(2014 Chinese New Year message in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, 29th January 2014)
Happy Chinese Year of the Horse to all Chinese Malaysians and increasing number of Malaysians of other races who also celebrate the Chinese New Year.
This is the unique characteristic of the Malaysia Dream, where an increasing number of Malaysians participate in the different ethnic and religious festivities as they are Malaysian events although they belong to other races or religions.
This why during my Chinese New Year visit to Johor, covering all the 5 Parliamentary and 13 DAP State Assembly seats apart from Jementah (which I will make up during the Chinese New Year period), I also wished Malays and Indians “Happy New Year” and distributed oranges to them signifying that regardless of race, religion, region or political beliefs, we all belong to one Big Family – the Malaysian Family!
Malaysians should seek to establish greater Malaysian Oneness from all different ethnic and religious festivities – based on the great values and virtues taught by all the religions and races.
Just as I believe that the overwhelming majority of Malaysians, regardless of race, religion, region or political beliefs, do not want another May 13 riots in the country, the overwhelming majority of Malaysians regardless of race, religion, or political beliefs want good governance, accountability and transparency in public affairs; zero tolerance for corruption which will put Malaysia on the top-rank of countries least corrupt in the annual Transparency International Corruption Perception Index; a just, sustainable and competitive economic system which can bring progress and prosperity for all Malaysians and a meritocratic education system recognized world-wide as producing world-class students in the top-scale of international assessments unlike at present where Malaysian students are stuck at the bottom third of international educational tests.
Malaysia is at the crossroads. Chinese Malaysians together will other ethnic Malaysians must work together hand-in-hand to build a better future for the new generations, founded strongly on the principle that there is a place under the Malaysian sun for every one of its citizens.
This is why it is important the Malaysians should speak up as patriots to save Malaysia from the machinations and evil design of a small group of traitors who want to destabilize the country through the incessant incitement of racial and religious hatred, conflict and tension so as to cause another May 13.
The civil society should organize and launch a campaign “to love and save Malaysia” from racial and religious strife, which is the precondition if Malaysia is to be a successful, progressive, prosperous and competitive nation in the world.
Be smart don’t doubt
Don’t doubt and reason why Anwar Ibrahim ontest for the Kajang state seat
It must be important with a strong reason
Just trust and support them
LKS,
Don’t forget NS! The fact that Anthony need to work doubly hard to win the supports of all NS fellas especially the malays. It’s time DAP to be extremely pro active
LKS, pls don’t talk cock, rakyat/voters r getting FED UP with BOTH Perkosa/UmnoB/BN n PR/DAP/PAS/PKR
Rakyat/voters r cheated by a BADer grp n a BADest grp, n at d moment, r forced 2 choose between d BADer n BADest grps
Perhaps it’s time 4 rakyat/voters 2 give their support a THIRD political party or grp, comprising sincere n GOOD or GOODer politicians
YB, I noted with some remorse that even the opposition has spent too much time in playing politics especially in Penang and Selangor the two most developed States in the country. Most of us seem to conclude that with some saving in the State coffer many other issues remain as if BN is still in control. Many of us involved in the SMI sector are rather frustrated. It certainly looks like come AEC in 2016, many may decide to operate outside Malaysia. Even many of the P.As of Selangor YBs cannot be distinguished from that of BN’s. I suppose after over 30 years of Mathadirism; are ALL Malaysian Politicians caught by the same bug?
D BIG Q remains: Do we hv elected MPs n ADUNs who r dedicated n genuine in serving rakyat n d nation & solving problems at all levels 4 d benefits of all?
Y do our MPs n ADUNs, after erected, bcome arrogant n power hungry & serve themselves rather than rakyat?