【亚洲周刊】 马华精英加速流向全球异乡绽放异彩

马来西亚最近短短十八个月内，就有逾三十万人移居国外，而这还不包括在新加坡工作的庞大马国人群体。大马独立五十几年来，估计超过一百万人才外流。政策的不公平丶发展空间的窒碍，以及近年的政治风波，加速以华人为主的马国人才外移。从潘健成丶谢清海丶云惟彬，到蔡明亮丶杨紫琼丶梁静茹丶戴佩妮，具多元文化优势的马华精英，在全球的异乡大放异彩。

林友顺丶萧伟基

从噗浪（Plurk）创办人云惟彬到创作女歌手戴佩妮，从为英国王室成员设计鞋子的周仰杰到率先研发随身碟的潘健成，从香港缴税最高的基金经理谢清海到国际名导演蔡明亮，他们都有一个共同身份——旅居海外的马来西亚人。多年来，马国背景的各领域精英遍布世界各地，他们为了追求更大的发展空间丶更美好的将来，於是在海外打拚，背後的其中一项重要原因，是马国政策的缺失，留不住人才，导致马国独立五十几年来，已有逾百万的人才流失。

苏小湄是一名小学教师，年约三十岁的她最近冒起移民海外的念头，且越来越强烈。她多次对朋友说：「我若有经济能力，我一定会移民。」澳洲是她首选的移民国家。苏小湄很羡慕她多名同学多年前到海外留学後就成为当地的移民，她们之中五人在澳洲，英国丶香港及中国大陆各有一人。事实上苏小湄不是唯一具有移民海外念头的人，不少人与她一样由於各种原因无法移民。与许多人一样，苏小湄欲移民的理由很简单，因她对马来西亚当前出现的情况很有意见，这种情况并未因零八年在野党强大後有所改善，这让她失落丶失望丶沮丧。

就如许多发展中国家那样，每一年马国许多专才因各种原因流向国外。从一九五七年独立至今共有多少国民移民海外，政府从来没有公布，不过外交部副部长柯希兰日前在国会回答议员的询问时露出端倪。他指出，从零八年三月至零九年八月短短十八个月内，就有逾三十万名马国人移居海外，不过，这个数目只是在海外工作及有向马国驻当地大使馆登记的马国人。而在这两年里，也有五千八百国民放弃马国国籍，成为外国公民。柯希兰也透露，在零九年首九个月内，就有高达二十一万人移居海外，这其中，约一半是专业人士。此外，另有五万名马国人在海外留学。

柯希兰公布的资料让马国人对人口只有二千八百万的马国人才流失的速度与比率感到震惊。资深在野党领袖林吉祥相信，马国自五七年独立至今，估计有一百万人才流失。首相署部长纳兹里在零七年对国会说，马国建国五十年里，估计一百万至二百万人才外流，他指这些人是「向钱看」而移民，一旦赚够钱後，他们就会返国。执政党国阵总协调蔡细历则估计，目前在外国工作的马国技术和专业人才达九十万人；他认为这是一个非常庞大的数目，其主因在於一九七零年开始推行的扶持马来人的新经济政策和行政偏差。

学者普遍认为，外流人才华人为多。前人力资源部长冯镇安日前透露，政府成功吸引回国的数百名人才，八成是华人。而从人口学的资料来看，华人移居海外的人数庞大，对目前只有六百多万的华人人口而言也是很高的比例。华社研究中心主任文平强在《马来西亚华人人口比例下降：事实与回应》的论文中指出，从五七年独立至九一年，华人人口的自然增长是三百三十八万人，不过在同时期华人的净迁移率是一百一十万人。他也指出，华人在上世纪八十年代移民情况严重，在那个年代，增长的华人人口就有一半（三十九万人）离开马国。他说，若华人没有移民海外，华人人口应可保留在总人口的三分一。目前华人占总人口约百分之二十五。

早期华人是从中国移民而来，不过在一九五七年马国独立後，政府关闭移民大门，中国人再也不能移民马国，华人人口基本上是依赖自然增长。从独立至今，华人移民大潮基本分三个时期，七十年代因种族冲突丶政府推行扶持马来人的新经济政策，这导致许多不满不公平政策者决定移民海外，其中许多人是为了孩子的教育。在当时，政府对国立大学的录取采取配额制，五成五大学学额必须保留给土着，这使到许多华人子弟无法进入大学，而在外国，尤其是澳洲，永久居民的孩子可以享用免费教育，因而吸引许多家境不错的家庭移民，确保孩子得以享有接受高深教育的机会。

八十年代马国经历严重的经济萧条，马国的主要经济命脉之一的锡矿场也因国际锡价暴跌而纷纷倒闭，许多华裔子弟冒险远走他乡，日台丶英美及纽澳等先进经济体成为华裔子弟淘金的天堂，在当地非法工作以赚钱养家。

