How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time
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The clear and present danger公仔箱論壇' P: V' y9 K0 Z
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the country sparsely populated by humans.
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+ z* d5 Z/ J) f6 g' H7 [" c" Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.
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new-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to those公仔箱論壇; W3 d( ?, t: n1 }5 Z
of migrants.
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6 j, c! j! L7 p* _3 {: Y公仔箱論壇Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sight
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- h- \( r) a5 h8 t7 y: \0 r9 vHe said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the Malays
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Chinese population less and less.
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The Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because oftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 ~3 q3 X! d/ |, k
the pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,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。6 y' _" c- c+ Z
but because those who could afford would have sent their children
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& h5 ~' H* ^4 d/ utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making the
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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
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hundred years down the road, where we need to sharpen our eyesight to
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That comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope we
! \4 `3 C6 k! I! r$ kwill not be reduced to a rare species by then.
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The ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady$ Q) D# L5 u* l3 P, l
decline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon,5.39.217.760 ?% x/ H+ x7 i
they will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressive
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This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.1 y% c4 P5 z$ ?
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But Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait
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6 Y) C7 J f) U8 S. j2 _5.39.217.76They have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths andtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: T. D( V, h/ z, [8 c8 r8 u
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 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。& I" x4 s i, y: @
Malaysians. If the country's policies get more and more
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/ @0 E! Q" W3 @On the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted,9 D2 i$ D) V0 q! F
conflicts between mainstream and minority races get thinned down, theTVBNOW 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。1 G; p, i- f/ l/ y; d6 N o, {) r
common Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit oftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* o( N8 _* |: k( w; s. f: B: v& n& a
secularity stays very much relevant, then Chinese Malaysians will have a
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So will Malaysia .5 U/ R) R& F2 U# M
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element for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, will
9 G* U* x7 |2 T7 Wbe their very own competitiveness.: V, z: W8 f3 s) X4 H7 ~
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In this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
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internal conditions remain this bleak.公仔箱論壇" U5 A$ a- {+ ~( r( ]+ l" O
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We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred yearstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ r/ W' r6 l# M
from now. We need to buck up and fight for our near-term opportunities. U* }* p& K4 Z9 q
9 ]. f& k- C# ~* B1 Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMeaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently taking
6 v) P' @0 K- b4 a& _place within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the Chinese8 u/ `( X* l7 o, ~
community 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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