The Singapore newspapers are truly counting on people to just quickly read the first few lines of their papers and then forming their opinions. Below, they have reported in such a way that it paints the image of various races of Malaysians rioting against each other!
Oi! We Malaysians are not out to kill each other. We are just miffed with our politicians and even so, the last thing any Malaysian wants to do is to engage in racial riots!
Hindraf is not aimed at causing or inciting hatred amongst Indians against the Malays. Far from it. Hindraf just wants the economic problems faced by the Indians to be taken care of.
People, whilst we can freely debate and argue our cases and views, we do have to be wary of what others, especially those with all interests to see Malaysia falls flat in its face are trying to do.
With reports like this, and mind you, their papers are always reporting things that way, you know how Temasek group and their friendlies will pounce on the Malaysian Bourse the moment our blue chip shares topple following unrests or adverse reporting on the economic and political situations. With our Ringgit only barely half of theirs, the great Malaysia sale to them is all year round!
They already own Southern Johore as far as they are concerned. They already have their hands on Telekom and TNB, as the current regime saw it fit to let them have. Being Singaporeans, they want more. And they will do all to get what they want.
They are twisting the causes fought by Malaysians, they want us all to hate each other. Don't let them. We fight our causes, by all means, but be wary of these "batu api".
Apart from that, guess what? They have made Singaporeans embrace the notion that the only reason that Malaysia's economy is going down the drain is because Tun Mahathir keeps condemning each move taken by the PM. Yeah, TDM, whose every word no newspaper is allowed to print, is the cause. Well, except for Malaysiakini which had the interview with the man not too long ago. So, Singaporeans say it is not because PM cannot do much or doesn't know what to do, instead, he just cannot do anything as he is being sabotaged by TDM. I told my Singapore counterparts to read Malaysiakini or Malaysia Today to find out how Malaysians feel. How many Malaysians don't share Singapore's love for our current premier.
Singapore wants Malaysia to continue to be headed by the current regime.They love being able to do what they like.
Can't say I blame them, actually. They get to reclaim areas so vast that Johore gets flooded every year since the last few years badly as the areas around the Causeway can no longer flow smoothly. Nobody is stoping them. In return, the Malaysian Government gets to tell Malayisans that they are going all out to defend Batu Putih. Singapore, in turn, and as usual gets more out of any deal, are getting more land in Johore. They will soon get to buy land, property, set up businesses and livelihood in Southern Johore freely without the need for passports, just easily gotten chipcards.
Maybe they had to pay for the same, maybe not. If they did, who pocketed the funds? But hey. Don't speculate. You're only going to spread rumours.
If you were Singapore, wouldn't you have loved it, too?
From the Straits Times
Dec 19, 2007
KL eyes mediators to soothe race woes
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA will set up panels of mediators across the country from early next year to try to calm racial disputes before they spin out of control, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
After 50 years of independence, race relations remain a thorny issue in a country that has suffered race riots.
Last week, the government jailed without trial five ethnic Indian activists from a group that brought more than 10,000 protesters into the streets over claims of race discrimination.
The panels of 10 to 15 people, drawn from unity department staff trained in mediation and neighbourhood watch officials, will work with the police and tackle problems on the ground to defuse any racial tension, the New Straits Times said.
'The committees have been given the task of achieving a win-win situation for all the parties concerned,' Azman Amin Hassan, the chief of Malaysia's national unity and integration department, told the paper.
The groups will initially be set up in the Malaysian capital and the surrounding state of Selangor, the northern island of Penang and southern Johor on the border with Singapore, it said.
'We are told that these are the states which have the most racial problems,' Mr Azman said, quoting federal police data.
Once informed by police of a clash or argument that might take on racial overtones, panel members would swing into action and try to resolve matters, he added.
Eventually, the government planned to widen the district-level panels to include grassroots leaders, local authorities and members of the police as well, Mr Azman said. -- REUTERS
Can't say I blame them, actually. They get to reclaim areas so vast that Johore gets flooded every year since the last few years badly as the areas around the Causeway can no longer flow smoothly. Nobody is stoping them. In return, the Malaysian Government gets to tell Malayisans that they are going all out to defend Batu Putih. Singapore, in turn, and as usual gets more out of any deal, are getting more land in Johore. They will soon get to buy land, property, set up businesses and livelihood in Southern Johore freely without the need for passports, just easily gotten chipcards.
Maybe they had to pay for the same, maybe not. If they did, who pocketed the funds? But hey. Don't speculate. You're only going to spread rumours.
If you were Singapore, wouldn't you have loved it, too?
From the Straits Times
Dec 19, 2007
KL eyes mediators to soothe race woes
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA will set up panels of mediators across the country from early next year to try to calm racial disputes before they spin out of control, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
After 50 years of independence, race relations remain a thorny issue in a country that has suffered race riots.
Last week, the government jailed without trial five ethnic Indian activists from a group that brought more than 10,000 protesters into the streets over claims of race discrimination.
The panels of 10 to 15 people, drawn from unity department staff trained in mediation and neighbourhood watch officials, will work with the police and tackle problems on the ground to defuse any racial tension, the New Straits Times said.
'The committees have been given the task of achieving a win-win situation for all the parties concerned,' Azman Amin Hassan, the chief of Malaysia's national unity and integration department, told the paper.
The groups will initially be set up in the Malaysian capital and the surrounding state of Selangor, the northern island of Penang and southern Johor on the border with Singapore, it said.
'We are told that these are the states which have the most racial problems,' Mr Azman said, quoting federal police data.
Once informed by police of a clash or argument that might take on racial overtones, panel members would swing into action and try to resolve matters, he added.
Eventually, the government planned to widen the district-level panels to include grassroots leaders, local authorities and members of the police as well, Mr Azman said. -- REUTERS
Days of Hesitant Writings Began, reluctantly, on Dec 2, 2007
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