九十年代马国经济起飞，政府也实行经济与教育开放政策，在海外非法工作的华裔子弟纷纷回返；私立学院的设立也使华裔子弟拥有更多深造的机会，华人移民的情况明显的缓和。许多在当时移民海外者是因在海外留学後留下工作。

掌握多语成为优势

零一年至零九年马国进入政治不稳定期，前首相马哈迪零三年退位後，人们一度寄望接任者阿都拉能为马国带来希望，不过，缺乏魄力的阿都拉不仅不能为马国经济带领另一次的起飞，他也因无法压制执政党巫统党内右派势力的抬头而使种族主义言论大行其道，伤害许多人民的心。地球村的出现加上中国及越南等国家的崛起令许多外资把资金从马国撤离，海外充满就业机会，国界不再是人们远行的障碍。

雪兰莪及吉隆坡中华大会堂会长陈友信表示，马国移民在近年来有增加的趋势，这主要是国内的推力及国际的引力加大使然。他指出，由於国内政治不稳定丶经济发展缓慢，加上中国的崛起，许多跨国公司需要懂得英语及华语的人才派驻中国，这使到同时掌握多种语文的马国华人成为跨国公司吸收的目标，促使许多华人流往海外。

也是私立英迪大学理事会主席的陈友信表示，在零八年三月大选在野党打破执政党垄断地位後曾让人们对这个国家充满希望，许多有意移民的人也搁置移民计划，可是经过一年的演变，人们对朝野政党的表现感到失望，也对两线制（两党制）的形成不抱乐观，人们再次以双脚表达不满，离开这个国家。他认为人才流动在全球化时代是一种趋势，没有人可以阻挡。

执政党国阵青年团幕僚长符策勤指出，人们移民很多时候是出於无奈；他说，过去两年来马国政治没有太大改变丶经济没有改善丶外资萎缩一半，导致人们出走。他表示，政府必须有所行动，阻止人才的大量流失，否则国家将面对灾难，变成一个落後的国家。他认为，政府应该整顿行政体系，推行公平及透明的政策。他也批评当前行政体系的不足是因干训局（灌输公务员爱国思想的机构）长期灌输种族思维所致，以致政府欲推行开放政策时面对诸多行政阻扰。

代表官方思维的外交部副部长柯希兰认为，马国人移民海外的原因主要是教育丶就业及结婚。相对於新加坡丶港台及欧美等国，马国的劳力市场薪酬远远不如人。由於汇率的差异，马国人在新加坡工作，其收入相等於在国内的二倍至五倍之间。不过，学者普遍认为，收入不是人们移民所考虑的一切，工作环境丶前途丶成就感也是移民们的考量。政策研究中心主任林德宜表示，薪酬是马国人移民的其中一个因素，其他因素包括孩子的教育及前景丶国家社会与经济政策及对行政体系，如警方及司法信心不足。成绩卓越的陈彩玲在马国从事研究工作十年後决定离开家乡，到新加坡从事研究工作，因她认为，「在马来西亚，我感到窒息」。她指出，现在的研究团队，六成的成员是马国人。

澳洲是移民首选地

根据柯希兰向国会提供的资料，在零八年至零九年间，澳洲是马国人移居的首选地，高达二十七万人，而移居美国也有三万一千人，台湾是马国人移居第三多的地区，共有约一万四千人。政府显然没有把在邻国新加坡工作及定居的马国人视为移民，若这个数目统计在内，其人数会更大。在野党行动党主席卡巴星数年前到新加坡接受治疗时，前往新加坡医院探访他的行动党顾问林吉祥发现，为他提供治疗的医生大部分是马国人。槟城首席部长兼行动党秘书长林冠英则指出，他在零九年到新加坡招商时惊讶发现，在新加坡政府医院工作的专科医生，四成是马国人。

另外，根据香港入境处数字，去年十二月，有一万四千三百九十五名马国人居住在香港。已在香港发展的马国背景精英，包括企业家郭鹤年丶「打工皇帝」惠理基金创办人谢清海丶前卫生福利局长杨永强丶大律师清洪丶演艺经纪人陈自强丶舞蹈家王荣禄丶男高音柯大卫丶教授林幸谦丶「反高铁」等社运组织者之一科大助理教授陈允中等。

赖安洲是台湾成功大学毕业的马国侨生，在成大考获硕士学位後，於美国普渡大学攻读电脑工程博士，学成後在英特尔工作了三年，零五年到香港科技大学任教，零八年离开教职转战金融业，目前是万福投资管理有限公司的市场推广董事。他表示，本身比较锺情於中华文化，加上中国的崛起，所以很早就有到中国人地方发展的念头。

赖安洲也曾想过回马发展，但他坦承「不欣赏大马的不公平」，且没有从事学术研究的空间，所以虽然父母在大马，但他还是选择到其他地方发展，「父母也不希望我浪费生命」，而选择香港的其中一个原因正是「离家较近」。

