My previous comment was a tic-for-tat answer to your question. Yes, Malay [Malaysians] do have their own schools, provided and funded by the government. To my knowledge, most Chinese vernacular schools are privately/partially funded by the Chinese community.

Again, all we are asking are level playing grounds, and help ALL those who are in need without regard to race. You have to admit that the NEP has failed and it is not the fault of the other races that it did, so don’t start the finger pointing. We are looking out for the country, not being racist.

Malaysia is going to play catch up with Vietnam soon if we do not improve. In the 70s Malaysia was considered as one of the four Asian Tigers, together with Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. Look where they are now.. and we are competing with Vietnam? Obviously, change is necessary.

It’s no longer the time when UM was considered among the best universities in the world, things have changed, UM has lost out to Chulalongkorn University (Thailand). Our country is almost crippled, and you are still playing the race card? No one is challenging Article 154, NEP is not part of 154 and you know it.

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Do you mean Article 153 of the Federal Constitution?

Shanon Shah
Columns and Comments Editor

Non-Malay [Malaysians] are not asking alot, we just want the same playing field, help all those who are in need, not because of their race.

Each human is born with rights. They are NOT given from one race to another. So you can’t say, you are not racist because people have been allowed to do this or that. They always had these rights. Malaysia belongs to the citizens of Malaysia and not one single communal group. That is why the constitution does NOT spell out the special privileges given to Malay [Malaysians] (NEP is not one of them, neither are any of the “new” laws created after the fact). So the act of looking at an “organisation” and seeing racial overtones in it is racial in it self. I doubt every Chinese or Indian [Malaysians] have secret meetings on how to “control” this or that (if they are, nobody has been inviting me).

Malaysia cannot handle communal politics and continue to be a viable country any longer. The old way of doling out the riches of the country no longer works because we no longer have money to afford to be able to do that any longer. We edge closer and closer every day to being a bankrupt state and risk social anarchy just for reasons of sheer pride.

Unless politicians from both sides can start being Malaysians first, and taking care of their country (rather than hiding special interests under the guise of communal, religious overtones), we are pretty much doomed. I fear however that most people in Perkasa would rather be a “King of a dung heap” than let somebody help them to a better way.

Towering Malay: I agree with you. Eliminate the ali baba…but who is always giving bribes and taking all the advantage?

m.k: [...] I didn’t see him speaking about donating all the non-Malay [Malaysian] riches to Malay [Malaysians]. He means the govt should manage the contracts and not monopoly of the riches only.

The guy has gone bonkers! Even Allah amended the Quranic verses. I’m surprised people pay any attention at all to [him]!