Not content with robbing Indonesia blind of its cultural
heritage, it appears the goons in Malingsia have set their sights
on us.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_431009.html?vgnmr=1
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA will lay
claim to its signature dishes like laksa and chicken rice which are
being 'hijacked' by other countries, the tourism minister said
according to a report on Thursday.
Those on the list include the
fragrant coconut milk rice 'nasi lemak', spicy soup noodle 'laksa'
and pork ribs herbal soup 'bak kut teh', Tourism Minister Ng Yen
Yen said according to The Star newspaper.
'We cannot continue to let other
countries hijack our food. Chili crab is Malaysian. Hainanese
chicken rice is Malaysian. We have to lay claim to our food,' she
was quoted as saying.
'In the next three months, we will
identify certain key dishes (to declare as Malaysian). We have
identified laksa... all types of laksa, nasi lemak and bak kut
teh,' she added.
Ms Ng said her ministry will announce a strategy on how to brand
the dishes as Malaysian.
'That is Part Two. We cannot reveal it yet, but we will let you
know soon,' she reportedly said.
Ms Ng did not name which countries
were hijacking the dishes, which are popular around the world and
particularly in neighbouring Singapore and Indonesia.
Her comments came amid a diplomatic row with Indonesia, where
protesters have accused Malaysia of stealing its cultural
heritage.
The dispute erupted in Indonesia in August after erroneous
reports emerged that Malaysia had screened tourism advertiseme nts
featuring the traditional 'pendet' dance of Indonesia's
Hindu-majority Bali island.
The ad was actually a promotion for a Discovery Channel
programme, but despite an apology from the network, protesters
vowing to 'crush Malaysia' have burned national flags and thrown
rotten eggs at the embassy in Jakarta.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman will meet his Indonesian
counterpart Hassan Wirajuda in Jakarta on Thursday in a bid to cool
the tensions which Malaysia has described as a 'grave concern'.
Ties between the two countries are regularly punctuated by rows
over cultural issues as well as the welfare of Indonesian labourers
and maids working in Malaysia. -- AF
And what does your average Malaysian think of the matter? Does
he acknowledge Singapore's equal claim to our shared heritage?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090611011219AA2EPsY
dear mat indogsia,(typo there,seriusly)
it's really immature to claim arts that our ancestors shared as
solely theirs.i mean,look at malaysia and singapore.singapore basically inherit every single
traditional culture from malaysia and yet they claimed that it's
originally comes from singapore-the best proof is a travelling
program at Asian Food channel.It's clearly written at the signboard
"ampang something2"(dont remember la,somekind of food),yet they
dare to 'say only in singapore'.this is only one of the many things
singapore claim to own when it's actually known to come from
malaysia.
and did Malaysia call bad names to singapore?NO! it's such a waste
of time.arts and cultures are universal,just because it comes from
your land,that doesnt give us the least of right to enjoy it as
well.
if you want to say that we stole your batik,then why not claim that
to hawaii too?
and about addressing your country indon.indon doesnt even mean
anything,so why would you get offended by that?and what makes you
all mightier than thou to demand us adding 'n' to that?
no wonder you guys steal,rob,rape,kill,fight among yourselves and
harassing our peace in here.
turns out that your definition of maling is 'to share arts and
culture'.
oohh..patutlah
Are we going to take this lying down? Wake up, Singapore.
Malaysians have and will always regard us as their inferiors. It is
folly to think that this mentality is only in their government, and
that the average Malaysian has any particular love for us, when in
fact he despises us as kiasu, arrogant and expects us to give
deference to him as the abang.
