How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time! W! a! @0 q: X4 J( c
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7 y+ ^2 M: h# NThe clear and present danger公仔箱論壇3 g5 v# m$ l! f$ K$ ?, y8 I
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7 |9 [3 I8 O7 H& X) X. DIf the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain as. C3 I8 H* P- f7 o/ `
picturesque after a hundred years, with cows and goats roaming all over
/ w% j2 @( M! e5 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbthe country sparsely populated by humans.
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A hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.TVBNOW 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。5 U1 U% L% l4 D$ ]* _
The tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and many% U, r) d( F s
new-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to those
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How about Malaysia a hundred years from now?5.39.217.76( f2 y: p# X, r c
4 m' o* M% v6 D3 `* d8 }TVBNOW 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。Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sight
1 z, |8 I- @7 |1 ^6 A. a( S. q公仔箱論壇20 years later.5.39.217.760 Q: ^$ Q/ q$ d& _
" n# D2 i1 `. H公仔箱論壇He said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the Malays# |. k# I' S7 }$ e% B8 y
in 20 years' time, and the leadership in this country would value the
. T8 ~1 d' X+ K% k- A: s* w! M: C0 H, QChinese population less and less.
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The Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because of, I! @/ D3 T2 J2 }
the pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,
4 H/ T# E( S) a# S5 L, \! J; |9 T3 M4 s- Rbut because those who could afford would have sent their children
$ U2 x0 X: b( e, R' j" k+ [overseas, who would decide not to come back.
$ D8 u' d: s: O"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making the公仔箱論壇" G7 \2 X9 r4 }! `0 ]' s: d
country's Islamisation inclination more and more pronounced."
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, b& C. I8 }. E- r4 [Statistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystems公仔箱論壇( n2 A$ U7 \9 Y8 f0 `5 l8 x2 M6 w
are not here without a reason./ P* I( ~2 O- @) T( e2 o3 u
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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
' u1 a# K! _! O+ D5.39.217.76imagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary a
- D7 X9 G L; [; Jhundred years down the road, where we need to sharpen our eyesight to
! G9 v4 E& X2 B# v7 D' Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbcarefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch a) t; l. P) z& d
glimpse of one or two of them.5.39.217.76+ d' ]' @3 F6 c a! [9 ?
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That comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope we
( h8 K P' F; X) y3 KTVBNOW 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。will not be reduced to a rare species by then.
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7 I' S: ?' v2 P1 ~8 U& u3 M8 C) r公仔箱論壇The ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady
+ G- `1 [0 Z6 q1 V, W- B2 etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbdecline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon,
- w0 k: U- y9 etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbthey will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressivetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 c! J9 [+ U1 a7 {# `- }
Islamisation.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( V- V+ }" P) ]! {2 O5 v
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This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny., l- O# W1 S- X6 D' X0 w- M ]
v& R2 _. r! I* xBut Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait公仔箱論壇) m; K/ k: `7 x6 a, j# D$ U
helplessly for such a destiny to befall them.
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They have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths and5.39.217.763 D4 ]: q7 N2 l* F6 H9 A9 [
be in firm control of their own fates before they can divert such a
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The next ten years will be key to the future destiny of Chinese
/ @3 j1 W2 {7 Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMalaysians. If the country's policies get more and more
! I6 R5 s7 q& ]) K' Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbethnically-oriented and religiously inclined, the future of Chinese公仔箱論壇0 Q. r" j6 \7 m1 D9 i
community is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians will
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On the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted,TVBNOW 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。 z" R+ a1 U1 C. S. m+ l% w# s
conflicts between mainstream and minority races get thinned down, the
# j+ U3 c T. W. P9 W5.39.217.76common Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit of
$ x' ~8 j! Z! XTVBNOW 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
& _2 S5 {6 ~- x- f7 D$ f* |9 mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbmuch more promising future here.
, T, {7 {9 @$ j8 Y: g! Y0 U公仔箱論壇So will Malaysia .
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Whatever happens to this country or our society, the most important
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2 y8 W7 S& [! P; P) ube their very own competitiveness.公仔箱論壇/ q' t: D3 x1 B' N" ]
! K6 M% Y; q ^3 a R: ?5.39.217.76In this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
) D' ]' v' u2 V# e- ^1 R5.39.217.76obscured, people will find a greener pasture beyond our shores if ourtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 E T$ ^1 r d7 y! ^" T: I$ G
internal conditions remain this bleak.. N5 }& N, F L% v
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We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years9 G8 q4 ?/ \0 s; a) U5 a5 g6 G: u
from now. We need to buck up and fight for our near-term opportunities.
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0 p# X) G* h. K. [% W2 l$ F( ?TVBNOW 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。Meaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently takingTVBNOW 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。- @$ N7 l* E4 ]- `$ c0 M R% }% G
place within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the Chinese
; f& o- @+ V; l7 P0 qcommunity further, blurring their vision of the clear and presentTVBNOW 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。6 y- q$ {9 o7 i H7 e- }$ h6 b
danger.
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" j' K. A/ N$ }* n# L6 q公仔箱論壇What the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre and! K" g' ?3 L+ [3 g$ u [: r
farsighted leadership, not one engrossed with endless infighting. |
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