According to Najib, the government is willing to help Malays advance in other countries where they are a minority.
He said this when opening the the Malay World Muslim World (DMDI) forum’s ninth convention on 23 December, reports Malaysiakini.
The deputy premier said ethnic Malays in the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Cambodia, South Africa and southern Thailand could be assisted.
What would have been the reaction if the deputy premier of India and the vice premier of China had offered to help the ethnic Indians and ethnic Chinese respectively in the various countries of South-East Asia? Wouldn’t the governments of this region have asked them to butt out, citing foreign interference in domestic affairs?
Najib’s statement is outrageous given that the plight of the poor at home: the struggling lower-income group of all ethnic groups, including the Malays, the non-Muslim bumiputera and Indians in this country. Then there are the Orang Asli poor… And what about the plight of one the most marginalised groups in the country, the Penan, about a thouand of whom will now have to make way for the Murum Dam in Sarawak? Let’s also not forget refugees, stateless people, and exploited migrant workers on our shores. How about lending them a helping hand?
Najib would be better off focusing on the small matter of a recession that is about to shake the country like never before. Thousands are expected to lose their jobs.
He should also be defending the right of all Malaysians to move freely in the country; he seems to have had little to say about PKR MP Gobalakrishnan, a Malaysian citizen, being denied entry into Sarawak.
The deputy premier’s comments on lending a helping hand abroad should be juxtaposed against MP Dr Jeyakumar’s observations about poverty in our backyard:
38 per cent of Malaysian families have a monthly household income of less than RM2,000. I believe that RM2,000 should be used as the poverty line and not the current unrealistic standard of RM720 per month for a family with three children. Only 5 per cent of Malaysian families have a monthly household income of less than RM720.
The second significant point is that the prevalence of poverty among non-Malay bumiputera groups is much higher than that of the Malay community – 25.8 per cent of Kadazan families and 35.8 per cent of Orang Asli families receive household incomes of less than RM1,000 compared to 9.9 per cent of Malay families. Numerically, however, Malays still make up a huge majority of the poor in Malaysia because of their population size.
The majority of the poor consist of mainly the Malays due to their size in number.
Charity begins at home. Help the poor here first.
Malaysia is a super rich country blessed with abundant natural resources. The only problem is the fact that there is a lot of stealing, plundering, philandering and corruption.
We are thousand times richer than Singapore with oil, palm oil, rubber, tin and even Gold!, and yet, Singapore is far more progressed, richer and first world status. Both countries also Merdeka around the same time.
Singapore has zero natural resources, so how can they be richer than us with higher GDP than us? Even low level government servants there earn Singapore $4000 a month and you can buy loads of food for the family in the supermarket for one whole week to feed a family of four for S$100.
Here, the same items in the supermarket, cost around RM400 a week to feed a family of four.
And yet, we earn RM1500.
So end of the month hutang lagi. Go deeper into debt.
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27 new Pusat Giat Mara, once again syabas to UMNO and their HIDUP MELAYU. Even PAS is showing its true colours, Pakatan should actually get PAS out and join hands with DAP and many others with Malaysian Malaysia agenda and form a single party protecting the rights and interest of all equally and then (finish off) UMNO FURTHER, AND MAYBE BUILD PLASTIC BALLS FOR ****LESS GERAKANIANS . Its very uncalled for me to use such language but what to do when nobody understands simple language, first BADAWI said no to polarization and today 27 new Giat Mara centres under RMK-10, BADAWI, PLEASE LAH STEP DOWN TODAY LAH.
AND IF MALAYSIA IS MULTI-RACIAL WHY NOT NAJIB SAID HE WILL HELP ALL MINORITIES REGARDLESS OF RACE TO ADVANCE IN OTHER COUNTRIES…
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I AM FED UP, I AM WILLING TO (GIVE EVERYTHING) IN MY PURSUIT FOR A MALAYSIAN MALAYSIA.
