the situation is delicate. We must understand that Malaysian
politics are such that the Malays are heavily favored - it was the
case since the days the sultans ruled.
Secondly, the Bumiputra policies have to be there in order to
prevent wide-spread unhappiness. if we look at the Chinese,
policies in Malaysia are largely unfavorable to them, yet they can
carve out their niches and find their own in Malaysia. Imagine now
that the policies are changed and all for themselves, the Malays
will generally be outdone and the social inbalance and unrest will
be something that can potentially engulf the whole nation.
The Indians I feel are the left outs, they are not able to carve
out something for themselves and left in a limbo. Hence this
unhappiness. In this aspect, Singapore has somehow avoided such
"unhappiness" through her policy of having "something" for every
race - including freedom to build temples and representation in the
government etc. Heck, our President is an Indian.
But even in Singapore, you feel the balance is very delicate and a
little thingy can spark off something like what we see in
Malaysia.
As for Malaysia, coupled with rift corruption - the situation is
worse.
