Sorry LKY, you are not correct in your analysis. BN govt sacrifices talents from all Malaysians to keep their power alive. It has nothing to do with race, although on the surface it seems that way (UMNO always use racist rhetorics) but that is not the whole and correct picture. Non-UMNO associated Malay professionals/talents/elites are also victims for sure. These career-aspired Malays migrated to UK and Australia, not in a small number.
In Malaysia, it is never about one race on top, but UMNO on top, not PAS or PKR -- even though they are Malay-led opposition parties. It is always about politics, that the ruling UMNO is using racial card as a scare tactic or a threat.
I always believe that, using racism perspectives to analyse Malaysia is actually also serving the interest to his own party agenda, to constantly remind his citizens (majority chinese) with that distorted analysis with the hidden message (isi tersirat): 'be thankful and grateful that we are not like them'. This is no less a scare tactic also.
In Malaysia, it is never about one race on top, but UMNO on top, not PAS or PKR -- even though they are Malay-led opposition parties. It is always about politics, that the ruling UMNO is using racial card as a scare tactic or a threat.
I always believe that, using racism perspectives to analyse Malaysia is actually also serving the interest to his own party agenda, to constantly remind his citizens (majority chinese) with that distorted analysis with the hidden message (isi tersirat): 'be thankful and grateful that we are not like them'. This is no less a scare tactic also.
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hi cheehan,
happen to see your posting whilst doing some reading (the power of googling)
I agree that all is done in the name of dominance & politics.
And politics, its a matter of perception and a tad of marketing.
The ruling is in a time warp. The ruling side,its stuck in its beginning days. A majority race dominance within communalism.
In time, every form of politics has its time. And Malaysians are in the crossroads of a transition. GE13 seems to the litmus test of it.
Personally, i feel the article its a "summarized" version.
The statement made by the article or maybe LKY, its a general perception of how Malaysian politics and it can be openly interpreted in many ways.
Thanks Jen Hui for taking the trouble for leaving a comment.
I am actually not surprised that he thought that way and prefer to interpret that way to serve his narrative of the Singapore he helped to construct, and to protect his legacy.
In the past, only those in power can control the media and build the perception. Nowadays, the influence of social media and the birth of strong civil society, the perception is changing fast in Malaysian politics. But our poor old LKY still stuck in the past.
He is actually a counterpart of Mahathir (although achieved so much better than Mahathir in terms of economic development), he is inherently a racist too (yes, even though he is much subtle if compared to the outspoken racist like Mahathir).
My mind and thoughts are very much closer to Josh Hong's on LKY (go check out his recent english Mkini article)
http://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/238000
Better still if you can read chinese, he wrote another one more elaborately in Oriental Daily
http://www.orientaldaily.com.my/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=68829:&Itemid=201
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