Najib’s ‘house arrest’
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Tun Dr Ismail & Malay Special Right
Quoting from the book, page 226 on interview with Tun Ghafar Baba in 16 October 2005""An UMNO man complained at a meeting that despite Malay rights, the Malaysian contingent preparing for the Munich Olympics was made up mainly of Chinese.
"Where are Malay rights there?" he asked. No one knew what to say, and it fell on Ismail to answer:
"Special rights are only in the field of economics, not in sport," he ventured.
"Do you mean to say we should use strings to make Malays good at high jump?"
At that he burst out laughing. That was one of the few times i saw him laugh so heartily""
I think during his time, the intention of NEP and hence the special right are for different intentions and purposes. No one including me questioning the special right of the Malay and also the indigenous people of West Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. No No we are not. We are asking everyone to step back and look at the bigger picture and move on with time.
My late grandma (my mother's mother) who passed away Jan 2006 is a Indigenous people of Sarawak, She is a Kayan and her name is Mujan Wan.
My late grandma (my mother's mother) who passed away Jan 2006 is a Indigenous people of Sarawak, She is a Kayan and her name is Mujan Wan.
Love you and missed you Grandma!
Tun Dr Ismail & NEP
Just finish reading the book call The Reluctant Politician, Tun Dr Ismail and His Time.This book actually help me to understand the time before independent and also post independent politic scene of Malaysia. How the Alliance come about and so on.
Also on Tun Dr Ismail view of NEP, and may I quote some lines from the book here
The following speech is on the occasion of Tun been awarded the honorary doctorate by USM on 9 June 1973.
"The application of the New Economic Policy [...] will change from time to time to suit the situation and the circumstances and the geographical setting. But its aims and its fundamentals are the same that is to close the gap between the rural and the urban, to destroy poverty without regard to background or race" [Page 266, Letters 9 June 1973]
The following speech is on the occasion of Tun been awarded the honorary doctorate by USM on 9 June 1973.
"The application of the New Economic Policy [...] will change from time to time to suit the situation and the circumstances and the geographical setting. But its aims and its fundamentals are the same that is to close the gap between the rural and the urban, to destroy poverty without regard to background or race" [Page 266, Letters 9 June 1973]
Sadly in my personal opinion, we did not really fulfill its aims and fundamentals fully. I was a poor lad studied in a small kampung deep in the jungle of Sarawak. I wasn't offer the financial aids or whatsoever to further improve my situation. I have to worked my way out in order to fulfill my dream to be an engineer, and hence affected my siblings chances to get a better education.
Poverty does not discriminate again any race, the only different is how one struggle to improve their situation. When help is not available, one has just to work hard and smart to survive.
I don't want my next generation to just "Survive" like what had happened to me before. I would like to see all Malaysian be given equal opportunity.
Poverty does not discriminate again any race, the only different is how one struggle to improve their situation. When help is not available, one has just to work hard and smart to survive.
I don't want my next generation to just "Survive" like what had happened to me before. I would like to see all Malaysian be given equal opportunity.
