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The Real Patriot's Voice

17 September, 2007

Government Centre Making Disappointments

During my childhood, I was a national-school student. By pass through it, since I am child, has been sensitive to the political issues and I totally unable to accept such Government policies where my ethnic has been discriminated. I ever thinking if the Government abolished such discriminative policies, how excellent do Malaysian are, in terms of competitive, justice and equality.

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As a real patriot, I also very concern for the future of our Malaysian, where suppose we are? Is it Vision 2020? Or is it Mission 2057? In my view, the Mission 2057 is just to postpone their Vision 2020, where they are not confident to achieve Vision 2020. If the Government is in working for sake of the society, certainly, they will be immediately makes an effort to be a first-class country and not give us such ‘blank cheques’. As we realized the results of the victory of National Front in the 2004 General Election, where, their promises have been forgotten.

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As a Malaysian, I being very disappointed and even filled with anger regarding of the willingness of the National Front leaders in terms of making statements, actions and decisions which hurting other ethnic groups a lot.

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When I was 12-year-old, my family and I went to Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN), Taman Maluri to renew my parents’ identification cards and to register my new identification card. One of the JPN workers said to my mother, ‘You dulu tak ada sekolah ah? Jadi rakyat Malaysia pun tak tahu Bahasa Melayu’ (Have you school before? You as a Malaysian also do not know Bahasa Melayu). With this statement, I really hate such people who do not respect each other. In my opinion, the person who did not study is the JPN worker where she as a Muslim and educated person willing to make such fool statement, that is really a shame to the country.

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Moreover, my mother is not a non-educated person, she is from a Chinese school during her childhood and therefore, my mother’s qualification is higher than the fool JPN worker where Chinese-language is important than Bahasa Melayu in the world. I mentioned this is not because purpose to hurt somebody but it is just to give advice to those who do not respect people’s mother tongue in order to not do it again.

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As a Malaysian, we should know and sensitive to the communication problems among the senior generation. However, with the JPN such delivery system, I am very concern, when does Malaysia will be at the same level as Singapore, Republic of China (Taiwan), Japan and United States?

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3 comments:

  1. as a malaysian, we should be able to speak our national language which is bahasa malaysia. Chinese language is (maybe) important in the world but not in malaysia which majority is bumiputra who can't speak mandarin or any other chinese dialects. When malaysians are separated since their schooling, where chinese go to chinese schools, malays to the national schools, indians to the tamil schools, then where can they integrate. I'm a malay who schooled at national schools in rural area. Until yet, I don't have any chinese friends. Differently, in Kuala Lumpur where all the students are mixed in national schools, they have more integrity and they befriend each others. Regarding your cultures i.d chinese language how do national school demolish your cultures? When all chinese study at national school, chinese language could be added as a subject. So there's no problem of demolishing your cultures. Stereotypes appear because we're not used to be together. Malaysia is different to Indonesia, where chinese cultures (chinese new year) and chinese languages were banned. Chinese in malaysia should be grateful to live in such a tolerence country. Even if you live in United States you won't find racial equity.

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  2. The main topic is about the communication problem among the senior generation. We as a Malaysian should be sensitive to it. For chinese schools, it also teach Bahasa. Moreover, most chinese students will go for national secondary schools and therefore, their bahasa also has no problem. I am national primary school and also for secondary. I recognized those friends who from chinese primary schools, their bahasa even better compared to me. They also able to get A for bahasa therefore, SJK pratices must be preserve because mother tongue is the root of the race. Summore it also has teach bahasa.

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  3. The main issue here is not about being Chinese, Malay or Indian. We are all Malaysians. There might be a difference in our background, origin or culture, but we all should have the same status and civil rights.

    The decision to attend a national school, chinese school or tamil school is our freedom of choice as a human. It is our personal choice and rights as a Malaysian. Even Malays can attend chinese or tamil school if they choose to. This is not an uncommon practice because I actually have Malay students attending the chinese secondary school where I used to study. And we could actually integrate with each other without much conflicts.

    So, why should the government limits the choice of schoolling for the Malaysian people? As observed from the business world, competition would promote efficiency and quality.

    Leave the Chinese and Tamil school alone. Maybe the national schools should think of methods to improve the academic performance of their student before meddling with other people's matters.

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