36 years after the implementation of the NEP, the non-bumi of Malaysia are fighting back to assert claims over their rights and equal opportunity. The Hindraf which is a power group of the Indian community has brought the issue on the open with demands and allegations that shock the Abdullah administration.
Indian wants a quota system as well
The Malaysian Indian Business Association (Miba) wants a quota to be created for Indians in the public service. This is equbilium to the NEP for the bumiputras, which is simply out of date and outlives its usefulness. Next would come the demand by the Chinese, the Kayans, the Dayaks, the Penans and the list goes on and on...
“The Indian community has lost hope and confidence as far as the public service is concerned. This has brought about a serious decline in the community applying for government jobs,” Miba president P Sivakumar told Malaysiakini.
However, the Public Works Department (PSD) director-general Ismail Adam said earlier this week that non-Malays are not interested in government jobs. This can not be the case as the quota system implemented by the NEP has caused much dissatisfaction and mistrust among the non-bumi and thus a serious decline in the application for the government posts.
Bumi made up for more than 86% of the 1.2 million strong civil servants
Today, only less than 3% of the civil servants are of the Indian ethnic group while the Malaysian Chinese comprise less than 2% of the approximately 1.2 million strong civil servants. The Indian and the Chinese made up for 8% and 25% of the Malaysian population. These two largest ethnic groups after the Malays are disgruntled about the domination of the Malays not only in politics, but also in the economic and educational fields.
Rising tension among different ethnic groups
The rising tension among the different ethnic groups has been on the rise since the 90s and the recent outburst of the Hindraff movement is seen as the torch that sets the dried wood burning. The UMNO as the backbone of the BN must address the issue and not use its political muscles to sweep the issue under the carpet.
The Crown Prince of Perak has earlier spoken out the need to allow the people to voice their unhappiness and discontent. This is a call that the PM must listen and heed to as he has vowed to be the PM for all, and not for the Malays only.
Set up a Malaysian First policy(MFP) to replace the NEP
The BN must abolish the infamous NEP and put in place an economy and education policies based on needs and merits instead of on ethnic and religious lines. As long as the NEP is still in place, there will be no equality and justice for all, period.
Remember the call by the MM of Singapore? That is Malaysia must give equal opportunity to all Malaysian regardless of their racial and cultural backgrounds if it wishes to progress and surpass the achievement of the City-State. And there is no place for the NEP in that formula!
David Wong
DAP publicity sec.,
27-12-2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
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3 comments:
There was a cartoon showing a conversation between TDM and AAB. They said that if they can give away, they can also take back. So, should we talk racial ? Are we stirring up a sensitive issue ? Sensitive as it is, we must be brave to confront it and at the same time remain calm. I think the Malays in action know that it is just a matter of time before their security blankets given by their beloved leaders will be taken away. But the time has not arrived yet. Because of the issue of power. The Malays desperately need the recognition on a national, international and universal level.
The quota system is not fair either. Example if you have 10 Malay employees, 5 Indian employees, 5 Chinese employees, 5 Iban employees, 5 Kadazan employees and 5 Eurasian employees. And you have 3 top level vacancies. Being genuinely fair, you discover that there are three very hardworking Eurasians. Surely they are the ones to occupy that 3 top level vacancies. But wait. Hardworking is not enough, so you and your advisors think. That Malay is good in socializing and could be considered for that position. You see what I mean ?
Dato' Samy Vellu is on a roadshow now. He is going places, explaining to fellow Indians what the government is doing. But he would not do so if there was no Hindraf rally. See, the government takes it for granted that Malaysia is really very happy.
Another anonymous.
The Chinese-based SUPP and the Indian-based MIC should be "proud" of themselves for the state of affair of the community they represented.
Ask uncle Sammy last week, he would tell you that the indian is still solid behind the BN. Either he is insane or the community as a whole is.
The MCA has been the second largest party in the BN since its formation, that has been boasted by its leaders all this while, but how come the Chinese have been wiped out of the civil service, David?
The SUPP has always tell the people that the Chinese in Sarawak must be represented by the party, without which the Chinese would be sidelined. But how come it can't even keep its Majorship in kuching? How come it can't even decide the fate of its candidate in Sarekei? How come it can't even ask the state government to allocate to the Chinese education in the state, when even the PAS government in Kelantan gives annual allocation to the Chinese schools?
Add 1 to 1, the answer is obvious, with or without the other parties in the BN, the UMNO and the Malays are supreme, take it or leave it!
Vote your heart out this coming election, there is nothing left to lost anyway!!!
supporter
I am deeply saddened by the fact that most Malaysian of other ethnic groups treated the Hindraf protest as an Indian Affair.
What they failed to see is the fact that the Indians are our brothers and sisters.Their problems are our problems as they are the results of the government policies such as the NEP and the Ketuaan Melayu.
Chinese who thought they are better off and thought they live in a cocoon would wake up one day and found that they are in the same rot as the Indian. Actually many have awakened to this reality already.
Malaysian, be they Malays,Chinese, Indians, Ibans, Kedazan or Ornag Asli, are all in the same boat. Corruptions and mismanagement have basically been the order of the days, Malaysian in general all knew about these but they just turn a blind eyes on these.
The country is basically reliaing on the natural resources to fuel its economy, when these resources were gone, where would the BN government find the fund to greese its political machineries? The Malays would wake up then and finally realize that there are no more "blanket" for them anymore.
Concerned Malaysian
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