New Politics
Read a great article by Joceline Tan in the Sunday Star (30th of March, 2008), entitled "Keeping Up with the New Politics". Was basically about the politics of the Malaysian Chinese as discussed in a Sin Chew post-election forum. A very honest piece. Here are a few excerpts that caught my eye:
"The Chinese are not angry with the Malays, but they are angry with UMNO's arrogance." --Rita Sim, INSAP
"We keep asking the Chinese for full support so that they will be well-represented in government. But wasn't that what they gave us in 2004, total support?" --Teng Chang Yeow, Gerakan
"Leaders like Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein and Khairy Jamaluddin must realise this. People equated their behaviour with UMNO's inability to change with the times. If an Oxford-educated guy still talks like an UMNO politician of 10 years ago, what hope do we have for the rest of UMNO?" --Teng Chang Yeow, Gerakan
"The writing is now on the wall. We cannot hesitate over reforms. I won't say the Opposition will do much better than us but they can't do any worse than us" --Dr. Sak Cheng Lum, MCA
Just lip service?
"The Chinese are not angry with the Malays, but they are angry with UMNO's arrogance." --Rita Sim, INSAP
"We keep asking the Chinese for full support so that they will be well-represented in government. But wasn't that what they gave us in 2004, total support?" --Teng Chang Yeow, Gerakan
"Leaders like Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein and Khairy Jamaluddin must realise this. People equated their behaviour with UMNO's inability to change with the times. If an Oxford-educated guy still talks like an UMNO politician of 10 years ago, what hope do we have for the rest of UMNO?" --Teng Chang Yeow, Gerakan
"The writing is now on the wall. We cannot hesitate over reforms. I won't say the Opposition will do much better than us but they can't do any worse than us" --Dr. Sak Cheng Lum, MCA
Just lip service?
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