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When the whole world without borders 21sst century has given racism the boot, Najib is in fact encouraging it. Najib is either pea-brained or … when wanting help Malays,with no other reason except race, race and race! UMNO’s Ketuanan Melayu is the only racial bastion existing today, and with Najib expousing racism, it will fall like apartheid in the former south africa
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Its laughable ! to say the least….especially S’porean Malays….who are much richer than us Malaysians (of all races) and whose educational far exceeds Malaysians (of all races). If taken as a country S’porean Malays rank within the top 15 in the world in terms of educational attainments…
Maybe we should ask S’porean Malays to help Malaysian Malays…..
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of course the malays make up the poorest in malaysia due to their population size ganesh… but dont u think they also make up the poorest because they have been blindfolded by their darling UMNO CRONIES FOR 50 YEARS.
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now i will speak in Bahasa,
Sebagai Rakyat Malaysia saya bangga kerana bahasa saya tetap bahasa jiwa bangsa saya, bahasa saya sentiasa cemerlang sejak di bangku sekolah lagi dan adalah tidak hairan, guru yang menagajar saya bahasa adalah seorang India beragama Hindu dan seorang lagi juga kaum india beragama Katolik Kristian, sehingga hari terakhir saya di bangku sekolah, bahasa saya cemerlang,gemilang dan terbilang berbanding dengan semua murid lain, tetapi sedihnya bahasa itu terus menjadi alat kepada pemimpin untuk terus memecahbelahkan perpaduan rakyat demi kepentingan diri sendiri sehingga ramai melihat bahasa itu sebagai bahasa sesuatu kaum yang ingin beraja di Malaysia atau Ketuanan Melayu. Ramai kawan saya jarang menggunakan Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa kita ini.
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Yes sptay, you are correct-the S’pore Malays has made great stride in their income with their higher educational attaintment. It proves that the S’pore govt has the foresight to make ENGLISH as the working language but each student must LEARN their own mother tongue-the more languages the student master the better he/she is.
Now with the proliferation of INTERNET worldwide, S’pore Malays with their excellent command of English has the advantage of Msian Malays. Nowadays it is very common to see young Malays parents actively buying books/educational materials for their precious ones. Also there are 23 public libraries where borrowing of books[4books for 3 weeks/ various promotion periods yearly 8 books] are FREE!
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Talking about the accomplishments of Singapore, the water dispute has further enhanced their progressiveness. Few more years down the road, Singapore WILL become the country with THE best technology in reusable and self sustaining water. Just because the gomen and co rather sell it for an extra few cents, this technology will bring them billions and most of all, they don’t need Boleh Land to sell them our crappy water. This is how intelligent people interpret the word ‘visonary’. Thanks to us, Singapore has so much to offer. Thanks to Dr. M., Badawi and now Najib for helping Singapore. We can do it.
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I think it is a good gesture to help others in need.
People of the same race or nationality often link up with others because it is natural to feel part of an affinity group revolving around a common denominator eg race, religion or country.
But those who do it should do it in their own steam.
If Najib wants to spend his own money and time helping Malays elsewhere he is entitled to do so on his personal account. But not at the expense of the taxpayers and certainly not on government time and not with the ulterior motive of political grandstanding.
When you consider the high number of Malays who need help in the country that are not getting help from the government, you only need to go to the Esst Coast, it seems unusual that a Malay leader would be considering helping others outside his own country when he has not helped his own people at home.
Obviously the saying ‘charity begins at home’ does not apply to them. And when you add up the huge number of Indians who are desperate for government aid and not getting it, it does add insult to injury for Najib to ignore their plight, the plight of his fellow Malaysians but offer help to strangers overseas.
It goes to show how out of touch some politicians are with the needs of their own people and who have lost sight of their duty to take care of the welfare of their fellow citizens. To them being in power equates with doing anything they like, and abuse of power happens too often.
We saw how Dr Mahathir Mohammed gave Zimbabwe’s dictator Robert Mugabe much prized Malaysian timber when so many Malaysians still have no decent roofs over their heads and live in shanties.
Politicians all need to be reminded of their primary responsibilities to their country and think of serving the rakyat instead of indulging in fanciful ideas that are not part of their work. They can do those extra-curricular activities in their own time and with their own money – but how many will?
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That summed up our nation leader way of thinking. Real baggage. “Kuman diseberang laut nampak tapi gajah ditepi mata tak nampak”. This is the guy that UMNO goons is giving the nation to be the country no.1 leader,- disgusting.
