Don't Forget or Pretend to......

It was a joke when the BN BBC members went to Taiwan for a study tour, but it was a bigger joke when the PKR sent their team in pursuit to the same hotel in Taiwan. I hope the people realized by now who is the bigger clown among the two. For God sake grow up and stop messing around with the country future.

Don't forget what they said: The generosity and kindness of the Malays are time tested. The sound minded forefathers from the other races were examplary too. Let’s see if the current generations could match the love of the country more then their love for power and lust. For those who have no patience will never made a good leader. Whatever it is NOBODY has the right to put this country at ransom.

Tun Tan Siew Sin, Presiden MCA dalam akhbar tempatan bertajuk "Tun Tan Answers Critics on Special Privileges" dalam ucapan pada 30 April1969.

"The Malays, through UMNO, were generous enough to relax the citizenship laws of this country to such an extent that within 12 months of independence, 90 percent of the non-Malays had become citizens whereas before independence 90 percent were still non-citizens after nearly 100 years of colonial rule in the MalayStates. In return for this major concession, the MCA and the MICagreed to continue the policy of preserving the special position ofthe Malays while at the same time upholding the legitimate interests of other communities.''

Terjemahan :Dalam ucapannya bertajuk Menjawab Kritikan Mengenai Keistimewaan Orang Melayu, yang dilaporkan akhbar pada 30 April 1969, Presiden MCA, TunTan Siew Sin berkata Orang Melayu menerusi UMNO bermurah hati melonggarkan syarat-syarat dalam undang-undang negara ini sehinggakan dalam masa 12 bulan selepas kemerdekaan, 90 peratus penduduk bukan Melayu telah menjadi warganegara, berbanding keadaan sebelum merdeka di mana 90 peratus daripada mereka masih bukan diiktirafkan sebagai rakyat setelah hampir 100 tahun hidup di bawah pemerintahan penjajah di negeri-negeri Melayu. Dan sebagai membalas kemurahan hati Orang Melayu, MCA dan MIC bersetuju meneruskan dasar memelihara dan menghormati kedudukan istimewa Orang Melayu dan sekali gus mempertahankan kepentingan-kepentingan sah masyarakat kaum lain.

Sumber : Tan Sri Haji Khalid Awang Osman, Malaysia – An Anthology,Vantage Press, New York, tanpa tarikh, halaman 38-39.

Ucapan YB Tun V.T. Sambanthan, Presiden MIC merangkap Menteri KerjaRaya, Pos dan Telekom di Dewan Rakyat pada 01 Jun 1965.

"Now, in 1955 we won the elections with a great majority. Then we obtained freedom in two years time. During this period, we had todiscuss citizenship and various other things. Now, what did the Malays do – since we are speaking on racial lines – what did the Malay leadership do?They had 88 percent of the electorate still with them. What did they do with citizenship?

If we look around in Asia and East Asia, particularly, you will find that my race the Indian race, is not welcomed in Ceylon, is not welcomed in Burma. Look at my brother Chinese race, it is not welcomed in Thailand, in Vietnam, in Cambodia, in all the other areas. What help do they get for citizenship in all these territories? In Burma, as we know, Indians have been send packing, in Ceylon they refused them citizenship and in Burma it is likewise. I know it, you know it.And yet in Malaya what happened? Here, we found that the Malay leadership said, " We shall take them unto ourselves as brothers, we shall give them full opportunity to live in this country, we shall give them every opportunity to become citizens". And so, in 1957, for the whole year, we waived language qualifications, and tens ofthousands of Indians, Chinese, Ceylonese and others became citizens...

As I said, it has been my great good fortune to have been born in this country. Where else can you find a more charitable, a more polite, amore decent race than the Malay race?Where else can you get such politically decent treatment for any immigrant race? Where else in the history of the world ? I ask you.These are the facts. Who are you to safeguard us? I am 10 percent minority race here. But I am happy here."

Terjemahan :Pada 01 Jun 1965, Tun Sambanthan merangkap Menteri Kerja Raya, Pos dan Telekom dalam ucapanya berkata, "Pada tahun 1955 kita telah memenangi pilihan raya dengan majoriti yang tinggi selanjutnya mendapat kemerdekaan dua tahun kemudian.

Dalam jangka masa itu kita terpaksa berbincang dan menangani pelbagai perkara termasuk kewarganegaraan. Persoalannya di sini, apakah yang dilakukan oleh Orang Melayu memandangkan kita bercakap menyentuh perkauman? Apakah yang dilakukan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin Melayu? Mereka mempunyai 88 peratus daripada pengundi menyokong mereka. Apakah yang mereka putuskan mengenai isu kewarganegaraan? Jika kita lihat diserata negara Asia dan Asia Timur, kita akan mendapati kaum India tidak akan diterima di Ceylon dan juga tidak diterima di Burma. Danlihat kepada saudara kita kaum Cina, mereka tidak diterima diThailand, Vietnam, Kemboja dan di negara-negara lain. Dan apakah bantuan berhubung kewarganegaran yang mereka perolehi di semua wilayah tersebut?

Di Burma, seperti yang kita semua sedia maklum, kaum india telah diusir keluar, di Ceylon mereka tidak diberikan taraf warganegara seperti juga di Burma. Saya tahu dan anda juga tahu. Dan dalam pada itu apa yang sedang berlaku di Malaya?

Di sini kita mendapati pemimpin Melayu berkata, " Kita akan menerima mereka sebagai saudara, kita akan berikan mereka sepenuh peluang untuk meneruskan kehidupan di negara ini, kita akan beri mereka setiap peluang untuk menjadi warganegara. Dan seterusnya pada tahun 1957,dengan tidak mengambil kira kebolehan berbahasa (Melayu), ribuan orangIndia , Cina dan Ceylon menjadi warganegara".

Seperti yang saya nyatakan, saya amat bernasib baik kerana dilahirkan di negara ini.. Di manakah anda boleh jumpa bangsa yang lebih prihatin,bersopan-santun, dan tertib selain dari Bangsa Melayu. Di manakah anda boleh mendapat layanan politik yang baik untuk kaum pendatang? Dimanakah dalam sejarah dunia? Saya bertanya kepada anda. Ini adalah fakta. Siapakah anda untuk menjaga keselamatan kami? Saya adalah kalangan 10 peratus kaum minoriti di sini. Tetapi saya amat gembira disini."

Sumber : Tan Sri Haji Khalid Awang Osman, Malaysia – An Anthology,Vantage Press, New York, tanpa tarikh, halaman 60