I am sad to read about 4 churches in the Klang Valley area were arsoned in one day. Except for one at Melawati, the damage to property is not severe and no one is hurt. But the heart of every Malaysian is deeply hurt.
Those who did it must be coming from a place called "The Narrow-minded Street"!
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Friday, December 25, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Multi-streams education system is protected by Malaysia's Constitution
YBhg Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr Khoo Kay Kim, a well known historian in Malaysia, proposed that Malaysia, for the sake of national unity, should consider abolishing the present multi-streams education system and to adopt a uni-stream education system instead recently.
This proposal has drawn harsh criticisms from the Chinese community, and reminded Dr Khoo that the multi-streams education system is protected by Malaysia's Constitution, and no one should ever try to abolish it.
The critics said Dr Khoo is obviously only well verse with Malays historic events but not of the other races. They suspected he knew very little about Chinese history in Malaysia for, even as a Chinese, he is not educated in Chinese hence not able to study Chinese history in depth. If he did, he should realize that education is the core concern of the Chinese community and the only one thing they are very sensitive about, their struggles in the past all centred around the education system.
In the eyes of the Chinese community, Dr. Khoo is not a true Chinese, he is just a person who happens to have a Chinese name, and who has sold himself to the government for the glamorous title and positions he is holding now.
The naive argument that multi-lingual and multi-cultural are the stumbling stones to nation unity holds no water. If this is true, countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Burma, Korea and Philipines where uni-stream education system is adopted should be very united and peaceful. But are they?
My advice to Dr. Khoo is to start learning Chinese, then study the history of the Chinese community in Malaysia in depth.
This proposal has drawn harsh criticisms from the Chinese community, and reminded Dr Khoo that the multi-streams education system is protected by Malaysia's Constitution, and no one should ever try to abolish it.
The critics said Dr Khoo is obviously only well verse with Malays historic events but not of the other races. They suspected he knew very little about Chinese history in Malaysia for, even as a Chinese, he is not educated in Chinese hence not able to study Chinese history in depth. If he did, he should realize that education is the core concern of the Chinese community and the only one thing they are very sensitive about, their struggles in the past all centred around the education system.
In the eyes of the Chinese community, Dr. Khoo is not a true Chinese, he is just a person who happens to have a Chinese name, and who has sold himself to the government for the glamorous title and positions he is holding now.
The naive argument that multi-lingual and multi-cultural are the stumbling stones to nation unity holds no water. If this is true, countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Burma, Korea and Philipines where uni-stream education system is adopted should be very united and peaceful. But are they?
My advice to Dr. Khoo is to start learning Chinese, then study the history of the Chinese community in Malaysia in depth.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
MCA main masak-masak?
What, the warring leaders of the MCA sat down and smoked the peace pipe suddenly? What an anti-climax!
You all "main masak-masak" kah?
You all "main masak-masak" kah?
Friday, October 23, 2009
Ong Tee Keat fights back
The President of Malaysia Chinese Association (MCA),Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, found his old form back again. Ever since he was elected as the President during the party election in 2008, he has been stumbling along losing his directions in his fights to consolidate his position in the party.
Being at the top, he was out of his comfort zone because he was not used to handle a fight where he has the upper hand. He fights best as an under dog in all his previous struggles within or outside the party.
In his fight against his deputy, Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek, he oddly discarded the power and resources available to him as President of the party and instead adopted a stance of an under dog. He accused his opponent of receiving outside helps and he has been isolated from the Barisan Nasional (BN) main stream. He even warned that MCA will be replaced by a Chinese based party from East Malaysia! In the eyes of the others he has become a "cry-baby" and not a capable leader.
While Ong was trying hard to pose as an under dog, but he made his arch rival Chua a bigger under dog by expelling him by using an old issue (the sex CD scandal) as an excuse.
But after the October 10 EGM, Ong has become a true under dog again. See how fiercely he fights back back now. I am eager to see how he wins again under adverse situation. Should be interesting to watch. But how about the future of MCA, am I not a bit concerned? That never cross my mind, hahahaha...
Being at the top, he was out of his comfort zone because he was not used to handle a fight where he has the upper hand. He fights best as an under dog in all his previous struggles within or outside the party.
In his fight against his deputy, Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek, he oddly discarded the power and resources available to him as President of the party and instead adopted a stance of an under dog. He accused his opponent of receiving outside helps and he has been isolated from the Barisan Nasional (BN) main stream. He even warned that MCA will be replaced by a Chinese based party from East Malaysia! In the eyes of the others he has become a "cry-baby" and not a capable leader.
While Ong was trying hard to pose as an under dog, but he made his arch rival Chua a bigger under dog by expelling him by using an old issue (the sex CD scandal) as an excuse.
But after the October 10 EGM, Ong has become a true under dog again. See how fiercely he fights back back now. I am eager to see how he wins again under adverse situation. Should be interesting to watch. But how about the future of MCA, am I not a bit concerned? That never cross my mind, hahahaha...
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