但值得一提的是，马国外流人才绝大部分仍保留马国国籍（只成为外国永久居民，不是公民），尽管他们当中有许多人配偶是外国籍，子女也在外国出生，但会尽量为其子女也保留马国籍。这当中家庭因素很重要，因父母及兄弟姐妹等仍在马国，所以他们认为「根」仍在马国。

马国人才外移原因，除了外国收入较高丶留学生已习惯外国生活丶配合外籍配偶之外，也和某些领域在马国发挥空间较小有关，例如讲求创作自由的电影，出生马国的台湾导演蔡明亮，零七年第一次在马国拍的电影《黑眼圈》，就因为被指呈现过多马国的丑陋一面而被禁。另外，在中文文学及中文音乐领域，在马国都被排除於主流之外，且市场不大，台湾於是成了马国中文创作及音乐人才的发展重镇。

行政偏差及不公平政策也许是过去人们移民的主要原因，而治安败坏丶希望享有更大的个人自由似乎成为当前人们流向国外的原因。在马国大学马来亚大学毕业的锺慧娟表示，她在数年前在新加坡当文员时曾获马国教育部录取为教师，可是其马六甲家人要她留在新加坡工作，不要她回来，理由是马国治安不好。现年二十八岁的郑凯玲拥有人力资源硕士学位，她最近决定移民澳洲，理由非常简单，因她认为澳洲的犯罪率较低，夜间行走不用担心意外发生。政府明显了解治安对国家经济及社会产生的冲击，警方最近也积极展开防范罪案行动，在市区里的社区设立警亭丶社区主要公路设立检查站，以求在一年内把国内的犯罪率降低两成。

马来裔中产阶级也移民

激进宗教思维的抬头也让人们对马国社会是否会趋向保守感到忧虑。在为移民与否而挣扎的女工程师纳达莎指出，她越来越感到行动不自由，她不能自由地与异性上街，因这将引起人们的负面看法。这种行动不自在感对曾在海外留学的马来知识分子尤其强烈，并导致他们移民。海鸥集团董事经理陈凯希指出，目前不仅是华人移民，马来人移民也有增加的趋势。前人力资源部长冯镇安就表示，过往移民海外的人才是华人，现在马来人也越来越多。他指出，仅仅在英国就有约二千名马来人才，他们大部分在资讯科技丶金融及医疗领域。公司设在吉隆坡的移民顾问罗伯特透露，近年来前来该公司询问移民澳洲情况的马来中产阶级明显的增加。他说：「这都是受高等教育的马来人，他们把马国与外国对比，他们对马国的行政体系感到沮丧。」拥有三十年处理移民申请经验的罗伯特表示，马来人移民海外在五年前是罕见的，不过现在是越来越多。他认为，马来人移民除了是国内因素造成，也因全球化所带来的国际人力市场大流动所致。他指出，现在的年轻人所追逐的是有更多机会的地方，他们不想在一个无望及停滞不前的社会呆一辈子。

在人才严重流失之际，马国却收容了逾百万名低技能外劳。前任首相马哈迪讽刺说，马国喜欢把一些「无脑」的人引进来，却把一些「有脑」的人送出去。政府非常清楚人才流失的严重性，二千年时任首相马哈迪雄心勃勃订下二零二零年打造马国为先进国目标时，宣布一系列配套以求吸引在海外的马国人才回流，政府希望该计划能每年吸引五千名专才回返，以解决马国人才不足的问题。不过，执政成员党马华公会署理总会长蔡细历指该计划彻底失败；他指出，至二零零七年，申请返国服务的专才约千人，当局只批准约六百人的申请，而最後回返者只有约四百人。他认为此计划失败的原因在於行政体系繁文缛节及没有就业保障。

事实上，许多「自我流放」在海外的马国专才都有意返国服务，只是行政偏差丶移民政策保守及官员僵硬的思维导致这些人返国无门。在海外居住丶从事医学研究工作近二十年的陈毅一直想回家，无奈他所从事的高端医学研究在马国还没有这种需求，也没有这种设备。为了回返家乡陪伴年迈的妈妈，拥有博士学历的他在二千年马国推行招收海外专才回国计划时，决定放弃在美国费城大学高薪研究员工作，降低自己的要求，申请到马国国立大学偏远的吉兰丹分院当一名讲师，可是当局却以他持有的「印度大学文凭并不受政府承认」为由拒绝录取，让他感到不可思议及百般无奈。在申请失败後，他转向较靠近家乡的新加坡国立大学申请研究员的工作，他的印度大学文凭并没有成为任何障碍，他毫不考虑地举家搬到新加坡工作与居住，使他有更多机会与居住在吉隆坡的年迈妈妈相聚。

陈毅只是马国逾百万移居海外的专才之一，他的情况也是许多马国海外移民的遭遇，文凭不受承认丶返国不受欢迎丶回来後无法发挥，因此只好无奈的继续离乡背井，为其他国家作出贡献。家，对他们来说是那麽近，可也是那麽遥远；他们一心想为国家作出贡献，可是国家似乎并不欢迎他们回来，结果得益的是那些对他们张开双手丶给予一切便利丶懂得惜才的国家。

