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Bumiputera Sabah Status – It’s About Time!
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I read this interesting piece of NST news by PBS and I think it’s about time! If Najib truly walks his talk about the 1Malaysia concept, I feel it’s fair for Sabahans and Sarawakians to be recognized as “Bumiputera Sabah” and “Bumiputra Sarawak” respectively or even “Bumiputera Borneo” and NOT as “other races”. That is bloody condescending!
Here is the regurgitated news:
KOTA KINABALU: Parti Bersatu Sabah wants the ethnic races of Sabah to be known as Bumiputera Sabah and not as “other races” in the Federal Government’s affairs and forms.
PBS chief information officer Johnny Mositun said this was in line with the “1Malaysia” concept introduced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak which stressed fair and impartial treatment of all ethnic groups.
“It is high time Bumiputeras in Sabah and Sarawak were recognised as clusters of major races in Malaysia.”
Whether it can be implemented is a different story. I wonder if certain political parties will make police report against the PBS, then shouts injustice and yields the keris citing ke-tua-nan Melayu. Balls.
Really….it’s long overdue bah tu…jaga dorang kalau nda buat btl2…
‘lain2′? stupid!!!!
alar….Bumiputera Sabah & Bumiputera Sarawak its only in the name…all in all its still another name for second class Bumiputera…so what’s the use…
save the cheerleader save the world! anyway… so we sabahan is under ‘other’, haha… i was always confuse of which to tick in the form. bumiputra, chinese or others.
sounds promising…
About friggin’ time yo! I’m sick and tired of having to tick “Other races”, which made me feel like I’m less Malaysian than the other 3 major races.
Harap2 jadi lah…
More important is the Star’s heading on Najib 2nd day as PM – Walk the Talk. Slogans are catchy, but the real thing is harder to do than say.
Seems like a change of ‘label’ only..
How about abolishing all of the race category and replace it with ‘warganegara’ and ‘bukan warganegara’? Wouldn’t it be more Malaysian?
But I guess not..maybe one day..
it’s about time then…
we just see if they meant what they said.
am tired of having to tick the ‘other’ box when it come to determine my race in the forms.
they should just acknowledge all the races in malaysia.
claire bennet – Exactly.
ash – True, but one step at a time. Progress.
DC – I can imagine.
wel – For now.
Perky – Agreed.
JL – Well, Najib’s trying to get in everyone’s good books. Did you know that both Mahathir and Badawi also released ISA detainees when they became PM?
guong – 100% behind you on this, but that change is too drastic for this draconian folks of UMNO. Even with this change, it’s moving forward.
AngelBear – I think this won’t go anywhere, sounds like fishing for votes.
cyril dason – They should abolish races in all forms in the first place.
Not only the Bumis, but the Orang Aslis too.
And we certainly hope, bukan ada nama saja
I hope to see a forms with “Bumiputra Sabah” and “Bumiputra Sarawak” in future…
cicak – True. I think they should just abolish the race category in the coming years.
Just – Yeah, or just remove it altogether. Silly. Democratic my ass.
aishh…….we are always kaum2 lain anyway…..remember, some assholes said any demanded requests from kaum2 lain will not be entertain….hahah
DeePo – A lot of assholes you mean, from UMNO specifically?
Democracy is supposed to be the rule of the majority. Government of the majority of the people, for the majority of the people, by the majority of the people..Fortunately, Malaysia has weird Democracy where minority acts as majority…Malays and bumiputeras(The Majority) should impose stern actions against the minority wrong doings to prevail the true meaning of Democracy..Look at the other country like China, how they treat the minorities..they are communist country but with pure democratic approaches..where everything is the rule of majority..