From: tloh@husc8.harvard.edu (Teck Loh)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.asean
Subject: Re: MY: Think Malaysian, not Malay, Chinese, Indian.
Date: 11 Nov 92 06:10:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Nov11.011026.17338
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

In article <1992Nov8.160537.26555@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad) writes:
>Teck Loh (tloh@husc8.harvard.edu) wrote:
>: 
>: It is a matter of principle. Let's assume that the goose belongs to us. Do you
>: think that it is right for you to take it without having to share?? I will
>: let the readers decide for themselves.
>
>What proof have you got that these eggs are not shared? None.
>Some of the eggs do not come from the gooose.
>

Very simple, Encik Othman, I don't need any people to tell me. I am not
color blind and personally, I was discriminated. Badly discriminated!!
: 
>: 
>: >>In US, you can see a lot of the white majority trying to help the minority. It
>
>The same is true in Malaysia. The chinese helping the Malays. The ability to
>help has nothing to do with being in the majority rather in being smart and
>organised in getting rich.
>

I am sorry. Maybe your definition of "HELP" is different from mine.

>: elected them. Who are the people that represent the poor chinese and Indians?
>: Have you ever seen poor chinese living in slum areas, working part-time to
>: support their family while studying in primary school while some of our
>
>Haven't you seen worse cases of Malays in slum areas also working part-time,
>to support their family while studying in primary school?
>

I come from slum area and I know how the help is given. Remember, the 
government used to give shoes,uniforms and financial helps in primary school.
Am I just so unlucky to be turn down so many times, where my fellow malay
friends who are richer ( not from slum,etc) than me getting all the aid. I don't understand out of the two hundreds of JPA scholars that are sent to Japan,
only two of them are chinese and 1 is Indians. Why not our government 
release the statistics of the JPA scholars that they send to Japan? What a 
disgrace when our government scholars had to beg the professors for credits
to graduate? Don't tell me about slum area, I know a lot of my friends were
rejected though they are better academically and poorer. All we want is 
fair chance. Is it too much for you, Encik Othman? Get off our shoulders,
climb with your own feet. As I said before, our shoulders are hurting and
bleeding. 



>	The worsst thing is that some Malays are actually STARVING. And not just
>a few, but entire villeges.
>	I've never hear of these cases among the chinese and indians who are
>more urbanised.
>	Some indians in forced labour situations but this also happen to 
>Malays.

The question is what are about the starving chinese and Indians. We should
help the starving Malays but we should not have ignore the starving chinese
and Indians. We should admit our mistake before we can move this country
forward.

 other fellow Malaysians received all the support from the government. I believe
>: there are a lot of things which we know from our personal experiences. By the
>
>Have you learned from other races' experiences as well?
>
>Government can only help if they know about it. Towns are well served with
>all the basic facilities but not the rural areas. There are worst cases in
>rural areas.
>
>

We are talking about the same area, same school,etc. It does not matter whether
it is in the city or the rural area. Discrimination is discrimination.




--
>Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE,
>Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263.
>Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg
>Bitnet Email: eoahmad@ntuvax.bitnet
>

T-P Loh
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