在全球化的年代，世界各地都在争夺人才，但马国在这场人才争夺战中，却背道而驰，不仅无法吸引外国人才，连本国人才都无法留住，如何矫正这长期以来的不当政策，留住人才贡献所长，考验政府的智慧。■

二十四卷　七期 (2010-02-14)

石油的诅咒

东姑拉沙里说, 他宁可大马没有生产石油.
这不是风凉话, 而是沉痛的陈述.
我多少可以了解姑里的话中隐喻.
石油是老天爷赐给一个国家的额外财富, 属于天降之福; 然而, 就如同老子所说: "福兮, 祸之所伏" ------福, 可以是祸之根源.
正如一个有福气的孩子, 含着银匙出身富贵之家, 没有温饱之忧; 别人喝清汤, 他喝血燕窝, 别人挨快熟面, 他吃菲力牛排; 人生之路, 已经铺好地毡, 等着他平步青云.
其实, 这是福气, 不是坏事 ----- 如果能够善用加利用的话.
至少, 喝喝燕窝, 吃牛排长大, 身强体壮, 耳清目明, 读起书来, 记忆不褪, 打起架来, 虎虎生威.
但是, 如果被财富蒙蔽了双眼, 破坏了大脑; 用财富来满足吃喝玩乐的欲望, 不知人间疾苦, 若千年后, 财富散去, 成了败家子一名, 穷途末路, 悔不当初.
此时, 宁可出身平凡, 踏踏实实做人.
石油, 也是老天爷的恩赐. 如果好好利用, 乖乖不得了; 如果美国当年地底没有蕴藏量丰富的石油, 也不会迅速崛起成为超级强国.
问题是, 石油之于大马, 犹如财富之于二世祖.
这方面, 姑里清楚不过, 他是国家石油公司( Petronas ) 的创始人之一, 35年前, 亲手规划国油的管理, 以及石油资源的应用.
他说, 按照原本的计划, 石油的开采有所节制, 确保能够长远持续; 而石油收入是用来发展教育, 推行现代化, 协助我国晋身高产能, 高收入的国家.
不过, 当石油的管理大权落入当权者手中, 一切走了样, 大量开采, 任意挥霍.
政治人物用石油钱来兴建双峰峰塔, 以及各种华而不实的大型计划, 并且用来挽救失败的公司, 购买昂贵武器; 一部分也进入权贵在海外的银行户头.
石油资源成为某些人的工具, 加剧了独裁统治, 破坏宪政民主, 也腐化了政府和工商界的菁精.
石油财富被滥用, 如同吸毒者滥用毒品, 用来刺激亢奋,不息和满足不道德的欲望.
石油加速了大马的沉沦.
60年代, 大马还不是石油生产国, 我们的社会经济水平, 在亚洲是首屈一指.
70年代发了石油财, 大马开始走下坡; 而没有石油的新加坡, 香港, 台湾, 和韩国等, 却向上提升, 依靠公平廉洁的制度, 开创竞争生产力, 进入现代化的行列.
换个角度, 大马石油的黄金时期快结束了. 如今, 石油收入少了一半; 再过两年, 就是石油净入口国.
或许, 着可以敲醒一些人的脑袋, 从新振作.

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Update!

So long I did not update on my current status. I've finish my 6th semester in Diploma last month and currently having my 2 months holiday. However, I've started doing my voluntary internship at one company in Subang for 8 weeks. Currently I am in the 2nd week of the internship. Not having holidays, not having college life but having working life right now.

If everything goes as plan, I will only go back Kuching on Chinese New Year, which is around February next year and ya I can't wait to go back to eat kolo mee, beef noodle and sarawak laksa.

I have something to share here:

Facebook is really a powerful social networking site. It helped me to get in touch with some of my old friends whom I have not seen them for 7 to 8 years. I was so happy when I got to see how much they've changed or have not change. I was also very happy that I can once again keep in touch with them, especially when I finally found a person that I have been searching for 7 years.

One more thing about Facebook, recently through Facebook i found out that one of my ex-schoolmate or my senior, a lady, fall sick due to leukemia. I was surprised and upset when i see the notes posted in Facebook because from what i remember she is a very nice, friendly and outgoing lady and like what my friend said, good person should not be punished, only bad person should be. I am a Christian so I believe there's always a God's intention or God's reason behind every unfortunate events, which is yet to be known. She is undergoing treatment and I really wish her good luck and speed recovery.

Sorry for not posting any photos in this post. I know some of you (including me) do not like to read a post with uncountable words but this is a special post, so photos are excluded.