Baggage all the way!!!
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LOL ….they can’t even help themselves while they are being a majority in this country. Subsidy from birth to death, from education to jobs, from cars to housing, from hawker stall to big PLCs … LOL and they want to help other outside the country…’
tengok cermin dulu lar…
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Help the poor Malay in Malaysia? Better help their cronies to enrich themselves.
Help the Malay abroad? What an ingenius way to cover up the failure to help our own poor Malay.
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DPM Najib should make the announcement in the middle of Baling district here in Kedah that his government is willing to help the poor Malays of the other countries. And then repeat the statement again in Kuala Trengganu in the coming by-election!
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Najib is merely being rhetorical. He wants to show the world how rich Malaysia is when she actually isn’t. He wants fast and cheap publicity with the announcement but knows deep inside his heart, Malaysians won’t condone such an offer to other countries Malay when there are local Malays still living from hand to mouth.
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He wants to help malays of other countries?Even ijn,where poor malaysians can get affordable heart treatments,he intends to privatised it.
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So much had been plundered under NEP and bumiputra entitlement, this racist still want more for the rich ….sigh!!! How can a man like that see thing solely on race can get elected as leader of Malaysia is mind boggling to me.
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This is Najib !
He (appears to be) diverting attention from the murder of the Mongolian lady,
he wants all Malaysians to debate on any other subjects instead of the Mongolian lady.
He does not want anything to happen to his Prime Minister’ post….
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The poor in our backyard
Najib doesn’t want to help
Going all his way to establish
Helping others than Malaysians
The simple rule in life
Charity begins at home
He has forgotten
He thinks he is good in international relations
The poor back home
Living under the bridges
Roofing holes one meal a day
Lonely and group of poor families
Irrespective of race
Many in the country
And Najib wants to help others
He doesn’t want to help Malaysians
Maybe he feels Malaysia is rich
The people will be well fed and happy
This type of leader
We don’t need to run the country
Charity must begin at home
We must help our own people
Before we think of other countries
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THINK HOME BEFORE GOING TO ROAM
Charity always begins at home
Before we dare venture into Rome
But merely looking towards the dome
How come we offer help only to selected some
(C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng – 271208
http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com
Sat.27th Dec. 2008.
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Read the below and laugh. How to survive with RM1500 and have to feed 4 to 5 mouths? (after paying housing loan, car loan, study loan, EPF, income tax, medicine and supplements, Astro bill, water bill, electric bill, insurances (health, car, home etc)?
Can you blame an officer if he becomes corrupt?
Those days, corruption meant satisfying your wants and desires illegally. But I think these days, people become corrupt merely to survive ie to make ends meet.
NST Online » Frontpage
2008/12/27
ACA officers feel ‘demoralised’ over new salary scale
PUTRAJAYA: Anti-Corruption Agency officers are crying foul over the salaries they will be receiving when the agency becomes a commission in January.
“We were expecting something better, something more attractive,” said one of them.
Several senior graft busters said they were demoralised by the salary scales unveiled at a briefing by Public Services Department officers at the ACA head office on Wednesday.
About 200 officers, including the agency’s top brass, attended the hour-long briefing.
The officers, who contacted the New Straits Times, want the PSD to revise the scheme before issuing letters of option to them. They have been given one month to sign up the option letter.
“It was reported in the newspapers that our salary would be 30 per cent higher than those of other civil servants as we had to be like judges, aloof in our social life by not mixing with the public to maintain objectivity.
“We were also told that our new salary would be on par if not better than the police, but the briefing indicated otherwise,” said an officer who has been with the ACA for more than 20 years.
The officers were told, among other things, that Grade 29 officers would be offered a basic salary of RM1,482.85 and RM3,246.48 when they reached the top of the scale.
“The maximum year between the basic salary and top of the scale is 22 years while the yearly increase is only RM80.17.”
Police officers in the same grade receive a basic salary of RM1,423.50 with a maximum of RM3,282.77. However, the maximum number of years getting to the top is only 18 years with a yearly increment of RM103.29.
For Grade 44 commission officers, their basic salary is RM3,377 and RM5,455.56 if they are on the top of the scale. “The maximum years to reach the top scale is 14 years with a yearly increase of RM148.47.
