Tag: Malays

  • Jeff Choi Posts Racist Comments Against Malays

    Jeff Choi Posts Racist Comments Against Malays

    Bro my friend share this FB user Jeff Choi kurang ajar.

    Fat fxxxxx racist!!! Ada dier cakapa Melayu semua bodoh dengan kulit gelap sebab Tuhan tak kasi makan babi.  Muka dier tu macam babi.

    Setan ni mengaku diri dier ex-gangster dier cabar siapa2 tak happy bleh cari dier. Kekek siak.

    Dier dah salah langgar ar.  Muka macam kena sampuk dengan babi.

    Share bro. Kasi ampai cari dier.

     

    Satria

  • Zaid Ibrahim: Malaysian Malays Must Stop Voting Among Race Or Religious Lines To Improve Government

    Zaid Ibrahim: Malaysian Malays Must Stop Voting Among Race Or Religious Lines To Improve Government

    KUALA LUMPUR — Malays can be strong, but they must stop voting along race or religious lines and instead choose a political party that will improve the government, former de facto law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said today (Dec 21).

    The Malay community could not work in isolation and needed other races for it to strengthen itself, Mr Zaid said in a rebuttal to Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s claim that Malay political power was weak that they had to “beg” from other races to win support.

    “If they can make that quantum leap and embrace a political party which will make the government better, instead of choosing the defender of race and religion, that will further their cause.

    “They must be willing to abandon the comfort of their own race or religious-based political party. That will mark a new beginning for us all,” said Mr Zaid in a post on his blog today.

    He added that Malays would only weaken themselves if they took the cue from their leaders and pitted themselves against the rest of Malaysian society. The notion that Malays could be stronger without the other races “is the idea of UMNO”, he added.

    “A nation’s progress is predicated on unity of purpose and optimising its people’s collective strength. This means that excluding non-Malays from the national agenda – as is practised today – actually weakens the Malays more than the non-Malays.

    “Superficially, the Malays may be seen as the ones in control, but the reality is far different. The decision-makers who frame national policies may be Malays but they do not have the financial and economic tools to empower other Malays to succeed on their own.

    “Consequently, future economic conditions will have to depend on Chinese money and human capital for it to be sustainable. If this analysis is proven correct, the only way the Malays can succeed is to collaborate and remain united with the rest of the Malaysian community.”

    Yesterday, Dr Mahathir said Malay political parties had turned the Malay community into beggars to the Chinese, as they had to woo the non-Malays to secure enough support to win elections.

    Dr Mahathir also claimed the divisions in the Malay community were to blame for its lagging economic performance.

    He said the country’s aim to become a developed nation by 2020 would bring little benefit to the Malays because of their weakness and disunity.

    However, Mr Zaid said today that the Malays’ economic performance depended on how united they were with other Malaysians, and not just among themselves.

    “There is no evidence to suggest that people of the same group or ethnicity can ever be united and strong just by being on their own.

    “They will just end up being insular and paranoid. In fact, there are many examples of communities growing stronger when they are united by diversity and a common purpose.”

    He added that the situation in Malaysia could change if the moderates, especially the Malays, became more assertive and not allow right-wing groups, such as Isma and Perkasa, dominate the limelight most of the time.

    “They must not expect that authoritarian rule to disappear without sacrifice and courage. Freedom, like breakfast, has a price.

    “Indonesians have paid that price for democracy with their lives, the least we can do is to be prepared to be hauled up to police lock-ups once in a while.”

    But he conceded that this was “easier said than done”, as Malays in business and in the government were hesitant to speak out and risk destroying their livelihood.

    Soon after Dr Mahathir’s remarks yesterday, Mr Zaid has also tweeted a response: “Tun, Malays are supporting DAP because UMNO is no longer relevant and PAS more suited in Baluchistan”. THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • The Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG) To Receive $250,000 Over The Next 5 Years

    The Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG) To Receive $250,000 Over The Next 5 Years

    The Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG) will receive S$250,000 over the next five years to help it operate more professionally, and to continue with its anti-terrorism efforts.

    The money will come from the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS). This was discussed during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday (Nov 25) between the group’s leaders and some Malay-Muslim MPs, including Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob and Minister-in -charge of Muslim Affairs, and Communications and Information Minister Yaacob Ibrahim.

    The group had requested for the meeting to share concerns on how to sustain its efforts going forward. For the past decade, the group has been rehabilitating terrorists and fighting terrorist ideologies.

    It also wanted its Resource and Counselling Centre at the Khadijah Mosque in Geylang to be professionally managed, with full-time staff. The Resource and Counselling Centre was launched four months ago and is managed by volunteers.

    Said Dr Yaacob: “They have done well. Of course, the continuing threat of terrorism will be there for them to challenge. But going forward, I think they see an expansion of their role going beyond just terrorism, but how they can promote religious and social harmony in Singapore. And I think as an entity, it is a question of what do you want to become in the future.”

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Students Overcome Personal Adversity To Pass PSLE

    Students Overcome Personal Adversity To Pass PSLE

    What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. For Safi Arinah Sa’ad, who survived a hit-and-run accident and brain surgery, that age-old saying is certainly true. And she has the stitches — all 29 of them — to prove it.

    During the June holidays, Safi Arinah and her family were on their way back from visiting her grandparents in Malaysia when the car they were travelling in was hit by a lorry.

