A Good Question but…

MCA asks:-

“The pertinent question to be asked now is: have these people (lower rung of society) ever benefited from the NEP in the past three decades?

Will we get a truthful answer? Or lies as usual (whilst the corrupt and rich continues to abuse the “Never Ending Policy” to make more money and consolidate more power)?

Stone Age in Malaysia

(The state of some Malaysians in this modern global village. Image source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/graphics)

I wonder why we have to keep going back to the Stone Age?

From theStar:-

Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim has defended the appointment of a non-bumiputra as the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) acting general manager, saying that she is a senior officer who has served for 33 years.

Meanwhile, the Selangor Malays Residents Action Body held a small demonstration outside the state secretariat building here to protest against the appointment.

The group, led by its chairman Kamaruddin Raja Ab Wahid, said the move infringed Malay rights and insulted the Sultans.

When did picking the best to do a job means infringing Malay rights and insulting the Sultans?

Stupidity has it’s limits. Kamaruddin, you care to answer this? GLCs are formed using public funds and as such, getting only the best to helm the GLCs is the right thing to do. If we keeping harping on getting someone to helm the GLCs sorely based on the colour of the skin, it is only cost us dearly in the long run.

For those fuckers who see no further than the color of the skin, perhaps they should take a long hard look at Carlos Ghosn who helms both Renault of France and Nissan of Japan.

Carlos Ghosn is a Lebanese but entrusted to handle one of the Japanese leading motoring corporations. What do you think will happen if Carlos Ghosn volunteered himself to helm Proton or any of the GLCs?

Would we welcome him with open arms, knowing very well that he is one of the best CEOs out there (oh by the way, he was voted Man of the Year 2003 by Fortune) and the GLC would be one of the top players in the global market in the shortest time (translate that as better return to the shareholders – the public)?

Or, some fuckers in the name of bangsa (race) will start protesting to the appointment and insist only a bumiputra (Nazism alike son of the land concept) can helm the GLC, knowing very well that there are better people out there? The Japanese did not insist for a Japanese to helm Nissan but rather opted to agree Carlos Ghosn to handle the top management of Nissan (mind you that before Carlos Ghosn, Nissan only had Japanese CEO since 1933 and by the millennium was in deep financial trouble).

(Carlos Ghosn – would you say NO to him? just because he is not a  bumiputra? Image source: http://businessweek.com)

If Kamaruddin and his race supremacy bigots had been protesting the appointment because there are more experienced and well managed person than Low Siew Moi, I would have joined in the protest. Anything that is better is worth fighting for.

But thing is Kamaruddin and his race supremacy bigots protested because Low Siew Moi is a non bumiputra and nothing more, nothing less than that. That argument hardly holds water (the same thing happened when MAS was looking for a new CEO).

Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim’s argument to appoint Low Siew Moi makes business sense – she is one of the experienced person around, she knows the in & out of the GLC and it is only for a temporary basis (she is due for retirement anyway). If the racial bigots like Kamaruddin cannot see the light of this, then I suggest that he and other holding the same “mission” keep their head way below the ground and stay there till globalisation whacks them hard on the face.

This is why probably there is a lukewarm response from the non-bumiputras when vacancies are available in the public sector and yet Government officials are still in the state of denial.

Only in Malaysia where being the best means nothing unless you are of certain color of skin and culture.  Looks like stone age is here to stay in Malaysia for a very long time.

Read Also

Raja Petra’s Article 153 and the “Social Contract”

Haris’ Letter to the Selangor State Exco Members

An Alternate World

(Image source: http://www.valdostamuseum.org)

What happens when a dream becomes too real or things done in a virtual world affects actions in the real world?

Think about it

(p.s. Matrix was an eye-opener but I think I finally had the best dream to start my own thriller novel. I must have taken the red pill somewhere)

Deepavali Aftermath

Truly Deepavali (and I am sure for the rest of the festive) is for young children, busy with their “ang-pow”, new clothes, firecrackers and care-free life. As for the adults, it was nothing but mutton curry, chicken sambal, ghee rice, thosai and plenty of sleep whilst watching old Tamil movies. Balik kampung is scheduled in 2 weeks.

I don’t know why but I keep humming this song since early this morning

By the way, Boney M was not an American or Jamaican group but rather is a German pop group (in case you not aware of it, I was not)

Happy Deepavali

To all my readers, fellow bloggers, friends and family members – Happy Deepavali and Happy Holidays. BJ Thoughts will be on a short break and would be back on Tuesday. In the meantime, I leave you with this:-

Take a good rest as well.