Comments on: What now after NEP?

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:24:51 +0000

Don’t know about you guys believing the many manifestos pledged by either sides.

I voted against the BN for their ignorant arrogance!

50 years of independence and what has the BN done to recognise our forefathers who have perished? Our then quite united multiracial fighters fought against the Japs and Communist. The British deserted this country and not just because the Bapak fought for independence. It was a giveaway present to surrender from the envious breed. Ever wonder why such a small country has many rulers?

Prior to the economy collapse of Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and neighboring countries were fast emerging together as super Asian Tigers until the appearance of Mr Soros. Who is TDM? What did he really do for the country? Everyone prospered and crashed together and not one country alone.

Singapore without any natural resources versus Malaysia! Do you see any influx of immigrants from Singapore claiming for NEP benefits? Perhaps we should share with our new 3 million immigrants now citizens from Indonesia?

So how long more do we have to tolerate this…?

By: Tommy Peters

Tommy Peters — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:59:29 +0000

Affirmative action is designed for the inanimate, such as a race car lacking a particular feature and given a few rows up the starting grid. It is not designed for the animate given that even a toddler is programmed to float when thrown in the deep.

Anil, I spoke to a friend and a father of two who agreed with me that families practice ‘affirmative action’ when raising children, in that parents do give a quiet leg-up to the weaker sibling but he qualified that as a matter of public policy, firmness, equality, fair-play and meritocracy are the family rule. Point is, the weaker sibling is not given the impression that the little push which helped her handicap is ‘policy’, let alone a right.

This is the core which gulfs the typical ‘liberal’ and ‘conservative’ mindset. The gulf is evident in Singapore and Malaysia. The conservative does feel compassion as much as the liberal but the latter throws it up as public policy while the conservative engages ‘affirmative action’ through private and indirect routes.

By: hamidibrahim

hamidibrahim — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:21:50 +0000

Origilally it was planned that the Malays should be give assistance for 30 years in order to pick themselves up.
It is now 50 years; there is no need for any assistance anymore. Like any other citizen, they must work hard and stand on their own legs. No need for cruthces any more.
Otherwise, for life they need crutches.

What about the Poor Malaysian Indaisn - they also must be give assistance.

Hamid Ibrahim

By: Samuel Goh Kim Eng

Samuel Goh Kim Eng — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:53:07 +0000

There’s a wellknown thing called the “Means Test”
To distribute help this is really the very best
It doesn’t care if you’re from north,east,south or west
If you qualify you get your fair share from the national chest

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:25:02 +0000

I’ll get it right this time, restaurants