Ladies and Gentlemen,
Singapore state controlled newspaper Straits Times online edition of Sept 17, 2010 has the story "No push to woo Malay migrants. Govt will rely on scholarships and jobs, says DPM Wong". In it, the Singapore Minister claims that "Singapore will not actively woo ethnic Malay immigrants". He says "What we cannot do is to go overseas and target specific ethnic groups to come to Singapore".
The Minister is not surprisingly lying again through his teeth, but in a country like Singapore where the entire media is state owned like the former Soviet Union or present day Communist China, he can of course get away with it. Except for the Internet, you can't really challenge him on it. Just as you couldn't in former Soviet Russia.
But unless we are blind, we can all see the truth, which is, the government favors Chinese immigration over Malays and Indians. And the truth is that Singapore does actively woo Chinese immigrants from Communist China with Singapore government agencies all over China advertising for immigrants. Through these advertisements in China, Singapore continues to attract all manner of Chinese in the hundreds of thousands to work in Singapore at all levels from dishwasher to Geylang independent contractor prostitutes. This active recruitment of Chinese nationals has been going on for decades. Only difference now is the recruitment effort has been heightened to bring in even larger numbers. You can see if you have eyes that Singapore is awash with Chinese faces, all recent immigrants from China though the extensive advertising which the Singapore government does to attract them. It did not happen by itself.
As for the Indians, a much smaller number is brought mainly to work as computer engineers in which they are skilled. But Indians are not brought in for the trade of dishwashers or freelance prostitutes or other menial non technical work like the Chinese. It is much harder for an Indian to immigrate into Singapore.
The race of people almost neglected by the government are the Malays. Even though the Malays have more children that the Chinese, no matter how big their families are, Lee Kuan Yew is determined to counter them by even larger Chinese human imports. With the present policy of this government, the Malay race is doomed. They are what the World Wildlife Organization calls "endangered species" when referring to animals.
I was reading yesterday that even though Malays do not emigrate in as large numbers as the Chinese and despite the fact that they have larger families, their numbers are in fact shrinking. In 2007, they were 15% of the population. Today they are 13%. This only happens with Lee Kuan Yew bringing in planeloads of riff raff from China, from waitresses who moonlight as prostitutes to Chinese hawkers in Chinatown.
Come on guys, this is not fair. In Singapore all races are supposed to be equal. Chinese are no more equal to others. Like the pigs in George Orwell's 1984 had said " Four legs are good but two legs are better". You see the pigs decided to walk on the hind legs! This is exactly what is happening there. The Chinese suddenly have got preferential treatment since Lee Kuan Yew is Chinese, just like the pigs in Orwell's 1984; so the Chinese get the bread and the Malays get the crumbs.
If there is any Malay out there reading this, no violence please, because that is wrong. Violence did not achieve anything. But if you were so enraged as to boil with rage, there is not a single decent two legged human who would not understand. Please remember, your quarrel is not with your fellow Chinese Singaporeans because it is not their fault. Your anger should be directed to Lee Kuan Yew and his government who take your country away from you. Remember it is yours as much as it is Chinese. Don't stand for it.
Cry foul to High Heavens and demand your rights. Don't stand for it like you have done so far.
Salaam.
Gopalan Nair
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I remember back in 1995 when I was serving my NS, I was assigned a new driver (chinese) to my battalion who cannot understand any command in English. I found that very strange cos even my hokkien soldiers (local bengs)can still comprehend basic instruction in English. Been Singapore chinese myself I engage him in a conversation in Mandarin. It turns out that he was in fact born and breed i Fujian china, and was offered by our government full citizenship if he were to serve NS in Singapore. In addition, all his family members i.e. Mom, dad, 2 sister will get pink IC + passport the lot , RIGHT after NS. I was very surprise as I never knew these deals existed. As a local breed I had to drag my ass back from Down under to save my bond and my right to exist. This bloke just got throw into the army to drive. Given the fact that he cannot understand any english, I doubt he even had BMT.
Another example is my taiwanese friend was given a PR (1998)right after graduating in Australia and then within 2 years (needed to stay only 6 months in 2 yrs) he got citizenship without serving a day in the army.
As a local born I have no problem with having immigrants to the country. If we need them sure that them in. After all we are sons of immigrants ourselves. but It must be done in a fair and open way. at least the guy in my first example served NS. There should not be any secrecy.
I serve to protect my country and that is comprise of all colours. That been said my malayu or baayi buddy is more singaporean than any imports will every be.