If u wan to visit Melaka

You must:

1. Go with a bunch of friends or families.

2. Eat Chicken Rice Ball.

3. Visit Kota A'Famosa.

4. Have a walk at Jonker Street during weekend.

5. Try the taiwanese beef noodle.

6. Take a ride on Eye On Malaysia.

7. Enjoy Satay Chu-Lut.

8. Visit St Paul Church.

9. Have Nyonya Food.

10. Play paintball at A'Famosa resort.

Melaka is a nice place to visit and there's more activities you can do there besides the above mentioned. Cuti-cuti Malaysia~!

Upcoming Perodua MPV

What's the best selling MPV currently in Malaysia market? Nissan Livina, Proton Exora, and probably also the soon-to-be-retire Toyota Avanza. After a few months, I assume all of these will have to make their ways for the up coming Perodua MPV.

It is scheduled launch at Quarter4, 2009. The name of this MPV is yet to be confirmed but it is base on Toyota/Daihatsu model called Passo Sette.

I manage to find some leaked photo from the internet and would like show it to all of you.
Basically what Perodua has done are some cosmetic changes on the exterior and the interior to the original Toyota's/Daihatsu's, which they had done to all their models: Kancil to Myvi to Nautica and etc.

Compare to the original version, the exterior of the Perodua's version is more agressive and less 'Nippon style' which suits Malaysian taste generally. The headlamp is sharp and has similarity to the new Hyundai Genesis Coupe's. From what the photos show, I believe the High Spec model has projector lamp for their headlamp.


The interior, on the other hand, well.....cheap looking and....still....cheap looking compare to the original one (but frankly speaking, the original 1 also not that expensive looking). Perodua even replace the gate shif gear to ordinary one.


I believe this MPV will hit Avanza's market hard because it will be priced similarly to Avanza, as well as Proton Exora but Proton Exora's is a much bigger MPV compare to this one. So stay tuned for the 2nd round of Proton v.s. Perodua battle.

For related older posts, click here:
http://martinhowe.blogspot.com/2008/12/2009-2nd-round-proton-vs-perodua.html

李光耀在新马分家前两个月的一场演讲

李光耀在新马分家前两个月的一场演讲

李光耀在1965年5月30日，在利达民众联络所成立四周年纪念的演说稿
各位朋友，

在我用福建话开始演讲前，在此我感到很荣幸能够与你一同出席利达民众联络所成立四周年纪念。

简 单来说，我想说的是，我对这个选区巨大的转变感到非常骄傲。在1961年，这里发生了一场大火，由废墟中，我们重建了整个社区。这可能是全新加坡的典范， 甚至可说是全马来西亚的典范，如果我们准备宽容对待彼此，建立一个马来西亚人的马来西亚，一个不分种族、语言、宗教的马来西亚，在生活中共享平等。

一 些人可能会在想，为何我们对他们任意妄为的说法保持沉默，你知道的……『马来人大团结』（Malays unite）……他们到处在喊这个口号。人们感到担忧。如果在华人社会中，你听到有人说：「福建人大团结」，那些非福建人将会说：「这是什么意思？这是在 打压全体的非福建人吗？」同样的，当他们说『马来人大团结』，我们会说：「这是什么意思？」

巫统总秘书说过：「不管你身在何处，紧记，你是马来人。」我说：「这是什么意思？」我以为在宪法中，我们都是马来西亚人，我们应该团结一致，可是却不是根据巫统总秘书说的「我们大家都是马来人，不是马来西亚人。」

好吧！我说，我们最好现在决定一下：我们是马来西亚人，或我们是马来人？因为我不可能成为马来人，那我就不能成为马来西亚人，而61%的马来西亚人民可成为马来西亚人，可以效忠马来西亚，除了『马来西亚人的马来西亚』这个概念。

可是要成为马来人是非常困难的，因为你需要做出很多东西才能成为马来人。因此，我说，最好我们决定一下，不要等五年、十年。

同 时，我要告诉你其中的理由，为何现在决定更好。首先，如果你允许这些人每天在《马来前锋报》（UTUSAN MELAYU）和《世纪前锋报》（UTUSAN ZAMAN）告诉马来人说：「马来人大团结！马来人大团结！」——他们说的都是种族，而不是国家，他们挂在口中的是『种族』（bangsa），从来都不是 国家——如果这种情况持续两年、三年、四年、五年的话，将会非常难改变这种根深蒂固的思想。因此，我说，最好现在决定，我们是否要继续这样下去，因为如果 太迟进行改变的话，那将会很困难。你知道这个人，巫统总秘书在国会里头说些什么吗？他说：「无伤大雅，我可以说『华人大团结！华人大团结！』」他还未对自 己正在做的事计算其重要性。

他所谓的马华叫华人团结的意思呢？他知道华人将不可能在马华的旗帜下团结，因为他们是『政治太 监』（political eunuch）。你知道什么是太监吗？太监就是不男不女的人类。因此，从政治角度来看，这些人没杀伤力。因此，他们说：「是的！你去叫华人团结吧！」心知 肚明，他们不能在太监的旗帜下团结。

