Well Dr Mahathir always has the knack for speaking volumes in the least amount of words. In a conversation once with Dr Mahathir, we told him about the criticism - current at that time - that all his spending on the Penang Bridge, the N-S Highway, Putrajaya, the KLIA and other "mega" projects at that time had been a drain on the Malaysian economy. We were referring to a book written by an Indian guy with a PhD who was named after an African. It was a tiring and long winded argument.
Dr Mahathir dismissed the entire argument by just saying, 'How can it be a drain on the economy when during that period we had strong economic growth?'
The fact was in the 80s and 90s we had the best growth rates - exceeding seven percent each year. An economy that was 'drained' could not generate such growth.
Yesterday Dr Mahathir has spoken about the Sabah RCI issue. First of all he says that the Moro refugees in Sabah were there for 20 to 30 years (since the 1970s) before they were given citizenship.
This is not unlike the 30,000 to 50,000 Indians who have been given citizenship on the Peninsula in recent years. Many of the Indians have had their citizenship applications approved. There are also many Indians who never applied for citizenship (due to factors like illiteracy and not being able to speak a word of Malay) and they have been assisted by some NGOs to get their citizenship applications processed. So even those who did not apply for citizenship on their own are being processed for citizenship.
The second point made by Dr Mahathir is that despite granting the Filipino refugees citizenship, not all of them vote for Barisan Nasional anyway or that they even voted at all.
In Yahoo Malaysia today an ex Filipino refugee Ismail Balaka claims he was granted citizenship circa 1975 (?) without going to the National Registration Department.
Then in the same breath Ismail Balaka says that he did go to the village hall where officers from the National Registration Department were present. He signed an application form, gave his fingerprints and had his photograph taken. This was surely part of the process for getting his citizenship. And he received his Malaysian IC five months later. (One would assume that if there was forgery going on, why not issue the Malaysian ICs on the spot !)
Another ex-refugee Hatta Ghani said he applied for citizenship in 1988 but it was granted to him in 1990.
I find it very strange that the people who are complaining loudest about the refugees being given citizenship are immigrants themselves. This appears to be another red herring.
If we wanted to create instant citizens there is a much easier solution - just give citizenships to the two million Indons that are floating around the country. The vast majority of Indons do not even have PR status here. Our construction foreman Adi who has been here for 16 years and has a regular job with a monthly salary of RM5000 only has a PR.
Here is a question folks : do you think Lim Kit Siang will take up Adi's case and help him apply for a citizenship? Pi dah mabuk. Chicken shit hypocrites.
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Well, at this point it is the way the story is presented that is the problem. 1st, BN denies ever having this Project IC. Now that it is exposed, BN suddenly goes on an offensive, immigrants living there for Donkey years,questioning Chinese and indian rights, saying no drain on economy, etc. If from the very begininning, BN had admitted giving out the IC's saying those immigrants had every right to it, then it wouldn't have been an issue now.
This is akin to child having being caught with the hand in the cookie jar and the child blames the parents for giving him too much good food therefore, is addicted to cookies.
he..he..love the closing statement...
Generation M
Anon 12:05 dont be stupid. There was no Project IC. The Malaysian Govt awarded citizenship to Filipino refugees. That is all. It is called granting citizenship. It is an ongoing process. When your Chinese or Indian grandfather got his citizenship did they call it Project IC? Think before you talk.
why the Brader ABIM silent on this?
i though PAS would like to see more muslims in Sabah than christians? if so they should thank Dr M for giving citizenship to muslims from philippines
Now that the bangsaMoro got their Malaysian IC, I think we should give them their own Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Moro) since we gave the same to chinaman and indiaman back before independence.
Bull the racist opposition pork eating idiots. Whatever, not to their gain, they make noise.. Why no noise about Ngah & Nga, why no noise about malay celup masuk pintu belakang CEC,why no noise about rubbish uncollected, why no noise about Peliwat having $$million home and cash, why no noise about toilet cock sucker's $Million shares?
Long list more to go, but just 1: BULLSHIT to describe them. Aks your grandparents etc, how got citizen ma?
Anon 1242 Whatever you want to call it Project IC, giving citizenship, etc. still the same crap. Don't stray from the issue. If they were giving out IC's to refugees, just say so from beginning. Say how many were given. Nothing wrong with that.
