Sirajuddin Salleh what is so wrong with K
Shanmugam statement. If is not the truth, then please refute it. I think you
kena makan chili padi and that is why your mind is going bonkers. I have work
there and see the Malays there as progressive and ambition driven. You do not see
the street ugliness of the mat remits there and also the uselessness of the
Malays there like in Malaysia. They work hard and are very proud of their achievements.
The pity the Malays in Malaysia and would not want to be like them, helpless.
Ask them if they want to be Malaysians or go holidays in Malaysia, answer is
are you crazy or loco. Why holiday in Malaysia , when there are better and more
tolerant places to go.
Perkasa: Singapore minister’s remark an insult to
King, government
| April 3, 2017
Perkasa says statement made by K
Shanmugam, who is Singapore's home affairs minister, on Singapore Malays doing
better than Malays in Malaysia, was uncalled for.
PETALING JAYA: Malay right-wing
group Perkasa wants Wisma Putra to send a letter of protest to Singapore for
comments attributed to a senior minister comparing Singapore Malays with
Malaysian Malays.
Singapore Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam
had been reported as saying that Singapore Malays are better off in terms of
education standing, skills and wealth than those of similar ethicnicity in
Malaysia or Indonesia.
Perkasa deputy chairman Sirajuddin
Salleh said the statement made by Shanmugam was uncalled for.
“I am concerned about the statement.
It is not diplomatic and is an insult to the King and the government of
Malaysia,” he told FMT when asked to comment on Shanmugam’s statement.
Sirajuddin said Malaysia and
Singapore were close neighbours and there should be greater diplomacy between
both countries.
“I hope Wisma Putra will issue a
strong protest letter. To me, the remark is not good. I will not touch on the
content because it is very subjective.
“It is just like if he comes to my house
and says something that is not nice. Whether he is right or not, that is
subjective, but in this case, it is not very nice,” Sirajuddin said.
Earlier Channel News Asia quoted
Shanmugam as saying that “with a stable, strong political system, with a strong
government, with a guarantee for the minorities … with this framework, we can
become the community that Muslim societies in other countries look towards and
say, this is the example.”
Shanmugam had also suggested that
Malay, Indian and Chinese PMETs (professionals, managers, executives and
technicians) from Singapore were better off than those of the same race,
respectively, in Malaysia.
However, the minister had cautioned
that while Singapore was doing better compared with many parts of the world,
“within Singapore there is still a gap” and they were no longer just competing with
Malaysia or Indonesia, but instead competing with the world.
He said the proportion of Malay
Primary 1 students who go on to post-secondary education had doubled from 45%
in 1995 to 93% in 2015. Those who eventually receive polytechnic diplomas,
professional qualifications or university degrees have “gone up over a
five-year period to 21%.”
Shanmugam added that the proportion
of Malays working as PMETs increased to 28% in 2010 and their median real
monthly income per capita had doubled since 1990.
Nearly 90% of Malay households in
Singapore own their own homes, according to Shanmugam.
However, he singled out three
challenges facing the Malay-Muslim community in the country – radicalisation,
loss of jobs and the over-representation of Malays being caught for crimes and
drug abuse.
Citing a Pew Research Centre study
which showed that 10% of Malaysian Malays had a favourable opinion of Islamic
State (IS), and that nearly one-quarter were not prepared to come out and say
that IS is wrong, Shanmugam said that Singapore Malays must not get to that
level.
“A key part of that depends on you,
the leaders of the Malay community, and whether you can make sure that the
right religious values are put forth. We have to work hard at this because the
influences are on the internet,” Shanmugam reportedly told a seminar organised
by the Association of Muslim Professionals in Singapore.
On drug abuse, Shanmugam had said
53% of those arrested for drug abuse last year were Malays. This is an increase
from 10 years ago when the proportion of Malays arrested for the same was 32%.
| April 3, 2017
Perkasa says statement made by K
Shanmugam, who is Singapore's home affairs minister, on Singapore Malays doing
better than Malays in Malaysia, was uncalled for.
PETALING JAYA: Malay right-wing
group Perkasa wants Wisma Putra to send a letter of protest to Singapore for
comments attributed to a senior minister comparing Singapore Malays with
Malaysian Malays.
Singapore Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam
had been reported as saying that Singapore Malays are better off in terms of
education standing, skills and wealth than those of similar ethicnicity in
Malaysia or Indonesia.
Perkasa deputy chairman Sirajuddin
Salleh said the statement made by Shanmugam was uncalled for.
“I am concerned about the statement.
It is not diplomatic and is an insult to the King and the government of
Malaysia,” he told FMT when asked to comment on Shanmugam’s statement.
Sirajuddin said Malaysia and
Singapore were close neighbours and there should be greater diplomacy between
both countries.
“I hope Wisma Putra will issue a
strong protest letter. To me, the remark is not good. I will not touch on the
content because it is very subjective.
“It is just like if he comes to my house
and says something that is not nice. Whether he is right or not, that is
subjective, but in this case, it is not very nice,” Sirajuddin said.
Earlier Channel News Asia quoted
Shanmugam as saying that “with a stable, strong political system, with a strong
government, with a guarantee for the minorities … with this framework, we can
become the community that Muslim societies in other countries look towards and
say, this is the example.”
Shanmugam had also suggested that
Malay, Indian and Chinese PMETs (professionals, managers, executives and
technicians) from Singapore were better off than those of the same race,
respectively, in Malaysia.
However, the minister had cautioned
that while Singapore was doing better compared with many parts of the world,
“within Singapore there is still a gap” and they were no longer just competing with
Malaysia or Indonesia, but instead competing with the world.
He said the proportion of Malay
Primary 1 students who go on to post-secondary education had doubled from 45%
in 1995 to 93% in 2015. Those who eventually receive polytechnic diplomas,
professional qualifications or university degrees have “gone up over a
five-year period to 21%.”
Shanmugam added that the proportion
of Malays working as PMETs increased to 28% in 2010 and their median real
monthly income per capita had doubled since 1990.
Nearly 90% of Malay households in
Singapore own their own homes, according to Shanmugam.
However, he singled out three
challenges facing the Malay-Muslim community in the country – radicalisation,
loss of jobs and the over-representation of Malays being caught for crimes and
drug abuse.
Citing a Pew Research Centre study
which showed that 10% of Malaysian Malays had a favourable opinion of Islamic
State (IS), and that nearly one-quarter were not prepared to come out and say
that IS is wrong, Shanmugam said that Singapore Malays must not get to that
level.
“A key part of that depends on you,
the leaders of the Malay community, and whether you can make sure that the
right religious values are put forth. We have to work hard at this because the
influences are on the internet,” Shanmugam reportedly told a seminar organised
by the Association of Muslim Professionals in Singapore.
On drug abuse, Shanmugam had said
53% of those arrested for drug abuse last year were Malays. This is an increase
from 10 years ago when the proportion of Malays arrested for the same was 32%.
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