Mahathir Slams Kuan Yew As Arrogant

last SG · 2006-09-25T15:27:39+00:00

It says: the Chinese in Malaysia is being systematically marginalized!!

lotus999 SG

so MM is trying to confirm what Wolfowitz said of Singapore as being authoritative, by criticising and interfering in its neighbours’ internal politics?

gentlerock SG

I think there should be a law against public speaking by people over 70. Including the Pope. Laughing

fudgester SG

The general rule of Malaysian politics:

'When all seems sucky, slug the little fella down south.'

'Nuff said.

#$%^&* SG

Both are wrong.

But I feel LKY is more wrong, because he started it first.

NiteSg SG

You mean you actually believe the statistics from that website? SG isnt really doing that great internationally. Nothing to be proud (or arrogant) of. We had always been made to think that we are number one. Since when had our government told us our local media is ranked 14xth. Laughing Whenever we cant compete internationally, they show us how we fare in Asia, followed by SEA. Its not hard to always be in the top 10 when u're competing with just 10 countries in the region.

BTW, spotted an error in the website..

Click to view image

US is part of Asia ?

Gazelle SG

LKY might have kept this inside him for the past 30 to 40 years, and now that singapore is less dependent on Malaysia for water, LKY has got not much to loss but to speak the truth.

I personally think that the Malaysia's system is not good for the country because all citizens must be given equal opportunities to succeed.

sgboy2004 SG

Just the Bumiputra policy is a marginalising tool by itself

sgdiehard SG

surprised there are still people who think it is easy to manage small country, especially one without any resources. If size of country is what matters, than they could have singapore duplicated many times. Malaysia have penang, China is trying out with Hainan island. Indonesia should be able to create thousands of small singapore. IF, small state can be managed easily. How many countries in the world with population that less than 5 millions are on the map??

One thing is for sure, singapore, if not managed, democratically or not, WILL not survive. States of Malaysia, even managed badly, can still survive, may be just a little poorer. Look around at kelantan, trengaggu, Sabah, Sarawah, there is no multitude of people, the tremendous land is land of wealth. Only those who do not create wealth will find managing wealth difficult.

Croaking_Toad SG

Penang state has a very high Chinese population compared to the Malays there. May be the highest in peninsula Malaysia. Not sure about Sabah and Sarawak. Do you think the government will want to develop the state any more that it is. It's deputy chief minister (who's malay obviously) is far more powerful that the chinese chief minister. What does that say?

fishyang SG

I think chinese Malaysians should just stand up for themselves. Indians too.
Here are my views:
www.fishyang.blogspot.com/2006/09/malaysia-racism.html

leo-kun SG

so what if he is right no matters what
I WILL SUPPORT LKY!
just because for what he had done to singapore in the past

charlize SG

You gotta admit that years before there was even PAP, Stamford Raffles already created this little miracle called Singapore with its free trade and ports.

The PAP just continued on what was already here. Laughing

4getmenot SG

no one is discrediting for the past he's done lar, we are all talking bout the present situation, but to say someone is 'RIGHT' no matter what he's done presently because of his past contribution, then u might as well give Dura A FARKING BIG RAISE since he also contributed to the success of the NFK in the early days?? Geezz..

qpicanto SG

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pwnz0r SG

Mahathir simply cannot justify his statements about Malays being marginalised in Singapore.

We do not maintain university quotas limiting Malays entry into universities. We do not maintain quotas on scholarships based on racial identity.

Malays in Singapore are allowed to bear arms right from the start at BMT. I will admit that within the military force, malays are some sort marginalised in more sensitive formations and leadership positions. But this is not true for the rest of the government services.

Mahathir is just trying to stir up trouble on all fronts. At home, he picks a fight with Badawi. Within the region, he antagonises not only Singapore, but Indonesia somewhat as well. Internationally, he always criticises US and its allies.

You know how the saying goes. If 2 persons disagree and are having problems with each other, then it is hard to determine who's being diffcult. But if this same person is having problems with 5 other parties, then it becomes more obvious his troublemaking behaviour.

His friction with Singapore is, to a certain extent, understandable. But himself trying to discredit his own country's leader, the person he handpicked is just.. I don't know.. Just doesn't make sense.

CoupdeGras SG

we shld be able to differentiate the difference btw the country. dun kinda think that malay in singapore are like what mahathir say of minimium society status. In fact Malays or Indians does play a very impt part in the building of our nation.

jing1989 SG

Mahathir should stfu ..Singapore is Racial Harmony one..dont know anything want to criticise

kecang_puteh SG

Wah, your geography is very poor man. How come you never mention that Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany and Sweden are not in Asia? Please don't misunderstand leh. Singapore is the number one most competitive economy in Asia. Taiwan is number two. If you still don't understand, then let me rephrase: In the table, the Asian country with the highest ranking is Singapore.

Why should I not trust the website? It clearly states the source at the bottom of every table. If you have doubts about the authenticity, you can just copy and paste the source into google and check it out yourself.

Anyway, I don't feel arrogant about Singapore's achievements. But I certainly feel proud. What I don't get is, the government doesn't hide the facts when we are poor. Just that they will mention what we can be proud of more often. So, what's the problem.

http://www.sedb.com/edb/sg/en_uk/index/why_singapore/singapore_rankings.html

kecang_puteh SG

I'm kind of pro-LKY, so forgive me if this sounds biased. What LKY has said is very true. Malaysia did marginalise its Chinese by having a set of rules for Malays and another for Chinese, and this includes their other minorities too. Indonesia did even worse. They used to restrict the Chinese by banning things like the celebration of CNY. This rule was only relaxed in the year 2000. Of course, there were a couple of other restrictions on the Chinese. Furthermore, LKY did not mention that the countries marginalise the Chinese now. But in the past, no one can argue that they didn't. Whether they do so now is up to them to debate.

Mahathir is only partially right. It is harder for Malays to reach some of the top positions in the government or army, but all else is equal. It has always been known that this is because our neighbours are Muslim states and this is to safeguard our interests. But all other things are equal between the majority race and minorities. There are no restrictions whatsoever in the private sector or the majority of the jobs in the government or army.

Gazelle SG

Remember the Sidek bro that win the thomas cup? because they are malays, they are given land, house, cars and loads of money for winning the cup. When Lee Chong Wei who is the current no.1, what did he get? Laughing

The good thing is that I heard the Sidek are now bankrupt.

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