Non Malays in civil service

The STAR quoted an asemblyman as saying;the 8,372-strong civil service of the Malaysian state of Johor has only 10 Chinese and 116 Indians.Bentayan assemblyman Gwee Tong Hian said in terms of percentage, Indians and Chinese made up 1.39 percent and 0.12 percent of the state civil service respectively.Gwee said the statistics were given to him in a written reply from Minister Abdul Ghani Othman.
Now let's hear from the MB Ghani, he said that in 2007, only five Indians applied for jobs in the civil service, with only two being short-listed and appointed and there were no Chinese applicants that year.
He added that in 2008, there were seven Indian applicants. Only four were appointed. As for Chinese applicants, only five applied, two were short-listed and appointed.
He said the commission had also taken initiatives to encourage non-Malays to join the civil service with programmes initiated by the state's Economic Planning Unit and Jobstreet.com.
Yes Ghani, I believe you that you are sincere and serious about allowing non-malays in the civil service. Let me tell you a story wait make it two; my cousin have been trying for a federal government and the Penang state civil service job for the last two years and she has not even received an interview appointment. Another cousin of mine from Perak even went to meet the MB, Zamby and what he received was only a support letter from him to the secretary of civil service and period. These are the two cases that happened within my family circle. So Ghani and your fellow UMNO government please don't wayang kulit with us!

Malays too can be successful

I am not sure why PERKASA under the leadership of Ibrahim Ali with the support of the past PM of Malaysia Mahathir are claiming that the Malay rights need to be protected at all cause. Are they saying that the Malays are too weak to be successful and they need government interference and aid to be successful?
Perkasa even talked about Malays being threaten in their own homeland and are still weak who need crutches to protect them from "too advance" non-Malays. They even went as far as to pull a dramatic stunt by saying that the non-malays would take over the nation and sidelined the malays if the Malays are not united.Two questions came to my mind;
a) Why does PERKASA think that the Malays were not capable to stand on their own feet? Doesn't this akin Perkasa looking down upon their own races capabilities.
b) What was the UMNO led government doing for the last 50 over years about this disparities? Shouldn't their NEP policies would have made them much stronger and competitive with others who are not so lucky to enjoy any affirmative programs like the Malays.
I know that there are many Malays who are more professional, more progressive and more focused on what is necessary and required to advance the community's economic cause without such warlike and anti-social siege mentality. In the private sector I have seen such individuals who does not need any affirmative action plan to make them successful as they stand tall with non-malays. They are proud of their achievements and rightfully they should be!

The Familiar Islamic Practice in Malaysia

NST quoted that Guests at the Penarik Inn in Kuala Terengganu were flabbergasted by the actions of a group of men said to be from the state Religious Affairs Department (JHEAT) who conducted a raid yesterday morning.Guests claimed they were rudely awakened at 2.25am by loud, incessant banging on their chalet doors.
Haniffah Mariati Mohamed, 55, said the men even threatened to break the door open when she told them to wait for her to put on her headgear (tudung).
"They went away after the door was opened and I told them I was staying at the chalet alone," she said, adding that they never showed any authority cards or warrants to conduct the raid despite claiming they were from JHEAT.
Haniffah was outraged when she saw one of the men peeping through a window about 20 minutes later."I screamed at the top of my lungs. It was very rude of them to peep into my room like that." Chalet operator Mohd Baharudin Mohd Said, 63, said this was not the first such incident. "They would normally come after midnight and question my guests without even informing me about their intentions."I have a register of all my guests and I would give them full cooperation if they had approached me first," he said, adding that he only came to know about the raid when some guests complained.
He said during the raid yesterday, a couple was taken away by the group and were only sent back at 6am after they proved that they were legally married.
"It was a harrowing experience for them. They checked out immediately and I don't know if they will ever stay at my chalet again."
Baharudin lodged a police report about the incident at the Penarik police station at 9am yesterday. "I hope the authorities will look into this as it could hurt the state's reputation as a tourist destination."
I asked my Muslim friends about this act by JHEAT to which they say that this is un-islamic to their knowledge as common sense have not prevailed at any time. Well who am I to say what I think about this as I would be " *Gunasekaraned" by the UMNO Muslims!
* Gunasekaraned - to be harassed and threatened because of writing your perspective on Islam being a non-muslim.

