

Salam,

Tun kata:
7. All those who met the great man from the little country were lectured on how Malaysia should be run. We should not have anymore problems now. We have been told the direction to take. MCA must help UMNO to win because Singapore does not want an Islamic Party like PAS to win. We must ensure this. Sorry PAS. Working with the DAP, the offspring of PAP has not endeared you to Mr Lee.

Pandangan saya:
Keluarga saya biasa sangat lah dengan sifat orang Cina. Sebab itu lah saya bersama UMNO. Depa kuat bekerja berusaha bersungguh2 dan kebanyakan cara depa dapat pun cara betul. Tetapi malangnya orang Melayu kita ni lembik , lemah dan tak cukup kuat untuk bersaing dengan depa. Jangan marah saya pun orang Melayu. saya tak kata orang Cina itu tidak baik. saya kata orang Melayu itu lemah ,kurang pengalaman. Nanti hang pa rugi. Orang Melayu suka dipuji! semua boleh jadi! Kaum lain buat baik sikit depa terkenang dan menyebut budi berkali2. Kalau orang melayu buat baik depa lekas lupa, seprti "kacang lupa kulit".

Yang bukan Melayu sokong PAS kebanyakannya kerana PAS janji beri macam2 hak kat depa dan terbukti di Perak. Berapa ramai dah masuk Islam kerana perjuangan Islam yang dibawa PAS? Entah2 UMNO yang lebih banyak membantu kerja dakwah ni.Berapa ramai anak Kelantan lebih baik budi pekertinya dibawah pemerintahan PAS berbanding anak negeri lain? Orang PAS/ PKR terkenal pelusuk negara asyik duk kata orang tak betul. Mungkin ada benarnya. Tapi boleh ke hang pa jamin hang pa tak jadi dua kali macam UMNO bila berjkuasa.

Kenapa hang pa orang PAS tak bantah Dato Zaid Ibrahim yang tentang hang pa di Kelantan dulu. Dia dah join sepupu hanga pa kat PKR. Mungkin dia part lain, bukan PAS. YB Karpal, YB Lim Kit Siang dan YB Lim Guan Eng dan lain2 ahli DAP cucuk hang pa, dah tak sebut lagi negara Islam. La ni Tok Guru Lee Kuan Yew pula datang nak bawa pelaburan kat Kelantan kot!Mungkin lebih banyak pelaburan jika Pakatan Rakyat memenangi PRU 13 nanti. Apa syaratnya ? Perhatikan dan selami lah apa terjadi kepada Singapura dan juga Palestin secara halus. Orang melayu kata mempertahankan hak orang Melayu, bukan Melayu kata itu perkauman. Mempertahankan tanah air adalah kewajipan setiap Muslim! Orang Islam kata jihad,Bush kata pengganas. Ada peluang cuba tanya Tok guru Lee Kuan Yew kata apa?

Kepada orang PAS: Lebih baik hang pa jadi "boneka UMNO" daripada jadi boneka "DAP" (seperti di Perak) anak kepada Parti PAP Singapura yang ada hubungan rapat dengan Yahudi ! Hang pa pejuang politik atau pejuang agama?

Aslmualaikum Tun,

keangkuhan Singapura suatu yg dh lama..

pemimpin Malaysia masih yg tidak melihatnya sbg ancaman..

kita jual pasir

kita tk mau berkeras berunding psl tanah KTM, CPF, jambatan..

kita menolak jambatan bengkok..yg ruginya kita

depa mmg tk mau sebb kalau ada jambatan mcm tu, kapal blh lalu..

perdagangan depa blh terjejas..

kita tk nmpak tu smua

apa yg Tun buat..
semuanya kita jdkan modal politik.

sampai ada yg kata Tun ada kepentingan peribadi dlm projek tu..

Tun...

mintklah DS Najib ni bukak mata sket..

iskandar tu dh jual malaysia..cukuplah

apa nk jwp kt generasi ms depan..?

Wallahualm

Review the water contract? I say it's about time we did that. But what about other contracts, like the social contract? How come that contract is not reviewable in perpetuity?

As for Mr Lee's 'lecture' on how Malaysia should be run, if it could lead to Malaysia to as well as Singapore, then why shouldn't we try to see if we could use some of the lessons from the 'lecture'? Just as we revere Tun Dr Mahathir for his experience and wisdom and lebih dulu makan garam qualities, we should learn something from Mr Lee as well. Mr Lee is no slouch compared to Tun and surely not all that he has done are bad.

Tun,

I cannot but notice that you very personal on the matters with Singapore.

LKY is just having a neighbourly visit to our country.

I am from JB, I've worked as an engineer in KL. Comparing myself with my cousin in Singapore, who is working as a teacher (non executive) his salary quite substantially more then me.

By the way, when Singaporean cross the causeway, everything is half price due to the currency exchange.

I think your perspective about the Malays in Singapore is a bit exaggerated. You should make a more thorough look rather then making an assumption.

Dear Tun,

Thanks a zillion for writing on this.

