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After 68 years, why are Malays still poor, far behind others in socio-economic progress?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3H6IH9XhJM (ANWAR SAID NO TO UEC)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiprIzT_2fk (Anwar & Sabah 2025: Was Leadership a Factor? / Anwar & PRN Sabah: Adakah Kepimpinan menjadi Faktor?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKM6yOxg-rs (Lim Guan Eng Speaks Out (Lim Guan Eng bersuara)
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Lim Guan Eng Breaks the Silence: Why Sabah Voters Turned on PH And about time too to finally say something. Why did it take a defeat in Sabah to finally voice out what we have articulated the past three years, since MadaniMan emerged, whilst DAP maintains its silence?
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1A7VkohGiT/?mibextid=wwXIfr (Ibrahim Ali)
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15, 2025: The World Bank Report 2023 showed that Malaysian Chinese labour productivity was more than double the national average, and their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribution was far higher than their share of the population.
Meanwhile, Malays make up 69% of the country’s population,
but their productivity is below 40% of the national average.
Are your surprise? The scores and scores or racial religious bigots spend time trying to tell the rakyat (Malaysians) what they cannot eat, drink and wear.
Very productive indeed!
And Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister (PMX) Anwar Ibrahim has acknowledged, “the majority of Malays are still poor”.
After dominating up to 90% of the Government administration since Merdeka (Independence) 1957 or 68 years, the Malays are still poor? Why?
Please, blame the Malay leaders NOT others.
Also, the reality will not change if families continue to have more children than they can reasonably afford. When parents are forced to struggle just to make ends meet, what quality of life can their children realistically expect? Poverty, more often than not, is then passed down rather than broken.
A Muslim man can marry four wives and the Government provides RM800 subsidy for each child! Very sustainable indeed for the Government!
This one of the many policies that promote the tongkat (crutches) dependence mentality! And they are demanding more and more from the Government!
The aim of the subsidy is to have more Malays and thus maintain political dominance, not for quality, competent and talented human capital.
Former Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim wrote: “Dear Fadzlina, We will not have the best education because the government does not know what it wants out of education. It's not your fault alone. The religious bureaucrats are in control of our education system, not proper educationists.”
A diagnose of why Malay socio-economic progress remains limited despite decades of political dominance, revealed that the education system design was to blame.
Malaysia’s education system has been deliberately shaped to:
1. Lower standards in the name of access
2. Prioritise compliance over competence
3. Produce credentialed but under-skilled graduates
4. Channel Malays into protected sectors rather than competitive ones
And, surprise, surprise! Even the infamous racial and religious bigoted Ibrahim Ali from Kelantan is singing a different tune now - blaming Malays for electing incompetent and corrupt leaders.
He urged voters to elect wise and sincere Malay leaders who care for the rakyat dan negara (people and country), particularly Malays.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below a slew of articles detailing the above arguments:
拿督吴标生博士 Dato' Dr. Ngu Piew Seng ·
Ngu Piew Seng: UEC Recognized by GPS Long Ago, Akmal Stop Causing Trouble!
(Sibu, 11th Dec) – Responding to the repeated extreme remarks by UMNO Youth Chief Datuk Mohamad Akmal, who refused to recognize the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC), The Federation of Chinese Associations Sri Aman and Betong Divisions President and Sri Aman Chinese Chamber of Commerce President, Datuk Dr. Ngu Piew Seng, today strongly refuted, stating that Akmal’s statements represent only his personal views and the narrow political stance of UMNO Youth. They absolutely do not represent the entire Barisan Nasional (BN), nor the shared interests of Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society.
Akmal claimed that UEC is “not in line with national education policy.” Ngu Piew Seng fired back sharply, saying Akmal’s remarks are not only absurd but also politically calculated, aiming to muddy the waters during the government’s initial consultations and obstruct the national reform agenda.
Ngu pointed out that the Prime Minister and relevant ministers are conducting preliminary discussions on recognizing UEC—a normal consultation process for national education development. Yet Akmal rushed out with fear-mongering statements, whose real purpose is political: “Using false issues to stir emotions, using emotions to block reform.”
Ngu Piew Seng went on to refute point by point:
* During the 2018 General Election, then BN Chairman Najib included the recognition of UEC in BN’s official election manifesto. This was not a rumor—it was written in black and white.“Najib made a commitment. And today you, Akmal, are denying it? Are you denying BN, or your own party’s history?”
* During the Pakatan era, PAS released the “Orange Book,” which promised recognition of UEC, personally signed by its President Hadi Awang.“If UEC does not comply with national education policy, then Hadi Awang doesn’t understand? Or are you, Akmal, claiming to know policy better than all your predecessors?”
