Malays have been a burden on the shoulders of all non Malays for the last
50+ years. How much longer do they expect to be monocoddle?
"Mohammed the Holy ****er" <Moonyonjet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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course the Chinese want equality in Malaysia as the Chinese
first step to take over Malaysia .
well, Glock 18 said before
that the Malay Agong protected all Chinese in Malaysia by
enforcing
the Malay 's discriminatory Malaysian laws against the Chinese
in Malaysia .
.
On Apr 20, 7:13 pm, "Ir. Hj. Othman bin Ahmad" <othm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> On Apr 20, 1:34 pm, pluto <pl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Non-Malays merely asking for equality
> > http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/81596
>
> It is clear from the article itself that the constitution does not
> view non-Malays as equal before the law.
>
> In real life situations, such as the amount of wealth and resources
> consumed by non-Malays far exceed the Malays making them enjoy a much
> better standard of living.
>
> The attempt of the constitution is to make sure that Malays will
> achieve parity with the non-Malays. Once this is achieved, there is
> not point in using the special privileges granted by the constitution
> because they can compete on equal merits. No quota or special
> privileges needed to be applied in order to allow for their active
> participation in the Malaysian economy, commensurate with their
> numbers.
>
>
>
> > ==============================================
> > caveat fair use notice:http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
>
> Non-Malays merely asking for equality
> Derek Law | Apr 18, 08 4:24pm
>
> I refer to the Malaysiakini re****t Tengku Faris: Non-Malays should not
> seek equality.
>
> It is very disturbing that Tengku Faris, the future Sultan of Kelantan
> and possibly Yang di-Pertuan Agong uttered such words, as the
> fundamental role of the monarchy is to protect all Malaysians
> regardless of religion or race. However, with the monarchy playing a
> more active role in nation-building as exemplified by the Regent of
> Perak, HRH Raja Nazrin Shah, it is only natural to have conflicting
> views from the monarchy.
>
> Nonetheless, Malaysians believe (or hope to believe) that Tengku Faris
> has been wrongly advised or misinformed of the actual political
> situation in Malaysia, as his speech sounds more like speeches made
> during Umno meetings.
>
> The constitution in Malaysia is unique. Article 8 (1) of the Federal
> Constitution states that ‘All persons are equal before the law and
> entitled to the equal protection of the law’. Thus, all citizens,
> regardless of religion or race, have equal rights under citizen****p
> such as the right to vote, access to education, etc.
>
> However, Article 153 talks about the special position of the Malays/
> bumiputeras and the reservation of positions in the public service,
> scholar****ps and other similar educational or training privileges or
> special facilities for the Malays/bumiputeras. However, Article 153
> has a caveat that such reservation shall not deprive any person of any
> public office or of the continuance of any scholar****p or other
> educational or training privileges or special facilities.
>
> In addition, Article 136 states: ‘All persons of whatever race in the
> same grade in the service of the Federation shall, subject to the
> terms and conditions of their employment, be treated impartially’.
>
> Thus, if read in totality, the federal constitution accords equal
> protection to all citizens but has accorded a special position for the
> Malays/bumiputeras. The non-Malays/non-bumiputeras have always
> accepted the special position of the Malays/bumiputeras and the Islam
> as the official religion of the country and have never questioned
> this.
>
> What the non-Malays/non-bumiputeras are merely asking for is equality
> as enshrined in the federal constitution.
>
> And it is an error to equate Malay unity as votes for Umno. Malay
> Unity or any ‘community unity’ for that matter, means that the
> community shares common aspirations such as education and employment
> op****tunities for their future generations, feeling safe at home and
> in public and a strong and resilient economy, etc.
>
> However, this does not mean that the entire community must agree with
> all the aspirations or with the ways to achieve those aspirations.
> This is the fundamental principle of a democratic society. There must
> always be ground for disagreement but fundamentally, the aspirations
> of the community are similar among the members.
>
> On the same note, it is also wrong to equate ‘Chinese unity’ or even
> ‘Indian unity’ with votes for MCA or MIC. Malaysians (Malays and non-
> Malays) have never been so united since independence and this show of
> ‘unity’ was demonstrated in the 12GE.
>
> Tengku Faris also said ‘the Malays are the natives (penduduk asal) of
> Malaysia, and every Malay must defend the constitution and Islam and
> this can only be achieved through Malay unity’.
>
> It is the duty of every citizen, Malays and non-Malay alike to defend
> the constitution and the country should the need arise.
>
> One fine day, Tengku Faris will be the Sultan of Kelantan and possibly
> the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Malaysians hope that when that day comes,
> Tengku Faris will be a fair and just Sultan/ Yang di-Pertuan Agong for
> which all Malaysians will shout with pride and joy, ‘Daulat Tuanku!’
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