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  • Damanhuri Abas: Mengapa Tiada Badan Melayu Utarakan Pandangan Terhadap Elected Presidency?

    Damanhuri Abas: Mengapa Tiada Badan Melayu Utarakan Pandangan Terhadap Elected Presidency?

    Di manakah letaknya pendirian dan kewibawaan masyarakat kita apabila tiada satu pun badan Melayu yang kedepan untuk mengutarakan pandangan rasmi mereka terhadap suatu perkara yang langsung melibatkan masyarakat Melayu itu sendiri?

    Orang Melayu berhak tahu kedudukan pendirian mereka. Kenapa kita rakyat Melayu sengaja dibiarkan begitu saja tanpa diambil kira. Kita bimbang kesan jangka panjang terhadap kewibawaan bangsa ini di mata masyarakat majmuk yang lain. Sudah mula kedengaran suara dari bangsa lain yg merasakan orang Melayu memang mudah dijual beli dengan harga yg murah. Maruah bangsa sedang dipertaruhkan.

    Merayu seribu kata bila meminta bantuan dari rakyat Melayu biasa, diam sebisu anak dara bila rakyat Melayu minta dibela.

    Apakah jenis kepimpinan yang ada pada masyarakat kita? Semoga Allah mempertanggungjawabkan mereka di dunia dan di akhirat.

     

    Source: Damanhuri Abas

  • Abdul Salim Harun: PAP Must Stop Playing Racism Card

    Abdul Salim Harun: PAP Must Stop Playing Racism Card

    As a Singaporean Malay, I am deeply insulted with the PAP Government move to reserve the coming Presidential Election ONLY for Malay candidates.

    Frankly speaking, we need an Elected President base on his ability and credibility to lead and safeguard our Reserves, and NOT because of his race.

    By reserving the Presidential Election to the Malays, the PAP Government has in fact directly play the RACISM card, and looking down on the Malay Community as a whole.

    What happens to the values of Democracy and Meritocracy? Shouldn’t we be electing the best of the best to be elected as the President, regardless of race, language or religion?

    I will like to urge the Malay Community to speak up on this issue and say NO to this RACIST policy of the PAP Government.

    Ask the PAP Government why can’t we have DPM Tharman as our next Prime Minister, as he is the best choice to bring Singapore forward compared to the rest…

     

    Source: Abdul Salim Harun

  • MPV Taxis, Grab & Uber Discriminate Against Big Malay Families

    MPV Taxis, Grab & Uber Discriminate Against Big Malay Families

    Dear Editors,

    Grab, uber and taxis, stop bring prejudice towards big group of passengers! Your fare is so expensive and your drivers now are so picky. No wonder many of them are taking bus and trains instead of using all the 3 modes of transport.

    Sometimes, we Malays are going out with big families, and when we book GrabCar economy, or uber X and got an MPV like Toyota Estima, the drivers refused to pick us due to having 6 passengers, still come out with nonsense what 3 adults and 3 infant MPV cannot take. Then why uber and grab 4 seater allocate an MPV to do 4 seater job? You are the ones spoiling the market and now making we passengers suffer is it?

    And taxis also another kind, why when we flag MPV taxi they still want to charge additional $3 for each additional passenger when I am travelling with 3 more adults and 3 kids which 3 years old or younger? At least make the additional passenger surcharge $3 flat regardless of how many extra passengers la eh you think very funny is it? Additional $3 per extra passenger is no joke ok?

    Don’t come and give me nonsense that additional passenger means more fuel burnt ok? The bus take passengers till standing till the door those stand at the door ones paid extra?

    So grab, uber and taxis, wake up your idea before more passengers switching to take bus or MRT. I am so disgraceful to have such public service providers in Singapore. All money minded jerks.

    Anita
    A.S.S. Contributor

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

     

  • Noor Mastura: Is Singapore Relatively Racism-Free Because Singaporeans Are Naturally Nice Or Because Of Government Intervention?

    Noor Mastura: Is Singapore Relatively Racism-Free Because Singaporeans Are Naturally Nice Or Because Of Government Intervention?

    Hey Singapore.

    As I read all the posts today from my friends living in America – I can’t help but reflect as a Singaporean.

    The fact that Trump has gotten so far with his racist and xenophobic views does not show how good he is. It shows what America has become.

    Of course there are still incredible people on the ground, fighting the good fight and working hard to counter these views and many of my friends are amongst them – but there are millions who actually voted and support Trump and worse- his views.

    The upside of this is – if Trump never ran for Presidency, you would never know. You would never know that so many of your countrymen support xenophobia, racism and are misogynists. A scary revelation.

    Attacks on Muslims, Blacks & places of worship are on the rise. And these actions are validated and justified according to the attackers because the guy running for presidency supports it as well right?

    I wonder sometimes if Singapore is so ‘safe’ and ‘harmonious’ because we are genuinely nice people or because the government has set such stern laws against racism. What if that was lifted?

    How many of us would fight tooth and nail to keep the peace of our people?

    And would there actually be a bunch of us or worse, a whole lot of us – who will use that opportunity to finally vent out their vitriol and hate?

    What do you think?

     

    Source: Noor Mastura

     

  • Harasha Bafana: Government’s ‘Calibrated Meritocracy’ Approach Should Be Applauded

    Harasha Bafana: Government’s ‘Calibrated Meritocracy’ Approach Should Be Applauded

    Our Prime Minister announced in Parliament yesterday that the next presidential election, due next year, will be reserved for candidates from the Malay community: “That means if a qualified Malay candidate steps up to run, Singapore will have a Malay president again… this would be our first after more than 46 years, since our first president Encik Yusof Ishak. I look forward to this.”

    He also said that: “Every citizen, Chinese, Malay, Indian or some other race, should know that someone of his community can become President, and in fact from time to time, does become President.”

    I applaud this move.

    It’s a unique approach to a sensitive issue. I call this a ‘Calibrated Meritocracy’ approach, Singapore-style. The Malay candidate(s), after all, must still be qualified to enter the race (no pun intended) – but assuming that there is a primordial urge to vote for one’s own ethnic group, there is little hope that the Malay candidate will garner enough voter support. Hence the need for this provision.

    PM said in his speech that he’s doing this now “because it would be irresponsible of me to kick this can down the road and leave the problem to my successors.”

    I pray that this will not open a can of worms.

    After all, beyond the racial stereotype that had emerged over the decades, there ARE many successful Malays (& Muslims) in our midst. We just need a better way to bring them into the National Consciousness – an emerging trend over the last few years that I am pleased to note in various fields such as mass media, the military & other national leadership positions.

    Majulah Singapura.
    Regardless of Race, Language or Religion.
    Let’s all be one inclusive Singapore where our beautiful diversity is acknowledged & appreciated – even as we work hard to succeed in a merit-based playing field.

    … & One day soon, I hope that we will be mature enough as a society to remove the CMIO (Chinese/Malay/Indian/Others) organising principle. When that day arrives, we will no longer need special provisions such as this.

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    “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”
    ~ William Shakespeare

     

    Source: Harasha Bafana