UPM incident 15 September 2007 (why?)
Recently on the 15 of September 2007 a video was posted on Malaysia kini TV website, where UPM (University Putra Malaysia) students demanding that university personal give an acknowledgement they have confiscated a student laptop. Now before I begin I take no sides either with the students or the Uni. Personals, but judging from the video the student were very angry and upset. After asking the Uni. Personal, he did not give any answer and even try to confiscate the video camera, which was filming at that time. Then he entered into a proton where he tries to get away from the scene. The students still not satisfied and acted to block the way by forming a human wall thus trap the personal. Then later when the police came, the personal brought the police into a close door discussion where none of the student is aloud to be present. Then the film ended with the boy being in the office writing something (I guess it’s a latter).
My opinion is that, there must be something wrong in this picture. Is either the students own mistake or it’s the University people who acted abuse of power. This incident never reach the paper of today which is Sunday and if there is none also tomorrow then I really want all the newspaper to investigate and get the truth behind this incident. Question is that are they any abuses or unfair treatment of students by the Universe personals. And why dint the university just wrote or acknowledge the confiscation of the laptop and give a valid reason (thus not of this will happen in the beginning) for it but instead decided to just walk away and don’t care about the students. Must remember a laptop is very important to a college/ Uni. Student not to mention expansive. So pls. Help me, writes something about this issue in the newspaper. Even Uni. Students have the right to know the truth and free speech and must be respected by the elders too.
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While in Malaysia university, I have seen endless rounds of discrimination, and I have to admit that I have been a racist since then. Many of my friends who did STPM deserve the places in university were denied, and their places were filled up by you know who. I am racist because the government made me.
I am a racist even though I studied in a sekolah kebangsaan for 12 years of my early education. I used to mix with all races, and we were good friends……….That was until I get into local university.
With the rate these universities are accepting half-baked students from matriculation and churning out quarter-ponder studs every year, you really expect the employment market to absorb them all? Every company will go bust in less than a year if such nincompoops are there. Public sector can absorb la. Use taxpayers money to pay them.
I was once a distributor for scientific products and what I observe every year is, new lab technicians are employed but most of them sit around chatting and do nothing. Why? Because there isn't enough work to go around. They are just idling away in front of computer playing solitaire. How nice.
The government is never remorseful for their sins of wasting the taxpayers money in just employing a particular group for the sake of giving employment.
During Mahathir era, they were twiddling that the public sector is overburdened by having too many employees and so the privatisation began, and today is there much difference if not worse.
It is a sin of wasting the people hard earned money by employing so many who do so little and lately the government is told to hurry up to give employment to 30000 graduates.
Malaysia has the worse system of racial discrimination in this world. Pak Lah, are you listening? Everyone knows it. All the politicians including non-malays hide under their coconut trees and keep quiet. These conditions are not going to change ever. So don't wait.
Although my children were Singapore born, we were lucky not to settle back in Malaysia but decided to make our home in Australia. My son is now an engineer with loan from the government here. And my daughter is on a full scholarship reading pharmacy.
So my advice to all parents is to get out of Malaysia. They should try going to Singapore, Japan or even China. You will be welcome there if you are above average. Good luck.
Discrimination in the private sector is everywhere. Even the Chinese businessman who is just starting gets discriminated against more established ones, unless he has a mentor to back him up.
As for career interviews, it is best to get a recommendation first. If I am using my own money, it is my right to choose whom I want - even to the extent of discrimination. Why would I want to hire someone that I cannot have lunch with, work with or converse with?
The BN government on the other hand is discriminating against the non-malays not with the malay money, but with probably the Chinese money as the latter pay the bulk of income tax collected in the country. That we are against.
In 1957, Malaysia had the second biggest per capita income after Japan, but now we are at the tail end among the front-rank developed nations in Asia.
In 2005, Malaysia per capita income increased by only 17 times from 1967, as compared to South Korea which increased 100 times. Hong Kong 40 times, Singapore 45 times and Taiwan 60 times.
Malaysia is far richer in natural resources than the other countries. Singapore for example has no forest, oil, palm oil, rubber, etc.
The difference is in the development and utilisation of human resources. Malaysia has failed to make full use of the human resources in the country.
The statistics indicate that Malaysia was competitive with the other countries up to 1967. Thereafter, the Asian tigers like Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan leapt forward to lofty heights.