可是，如果我们站起来的话，真正的华人会站起来说 道：『团结』，你知道接下来五年会发生什么事，这42%的人口。这个国家将会发生什么事？我想这是个很愚蠢的谈话。这是这几年我们为新加坡所抗争的事，自 从59年、60年、61年、62年、63年，你都应该晓得。你知道联盟如何以种族为基础利用基层和人民，我说，这是没有前途的。

可是，我将告诉你另一个原因，为何现在就决定是必要的，而不是以后。因为现在对我们而言比较容易，如果他们不要『马来西亚人的马来西亚』，可做出替代安排，你知道的，其他方法。

你 看吧！宪法中的承诺必定导向（成立一个）马来西亚人的国度——一个马来西亚人的马来西亚。同时，如果他们不这样做的话，他们必须使用违背宪法的方法来停止 这一切。因此，我说，如果你要做这件好事，现在就做！对我们来说会更好，也让我们更容易的做出其他的替代安排。什么是替代安排呢？关于这点，我们不要谈得 太多，可是如果真的需要的话，那我会说：「看吧！那些想要『马来西亚人的马来西亚』的州属可以团结起来。」我可以立即联想到三个地方：沙巴、砂朥越和新加 坡，我可以联想到其他地方，好像槟城和马六甲。我甚至相信柔佛——柔佛苏丹或许不想加入印尼，所以巫统建议它独立。他干嘛要这样做呢？

或 许，这位巫统总秘书……我阅读报纸事得知他来自苏拉威西（旧称Celebes）他在那里出生长大，并在战前来到新加坡。或许，他想要重新加入苏拉威西，可 是我相当肯定柔佛苏丹不想加入苏拉威西，因为加入苏拉威西将等同加入爪哇，和加入印尼，意思即是对他们低声下气。如果他们坚持要这样做，那我会说，现在就 说，我们可以做出替代安排；越来越好，同时，他们没有足够力量，他们没有足够的武器以武力通知这个马来西亚；办不到，这是不可能的。去统治一块八万平方英 亩的沙巴和砂朥越，马来西亚的1½倍，之间相隔一个一千英里的海洋——他们想要统治它？他们想要驾驶着联盟的『帆船』（Kapal Layar），航向沙巴和砂朥越对它进行统治，而无需英国、澳洲和纽西兰的帮忙？

我说：「如果你想做，现在就做。」而且，我们可以把我们照顾好我们自己。我们不要谈论太多的细节，可是我将在现在告诉你，如果这就是你要的，那我们有其他方法来照顾我们自己。

可是我说，最好是根据宪法，『马来西亚人的马来西亚』，彼此尊重、容忍、互相协调、在一个多元种族社会中快乐的生活，每个人都是拥有平等权益的马来西亚公民，无论种族、语言和宗教。

这 就是我要说出来的信息，不习惯让马来人统治的不止是新加坡人民，你知道他们在国会怎么说吗？哥打士打（Kota Star，即是亚罗士打，Alor Setar）的马哈迪医生说了什么？他说「我们新加坡不习惯让马来人统治，我们不像吉兰丹或丁加奴的人民。」好吧！让我告诉他：当我们加入马来西亚时，我 们从来没有同意过让马来人统治，我们同意的是让马来西亚人统治，从来不是马来人的统治。

这全是废话，如果有人相信我们同意让马来人统治的 话，这些人犯了致命的错误。我们从来也没同意过。宪法禀明，基于每个成年人所拥有的权力，所投选出来的代表治理这个民主国家；一人一票；每个公民一票，即 是说，马来西亚由马来西亚人所治理，而我们必须清楚的说明这一点，这是我们所同意的唯一规矩。

而任何人，包括马哈迪医生，所说的马来人统 治（Malay rule），我说这些都是一派胡言，而且是在瞎干，因为这将非常肯定会给我们带来极大的不幸（unhappiness），不止是我们，也包括了他们的不 幸，因为我们都知道无论如何我们都要面对这些问题，同时，如果我们向他们显示出我们的团结和强大，并抗拒这些恐吓，这样的话，较大机会他们不会乱来。

到此为止，我恭祝利达的人民在『马来西亚人的马来西亚』之下有更多快乐的日子。

谢谢！
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Friends,
Before I speak in Hokkien, may I just say what a great pleasure it is to be with you for the fourth anniversary of the Delta Community Centre.

Briefly, I would like to say how very proud I am this evening to see what a tremendous transformation this Constituency is going through. they had a fire in 1961, and from the ashes of that fire, we are building a new community. And this is the forerunner of what is possible in the rest of Singapore and indeed in the rest of Malaysia if we are prepared to be forebearing with each other, to build a Malaysian Malaysia, a Malaysia in which all Malaysians regardless of race, language, religion, share equally in the opportunities of life.

