Why the two 50s are not enough?
By Mejoh - Laman M@RHAEN
Wood – 15 Rejab 1429/18 July 2008
I was tempted to write this argument in Bahasa Melayu, but I change my mind knowing that my targeted audience would mainly be from the Non-Bumis. The content of this article will make some of you to label me as racist, bias or whatever for voicing out my mind and my opinion, but honestly I don’t give a damn because if you do have brain(the one that work properly) then you won’t.
However do read it with an open mind and think the logic behind my fight for what is right for now, because I will stop fighting if and only if the hope is no longer there. That is when no Bumis worth to be defended.
I would try my best to explain and create awareness to the Malaysian citizens especially the non-Bumi, why 50 years after independence is not an enough time for us to abolish NEP (New Economic Policy) and to reduce the JPA scholar from 90% to 50%. At the same time I am hoping that the Bumis won’t look at this as another reason to lay back for another 50 years and wait miracle to happen. If they do, then they are just one less moron Bumi for me to fight for. My sincere apology to my Chinese countrymen, because this article is all about you. How you have become successful in use to be a foreign land that we call Malaya due to the tactical discrimination applied by the British; in your favour.
NEP 50 years after
Most of the non-Bumi insist that the NEP (New Economic Policy) or anything of it lookalike to be abolished since it has been 50 years after independence. It creates “unfair” policy towards the non-Bumis and to the non-Bumis 50 years is more than enough for Bumi to re-establish their self to be competitive especially in economy as well as life welfare. NEP started in 1971 by Tun Abdul Razak and supposes to end in 1991. It ended alright, but with glittering failure written all over it. It was replaced by National Development Policy (NDP) by Mahadet.
JPA scholarship to 50%
Tajudin(UMNO) and Kulasageran(DAP) had a shouting match on this matter; equivalent to a bunch of 5 years old children fighting over a candy ending with Kulasageran branded Tajudin as dumb. As far as I am concern, both of them are not dumb; they are simply plain moron. Why? Because both of them argue on a matter from the opposite end, yet fail to raise any meaningful question for argument while in parliment. One thing for sure, the reduction of JPA scholarship quota from 90% to 50% as announced by Nazri would one day be the right move; but for now I would stand my ground that the time is far from due.
When it begins
In the early 1830s, at the beginning of mass migration of Chinese and Indian to Malaya for work and business opportunity. All the way to 1970 before NEP was introduced; we have been living in a blueprint social structure that was developed by the British government. Its clear intention is to separate the Malay, Chinese and Indian through the “divide and rule” philosophy. Indians were placed in estates nationwide, Malay to stay in the village while the Chinese to stay in town to run the business. The British would not let the Bumis hold any economical advantage knowing that it will fund the political movement which would lead to fight for independence. So the British handed the economy to the Chinese while at the same time hand over the political power to the Malay, while the remaining race got nothing. It lasted till 1957 when the British had to give “full” independence to Malaya.
What the British called segregation, I would call discrimination. This led to the scenario now. More than 80% of Malaysia’s economy belong to the Chinese, while the remaining to spread out among the rest of the Bumis and Indian. That was the number back in 1971 and it still stood till now.
But even after 1957 things never change. Rahman, Razak, Hussein, Mahathir and even Abdullah never really change the same blueprint that British had laid down. Even after independence, British still have say in a lot of Malaysian economic agenda since they have plant the seed long before and now they are enjoying the fruit of their hard work. I am not going to point my finger to anybody on this because history would pass its own judgement, sooner or later.
The NEP never really delivers what it is supposed to do under Rahman, Razak, Hussein and Mahathir. All of them were heavily influence by British anyway. We can hardly single out any successful entity or person from NEP. They were easily shadowed by people like Robert Kuok, Lim Goh Tong, Teh Hong Piow, Quek Leng Chan and many more; product of British discrimination.
Why 50 years and 50% is not enough?
So, even after 50 years of independence (38 years after NEP) the Bumis never really got the upper hand. The Chinese benefited from that discrimination for so long that it needs more than 50 years (most of it were corrupted year anyway) and more than just NEP( the one that still favour Chinese under Rahman, Razak, Hussein, Mahathir and Abdullah) to level out the field. Not for another 50 years, only if the country wealth to be handed over to one honest political entity. Until then, the Bumis would have to live with whatever they have now.
I said it before and I will say it again. 50 years after independence surely is not the right reason and time to abolish NEP and reduce JPA’s Bumis’ quota to 50%. But it seems to be the right reason for UMNO to abolish NEP and reduce the quota to 50%; simply to stop PR march towards securing 51% of parliament seat; because UMNO knows 50% is not enough.
Mejoh - Freelance writer
http://mymejoh.blog.com20.07.2008 (M@RHAEN - Emel: marhaen@gmail.com / reformasi@gmail.com)
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