My Name is Khan

Yesterday I watched a Hindi movie titled My Name is Khan starring Shah Rukh Khan and by the way he is a big name in Bollywood,Mumbai. It is an interesting story about how the lives of Muslims in America were changed after Sept 11 or 9/11 for short. It depicts how the Muslims were mistreated by the general American public and how they lived in fear of racial attacks post 9/11. Some even shaved their beard which is considered a religious symbol to the Muslim and the women removed their "hijab" or "tudung' just to be avoid any unruly treatment. The character Khan after losing his son due to school bullies also lost his wife's love as she blamed him for their son's death as he carried his surname "Khan". Hence Khan set out on a quest to meet the President of USA to tell him that his name is Khan an he is not a terrorist. The moral is to tell the audience that racial profiling and prejudice is unwarranted for mankind to live in peace. I could fully relate to this story in Malaysia as that's how the citizens were profiled either as a 'Bumi' or 'Non-Bumi'. My name warrants the government and its mechanism to marginalise me and refuse me of my rights in this country of which I was born. It's just because my name is Ah Kow, Muthu, Ramasamy or Ah Chong and I am called a 'pendatang' because of my name.We cry out loud if any Muslims were discriminated in other part of the world but we do the same here in this country do those who are non-Muslims. Why am I being treated differently compared to the Malay-Muslims? Will it make a difference if I changed my name to Mohammad,Najib,Muhyiddin or Ibrahim Ali? Even an illegal of Muslim faith are treated with respect compared to us who are born in this country.
By the way my name is Ah Kow and Muthu and I too am Malaysian!

Is this considered double standard

The Star - Malay rights group Perkasa has been given a publication permit to print Suara Perkasa.
Its president Datuk Ibrahim Ali said the publication may turn into a daily if the demand was great.Thanking the Home Ministry for granting the permit to the non-governmental organisation, Ibrahim said it would kick off as a fortnightly.
He said that readers would be enlightened to facts chiding certain portals for presenting “selective” facts that did not portray the real picture.
He even said that “People are fed-up reading twisted facts,” he said.
Is he talking about the main media or the alternative, looking forward for the real facts Ibrahim.Anyway wonder how come Perkasa could get the approval from Home Ministry but thereare many other application pending for a long period? Ajaib bin Aneh.

Malaysia Boleh

I received this in my mail, really funny but to think about it there could be some truth to it!

Where to Cross The Border?

If You Cross The North Korean Border Illegally
You get 12 years Hard Labour.
If You Cross The Iranian Border Illegally
You Are Detained Indefinitely.
If You Cross The Afghan Border
Illegally, You Get Shot.
If You Cross The Saudi Arabian Border Illegally
You Will Be Jailed.
If You Cross The Chinese Border Illegally
You May Never Be Heard Again.
If You Cross The Venezuelan Border Illegally
You Will Be Branded A Spy And Your Fate Will Be Sealed.
If You Cross The Cuban Border Illegally
You Will Be Thrown Into Political Prison To Rot.
If You Enter Britain Illegally
You Will be Arrested, Prosecuted And Sent To Prison And Deported
If You Are An Indonesian AND ILLEGALLY CROSS THE MALAYSIAN BORDER
YOU GET:
- MyPR (Permanent Residence / Pemastautin Tetap)
- A Driving License,
- Voting Rights
- Job Reservation,
- Special Privilege to be Consider as Bumi,
- Credit Cards,
- Subsidized Rent Or A Loan To Buy A House,
- Free Education,
- Free Health Care,
Oh Malaysia, what a great country!!
Is it 'Satu lagi projek kerajaan barisan nasional"?