tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post4915547496905641075..comments2024-03-19T11:32:07.178+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: The impending reality of Malaysian politicsChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-30470232623448348152008-04-17T14:08:00.000+08:002008-04-17T14:08:00.000+08:00not being prejudice, the presence of chinese or in...not being prejudice, the presence of chinese or indians in a country, often helps to raise the economic level and general prosperity of the country. the larger the percentage of these foreigners, the greater their contribution to the country.<BR/><BR/>if eventually the percentage of chinese and indians dwindle to less than 20%, they could visualise the economic model of indonesia.<BR/><BR/>but ifChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-89937329456322270672008-04-17T12:43:00.000+08:002008-04-17T12:43:00.000+08:00Well, you will be hoping against very substantial ...Well, you will be hoping against very substantial odds. Firstly, the demographics is set to totally alter the political landscape in the next twenty years. Based on current trends, the population of Chinese is projected to dwindle to about 15% in that timeframe due to Chinese not wanting to have more children and migration. You think it is bad now ? Imagine what it will be like when the Malays Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-816633193952098722008-04-17T12:21:00.000+08:002008-04-17T12:21:00.000+08:00i don't dispute your perception. malaysian will ne...i don't dispute your perception. malaysian will never rise to be a great country when its people are divided into first class and second class because of race. will malaysia becomes more equal one day? it could. but full equality, very unlikely.<BR/><BR/>the only hope is for those who are able to be allowed to excel through their merits. the special rights will always be there, forever.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-74915784221244435682008-04-17T11:04:00.000+08:002008-04-17T11:04:00.000+08:00You dont understand, Redbean. It does not matter w...You dont understand, Redbean. It does not matter which camp is in power. The fact is that a majority of the Malays still have the mentality, rightly or wrongly, that they are the 'tuan' and the non-malays are 'pendatang'. Any party that wants to form the government will have to win the support of the majority electorate,and that would be the Malays. The Malays that voted opposition did not vote Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-89785199019317481252008-04-17T09:53:00.000+08:002008-04-17T09:53:00.000+08:00anonymous, i am confused. post anwar or post mahat...anonymous, i am confused. post anwar or post mahathir?<BR/><BR/>anwar is just beginning.<BR/><BR/>the prominent malay must be from the umno camp. the pkr camp is quite different, at least for now.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-47207268172263882342008-04-17T06:24:00.000+08:002008-04-17T06:24:00.000+08:00The Malays take that politics very seriously, and ...The Malays take that politics very seriously, and their nationalistic fervour overrides other considerations. A prominent Malay once remarked that the Malays would rather go back to living in kampungs than see the country be taken over by the pendatang. FDI, free trade, globalisation mean jack shit to the rural folks who still make up the bulk of the Malay people in Malaysia. Dr M was just doing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-51664525425026142642008-04-16T17:24:00.000+08:002008-04-16T17:24:00.000+08:00A post-anwar Malaysia, has put up capital controls...A post-anwar Malaysia, has put up capital controls and barriers to shield old wealth. It underwent famous flipflop policies. It undertook awesome mammothic projects. It shouted away foreign funds/ investors, sprouted blame/ unnecessary ill-will around the neighborhood with little care for diplomacy or courtesy...spoke abt war, water supplies, crooked bridges for example...during those years that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com