Ngu emphasized that today’s Unity Government is not a single alliance but a coalition of multiple parties, including the Sarawak political alliance GPS. The Sarawak government recognized UEC a decade ago—back in 2014.“GPS recognized UEC ten years ago, and Sarawak universities also opened admissions to UEC graduates. Is this what you call ‘not complying with policy’? Does Sarawak not belong to Malaysia? Or are you daring to say the Sarawak government was wrong back then?”
Ngu sharply noted that this once again proves: Akmal does not represent the Unity Government, nor BN. He only represents his own extreme, outdated, anti-reform agenda.
He further emphasized that UEC is recognized by more than a thousand top international universities worldwide, including in the UK, USA, Australia, and Japan.“A qualification recognized by world-class universities, yet you, a politician, want to sacrifice it to please extreme voters? This is not a policy issue—it’s a matter of character.”
Ngu strongly stressed: “Akmal’s statements only reflect the extreme political ecosystem of that corner of UMNO Youth. They do not represent BN, the GPS coalition partners of the Unity Government, or Malaysia as a whole.”
He emphasized that most members of BN and the Unity Government choose a rational, diverse, and constructive path—not Akmal’s “anti-diversity, anti-reform, anti-progress” route.
“Akmal, if you continue to stir ethnic fear, spread lies, and sabotage reforms just to boost your visibility, you are not defending the country—you are pushing yourself toward the historical volcano. Malaysia’s march forward will crush politicians who contribute nothing but chaos into volcanic ash.
I also call on voters nationwide: in the next General Election, unequivocally reject all extreme politicians who exploit racial and religious emotions—including you, Akmal. The country’s future should no longer be held hostage by this political toxin.”
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You may not have realized that Malaysia’s real fatal weakness isn’t the economy, not resources, not international standing — but its population structure.
A country’s future ceiling is not determined by GDP, but by the structure of its people.
And Malaysia’s structure is locking itself in.
Here comes the most crucial point.
Do you think Malaysia’s problem is the government? No.
Do you think the problem is the loss of foreign investment? No.
Do you think it’s simply another layer of weakness? No.
Economists consistently point to one fundamental reason Malaysia is stuck:
the population structure has reached its limit.
Three groups, three lifestyles, three development speeds, three power systems.
The result is that the country’s overall pace is dragged down by the slowest group.
This is not discrimination — it’s data.
A World Bank report in 2023 showed that Malaysian Chinese labour productivity
was more than double the national average,
and their GDP contribution was far higher than their share of the population.
Meanwhile, Malays make up 69% of the country’s population, but their productivity is below 40% of the national average.
This is a structural issue, not an emotional one.
You can dislike the conclusion, but you can’t deny the numbers.
For a country to progress, it needs a high-productivity group to drive development.
But Malaysia’s structure is one where the high-contributing group keeps shrinking, and the low-contributing group keeps expanding.
What do you think will happen next?
The data shows that in the past decade, the Chinese population in Malaysia dropped from 24% to 21%, and now may drop to 19%.
They have the lowest birth rate, the highest emigration rate,
and for 15 straight years the highest talent outflow in Southeast Asia.
What does this mean?
It means Malaysia’s economic engine is being pulled out.
You don’t have to like this fact — but you can’t refute it.
Malaysia loses more than 60,000 skilled Chinese workers a year.
Most high-education emigrants end up in Singapore.
Across the Johor–Singapore Causeway, Singapore can pull away Malaysia’s talent.
Australia, the UK, and Canada pull them away too.
This isn’t just “brain drain” — this is people directly changing citizenship.
How can the country advance?
Who will push industry upgrades?
Who will support the future tax base?
Who will fill the fiscal black hole?
You may think I’m being harsh, but even Malaysia’s own Department of Statistics has stated that Malaysia’s population is ageing faster than Japan’s,
the labour force will begin shrinking fully by 2030, and the most productive group — the Chinese — are leaving.
Here comes the real sting:
Malaysia’s long-standing race-based preferential policies push the most capable people overseas and keep those least willing to compete at home.
How can a country prosper like this?
Do you really believe subsidies, privileges, and protective policies
can sustain a modern nation?
There is not a single country in the world that became developed by protecting the weak and suppressing the strong.
None became innovative by letting the largest group determine direction.
None upgraded their industries by protecting low-efficiency groups with special privileges.
Malaysia wants to become another Singapore, but it has become Singapore in reverse.
In Singapore, the most capable people run the country.
In Malaysia, the people who cannot be criticised run the country.