    The impact of the accident flung Safi Arinah and her siblings out of the car, leaving her with a blood clot in her brain.

    One brain surgery, 29 stitches, a partially shaved head and several weeks later, Safi Arinah returned to school a week after the July term began, more determined than ever to give the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) her all.

    However, playing catch-up was an uphill struggle for the West Grove Primary School student, who suffered from lingering side effects brought on by the accident.

    “Sometimes I (get) headaches (when) I’m in school, so usually my teachers understand and … (let me) take a rest for a while.

    “If I’m at home, sometimes I cannot take it, so I will take painkillers,” said Safi Arinah, who has two CCAs in Art and Brownies.

    Still, Safi Arinah pushed through with resilience and determination, sacrificing recess to revise with her teachers and staying back after school to study with friends.

    Her efforts paid off and Safi Arinah scored 204 for her PSLE. Even though the score was lower than the 220 Safi Arinah was hoping for to enter the Express Stream in Hua Yi Secondary School, the Girl Guides enthusiast and her family are happy.

    “She’s healthy; that’s the main focus of my family … That she’s healthy and she went through PSLE so she doesn’t have to repeat one whole year just because of the accident,” said Safi Arinah’s mother, Madam Siti Habsah, who works as a management support officer at West Grove Primary School.

    Another student who has overcome the odds is Muhd Khairul Irzhan Rosli. Despite being forced to miss out on kindergarten due to financial difficulties, the Huamin Primary School hockey captain — who watched his father suffer a series of heart attacks, lose his job and the family home — managed to score 255 in his PSLE and enter Raffles Institution (RI) through the Direct School Admission.

    “I came in to Pri 1 a little bit later than all the others and I also skipped kindergarten, so I (was) a little bit bumpy in my studies,” said the Huamin Primary School student.

    “Throughout Pri 6, there were a lot of times when I wanted to give up. Sometimes when I obtained low scores, some of my friends … would make fun of me,” Khairul said.

    “It would take a few days or few weeks to toughen myself up because it really hurts (when) someone makes fun of you in front of a whole group of people,” he added.

    After his father suffered his first heart attack in 2010 and subsequently became unemployed, mortgage loan arrears forced the family to sell their Yishun flat near Huamin Primary School and move into a relative’s flat in Clementi earlier this year.

    Tired from the long commute between school and his relative’s home, Khairul said it also left him with little time to study.

    However, the determined young man has risen above the adversity, making his father proud.

    Khairul’s father, Mr Rosli Rashid, said he is happy with his son’s performance.

    “I’m very happy for him. As a father, I will try to do anything I can in order for me to support whatever (my children) want to (do). I really hope my health (allows) me to work more in order to support them in their education,” said Mr Rosli, who now works as a security executive.

    Excited about starting at RI in a few months’ time, Khairul said it has been his dream since he started playing hockey in Pri 2 to enrol in that school.

    “They have a rich … hockey background, so I believe over there, the teachers and students will help motivate me to continue,” Khairul said.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin: Don’t Kill Bahasa Melayu

    Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin: Don’t Kill Bahasa Melayu

    CANBERRA: Deputy Prime Minster Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Bahasa Melayu had a place as the language of knowledge and it should not be sacrificed amid efforts to empower the English language.

    In defending the government’s decision to revert the teaching of Science and Mathematics in Bahasa Melayu from English, the deputy prime minister made his stand clear on this.

    “As a Malaysian, I don’t think my language should be killed just because I want to strengthen English language usage,” he said during the question-and-answer session with members of the Malaysian community and students at a gathering, here, Tuesday night.

    The event held at the Malaysian High Commission premises in Canberra kicked off Muhyiddin’s three-day working visit to the Australian capital and Perth. He had flown into Canberra from Nagoya, Japan this afternoon after attending an international conference on education for sustainable development.

    Muhyiddin, who is Education Minister, said his views on this matter were not because he is Malay as it had more to do with his concern over the issue of imparting and absorbing knowledge in an effective manner.

    “This is not a question of my nationality because if Malaysia had not started that way (upholding Bahasa Melayu)…. it means for both subjects, Bahasa Melayu would just die,” he said.

    Muhyiddin explained that he would not be fair to Malaysian students if the move to teach Science and Mathematics in English was continued given the constraints faced by the ministry.

    He cited insufficient qualified teachers to carry out the task at hand as among the reasons the decision to revoke the teaching of Mathematics and Science in English was made in 2009.

    He pointed out that many of the teachers were the product of a system in which the medium of instruction was Bahasa Melayu.

    Muhyiddin said during the time that the policy was implemented, many teachers involved would automatically revert to Bahasa Melayu when students in Science and Mathematics classes failed to understand what was being taught, and this defeated the purpose of the introduction of the policy in the first place.

    “Maybe in your school, it is okay but for many other schools, ít’s not okay, as the teachers are not qualified, so the students don’t understand. But what is wrong with Bahasa Melayu (to teach Science and Mathematics)? So now we’ve gone back to Bahasa Melayu.

    “Ánd the students can understand. For me, I’m concerned about knowledge; Science is knowledge, Maths is knowledge. Language is the medium. So if you are concerned about English, I’ll teach you English,” he said.

    Muhyiddin cited Japan which excelled in various fields of knowledge despite everything being in Japanese.

     

    *Article first appeared on BERNAMA

    Source: www.malaysiandigest.com