How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time
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# v( c$ Z! A8 ?8 f( o7 bThe clear and present danger公仔箱論壇/ i( d# C, b- D( [* g& B- D
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If the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain as公仔箱論壇3 m4 ^# V# H; R
picturesque after a hundred years, with cows and goats roaming all over
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: Z" w6 c7 f/ ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.
+ E. S/ j' U! Q" v5 m& pThe tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and many
8 w3 O, [( V( M9 `2 N* ^# A4 _5.39.217.76new-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to those
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How about Malaysia a hundred years from now?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, Y' W' _, v% V
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Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sight
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He said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the Malays
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+ Y' |1 S( O# _1 x! C0 aChinese population less and less.
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The Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because of
2 C! S. l5 w$ O# ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbthe pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,
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overseas, who would decide not to come back.
' d1 |1 Y1 S l5 Z5.39.217.76"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 ecosystemsTVBNOW 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 p; Y( c* i+ b' F
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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If this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we can
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& @( i- d; n( r* N, etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbhundred years down the road, where we need to sharpen our eyesight to
1 [4 J B$ Z$ t G; d9 g公仔箱論壇carefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch aTVBNOW 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。' Z6 ^, z& l, C
glimpse of one or two of them.
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That comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope wetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: \ P$ f: x3 y2 x5 z; U8 }
will not be reduced to a rare species by then.
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9 s) X- l- H% j: n公仔箱論壇The ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady
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Islamisation.
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This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.
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But Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait
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They have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths and1 j% X# F3 E, U m# O) y
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 Chinese8 X1 Q/ V$ D9 M) N) c6 f
Malaysians. If the country's policies get more and more
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community 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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common Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit of
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much more promising future here.
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( L$ f" {0 [; Y$ a% V) h5.39.217.76Whatever happens to this country or our society, the most important
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% s7 `8 X- G& f9 `1 c; g4 E. B; QIn this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
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; X2 V$ o4 F+ O9 {5 J4 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbinternal conditions remain this bleak.
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We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years1 x, @" j% }$ }, @% [$ [2 A* b: i
from now. We need to buck up and fight for our near-term opportunities.
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Meaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently taking
5 c1 f( H# O- \* f+ A5.39.217.76place within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the Chinese
2 l0 R! f" A9 s! r; T$ ocommunity further, blurring their vision of the clear and present
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) g( `$ q) _. S5 {公仔箱論壇What the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre andtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ a2 [( h" V& a
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