From: af620@yfn.ysu.edu (Andrew Tan)
Subject: Re: Malaysia's racial policies
Reply-To: af620@yfn.ysu.edu (Andrew Tan)
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 15:23:15 GMT


In a previous article, OTHMAN AHMAD othman@ntrc25.ntrc.ntu.ac.sg 
(othman EEE/Div 4)) says:

>	Scholarship has a lot of strings which inhibit the potential of the
>recipients. For example I'm still bonded by govermnment, I've not finished
>my 10year bond yet.
>	Getting loans is messy. You have to beg to a lot of people and subject
>to political pressure.

Oh, pleaseee, spare me, Pak Othman. You make it sound like it's
a "crime" to get a scholarship from my own government. This is the
lamest excuse I've heard from a Malay so far, in trying to deflect
criticisms against the Malaysian government for the scholarship
quotas. 

Remember now, you are not talking to an audience "...who have never
been to Malaysia." (as you put it below). Most of us are more grateful
to our respective colleges for giving us financial aid, scholarships,
assistantships, fellowships etc. than to the Malaysian government who
have neglected us in this aspect. Pity how we must turn to "strangers"
when our own "parents" decide to abandon us.

>You are bonded for 10 years and the amount is designed to let you live as a
>poor man in NZ.

I would rather be bonded for 10 years and live as a poor man in NZ
for 4 years than be stuck in Malaysia for a lifetime knowing my potential
is unappreciated and my government has let me down. What a cop-out 
excuse you just gave.

>	CAn you explain why some non-bumi also got scholarships locally and
>overseas? You do not seem to answer this?

Permit me to take this honor. And the answer is: To wash the public's 
eyes and to allow people like you to give us such a "difficult" question
for us to answer. Satisfied now?

Now answer this: Can you explain why the % of non-bumis arriving
in Japan for further education is something like 2/100 @ 2% ? 
(Can the person who originally posted the numbers please confirm).


>CAn you explain why the non-bumis
>are richer than the bumis in Malaysia? Your argument will not make sense to
>anyone who has ever gone to Malaysia. You can fool your colleagues who have
>never been to Malaysia.

Yes I can give you my hypothesis. Bcos generally, the bumis do not have the
mentality for commerce. Cases in point: 1. ASN shares etc, 2. Ali Baba taxi
drivers, 3. The number of MAT BURGER stalls you see along a small narrow
street. Anyone can offer any new examples? 

Please do not give me excuses like Chinese businessmen do not
hire bumis and hence contribute to the poor bumis in Malaysia. That,
my Pakcik, would have to be another cop-put excuse from you.

My solution to this is not to impose burdens on the non-bumis
having quotas and discriminatory laws etc. Look at the source
of the problem and tackle it from base root. In this case,
educating the bumis is fine with most non-bumis. The problem
gets complicated when such quotas and laws start to impede
the progress of those who want to succeed in life as well.

>There are a few but you discard all of them. You're not really searching for
>the truth.

IMHO, whatever I wrote above is the truth as you can find all
the above scenarios in Malaysia today. You are more than 
welcomed to disagree with me but I am not likely to rebuttle
any silly arguments or cop-out excuses you are most capable
of providing, Pak O.
 
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