SG's Malays feel more superior to MY's Malays?
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Towering Malays across Causeway,1 sept 2006 fri,.thestar.com.my
this letter fr Opinions in response to this statement:
“I understand they do not want to end up becoming like the Malays in Singapore.”
--- Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff AhmadYOUR REPORT, “Give up PBA post, Dr Koh urged” (The Star, Aug 28,2006) quoted Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad as saying at the opening an Umno meeting in Penang that he sympathises with Penang Malays because he understands they do not want to end up like the Malays in Singapore.
2.the cause ot this letter:The Bukit Mertajam Umno division has called on Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon to give up the Penang Water Supply Corporation Sdn Bhd (PBA) chairmanÂ’s post to Umno.
I strongly urge the deputy minister to visit Singapore more often to see for himself the true situation there. The fact is that Singapore Malays feel more superior to those across the Causeway.
I know because I work with many of them and I often heard remarks like: “Why is it that Malaysian Malays, including your so-called graduates, cannot speak or write English as fluently as we can?” or “You know, in Singapore, my success is entirely due to my own hard work and capability.”
Malays in Singapore can hold their heads high and many have found employment anywhere in the world simply because they generally are much more fluent in English and also the successful ones climb up the hierarchy entirely on their own merits as they play on the same level field as the other races, without asking for any concessions.
I am not ashamed to say that my son is studying in Singapore ever since he was quite young.
I deliberately sent him there because I want him to enjoy the superior education there and also to develop the right attitude of “no crutch please as I can walk on my own”.
As our saying goes, “bend the bamboo while it is young.”
If the Malays in Penang (or elsewhere in Malaysia) can be like the Malays in Singapore, then we will not need former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad or current Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to remind us from time to time to seek to become “towering Malays.”
MOHD JAMIL BIN ABDUILLAH, Penang.“If Dr Koh is truly sincere in wanting to help the Malays progress, he should resign as PBA chairman and give it back to Umno,”
Monday August 28, 2006,.thestar.com.my
Give up PBA post, Dr Koh urged
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The Bukit Mertajam Umno division has called on Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon to give up the Penang Water Supply Corporation Sdn Bhd (PBA) chairmanÂ’s post to Umno.
Division chief Datuk Musa Sheikh Fadzir said Dr Koh had “snatched” the chairman’s post away from Umno’s Datuk Ahmad Saad, who was former Penanti assemblyman, in 1999.
“If Dr Koh is truly sincere in wanting to help the Malays progress, he should resign as PBA chairman and give it back to Umno,” he said at the Bukit Mertajam Umno delegates conference here yesterday.
Musa said there were only three Malays who presently held top positions in PBA.
He said that although 60% of the company employees were Malays, most of them were low-ranking officers.
“I also understand there are plans to set up subsidiaries under the PBA, which will be done in a similar manner like the Penang Development Corporation (PDC),” he said.
He said he hoped Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rashid Abdullah would reject any proposal to form subsidiaries and instead resolve the lack of high-ranking Malay officers in the company.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad, who opened the conference, said he sympathized with the Malays in Penang.
“I understand they do not want to end up becoming like the Malays in Singapore.” -
Protectionism to safeguard the interests of any group against competition is self-defeating in the long term, whether you champion the rights of Malay bumiputras over the Chinese or Singaporeans against PRC foreign talents.
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I'd ratehr have less PRC FTs and more from the Subcontinent and the EU.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Protectionism to safeguard the interests of any group against competition is self-defeating in the long term, whether you champion the rights of Malay bumiputras over the Chinese or Singaporeans against PRC foreign talents. -
Sounds like the MP who sympathised with the Penang Malays has a superiority complex in thinking that Singaporean Malays are inferior to Malaysian Malays.
And it also sounds like the fella who wrote this letter has an inferiority complex by claiming that we are the ones with a superiority complex.
Needless to say, the mechanics of it all are mind-boggling. At least where I'm concerned, I don't see myself as superior to Malaysian Malays - or anyone else, for that matter.
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WEll, as usual those from north of the causeway are trying to stir $hit in the run-up to Merdeka, which was 2 days ago.Originally posted by fudgester:Sounds like the MP who sympathised with the Penang Malays has a superiority complex in thinking that Singaporean Malays are inferior to Malaysian Malays.
And it also sounds like the fella who wrote this letter has an inferiority complex by claiming that we are the ones with a superiority complex.