Proud to have served,
Proud to be a Singaporean.
I don't care what colour you are, I don't care if you are a cook or a clerk or combat vocation in NS, if you served you are one of us.
Here is one youtube video that truely spell out the sentiments of us NSmen. One reason I left singapore myself. Thanks to my education.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMxTcRs3KDU
LTA EuroBeng
If there is any Malay out there reading this, no violence please, because that is wrong.
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Anyone can see your hipocrisy. You really want to instigate the Malays to forment anger and hopefully voilence.
Trying to use reverse psychology ?.
go and make a life in US where you are a citizen now and not cause the innocent to become victims.
I know why LKY is importing the masses of riff raff from China NOW. Not only does he wants to maintain the hegemony of the PAP in Singapore, but doing it now because after he passes on, he is afraid that his son would not be able to maintain the monopoly of the Chinese dominated majority govt. He is bringing them in BEFORE he dies!
But you know Gopalan, these riff raff will wisen up soon too. After citizenship is fast given, they will use it to go to the US, UK, EU, AUST, CANADA, etc. Why would they want to live in a steamy sticky small piece of land like Stinkapore and have flooding problems every other day?
With these constant flooding, the land size gets smaller, driving up housing prices. People will know which areas to avoid.
I am a Malay from Stinkapore who has emigrated to Australia, and do not hold its passport anymore. Yes, I feel angry to be crowded out of my country by these uncouth Chinese. I was discriminated for jobs and schools. But you know, God works in mysterious ways. If not for those disadvantages, I would not be here in Oz where I am most happy. I am confident I will live a happy life here as compared to the rat race in good ol' Stinkapore.
When these uncouth Chinese realize it, they will leave for greener pastures again, just like when they did coming to Stinkapore in the first place.
Not only that, the SG born uncouth Chinese too will wisen up that there are better places in this world to live in during their short lives. Why would they not want to enjoy it?
What you are left with are those who cannot emigrate out because of finances or a lack of education. These are the Stinkaporeans that the PAP actually dream to rule over in the coming years.
Gopalan, WE are the lucky ones actually!
The Malays has governed the whole of Malaysia and look what have they done to their own country. Their Ringgit exchange rate to Australia can only buy them a garage space in Australia.
Over the past 40 years the Malays proved their incapability to perform (given the whole country 100s x the size of Singapore).
So you still want to invite them to your home? Once they are in your house they will wait for you to feed them.
While the Chinese are good at manufacturing goods and products for export, the Malays are good at making more babies of their own kind and wait for you to feed them too.
SO the moral of the story is which one you prefer to import?
To Anonymous of Sept 17, 2010, 0650,
You miss the entire point of my blog post. Malays Chinese Indians have equal rights under the Constitution, not more rights for Chinese because you claim they are hardworking.
Second your assessment of a people based on how much capital they have accumulated is not what others accept. Malaysia may not have that capital but are not Malays a happier people than Singaporeans? Even New Zealand or Australia itself may not have what Singapore has but have not they prduced Edmund Hilary, 1953 Mount Everest and the teenager girl from Australia who sailed round the world recently, and Peter Snell Olympic champion middle distance?
Singapore children are so afraid even to cross the road!
2 to 3 people jump to their deaths in Lee Kuan Yew's Alice in Wonderland, nobody wants to have any children and everyone wants to escape from the island if possible.
If given the true facts of what Singapore is, which I am trying to do here, most migrants would want to emigrate to Malaysia anytime, rather than to Singapore.
And as for all that money that you talk about that Singapore has, do you have any, or is it Lee Kuan Yew who has it all?
You are not fooling me, Anonymous.
And one more thing, to the same Anonymous,
The only reason why Gopalan Nair is the way he is is becasue he left Singapore as a very young man and is the product of Western education and experiences. Hand I remained all my life in Singapore, I dare say I would have ended up like you, unable to think beyond the box and afraid to cross the street, like you are.
Constitution rights does not put food on the the table only manufacturing things for people do.
Consitution rights only put food on the table for lawyers, the legalised crook. cheat, conman and trouble makers.
Says who that Malays in Malaysia are happier people than the Chinese or Indians. 80% of the Malaysian economy are owned and run by the Asian Chinese and of course hard work reap their own rewards. Bad trees grow bad food and must be chopped off, says Jesus.
