How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time
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The clear and present danger
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If the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain as
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% r( ^. H" f" Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbthe country sparsely populated by humans.
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A hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.
! Y2 c* `1 _# k" O J5 i) U# LTVBNOW 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。The tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and many
* B& h3 [8 r9 M2 {# gnew-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to those
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How about Malaysia a hundred years from now?
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2 h$ e: \7 s5 t. etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sighttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, R7 P+ w- r0 g
20 years later.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 g9 @/ R: `( F$ Z+ M
a: |& e# C6 E; Y6 `He said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the Malays# f- v- `$ D$ X9 K% U4 i
in 20 years' time, and the leadership in this country would value the
+ J# E1 Y" Q8 _* C" V公仔箱論壇Chinese population less and less.
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: ?. b3 e% Y6 K& S1 {5 U$ _( UThe Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because of
& a+ }8 N6 z% [* j, R, ^) j, Nthe pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,
& u u9 r5 m8 ~& L( P8 q公仔箱論壇but because those who could afford would have sent their children
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8 e/ w0 I( n3 a3 ^7 f公仔箱論壇"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making the
; C* Z) ^+ y/ g( W& n7 ocountry's Islamisation inclination more and more pronounced."
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Statistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystems r& |. a; @! D* e& g7 e* B ]. n
are not here without a reason.
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MM Lee's predictions are by no means novel. But his well-thought remarks
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" j/ {$ w9 l; \4 M+ kIf this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we cantvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- e1 `/ k' R# F! S
imagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary a
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carefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch a
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: T5 B n" u' n! m& V0 AThat comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope we
5 L1 b/ m7 k* o3 nwill not be reduced to a rare species by then.
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& V' b4 B6 W0 c8 c& Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady
. }' i# X& p# b. i- b% ndecline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon,
) W3 t& x3 m' V+ Z2 J7 j/ k" ethey will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressive$ E9 P+ w- ?& L( f9 ~% T
Islamisation.
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+ Z" l6 l5 F5 Y$ ~0 h- Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* @. {* K a; X
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But Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait公仔箱論壇3 @: _; ^& @3 G: ?- q, D& g- Y
helplessly for such a destiny to befall them.
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They have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths and7 g# I( H E* p, G* L
be in firm control of their own fates before they can divert such a
A: G- x- q7 x3 E& s; |" u1 Qpredestination.
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9 d+ B, t5 n' }( W. }' N8 |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe next ten years will be key to the future destiny of Chinese
5 E; b5 s2 o3 l) ITVBNOW 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。Malaysians. If the country's policies get more and more& ?( j. `% C9 |) |$ ^' f- q8 _
ethnically-oriented and religiously inclined, the future of Chinese
% _9 t; U% k2 N$ ycommunity is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians will
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On the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted,
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much more promising future here.
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Whatever happens to this country or our society, the most important
3 A# g+ L! l. P0 X/ G5 pTVBNOW 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。element for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, will
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E% L8 f0 C/ [' S1 E公仔箱論壇In this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasinglytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% n1 a j, t7 ^8 }% n
obscured, people will find a greener pasture beyond our shores if our
7 I- |, j8 W; q2 x& O; Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbinternal conditions remain this bleak.
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We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years
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Meaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently taking+ d+ r2 x9 O: b" t
place within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the ChineseTVBNOW 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。9 y w0 _: ?5 V# {7 K
community further, blurring their vision of the clear and present
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; W# B: V; p8 E" e2 SWhat the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre and
; v/ h5 _6 z" i7 I' L2 A6 p公仔箱論壇farsighted leadership, not one engrossed with endless infighting. |
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