Some people may wonder why it is that we, instead of just keeping quiet and allowing people to say what they like, you know, "Malays unite" ... they shout this everywhere. People get worried. If amongst the Chinese, you hear people say, "Hokkiens unite", all the non-Hokkiens will say, "What is all this about? Is it to wallop all the non-Hokkiens?" So they say, "Malays unite" and we say, "What's all this about?"

And the Secretary-General of UMNO says, "Wherever you are, remember, you are a Malay." I say, "What's all this?" I though in the Constitution we are all Malaysians, we are all going to be together. But not according to the Secretary-General of UMNO (who says) "We are all Malays, not Malaysians."

Well, I say we had better decide now: Are we Malaysians or are we Malays? Because I can't be a Malay. I can be a Malaysian. And 61% of the people of Malaysia can become Malaysians; can become loyal to Malaysia, accept the concept of a Malaysian Malaysia.

But (it is) very difficult to be a Malay because many things have to be done if you want to be a Malay. So, I say, better decide now; don't wait five years, ten years.

And I would like to tell you the reasons why it is better to decide now. First, if you allow these people every day in UTUSAN MELAYU and UTUSAN ZAMAN to tell the malays: "Malays unite, Malays unite" -- they talk about race; never talk about nation, they always talk about "bangsa", race; never nation -- if this goes on for one, two, three, four, five years, (it will be) very difficult to change the thinking of the ground. So I say, better decide now whether they are going to go on doing this. Because later on to change, is much more difficult. You know what this man, the Secretary-General of UMNO, said in Parliament? He says, "No harm; I can say 'Chinese unite, Chinese unite'." He hasn't spent his time calculating what is the significance of what he is doing.

What he means is MCa calls the Chinese to unite, and he knows that the Chinese will never unite under the MCA because they are political eunuchs. You know that a eunch is? A eunuch is a human being that is neither male nor female. So, politically these chaps can do no harm. So they say, "Yes, you call the Chinese to unite," knowing full well that they cannot unite under eunuchs.

But supposing we stood up, real virile Chinese stood up and said, "Unite", you know what is going to happen in five years, and 42% of the population.

What is going to happen to this country? I think it is all foolish talk. This is the sort of thing we fought against in Singapore for all these years, from 1959, '60,
'61, '62, '63. You know that. You know how Barisan used to go around and work people up on the basis of race. I say that is no future that way.

But I will tell you another reason why it is necessary to decide now; not later on. Because now it is easier for us, if they do not wan a Malaysian Malaysia, to make alternative arrangement; you know, some other way.

You see, the agreement in the Constitution must lead to a malaysian nation, a Malaysian Malaysia. And if they want to stop it, they must use unconstitutional methods to stop it. So I say, if you want to do that, do it now; better for us, easier for us to make other alternative arrangements. And the alternative arrangements? Well, we don't want to talk too much about it. But if really it is necessary, then I say, "Look, all those States that want a Malaysian Malaysia can come together." I can think of three straightway: Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore. I can think of a few others like Penang and Malacca. I can even believe that Johore -- the Sultan of Johore may not like to go and join Indonesia as has been suggested by UMNO Merdeka. Why should he? Perhaps, the Secretary-General of UMNO ... I read in the papers he has come from the Celebes; born there, bred there; came to Singapore just before the War. Well, maybe, he wants to rejoin the Celebes. But I am quite sure the Sultan of Johore do not want to join Celebes because joining the Celebes means joining Java and joining Indonesia which means going right down. If they want to insist on this, then I say, say so now. We can make alternative arrangements;easier now than later. And, they have't got the capacity; they have not got enough guns to govern this Malaysia by force; cannot be done; not possible. To go and govern 80,000 square miles in Sabah and Sarawak; 1½ times the size of Malaya; 1,000 miles of ocean in between -- they are going to govern it? They are going to sit in the Alliance 'Kapal Layar', the sailing boat to go there and then govern Sabah and Sarawak without the help of the British, the Australians and the New Zealanders?

I say, "Better say so now if you want to do that." And we can look after ourselves. We don't have to talk too much of details. But I'll say now, if that's what you want, then we've got other ideas of looking after ourselves.

But I say, best of all, Malaysian Malaysia, stick to the Constitution; honour each other; accommodate, make adjustments, live happily in a multiracial society. Everybody equal malaysian citizens regardless of race, language, religion.

This is the message I want to say. It is not just in Singapore that people are not accustomed to Malay rule. You know what they said in Parliament, Dr. Mahathir from Kota Star? --"We in Singapore are not accustomed to Malay rule. We are not like people in Kelantan and Trengganu." Well, let me tell him this: when we joined Malaysia,
we never agreed to Malay rule; we agreed to Malaysian rule; never Malay rule.

This is all bunkum. Somebody has made a grave error of judgment if they believe that we agreed ot Malay rule. (We) never agreed to it. The Constitution means democratic rule by representatives of the people on the basis of adult franchise: one man one vote; one citizen one vote which means Malaysia is ruled by Malaysians. And we want to make that clear now. That is the only kind of rule that we will agree to.