You want to grow bad trees in your garden? Of ocurse we want to grow trees that produce good fruits and importing Chinese is much preferred choice (if you have a choice you use it) than Malays. Chinese can put food on the table, control and manage the economy and take care of the family (育家久育国) and country.
Constitution don't put food on the table for the people but for lawyers only.
Yopu say: Even New Zealand or Australia itself may not have what Singapore has but have not they prduced Edmund Hilary, 1953 Mount Everest and the teenager girl from Australia who sailed round the world recently, and Peter Snell Olympic champion middle distance?
Singapore children are so afraid even to cross the road!
I say: You are curry flavour the Ang mohs for doing nothing glamours than doing stupid thing that the Chinese don't even consider doing.
What is so great about climbing Mount Everest? How many ang mohs have died climbing Mount Everest to just produce one Edumon Hilary? If there is profit to climb this mountain they Chinese would have done it during the Qing, Ming dynasty. Everyday Chinese people have to shit and they know shits can only go only way that is going down and why bother to know why it only goes down? But it took one ang moh to sit under an apple tree to tell you why everything has to fall to the ground and found gravity.
What so great about one stupid small girl sailing round the world by herself. You think she can do it on her own, without any make in China products in her boat? You know and we know for a young girl to do such a thing is dangerous and why bother to do such a thing when you know she can die from it. Hey！ in this case I give you an idea and you can become a hero. Take 2 live wires 240Vac and you hold it and say you won't die from it!
You think the Chinese don't dare to climb Mount Everest, sail round the world alone? These are the things we leave it to 'mad' angmoh race to do it. The Chinese already control 80% of the SEA economy and soon to be No 1 world economy and will be controlling the Angmoh economy too and you thing that is not an achievement? Everything is made in China is not good enough to tell you what the Chinese can do?
Hey! don't need to climb Mount Everest? Have you heard of this joke, let' this unlce tell you. LKY want to send a Sinkie to climb Mt Everest and he interviews his candidates. First he interviews an angmoh and angmoh wants $1M dollar. LKY ask why he wants so much money and angmoh says angmoh is good at climbing mountains and justify paying that much. Next LKY interview a Malay, and this Mat wants $2M and citing he got 4 wives to feed and justfy $2M. Next he interviews a Chinese and the Chinese wants $3M. He asked why $3M and the Chinese says $1M he (LKY) keep and $1M the Chinese keep and the other $1M send the Angmoh up to climb Mt Everest for Singapore.
The Chinese is good at what they are doing what they are doing and that is cutting business deal and they know climbing mountains are stupid things to do and might as well leave it to stupid people who think climbing such a mountain is an achievement and at the end of the day doing it 'for fuck' we ALL are wondering?
It's obvious that you have a chip on your shoulder. Maybe you were discriminated against as an Indian in a mainly Chinese country. But remember this -- Singapore is where it is mainly because of its Chinese citizens. If you'd like, see how your Indian brethren are treated in Malaysia (I think you already know). And Indians in Singapore generally enjoy a standard of living far higher than they would back "home" in India. The problem with you is, you are insufficiently grateful for the blessings that you've received. And do you suppose that America doesn't have racism? Demogogues like you always spoil the sanctity of democracy by playing on people's fears, ignorance and gullibility, by overplaying and exaggerating problems and pitting one group of people against another, just so you can win votes. Here's a thought: you relinquished your Singapore citizenship for an American one. Why don't you stick to American affairs -- there's plenty to talk about with the rise of the Tea Party (yeah, they'll accept you! *Laugh*).
I have not comment for a while.
1. I noticed about Singaporeans' expectation is that the road has to be built before they will travel on it.
Adventurers like Edmund Hilary, Jessica Watson and Peter Snell have to overcome a lot of resistance from those around them before and after chasing their dreams. Such is real life. Accept it.
2. Singaporeans still cannot think, express themselves and have their own opinions. They are uncomfortable with complex issues and afraid to face problems/obstacles in life.
- Instigating the Malay? So what? LKY and PAP do it all the time. Learn to deal with it.
- Comparing Malaysia with Singapore when commenting about Malays' traits is like comparing Singapore and Taiwanese when talking about Chinese (Selfish, violent, no moral). Wrong analysis, Wrong conclusion. Wrong Wrong Wrong.
- Standard of living in Singapore. An expat called it a cattle class country. So long as the islanders can be convinced that it is liveable, well good luck to a new pop target of 6.5mil people.
