"Stupid being what stupid does, they do it "to avoid conflict", then cause a conflict which has to be controlled with laws which can get you arrested - even as you are thinking of responding to the conflict!! (very crever, eh?)" -Because "WE" ARE STUPID- and Proud Of It, dammmit!!
KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — The Najib administration ordered the release of 35,000 Malay-language Bibles which were seized at the ports of Kuching and Klang, bowing to pressure from Christian churches and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) politicians.
“This is a reasonable compromise in managing the polarities of views between Christians and Muslims in the country,” said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala in a statement this evening.
The Cabinet was set to discuss the issue on Friday with one eye on the Sarawak polls set to take place next month.
But with the seizure of the bibles drawing protests from Christians nationwide, a majority of whom live in Sabah and Sarawak, the federal government was forced to act today.
The Christian Federation of Malaysia, which represents 90 per cent of churches in Malaysia, has said that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak made a decision to release the Alkitabs but so far, the home ministry, which controls customs, has refused to hand over the bibles.
Christians, who make up close to 10 per cent of Malaysia’s 28 million population, use Bahasa Malaysia in Sabah and Sarawak churches to preach to the multi-ethnic congregation who each have a distinctive tribal language.
But evangelist churches there, such as Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB), have crossed the South China Sea to preach to the growing number of Sarawakians and Sabahans who are settling down in the peninsula after furthering their studies or finding work here.
Jala, who is a Sarawakian Christian, said that the government had decided on the release of the Alkitab in line with a 1982 gazette under the Internal Security Act which allows its limited and controlled importation and circulation on condition that the books are stamped: “For Christians Only.”
KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Citing fears of apostasy among Muslims, the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim) has called for Datuk Seri Najib Razak to verify the claim by Christian groups that the prime minister has said that there is no ban on Malay-language Bibles.
The Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) said yesterday that Najib had confirmed that there was an order to release 5,000 Bibles being held in Port Klang.
“As the chief executive of this country, any statement reflects the stand and policy of the government.
“In this context, the claim by CFM appears to say that the government has agreed to the distribution of Malay-language Bibles despite no official public notice,” said Abim secretary-general Mohamad Raimi Ab Rahim.
He added that any enactment governing the spread of other religions to Muslims must be adhered to and respected.
Mohamad Raimi asked the prime minister to clarify the matter to avoid any misunderstanding that can disrupt racial harmony.
The Home Ministry’s move to hold 35,000 Bibles worth at least RM78,000 in the ports of Klang and Kuching has angered Christians in Malaysia.
They have lashed out at the federal government for what they see as a systematic move to deny their religious rights enshrined in the country’s highest law.(emphasis, mine)
The CFM, which represents 90 per cent of churches here, demanded yesterday that the government immediately release all Bibles detained.
In a statement today, Abim said it viewed seriously CFM’s claim that Najib had agreed to the unrestricted distribution of the Bibles in Sabah and Sarawak.
“Abim takes the view that freedom of religion should not overstep the provisions of the federal constitution where Islam is the official religion of the federation.”
The influential Muslim group also called for the dispute to be resolved through closed-door discussions between religious leaders and for parties involved not to apply undue pressure on the authorities due to the sensitive nature of the issue.
Muslim-majority Malaysia has a Christian community that makes up nearly 10 per cent of the 28 million population, with the biggest numbers based in Sarawak and Sabah, where the main language used by the Bumiputeras in churches is Bahasa Malaysia.
Ya, Rabbi - what's wrong with these Arabs? The Arabs are wondering what is wrong with the Malaysians- they have used "Allah" for 2000 years, and it caused no confusion. They're wondering why they cannot bring their scriptures into Malaysia, if it contains the word- "Allah".
Don't they see that these "Ketuanan" fellas are stupid and are definitely proud of it? The Malaysian Home Ministry has "wisely" taken upon itself to guide Malaysians in a matter of "national security"- lest some "faithful" are stupid enough to think that the Bible in Malay might be the Quran (and vice versa)!! The Home Ministry knows that Malaysians are stupid, and hence, need to be "protected" after all these years. The Home Ministry also believes that they hold the patent/copyright to the Arabic word "Allah".
Stupid being what stupid does, they do it "to avoid conflict", then cause a conflict which has to be controlled with laws which can get you arrested- even as you are thinking of responding to the conflict!! (very crever, eh?)
The "Ketuanan guys" are plain STUPID, and they are Bloody Proud of it, dammit!! (And the rest of the Malaysians are stupider still, for voting them in repeatedly!!) .... dat oso donno ah?
**Mark my words- very soon they make it a crime for anyone else to be stupid, as they'll make a law that prohibits the "non-tuans" (BN-putras excluded) from being stupid! ...... yeah- they'll get a patent for it.
“Something we cannot understand in the Arab world and the whole world is when Malaysia prohibits Malaysian Christians from using the name of Allah because we have used it for 2,000 years and until this moment, no one has stopped us. “If we, the Arab Christians are using it in the heart of the Muslim and Arab world, then why can’t the Malaysian Christians use it?”