Nice one Tuan Syed, the problem orang Melayu dah tak de telur, Malaysia is historically Malay and Muslim dominant; We should not be apologetic if we want to remain that way.
In Singapore; they come out with policies to ensure the Chinese over there to be the dominant race.First they started with 'stop at two' policy.to discourage the poor and uneducated segment of the society from breeding.By coincidence this segment was dominated by the Malays. Next they introduce incentive for the rich and educated to breed more.By coincidence this segment was dominated by the Chinese. Few years ago , they introduce foreign talent. A lot of Chinese from China take this advantages. Even they have tukang urut kaki skill they will also be accepted. No favor ahh..
U see Tuan Syed, they do it so well and they are not apologetic about it.
Anon 3:02 PM
Are you stupid or what ? If one country does it, it's OK for Malaysia to do it ? If Hitler experimented with his Final Solution, so can Mahathir ?
eh i think the comments here are going down a dangerous path. Can I request everyone to take a step back and take a deep breath? We are all brothers in this country. We have to go up against the world. Let's not be divided. The world is our oyster...Thanks very much
Anon 12.42. I agreed with your statement. When those Chinese grand fathers got their citizenship they did not call it project IC. It was called project communism untuk mengkomuniskan seluruh Malaya!
Betul betul babi Yahudi Asia ni!
Anon 5.11pm. Brother kepala hotak kau! Cina Malaysia anak haram ni kalau diberi lagi muka kita Melayu semua tinggal tengkok aje nanti. Tengkok tu pun kalau bolih mereka nak pulas juga macam tengkok Melayu Singapuki. Mujurlah penduduk pribumi Indonesia tak bagi muka pada Cina mereka. Sekolah aliran Cina pun tak ada disana dan semua cina cina Indon kena guna nama nama Indonesia.
Hanya Indonesia sahaja lagi bastion terakhir kepulauan Melayu di Asia. Brunei pun dah kena pulas olih Cina mereka!
Anon 12.05
Have you heard of Patrick Yeoh statement on Islam, the religion of the Malays in this Tanah Melayu.. Pukimak Yeoh tu ialah one good example of Cina Babi macam yang tak mengenang budi kerana mak ayah dan tok neneknya dapat tinggal di tanah Melayu ini dengan ihsan bangsa Melayu.
Dahlah pendek macam babi dan tempang pulak tu.. nak tunjuk lagak. Kalau tak suka dengan Melayu Islam baliklah ke tongsan!
Anon 3.02
Malaysia is historically Malay and Muslim dominant ? You mean Malaya don't you ? That's the problem when you guys in the Peninsula start making decisions for us in Sabah on immigration. At least you can't pull a fast one on Taib in Sarawak.
Anon 559 such anger...pathetic! Brainwash into having an imaginary bogeyman...better spend more time learning something useful
Anon 5:03;
No sir, the Malays then were too stupid and naive to know these heavy stuffs such as Hitler's final solution, Rwanda's genocide, Bosnia' s ethnic cleansing, South Africa's apartheid, USA's Chinese Exclusion Act or Singapore's Eugenic Policy. If they had known about these, things will different then.
Instead the immigrants were granted citizenship on a platter. The Chinese need not fight for their right in Malaysia.No Chinese had to die for their rights. When Singapore separated from Malaysia, no civil war and no one died.It was a peaceful transition, traditionally Malaysian.
Reported in paper: A pakistani was issued id card, (shortly arrived from pakistan) on condition he stay in sabah and vote.
..smell money n money, dont play, play!!
Does anyone don't know who is called Harris Salleh or what Berjaya was? Check him out first before you guys thought you are experts in Sabah's politics.
Sir,
Malaysia had the best growth rates in the 80's? Betul ke?
Have you forgotten that there was a recession in Malaysia in the 1980's? Recession was first felt in 1982 and the growth rate slowed down until 1986 when the economy contracted (negative growth). Have you forgotten many people were left unemployed during this time? I had to compete with many fresh graduates (those who graduated earlier) for a 'training scheme' when I came back after completilng my tertiary education overseas, in 1989.
The Msian economy started to register annual growth in 1987 but it did not exceed 7% until 1990s laa...
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