How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time
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The clear and present dangerTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。* ], ^3 g6 F" D) t4 C
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8 g3 e: w+ M( A+ h/ e* qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIf the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain as公仔箱論壇0 L; _% {% K$ r) B; z9 y7 `; k
picturesque after a hundred years, with cows and goats roaming all over
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& U# L/ |% w: f$ a公仔箱論壇A hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.
5 l& y9 u" B: J0 M9 K: w5 WThe tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and many5.39.217.76+ N( k% o) b5 x A
new-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to those1 C6 p w3 }2 C- r. e0 x$ i( `9 B
of migrants.
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4 L; G" ?6 c7 H$ c) M$ c公仔箱論壇How about Malaysia a hundred years from now?' e% {# ~. a+ w1 k; C q4 C( e
3 f3 ], y' K! m: KLee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sighttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ K, ^$ x/ Q5 {7 ^
20 years later.
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He said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the Malays
1 t2 k1 m9 g# S( a- ^8 x1 {/ F. `5.39.217.76in 20 years' time, and the leadership in this country would value the
7 V6 b7 X6 n, X" J" y: C4 ?& y! TChinese population less and less.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) t! _5 k( R4 G+ T W6 c8 A' ]. e
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The Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because of
! A8 L# M) X6 o" I+ J1 t% bthe pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,6 e* l' e' A8 d! f/ E! x$ N3 k. |; X
but because those who could afford would have sent their children
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country's Islamisation inclination more and more pronounced."
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Statistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystems
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MM Lee's predictions are by no means novel. But his well-thought remarks
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If this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we can
% Y& ^1 N- K* W o4 u5.39.217.76imagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary a5.39.217.760 T( X' f# C( V9 C( T
hundred years down the road, where we need to sharpen our eyesight to7 x5 W) i {4 D0 c3 Y& m& r
carefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch a
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- O9 g/ x/ m& E( L6 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady5.39.217.768 T" H. ] g+ D3 `* J$ b7 t9 t
decline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon,
6 S3 D; F2 u1 R/ V8 p) B- Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbthey will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressiveTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。- g3 c& z$ {& ^3 l% P% f# f
Islamisation.' I4 `7 R2 T' x! S2 T9 k! a* k! G
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This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.
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" G+ Z$ k3 O' t5 ]% }7 U2 }4 Q# s% m公仔箱論壇But Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait, G, x9 J) o) \2 |4 Y0 z
helplessly for such a destiny to befall them.
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They have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths and公仔箱論壇4 v1 w3 A/ {# n: V; }
be in firm control of their own fates before they can divert such a+ z: c& E' H: |
predestination.
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The next ten years will be key to the future destiny of Chinesetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ k" A1 ^$ q8 ^. P( R
Malaysians. If the country's policies get more and more
* A( K# V+ ^8 V0 h Y5.39.217.76ethnically-oriented and religiously inclined, the future of Chinese
( C2 T# r2 O, \, g+ N; j; y& Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbcommunity is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians will
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) f4 b w$ q; b# m9 LOn the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted,
1 Q- ]( y) Z2 m) ?$ A4 m& e4 ~# i. x; h公仔箱論壇conflicts between mainstream and minority races get thinned down, the
2 ]& f/ S, O. V+ }0 ?$ V公仔箱論壇common Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit of
* I l7 s6 c6 BTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。secularity stays very much relevant, then Chinese Malaysians will have a
8 s# \* r. u+ H) d4 mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbmuch more promising future here.0 ^- E- d4 ~7 v& [
So will Malaysia .
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Whatever happens to this country or our society, the most important公仔箱論壇' g( ^) J! s: Y* O4 F
element for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, will
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6 n- @$ l* x J+ g/ Q+ F公仔箱論壇In this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
& L9 |1 t0 I; N5 i' V公仔箱論壇obscured, people will find a greener pasture beyond our shores if our
1 K8 M0 }& N8 i0 ^$ C! gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbinternal conditions remain this bleak.公仔箱論壇# w! S9 J1 v1 M! c
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We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years
) ^; z) l- n6 z* R! c) F5.39.217.76from now. We need to buck up and fight for our near-term opportunities.公仔箱論壇1 F% `$ z3 J! n5 U
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Meaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently taking* ]9 q; }3 h$ f G8 N# V
place within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the Chinese
+ A j+ V- ?! L5.39.217.76community further, blurring their vision of the clear and present
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What the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre and
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