The only thing the mainstream papers did not do was show pictures of Najib and the rest of the leaders, BN or Opposition prostrating before this "Emperor".

When will Malaysian's ever learn that they are inferior to no one.

Hey Malaysians, learn this :"So what, who cares".

Who cares who LKY is, so what if he is the MM of Singapore.

The whole idea of allowing him to come here for his "nostalgic" trip and preach to Malaysians wanna make me puke.

At this rate we are going, very soon Singapore will be our next colonial masters.

Best Regards,

Ataturk

Dear Tun

Ha, ha! This is priceless. One self-proclaimed 'benevolent dictator' indulging in name calling about another as 'Little Emperor'.

All these water contracts were negotiated during your tenure as PM and you then blamed civil servants appointed by you for the debacle, until exposed by the ST in S'pore which published all the exchanges of G-to-G correspondence.

As for Iskandar, aren't the Singaporeans there because the Johor Malays and Royalty invited them with open arms? So, why indulge in useless and racist rhetoric as "Kuan Yew also explained that the fear Singapore Chinese would control Iskandar whatever is not justified. Malays can also work there. It is good to know that Malays can also work in their own country. I wonder as what? Maybe someone should make a study of the Malays of Singapore just to know what it is like to be a Malay minority in their own country."

The reality is you have always had a chip on your shoulder when it comes to Singapore and that subconsciously affected your ability to negotiate successfully with them. Accept it now that short of invading by force and arms and conquering back S'pore, it is gone forever. Ther's no use lamenting over Raffles' treachery and Sultans of yore.

Ask yourself why you are not as welcome or popular in Singapore and non-Islamic countries, as LKY is in Malaysia and abroad. Deep character flaws, like charity, usually begin at home!!

But for all that, I am no admirer of LKY or his brand of 'the end justifies the means' politics.

ASKUM TUN. SALAM SEJAHTERA.

PADA SAYA, LAWATAN MR LKY ADALAH PERKARA BIASA. YANG LUAR BIASA IALAH MENGAPA PIHAK KERAJAAN MALAYSIA " ENTERTAIN" SEMUA KEHENDAK BELIAU SEOLAH BELIAU ADLAH SEORANG YG "BERHAK" SEHINGGA DPT BERJUMPA DGN AGONG, PM, TPM, 3 BUDAK NAIB PRESIDEN UMNO YG TERKETAR-KETAR SEOLAH KENA PANGGIL GURU BESAR, PEMIMPIN PAKATAN, MELAWAT 8 NEGERI, JUMPA SULTAN, MENTERI BESAR DLM MASA 8 HARI.

ADAT ORANG MELAYU, KALAU ORANG BARU KENAL DATANG KE RUMAH, BERBUAL SAHAJA DI LUAR/LAMAN RUMAH ATAU DEKAT PAGAR. KALAU DAH BIASA ATAU LEBIH RAPAT, AJAK BERBUAL DI ANJUNG. KALAU TETAMU KEHORMAT DATANG ATAS SESUATU HAJAT, JEMPUT MASUK KEDALAM RUANG TAMU. TAPI KALAU BUKAN SAUDARA, ORANG MELAYU PANTANG BENAR AJAK KAWAN ATAU JIRAN MASUK KEDALAM BILIK TIDUR ATAU JENGUK KE DAPOR.

KALAU ORANG YG DATANG TU DAH ADA REKOD TAK BERAPA BAIK DGN KITA,PERNAH MENYUSAHKAN KITA, PERNAH MEMPERBODOHKAN KITA, BIASANYA LAYAN DIA KAT PAGAR PUN DAH CUKUP.

TAPI DALAM KES MR LKY, TUAN RUMAH BUKAN SAHAJA AJAK MASUK RUMAH TAPI TERMASUK SEMUA PELUSUK BILIK TIDUR DAN DAPUR. JADI BUKAN SALAH MR LKY TAPI YG SALAH ADALAH TUAN RUMAH YG TAK FAHAM ADAT DAN ADAB. TUAN RUMAHLAH YG BERKUASA KAT RUMAH DIA SENDIRI. DIA BOLEH TENTU SIAPA BOLEH MASUK, SIAPA TAK BOLEH. INI BINI DIA PUN BOLEH JUMPA.

ITULAH SEKARANG ORANG MUDA, CEPAT LUPA ASAL USUL MEREKA. BELUM NAIK, AGENDA MELAYU, DAH NAIK, ONE MALAYSIA PULA, SEMUA SAMA. CAKAP KAT PERHIMPUNAN AGONG UMNO SEOLAH PEJUANG MELAYU SEANTERO DUNIA. BERGEGAR DEWAN. DAH DAPAT, TERUS KENDUR DAN TERTIDUR. SEHINGGA SEKARANG DAH HAMPIR 100 HARI, MASIH TERLENA HINGGA ORANG LUAR MASUK RUMAH, MASUK BILIK, MASUK DAPOR, JUMPA AHLI-AHLI RUMAH, DIA BIARKAN.