Singapore puts high-ability individuals at the centre.
Malaysia pushes them to the margins.
Singapore keeps attracting more talent.
Malaysia keeps losing talent faster and faster.
Do you think these two countries will end up the same?
Here’s something even more provocative:
Some say Malaysian Chinese complain too much.
But did you know that over 70% of Malaysia’s GDP-critical industries
are supported by Chinese businesses — manufacturing for export, technology, logistics, property, finance — all heavily dependent on Chinese enterprise?
And the most ironic part?
The group contributing the most has no quotas, no resources, no political power, and even their education opportunities are restricted.
And the group with the lowest productivity is the one deciding the nation’s direction.
This is Malaysia’s most deadly economic time bomb:
a structural countdown.
It’s not that Malays are inherently unproductive — it’s that policy conditions them to never need to work hard, never need to compete, never need to innovate, and to stay in the comfort zone permanently.
This is not about race. It’s about the system.
The outcome is the same everywhere:
A group that relies on privilege will never innovate.
A group that is oppressed will never return.
A society without competition will never advance.
Well, scholars from western countries have observed a strange phenomenon in this country that Malays are very unhappy if they earn, say, 60k a year, while others make 70k and would rather have an annual income of 40k as long as the rest of the people earn 30k.
RECEIVED THE ABOVE POST THIS MORNING. THIS IS MY REACTION:
Sad but true.
As PMX himself has acknowledged, “the majority of Malays are still poor.”
That reality will not change if families continue to have more children than they can reasonably afford. When parents are forced to struggle just to make ends meet, what quality of life can their children realistically expect? Poverty, more often than not, is then passed down rather than broken.
I have no intention to be negative towards any race. However, I would urge that they engage in a serious reflection on choices, policy failures and uncomfortable realities and confront them honestly.
Saying this is not about blame, but about concern - for parents trapped by circumstance and for children who deserve a fairer start in life.
It has always been my firm belief that progress begins only when we are willing to speak the hard truth as it is - not as we wish it to be.
There is something else which I wish to say here which I may not be able to in official publications. I wouldn’t want to risk getting ‘invitations’ to visit Bukit Aman again.
No economic policy will ever rescue the Malays from poverty if a fundamental issue continues to be ignored - too many families are having more children than they can support.
Welfare, subsidies and affirmative action cannot compensate for household decisions that perpetuate financial stress generation after generation.
Decades after the first NEP and its successor, the outcome is plain. A small, politically connected Malay elite prospered, while the majority remain poor.
Continuing to avoid this reality - out of fear of offending sensitivities - only guarantees that poverty will persist.
I must thank the writer above for the post, as it has given me the opportunity to share these thoughts today — with sincerity and genuine care for the many Malays who have long been neglected in this country.
If we, the non-Malays, believe that we are the ones who suffer and struggle, we should pause and reflect. There are many Malays who are, in reality, far worse off than us - economically, socially and in terms of opportunity.
This is not a competition of grievances, but a reminder to count our blessings and to recognise that poverty and hardship cut across race.
Empathy, not resentment, is where any meaningful national conversation must begin.
Have a great start to a new week, everyone. God bless one and all. – fs
POLICY MEMORANDUM
Why Malay Stagnation Persists After 40 Years of Control:
The Education System as the Core Structural Failure
Audience: Policymakers, civil servants, educators, Malay fence-sitters
Purpose: Diagnose why Malay socio-economic progress remains limited despite decades of political dominance, with emphasis on education system design.
Executive Summary
After more than four decades of near-total political and institutional control, large segments of the Malay community remain economically vulnerable, indebted, and excluded from high-productivity sectors. This outcome cannot be credibly blamed on minorities, constitutional arrangements, or lack of state power.
The central failure is structural — and it begins with education.
Malaysia’s education system has been deliberately shaped to:
1. Lower standards in the name of access
2. Prioritise compliance over competence
3. Produce credentialed but under-skilled graduates
4. Channel Malays into protected sectors rather than competitive ones
This system benefits political elites and rent-seekers, not ordinary Malays.
It produces dropouts, underemployed graduates, and permanent dependency — while being defended through racial rhetoric to prevent scrutiny.
1. The Power–Outcome Paradox
Fact pattern:
• Malays dominate the executive, legislature, bureaucracy, security forces, and education policy
• Affirmative action has been continuous since the 1970s
• Public universities, teacher training, curriculum design, and funding allocation are state-controlled
Observed outcome:
• Malay wages lag productivity growth
• Graduate underemployment is widespread
• Household debt is high
• Skills mismatch persists
• Employers increasingly bypass local graduates
This is not a power deficit.
