Monday, February 20, 2006
Today when i got the morning newspapers i saw emblazoned across the front page, the headlines- Racial Unity.
seriously, this isn't a new topic.why are we still going over this?because despite the Rukun Negara, i seriously think there are big problems with the racial unity in Malaysia.
Firstly we'll wanna see- why is it that despite the fact that we malaysians have been united under the same flag for close to five decades we still aren't united racially?
here's my opinions on why-
1. our education system.Here we can subdivide it to two levels, university level and in the School level-
Uni Level
This is a touchy issue, but lets face it- not all the good students in malaysia can get into their choice of local universities. Students of less calibre or of poorer results get to enter because of racial difference.The same goes when applying for government scholarships. People, friends of mine with 10A1s in SPM fail to get the JPA scholarships while others with 4A1s can mysteriously be landed with a full all expense paid scholarship from the government.Obviously this will spark outrage within the racial groups who are being shunned- and this outrage cannot be released publically for logical reasons. So their only outlet for this rage? descriminate against the race or habour a sense of silent hatred for that race.
School Level
we should do something about the school system, especially primary schools. Government schools are funded obviously by the government, but why are chinese and tamil schools only partially funded by the government? Are the children studying in it not of Malaysian blood? Isnt the schools still called "Sekolah Kebangsaan..."? And the other thing is they should abolish chinese and tamil schools and integrate them together- allowing all students to study under one form of government school, but allowing an option to ALL students to study whatever language they want with english being the main language. This is because if we continue to have like chinese schools and tamil schools, its only logical that most chinese kids would go to chinese schools etc etc. So racial segregation already occurs at a young age and the kids unknowingly are already exposed to racial segregation.
2.The government. From my opinion i believe that they should abolish the bumiputra benefits already. Even our former prime minister believed so. I'm not saying this with the emphasis on racial descrimination. i believe that malay people are actually CAPABLE enough to reach great heights, and thus do not need government help. Jeffery's rich.Or FINE, jeff, you're WELL OFF.And his dad's in business. i think his dad's doing a superb job, with his own company and all. my friend, Farhan- his dad is muhammad Shafee, that really famous lawyer. They're filty rich. but thats not the point here, the point is that i'm saying malays are capable of doing great things and we all know that. Who set up the great Melacca Empire? i think the money used should instead be used for ALL malaysians who are in need of money, sorta like dough money or whatever they call it in the western countries.
i believe if we first do some things to change this two mentioned above..racial unity WILL be strengthened, and with racial unity only can our country progress towards being a developed nation.
{/8:15 am}
Signed by Yours Truly.
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