From: std_kuah@hg.uleth.ca
Subject: RE:Malaysia:Righting the Wrongs.
Reply-To: std_kuah@hg.uleth.ca
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 07:23:58 GMT

I have read about the special right mention by my fellow Malaysian
studying in overseas.  I am very symphathetic for my fellow Malay Malaysian
who haven't achieved the target of 30% in the 1970 New Economics Policy
(NEP) put together by the late Tun Razak.

I am very optimistic that the achievement of 30% will come forth in one
day. 

As per the issue of special right stutus that Malays are given under
the provisions of the Federal Constitutions of Malaysia. I am very
skeptic about this clause inserted into by the exiting British into
our constitutions. I came to this skepticism after many years of 
understanding British policies under their colonial rules in many
parts of the globe. 
1. British worked with a policy of polarizing the people in any
   given country under the colonial empire. I.e. Close ranks or
   shown corperation with the India highre caste and had the Punjubi
   people work as the police and armies to watch over the patriotic
   Indian.

2. British worked with our Sultan in various negeri and imported the 
   Chinese to work as the slave in tin-mines and the South-Indian to
   work in the ladang getah! The revenues mostly sent  back to England.

3. When we are about to get Merdeka, the British specially convinced
   our leaders to buy the plan - Polarization - and have us working
   to a goal of self-destructions among Malaysians.

4. The land acts that have certain land preserved to Bumiputra was also
   another plan to destroy the land owners so that they could not sell
   the land for some "very viable and meaningful" development. This had 
   created the Ali-Baba mentality.  It is because the Bumiputra cannot
   developed the land due to not having the expecties. The Bumiputra who
   had excessive land were force to summit to Ali-Baba.

5. Kerajaan British semata-mata menberi kermerdekaan kepada Malaysia 
   kerana mereka tidak lagi boleh "untung" jika mereka masih menguasai
   tanah jajahan ini.  This theory was delivered by my profesor who is an
   expect in Africa Politics.                                      


I am clearly understood the disadvantages suffered by many Malaysians
due to this root of "Polarizations" planted by the exiting British and 
many of our current political leaders insisted that the status of "special
rights" cannot be given up yet! I agree partly because I am a very poor
student and this type of "affirmative actions plan" is helping. Many of AAP
did get me many career opportunities where other advantage group did not
enjoy. The reason that I said that I only partly agree is that special
right will not help but destroy the previledge group. This dimensions of
destruction can be found in the Native Reserve.  The Canadian first people
are given this special rights and they are suffering until today. In Malaysia,
we did not suffered very extensively just because our leaders pit a stop in
the matter. We were celebrating our 35th merdeka and compare to Canada which
celebrate her 125th Indipendent but our problem is smaller compared to theirs.

I am pointing this plan of polarization promoted by British because I saw
it is our responsibilities to help fellow Malaysians out of the cynical
planned actions by the unfaithful British Colonial Government. The British
colonial empire had taken so much from us and still did not want us to
live harmoniously and peacefully.

The Hong Kong 1997 exit by the British will be another old sceen replayed
by the British. The British and the west talks about huwo/man right violation
in the third world and withheld grant or loan guareenteed as a punishment
to a country who did not follow the guidlines. Tell me when the British 
Colonial Empire respects the people in the undeveloped world when they
colonied them.  The Prince Charles talks about human rights and he should
be asking the Current British Govertment to repay the "revenue" that
the British took away from the colonies. Cana

Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney also talk big in a summit that
any countries that violated huwo/man rights will not get Canadian loan
guareenteed. The Canadian PM better sweep his back yards on the Canadians
First People- The Native people issue before he can qualify to speak on
huwo/man rights in the third world.

I am trying to prove the issue of west exploitation with the British
polarization policies she uses in many parts of the globe.
The Canadian example is an extensions of British Colonial policies
in the issue of mistreatment of the First Nations People-The Native
people.

I have to conclude that the East has a set of own policy that no matter
how the west want it to work by the western rules. I am very optimistic 
that it will be INCORPERATED to the existing Eastern value only.

"The color will not turn white".



Disclaimer:
This article reflect my own view point and it is not at any time reflects
the viewpoint of Univ. of Leth.

KUAH Wei Kian
Box 172, Lethbridge
AB. Canada T1J 3Y5
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