It is an outcome deficit.
2. Education as a Political Instrument, Not a Human Capital System
Education policy has not been designed to maximise Malay capability.
It has been designed to maximise political stability.
Key distortions:
a) Standards Suppression
• Curriculum simplified to maintain pass rates
• Examination thresholds repeatedly lowered
• Failure rebranded as “inclusivity”
Result:
Students advance without mastery, creating a false sense of progress.
b) Language Policy Without Functional Bilingualism
Policy oscillates between:
• Ideological rejection of English
• Cosmetic reintroduction without serious teacher capacity
Result:
Students are weak in English and lack high-level Malay academic proficiency, making them globally uncompetitive and locally replaceable.
c) University Expansion Without Quality Control
Public and private institutions expanded rapidly to absorb cohorts, not to ensure:
• Rigorous assessment
• Industry alignment
• Research capability
• Employability outcomes
Result:
Degree inflation without skill accumulation.
Graduates emerge:
• Credentialed
• Politically affirmed
• Economically fragile
3. The Two-End Trap: Dropouts or Underemployed Graduates
The system consistently produces two losing outcomes:
Group 1: Early Dropouts
• Weak foundational literacy and numeracy
• Poor engagement due to low expectations
• Channelled into low-skill, low-wage work
Group 2: “Employable” Graduates (On Paper)
• Degrees with minimal market value
• Reliance on public sector or GLC absorption
• Disillusionment when jobs do not match qualifications
Both groups remain:
• Politically dependent
• Economically insecure
• Vulnerable to racial fear narratives
4. Why Elites Prefer This Outcome
A genuinely educated Malay population would demand:
• Performance
• Accountability
• Transparent governance
• Evidence-based policy
This threatens:
• Rent-seeking networks
• Political patronage
• Race-based legitimacy
An under-skilled majority, however:
• Relies on protection instead of competence
• Accepts symbolic dominance in place of material progress
• Is easily mobilised through fear of “others”
By Zaid Ibrahim
Good Education and Fadzlina
The Education Minister and her Higher Education colleague received almost 100 billion in the latest budget. No wonder Fadzlina was smiling. She quickly promised the best education system in the country.
Dear Fadzlina, We will not have the best education because the government does not know what it wants out of education. It's not your fault alone. The religious bureaucrats are in control of our education system, not proper educationists
We used to have a top-class education during our early years when we had little money. Singapore, after separation, took our best teachers and students. That's how good we were
It's now gone, and no matter how much money we have, we can no longer change the characteristics of our schools.
New Zealand and Britain are known for their quality education, yet the Education Ministry never received the biggest allocation, which goes to public health and social welfare services.
The Big money Fadzlina will receive will get her more schools and facilities but not better education. She can't undo the deep Islamisation of our education system
Religious education is the problem but is the main attraction for Malays. Our national schools have become religious schools, with more religious classes than maths and science.
On top of that, we also have many types of religious schools. Schools should be centres of excellence in producing good students and not become religious centres to produce pious people
No one controls religious schools because religion is shared between states and federal governments. The religious bureaucracy calls the shot. Educationists of a different kind determine our education system
Money can't solve the problems of hundreds of thousands of students in religious schools (federal, state, public-funded, public-assist, and privately funded schools) because no one authority is responsible. What about Tahfiz schools? Who monitors them? Will they get good jobs later?
Days before unleashing the biggest education budget, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia prohibited staff from criticising government policies. That's not a sign that we offer a good education.
All the state governments have declared Ikhwan Holdings as deviant. How could a company with no soul be guilty of having the wrong kind of akidah or faith? It's bizarre. This is the product of poor education.
Supporters of a religious party believe that the passport to heaven is the membership of that party. That's not the outcome of a sound education system
Efforts to define acceptable Muslims who are not deviants have strained the resources of many religious departments. Selangor just admitted they are challenged to deal with 42 or more deviant groups.
A government that is unwilling to recognise the many diverse sects of Muslim believers such as Sunnis Shiias. Salafists, Hanabalis, Khawarij, etc., are the product of poor education.
A government that does not allow freedom of conscience will have to arrest more and more deviants, which means they have to spend more resources to search for them. This quest for religious purity will never end, but they will never stop.
That's another example of what poor education can do.
Zaid Ibrahim
Gram Grahman
Fxxxxx the religious bigots for destroying our lovely country called Malaysia . The pearl of the oriental land.
Nobody is strong enough to bring it back.