And any talk by Dr. Mahathir or anybody else about Malay rule I say is very follish and very reckless, because that is the surest way to bring about a great deal of unhappiness not only for us -- because we know that any way we have to face problems -- but unhappiness for them. And if we show them that we are united and strong and will stand up to this intimidation, then there is a better chance that they won't try.

So, on that note, I wish the people of Delta many happy years within a Malaysian Malaysia.

Thank you.

The Damaged Brain System

JULY 23 — One of the wonderful things about living in Malaysia is that we devote so much of our resources into building brain power. We love smart people in Malaysia. Parents spend an obscene amount on tuition classes.

Let’s look at some of the major initiatives by our wonderful government to increase our brain power:

1) Malaysia will produce more than 100,000 PhDs by 2012

2) Creating “knowledge” workers and “world-class” IT industry via the MSC

3) Almost all grants by MOSTI is geared towards science and technology

4) Building new universities left and right. In the 1980s we had fewer than a dozen universities — now we have more than 20 public universities and an equal number of private universities

5) “Apex” and “research” universities allocated extra millions of ringgit with the aim of getting into the top 200 university rankings

6) All sorts of academic prizes from all sorts of dubious exhibitions

7) Smart schools

8) All sorts of scholarships — JPA alone gives more than 2,000 overseas scholarships. If you include Mara and GLCs and private companies, the number is probably somewhere about 6,000-7,000 overseas scholarships plus thousands of local scholarships

9) “Brain gain” programme where we try to entice successful Malaysian scientists to come back to help our R&D

10) All sorts of government-backed programmes like the invention awards, best ICT Company, PM’s innovation awards, smart partnership, etc.

Yet, somehow we seem to be going the opposite direction. Mind you it’s been there for more than a decade already and, correct me if I am wrong; the MSC has been a dismal failure since the “knowledge” industry has not taken off and no major Malaysian IT inventions since the inception of the MSC. Cyberjaya is still years behind Singapore.

In fact, the most famous “Malaysian” IT invention — the pen drive — was invented in Taiwan by a Malaysian Chinese who could not even enter a public university here. He had to go to Taiwan, get a degree there (which is not recognised here!) and invented the pen drive there. So today, the world thinks it’s a Taiwan invention! Malaysia Boleh!

The brain gain programme is so successful that almost all the scientists who came back to work here have resigned from the public universities or government research centres, and the bulk of them have left for overseas again. Needless to say, their major complaints were racism (almost all were non-Bumiputeras) and red tape. But no one wants to admit to this since it’s not a very smart thing to admit failure.

Meanwhile we are rushing to produce 100,000 PhDs. Since most of these 100,000 PhDs will be awarded by local public universities you really have to wonder about the quality. But who cares? The important thing is to graduate 100,000 “doctors” of dubious quality so that they can train the next generation. After all, the majority of these PhDs will end up as professors in our public universities and they will supervise the next generation of PhDs. Remember the movie “Dumber and Dumber”?

Is it any wonder that our public universities’ ranking is dropping fast?

On top of that, we have decided to stop emphasising English at the high school level. No wonder international schools are celebrating — their student enrolment will go through the roof from next year onwards.

And to ensure that we have the right environment to produce “Towering Malays” and “world-class” Malaysians, the mainstream newspapers here follow the same editorial style as China’s People’s Daily and the old Soviet Union’s Pravda. Truth is not as important as propaganda and the promotion of racism and racist ideology. Malay newspapers are free to preach racism as long as they reinforce “Malay unity” and Malay dominance. News is only news if the government says so.

In the arts, local productions cannot reflect reality. How else can you explain government directives that Mat Rempits and transvestites cannot be shown on Malaysian movies and television. The way it works is like this: if we don’t show Mat Rempits and transvestites, then they do not exist! See how smart we have become because of all the government investment in educating Malaysians? Very soon, there will be no prostitutes or gay people in Malaysia.

Just to be sure, the government has just announced another round of books that are banned in Malaysia. In total more than 2,000 titles are banned in Malaysia. Some authors do not even know that their books are banned. Reading is a dangerous habit for a knowledge nation.

Meanwhile religion, or the official view of religion, is shafted down the throats of young people through television programmes and in the schools.

You really have to wonder how on earth Malaysia produces thinking citizens since all around them the system, from the mass media to the education system to the universities, is designed to damage the brain? The whole system is designed to produce a non-thinking, non-critical person who can easily be manipulated by propaganda.

It is really mind-boggling that somehow young people have managed to escape this system. Of course there are thousands who believe in the system and are basically brain dead, especially after reading the Malay newspapers and watching the local television stations. But there is a significant portion of young people out there who have managed to overcome the attempt to control their mind. I take my hat off to these young people. Without them, Malaysia will have no future.

http://themalaysianinsider.com.my/index.php/opinion/jameschin/33100-the-damaged-brain-system