“Police officers under the same grade are paid a basic salary of RM4,344.76 and if they are on top of the scale they will receive RM5,601.24. However, the maximum number of years to reach the top is only nine years while the yearly increase is RM139.61.”
The ACA officers were told that the decision was made by the cabinet and that this would remain the government’s policy, the officer said.
This development would force ACA officers to opt for early retirement. “I am afraid that if this is not looked into by the government, brain drain will take place and this definitely will not augur well for the commission.”
The unattractive salary scheme would also discourage professionals and other experts from joining the commission, he said.
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it is the same issue used to boost his popularity as the champion of the Malays..and now the Malays in the whole world..if possible.
The stupidity of thinking sometimes even astounds some lesser morons.
Children of the natural father are chucked outside while (outsiders) are taken in as his own…and that is because of a streak in his character that shows legitimizing of the illegitimate and illegitimizing of the legitimate….sometimes one cannot help seeing it..it is so very clear…a dangerous flaw in character…
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How about helping the 1,500 factory workers at Western Digital in Kuching first, Najib? They are about to be retrenched.
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First, we are told the Malays in this country is a Supreme race, so they must be treated as such, with supreme privilages. Move over all others.
Then, we are told, the Malays were poor and still are, so need cradle to grave benefits and privilages in order to compete with the non Malays. After 51 years of special privilages so that they “can compete”, whilst everyone put up with sub standard quality and corruption in the civil service and government sector, we are still told they still need privilages and benefits.
Now, we are told (by certain people that) the non Malays as “pendatang” to this country not only have to continue to put up with privilages and benefits of the Malays in this country (because they are still poor), Malaysia will also render help to all Malays outside of this country. To me (and all right minded people), they don’t even qualify as pendatang but simply foreigners.
What’s next? Assistance to all Muslims in the world?
Or maybe, in Najib’s mind, there is no more poverty in Malaysia and it is time for him… to turn his attention to the world. Well, can one blame him when he only knows and every where he turns, there is only welath and power and nothing else. Poverty in Malaysia? We don’t have that here. Everyone can easily earn hundreds of million in commission alone !
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///Gov’t offers to help minority Malays in other countries
Dec 24, 08 1:01pm
Deputy Prime Minister Najib said that the government was ready to help in the advancement of Malays in other countries where they are a minority. ///–Malaysiakini
The above statement shows the working of Najib’s mind. If the land titles in question are for the benefit of Malays, then Najib would not have raised the issue of approval by whatever authority said to have a higher authority than the elected representatives of the people who were appointed by the rulers. By raising that issue, it shows that the land title issue did not please Najib as a racist when he was even willing to help people in other countries rather than the people who share the same nationality with him.
Malays according to the definition of the constitution are those who habitually use Malay language and follow Malay customs. Would minority in other countries satisfy the definition of Malays as envisaged by the Malaysian constitution? How should Najib consider them Malays they in their country may not practise what are considered the customs for Malays? Even though they can be so classified for argument sake, how should the resources of one country contributed by the nationals of different races, in terms of taxes or their share of national resources, be diverted to help people of other countries not out of compassion in terms of needs, but based on race dubiously known as Malays? If Najib as DPM entertain that thought, what else would he so as PM to become champion of Malays in the world using resources of the country contributed partly by non-Malays? If that is not a racist thought of championing Malays’s interests across national boundary, what else is?
If Najib is allowed to help only a certain section of the people in other country based not on needs, would it not be a case of interfering into the internal matters of other nations? What would Thailand feel if the people in South Thailand are encouraged to shift their loyalty from Thailand to outside financier if Malaysian government chose to help Malays in Thailand, rather than all the poor Thais? How would Indonesia feel if some Indonesians choose to identify themselves as Malays rather than as Indonesians so as to be entitled to Najib’s assistance?
…What would Najib respond if the Chinese and the Indian governments choose to help, in whatever form, Chinese and Indians as minorities in other countries, and so declare as Najib did?
How should non-Malays in Malaysia feel when Najib uses national resources for non-Malaysians Malays rather than for Malaysian non-Malays?
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