In 1966, the bumi policy was formally announced as a policy and in 1971, the New Economic Policy was launched. The various measures and regulations from these two policies slowed down economic growth considerably. Traders, businessmen, entrepreneurs, medium and small industries were put off by these policies.
The reaction of international countries was negative, and many investors shied away from Malaysia. Foreign direct investments declined considerably to US$3.9 billion in 2006, whereas Asean countries had FDI of US$30 billion for Singapore, US$7.9 billion for Thailand, US$10 billion for Vietnam. China had US$70 billion FDI in that year.
The New Economic Policy which compels reservation of 30% for malays in all economic activities has dampened investment interests of both foreign and local investors.
With the launching of liberalisation policies in 1978, China leapt forward and it is on the way to become a world economic power by 2030.
Malaysia too must implement global policies like liberalisation of all economic functions. Bumiputraism and New Economic Policy are the outdated measures, and must be replaced by more enlightened and pragmatic measures.
If Barisan stubbornly clings to old baggage policies, then it can be predicted that Malaysia per capita income will continue to lag behind the Asian tigers.
The most popular subject for jokes in Malaysia is the prime minister. That is all that he is good for.
Firstly, BM was no longer formally called Bahasa Malaysia but Bahasa Melayu in late 1980s or early 1990s. The label was changed and the language became the sole prerogative of the malays and no longer a common possession and pride of all Malaysians.
When everyone speaks Bahasa Melayu, will we achieve the so-called 'national unity'? Or to put it another way, would you be hostile toward somebody just because he/she doesn't speak your language?
Black Americans speak good English and are fully integrated into American culture. But aren't they being discriminated against everywhere, anytime just because of their skin color?
Ethnic Chinese Indonesians speak good Indonesian among themselves but did the so-called 'national unity' spare them from ethnic-cleansing during social unrest?
Switzerland has French, German, and Italian as official languages in the respective regions where those respective people are the majority. Do you see any problem with the so-called 'national unity' there?
In Malaysia, language is always being singled out as the major culprit for the failure of the so-called 'national unity'. But I suppose in a society with a rich diversity of culture, we need a tolerance and respect of cultures which includes the languages of other races. Culture is just about a way of living.
I really wonder how interracial harmony can be fostered in a society with a wide social disparity among the races further worsened by the institutionalised racism. Affirmative action that was supposed to narrow the gap had actually been implemented along the color of skins.
Rather than language, should not the ruling coalition whose component parties were formed along the racial line rather than political ideology be questioned?
From here, I see the culprit of the so-called 'national unity'.
Now, back to my great grandparents and their friends, they are forged ahead as Malaysians first in that brave new world. That world no longer exists in Malaysia so hung up by race and religion today. Everyone seems happy with the separate developments (another term for it is apartheid) in their lives and their children's lives.
Therefore, there is no need for a common language that was Bahasa Malaysia. The day that we see ourselves as Malaysians first, being ruled by Malaysians for Malaysians, without any ethnic or religious agenda is the day that we will speak to each other in BM. Not a day before that.
It is a sad story for both Sabah and Sarawak for joining Malaysia. Just look at Brunei and Singapore to see the answer.
Sabah and Sarawak is being raped by Barisan till dry, all the oil and timber from the two states is being used to finance all the failed projects and also to feed all the Umno zealots.
Ask the Iban and Kandazan, they are being marginalized. Now the government even want to make the country into an Islamic state, did Sabah and Sarawak agree to join an Islamic state in the first place?
September 16 is a day for mourning, a day of shame for Malaysia.
The truth hurts.
The Chinese or the yellow race is what brings progress. Just look at Asia……….is enough.
Whether they do it internationally or locally they will survive.
We can distinctly see the lowering of Malaysia standards of living as the percentage of Chinese in this country goes down.
In the 70s we were tops with 40 over percent of Chinese and today with only 25 percent we are far behind Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea.
Main reason is the number of such Chinese migrating to these countries - the best ones and rich ones.
Next ten years as the percentage goes even lower, we would be nearing Indonesia or Philippines.
Meanwhile enjoy your stay and the good time.
On the whole as the Chinese spreads out throughout the world, the average standards of these will have much higher standards of living over others.
The issue of vernacular primary schools has little to do with national integration. The medium of instruction doesn't matter. The biggest issue of vernacular primary schools is simply that the quality clearly points to the failure of Umno-led BN government, the legitimacy of the very philosophies and policies particularly its hegemonistic malay agenda.