Finally, long live the PAP demagogues! How did they managed to get away with their crimes against the country? Because voters failed to see that PAP has "spoil the sanctity of democracy by playing on people's fears, ignorance and gullibility, by overplaying and exaggerating problems and pitting one group of people against another, just so they can win votes." (taken from Anon, Sat Sep 18, 09:29:00 AM)
The Han Chinese are basically a racist lot, and their leader in Singapore, LKY, is a shining example.
The Han men think that they are superior.
But, Han women know better, and are marrying us Ang Moh's by the dozen.
The Han men hate us for that.
Gopalan Nair,
Please create a twitter account.
Thank you.
to anonymous who wrote on 17 Sept at 10;08, I am most happy and impressed that you made the brave and bold move to Australia.
I moved to Canada and I can assure you that the move that I made was a great blessing. Thank God for it.
But now sometimes I just like to poke fun at the PAPn and their pets.
Nair,
The late Tunku make a big mistake. He should arrested the arrongant b*****d long ago and jailed him instead of kicked him out from Malaysia.
Now we can't do anything except wait for him to kick the bucket.
The late Tunku make a big mistake.
Yes. If only he had arrested and jailed LKY under the ISA for his racist and seditious actions.
Don't you all agree that the worst mistakes are mistakes made by S'poreans and those who are still in their sleep.
To the anon who wrote ...
"The Chinese is good at what they are doing what they are doing and that is cutting business deal"
I mix a lot with the Chinese from Fiji to Mauritius To Rio de Janeiro. Yes, they are practical people trying to make a living overseas because they would rather escape problems than face them.
It is a vicious cycle. Chinese also do not want to be policemen because it is something they look down on. In the end, in the many Chinatowns they settle in around in, they are extorted by their ruffians and gangsters countrymen.
As for cutting deals, Singaporean Chinese are not the shrewdest.
To the anon who wrote ...
"The Chinese is good at what they are doing what they are doing and that is cutting business deal"
I mix a lot with the Chinese from Fiji to Mauritius To Rio de Janeiro. Yes, they are practical people trying to make a living overseas because they would rather escape problems than face them.
It is a vicious cycle. Chinese also do not want to be policemen because it is something they look down on. In the end, in the many Chinatowns they settle in around in, they are extorted by their ruffians and gangsters countrymen.
As for cutting deals, Singaporean Chinese are not the shrewdest.
Heh, I had to laugh when I read the priceless line: "Singapore is where it is mainly because of its Chinese citizens" from Anon Sat Sep 18, 09:29:00 AM PDT. That's one that goes in the same bin with "Singapore is a poor, resourceless island" and "LKY transformed a swampy, mosquito-infested fishing village into a modern day metropolis". It is said that the victor gets to write history according to his whim but that is a far, far harder trick to pull off today in the age of the Internet.
Anon, an ANGMOH named Sir Stamford Raffles made Singapore what it is today, beginning in 1819, not the hordes of Chinese coolies who flocked over to labour in its godowns. If not for his foresight and managerial skills and the global clout of the British East India Company, you simply wouldn't be here, despite your Chinese Spiderman so-called business skills. That is a historical fact you cannot erase however chauvinistic you choose to be. Does that stick in your craw?
Pay attention now. Virtually all the greatest inventions of the Chinese people - papermaking, the compass, gunpowder, and printing - were done before the advent of the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD). After that came the rise of Imperial sovereignty which crushed all who opposed the Emperor and chilled the flower of creativity for the next thousand years. Does that sound familiar in the context of Singapore and the rise of Lee? Innovation demands the freedom to dream, to never accept the status quo ante as engraved in tablets of stone - and that is an attitude anathema to any authoritarian regime.
Think I exaggerate? Then name one world-beating Chinese invention of modern times that has swept all before it. Where's the internal combustion engine, lasers, transistors, radar, aircraft, medical advances... Well? China is where it is today because it is the world's biggest sweatshop, willing to accept a pittance for work done manufacturing or recycling what others have designed whatever the cost to its people or environment. It creates nothing. It can only absorb at best one-third of all it manufactures. As we saw last year, when customers stop buying The Middle Kingdom has a seizure. Only the fat accumulated over the last 2 decades saved it from a triple bypass.
There is nothing particularly special about being Chinese or Indian or Malay or any other race. We're all members of the human race. But that a political party would seek to gain electoral advantage by using the powers of state to enforce dominance of one racial group over another... now THAT is special and THAT is the real crime.
Mycroft...your input the best.
I totally agree with Gopalan. FULL STOP!
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