Needless to say, the mechanics of it all are mind-boggling. At least where I'm concerned, I don't see myself as superior to Malaysian Malays - or anyone else, for that matter. -
In other words: 'To rally the masses, slug the little fella down south.'Originally posted by iveco:WEll, as usual those from north of the causeway are trying to stir $hit in the run-up to Merdeka, which was 2 days ago. -
Come on man, left right center, many people don't like PRCs.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Protectionism to safeguard the interests of any group against competition is self-defeating in the long term, whether you champion the rights of Malay bumiputras over the Chinese or Singaporeans against PRC foreign talents.
I only respect the TRUE PRC Talents - Not the many opportunists here. -
Malaysia's Uni = Singapore ITE.
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U sure about it n how much u knew about Malaysia?Originally posted by NUS_Superst@r:Malaysia's Uni = Singapore ITE. -
I know Malaysia- a haven for criminals and that is [/b]Truly AsianOriginally posted by will4:U sure about it n how much u knew about Malaysia? -
The fact is that Singapore Malays feel more superior to those across the Causeway.
2.i think the writer means sg's Malay can achieve on its own
and no need depend on government.
he dunt mean sg'd malay is more capable than my's. -
Originally posted by NUS_Superst@r:Malaysia's Uni = Singapore ITE.
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Even so, I still see no reason for having to feel superior to my Malaysian counterparts. Government handouts or not, they're still human like you and me, and have have no reason for viewing them differently.Originally posted by lionnoisy:2.i think the writer means sg's Malay can achieve on its own
and no need depend on government.
he dunt mean sg'd malay is more capable than my's.
How did the writer of that letter come to the conclusion that Singaporean Malays feel superior? Did he bother conducting surveys or something? I highly doubt it.
Sounds to me that he simply felt inferior to Singaporean Malays. And he covered his inferiority complex by claiming that we have a superiority complex.
Like I said, the mechanics of it all are mind-boggling. -
so good?Originally posted by NUS_Superst@r:Malaysia's Uni = Singapore ITE. -
I think he meant that if a Malaysian Malay was successful, others would conclude that he was pushed up the success ladder by government policies. The successful Singaporean Malay can justifiably claim that he did it by himself.Originally posted by fudgester:Even so, I still see no reason for having to feel superior to my Malaysian counterparts. Government handouts or not, they're still human like you and me, and have have no reason for viewing them differently.
How did the writer of that letter come to the conclusion that Singaporean Malays feel superior? Did he bother conducting surveys or something? I highly doubt it.
Sounds to me that he simply felt inferior to Singaporean Malays. And he covered his inferiority complex by claiming that we have a superiority complex.
Like I said, the mechanics of it all are mind-boggling. -
From my experience in dealing with Sporean,Malaysian Indonesian and
Bruneiean Malays, in my view Spore Malay is the best in term of knowledge and command of english language, Spore Malays dont like 2 be Alipapas but all the others dont mind as long as they get $.
If u draw a circle beneath a tree and asked them to sit there under hot sun, who do u think will sit there??? -
i think that's the main sentiment.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:I think he meant that if a Malaysian Malay was successful, others would conclude that he was pushed up the success ladder by government policies. The successful Singaporean Malay can justifiably claim that he did it by himself. -
Don't be so smug..only a few years ago, if you need a liver transplant, you have to go to KL for it...Originally posted by NUS_Superst@r:Malaysia's Uni = Singapore ITE. -
livers in KL used to be cheaper then not sure about it now.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Don't be so smug..only a few years ago, if you need a liver transplant, you have to go to KL for it...
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More than 7 times less than our Orchard Rd Apartments. only S$300 p.sq feet at Jln B C so cheap!!!Originally posted by sgdiehard:livers in KL used to be cheaper then not sure about it now.
Enjoying life here in KL than poor Sporeans in Spore loh!!!
Had we hve M$3 breakfast in Spore!!!Dream lah!!! -
LOL... bastard sia!!!! hahahaOriginally posted by dragg:so good? -
sabo lah this letter....
wait malay sgs kanna hold up at customs because the malaysian malay custom want to 'test' their english.... u think u damn smart rite? -
Due to better education, better govt, higher standard of living and better jobs than malaysian malay, it no wonder they have inferior thoughts.. anyway we are better than them over the causeway..
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You know, I can't help but feel it would be like carrying out welding works in a recently emptied gasoline tanker, by talking about this race in this thread.
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No wonder msian hate us so much ...