If the vernacular primary schools are allowed to expand, clearly the percentage of malays in these Chinese primary schools would expand striking at the heart of the malay agenda. It would increase integration but not the malay agenda.
There is no proof that different medium of instruction decrease national unity. What would decrease national integration would be if they thought different philosophy - and for example - religion based schools. Even military schools have been shown to breed disintegration of its students from the larger population.
The idea of teaching Mandarin and Tamil to attract non-malays to national schools is a non-starter. Firstly, again the medium of instruction is a low low issue compared to the quality of education, secondly, there is already a severe shortage of Mandarin and Tamil teachers that national schools would never be able to do even a half-past-six job of it.
Thirdly, so long as Islamization of national schools is not stopped in its tracks, non-malays would always avoid it, simply because learning is just harder in a marginalized uncomfortable environment.
Vernacular schools are allowed to continue as it is simply because removing it would be perceived and rightly so, as eroding the citizen rights of non-malays, i.e. the very right of education - the only upward mobility tool the non-malays has. Non-malays second class citizenship will become third class with things like further Islamization of this country.
The issue of vernacular schools is not about national integration, it is about hegemonistic malay agenda. The fact it is an issue points to heart of our national problem.
Country IQ (2006)
Hong Kong 108
Singapore 108
North Korea 106 (Dictatorial Regime)
South Korea 106
Japan 105
Peoples Republic of China 105 (Communism)
Republic of China 105
Italy 102
Iceland 101
Mongolia 101
Very interesting - the entire top 7 slots are occupied by yellow skins.
Forget about globalisation. Our country can't even sort out internal multi-culturalism. Searching for the best person for the job is too much.
Why not have a major breakthrough and break another glass ceiling for racial harmony in Malaysia? At least consider all qualified Malaysians irrespective of race as UM vice chancellor (VC) to be. Not just a list of malay candidates! So insulting to the 'Malaysia Truly Asia' slogan.
A really good VC will implement meritocracy in the truest sense of the word. Of course this will not be sympathetic to the malay Agenda. I think the powers that be is fully aware of this and will not dare to hire somebody outside their race.
That is why we have brain drain. Who want to work in a place where there is no prospect and your destiny is designed by the color of your skin .The sky is not the limit here - your skin color is. It doesn't hurt that must if you are in other countries, but to be treated like that in your own country……….it really sucks.
If this country is to progress and the dominant race is to advance to a higher level, the politicians will have to discard their current mindset first. No use talking about first class mindset when their very own mindset is narrow and selfish. To them everything is about race, their race that is.
Firstly the prime minister must have first class mentality, so that he can lead the country towards excellence. So far we are not yet to see that in Pak Lah.
Those in power still have this Ketuanaan Melayu mindset. Therefore to get somebody other than their race is not on their agenda. All this talk should to have a first class mindset is you guessed it, talk only.
Umno Youth leader will come out with his keris if any other than a malay is appointed VC of the country premier university. There is no way, not in a million years, will a non-malay be a bank negara governor, chief justice, state secretary, vice chancellor, etc etc.
This is malay pride and racial pride supercedes national priorities in this country
Malaysia is now what Germany used to be in the Second World War under the reign of Hitler. As what person has mentioned, the malay pride is at stake.
The world had never seen an ethnic race with such an inferiority complex. They are forever afraid of losing out to other races. Sigh!
Bolehland is too full of wishful 'Boleh' such that too many are hallucinating and no longer acknowledge reality of globalisation.
Just like economic developments, where we were once on par with the likes of Korea, today we are ranked in the lowly hundreds while Korea are playing in the World Cup. The same malaise will happen to any VC if he is of the 'wrong' race.
Until and unless there is confidence that the best person has been selected and that person should be allowed to do his/her job, anyone in that position would be subjected to all kinds of interference as pointed out.
Over the decades, the government has proven to the world that malays are up to the mark for all positions of importance. There is therefore no need to put up malay candidates just to show that malays can perform.
The government has confirmed that meritocracy is the guide for student enrolment and staff recruitment into universities. The person sitting on the post would have to follow that policy. There is therefore no hidden agenda to be secretly carried out by the trusted person of specific racial origin.
Do the right thing by appointing the best person to any job.
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