Ramesh Rajaratnam
When I lamented that I have lost hope for Malaysia, my dear teacher (I still call him Chegu Datuk Ghazali Hassan) sent me the below.
Don't we wish our friendships were like before?
Alas, I still feel we have lost that touch.
Below is a faithful, full English translation of the text by one - Engku Nasrun’s original Malay reflection posted a message on Facebook, listing 12 heartfelt reflections from non-Malays.
Within a short time, the post went viral, being shared nearly 50,000 times.
This moderate, considerate, and courageous Malay brother, Engku Nasrun, cited example after example of the tolerance, respect, and restraint shown by other ethnic groups toward Malays, and questioned rally participants:
“Exactly where are we being threatened?
Must we quarrel over every little thing?
Why must we be so extremely racist?”
1.
Non-Malays and non-Muslims wake up every morning to the sound of our dawn prayers.
Have they ever reacted angrily or caused trouble because of it?
If churches were to install loudspeakers so everyone could hear Christian sermons every Sunday, what would happen?
Jihad!
2.
Every Friday, we are the most “powerful” — cars belonging to worshippers line the roads near mosques, causing traffic congestion.
Non-Muslims can only accept it.
3.
When we buy houses, we enjoy bumiputera discounts.
But non-bumiputera are also Malaysians — do they get discounts when buying homes?
Is this Malay privilege,
or racial segregation (apartheid)?
4.
Outstanding non-Muslim, non-bumiputera students struggle desperately to enter universities — some even pawn belongings or borrow from loan sharks just to pay university or private college fees.
But for us Malays, it’s fine — we have UiTM and MARA colleges.
Remember, non-Muslims are also Malaysian citizens.
And after they graduate, we also benefit from the taxes they pay.
5.
Many non-Malay, non-bumiputera parents send their children to private colleges or overseas to study. As a result, these children gain broader exposure and knowledge.
When they return, they work hard and get promoted faster.
Yet at this point, many Malays complain that they are being marginalized, shouting that it is unfair and blaming the government for not helping Malays.
6.
Back in school days, if we spoke English even a little, some people mocked us, calling us “Westernized” — as if it were wrong.
Who were the ones mocking us?
The very same group that now claims their dignity has been insulted.
7.
We have been independent for 58 years.
Chinese, Indian, Malay, and other ethnic groups have lived together for decades.
Yet now in the 21st century, some among us still know nothing about other cultures.
If we want others to respect us, we must first respect them.
8.
We do not care about other people’s cultures, yet we expect others to follow and understand ours.
How can that be right?
Those who are culturally insensitive are actually us.
9.
Other ethnic groups are afraid to joke about anything related to Malays, worried they might offend us or cause dissatisfaction.
Ironically, we are the ones who often claim to be “offended” for no reason.
10.
We constantly emphasize “purity,” insisting that food must be sacred — even placing “Halal Only” stickers on office refrigerators.
Yet look at how Indian friends are perfectly fine seeing us eat beef in front of them.
But if someone eats pork in front of us, we feel disgusted.
Yes, pork is forbidden for us to eat — but is it really necessary to react as if merely seeing it makes us nauseous or want to vomit?
We can look at human private parts without feeling disgusted — isn’t that also forbidden?
11.
If a church is built near a Malay residential area, we say the cross makes us uncomfortable and threatens our faith.
So the church has to give in and remove the cross — how pitiful.
But if we build a mosque in a non-Muslim area and someone protests, we would immediately talk about jihad.
We behave like spoiled, overindulged children — it’s truly embarrassing.
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12.
Quarreling at every turn, shouting jihad at every turn — why must we be so racist?
Look at our leaders:
• Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Malay
• Sultans: Malay
• Prime Minister: Malay
• Deputy Prime Minister: Malay
• Inspector-General of Police: Malay
• Armed Forces Commander: Malay
So tell me — what exactly is being threatened?
Countless netizens from all ethnic backgrounds expressed agreement with Engku Nasrun’s gentle and sincere views, thanking him for voicing the sentiments of non-Malays.
A Malay netizen commented:
“To those Malays who hate other races — wake up.
When Allah brought us into this world, He taught us to respect others.
Imagine if you were a Chinese Malaysian raised here — can you imagine their lives?”
Regarding the “916 Malay Dignity Rally”, organizers repeatedly emphasized defending Malay dignity and Islam, and vowed to act against those who insult Malays and Islam.
However, within the Malay community itself, another voice emerged — questioning what threat Malays are actually facing.
Even UMNO veteran Tengku Razaleigh criticized these Malays for forgetting the contributions of other races to the nation’s development.
“This is only my view. This is my space.” Engku Nasrun…
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