Arab Christians express concern about Malaysian Bible row
The Malaysian Insider By Clara Chooi
March 14, 2011
PETALING JAYA, March 14 — The lengthy row over Bahasa Malaysia Bibles and the “Allah” controversy has sparked off international concern among the Arab Christian community, triggering them to urge the Najib administraton for a quick resolution to the issues.
Religious leaders from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), led by its president, Bishop Munib A. Younan, met with unity affairs minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon last Thursday, where both issues were discussed extensively.
Younan also urged Koh to initiate the release of the 35,000 Malay-language Bibles currently held by the government in two separate ports in the country.
In the discussion, Younan had also told Koh that the tussle over the word “Allah” between the Muslim and non-Muslim communities here has baffled the Christians of the Arab world who have been using the word for over 2,000 years.
“Something we cannot understand in the Arab world and the whole world is when Malaysia prohibits Malaysian Christians from using the name of Allah because we have used it for 2,000 years and until this moment, no one has stopped us.
“If we, the Arab Christians are using it in the heart of the Muslim and Arab world, then why can’t the Malaysian Christians use it?” Younan told reporters in Armada Hotel here yesterday.
Younan, who is also the bishop for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), added that it would be good for Malaysia to show a pluralistic nature by allowing non-Muslims to use “Allah” in their prayers as the country’s constitution provided for religious freedom.
“It is not a challenge to others or a cause for confusion... on the contrary, every religion has the right to use the name of God in any way that they want,” he stressed.
In rejecting the government’s move to detain 35,000 Malay-language Bibles, Younan pointed out that the holy books merely promoted love and moral deeds.
“I said (to Koh) that it does not give a good indication to this whole issue. I think it is very important that people have their own Bibles and to read them because it is better to have the Bible than to have something else because the Bible teaches you love of God and your neighbour,” he reasoned.
Younan added that he had also expressed hope to Koh that the Malaysian government emulated the move by the Jordanian King in allocating 5,000 square metres of free land to churches to allow them to build their respective houses of worship.
“The King gave every church 5,000 square metres of land free on the baptism site along the River Jordan. My Lutheran Church received this precious land, we got a permit and duty-free and tax-free materials to build it.
“We hope Malaysia can follow in these footsteps because it is important to help complete this freedom of religion in Malaysia,” he said.
Younan claimed that upon hearing the views during the over two hour meet, Koh promised that he would raise the issues up with the administration.
“I spoke to him in my capacity as the LWF president and he promised to do something. He has received our message and we will continue to write each other on this,” he said.
The LWF is a global communion of Christian churches in the Lutheran tradition founded in Sweden in 1947. It presently has 145 member churches in 79 countries across the globe, including four in Malaysia, and represents some 70 million Christians worldwide.
The Home Ministry has come under fire for its move to impound the Malay-language Bibles and is presently facing extreme pressure from the local Christian community and numerous political parties, including those in the Barisan Nasional (BN), to release the holy books.
Despite this, the ministry announced that it had passed the buck to the Attorney-General to decide, reasoning that the detention of the books had been due to the pending appeal over Catholic newspaper The Herald’s use of the word “Allah” in its publications.
Is the continued seizure of 35,000 copies of the Bible in Bahasa Malaysia – 30,000 copies in Kuching Port and 5,000 copies in Port Klang – another example that the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak is not master of his own house and the hollowness of his 1Malaysia policy?
It is three days since the Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) has come out with a statement expressing that it is “greatly disillusioned, fed-up and angered by the repeated detention of Bibles written in our national language, Bahasa Malaysia”.
The CFM Chairman Bishop Ng Boon Hing and its executive committee in a joint statement on Thursday revealed the power of the “Little Napoleons” in the bureaucracy which could even thwart and veto the Prime Minister’s order for the release of the Christian scriptures in Bahasa Malaysia.
Why has there been no action by Najib to ensure that his order to release the 5,000 Bibles in Bahasa Malaysia held in Port Klang since March 2009 are complied with without any more delay or hassle?
Instead, we have a Home Ministry official justifying the seizure of the Bibles in Bahasa Malaysia on the ground that it was based on a Cabinet decision made a quarter of a century ago in 1986.
"You EPF, you who take in our money — you go and find people to build homes which are affordable. You have the moral duty to so. It’s our bloody money. Ini bukan duit bapak hang!" - Datuk Sak
MARCH 12 — Here is the problem we have with EPF. Sometime ago, EPF who was given rights to develop the RRIM land in Sungai Buloh, handed it over to MRCB to manage. Or places it under custody of MRCB. It’s the left pocket transferring to the right pocket. This is a 3000 acre prime land located just outside Kuala Lumpur but will later form a portion within the Greater Kuala Lumpur.
What was MRCB’s Plans? The plan was for MRCB to either sell off the land or enters a JV with IJM. The CEO to be appointed was Mohd Lotfy Mohd Noh who was a director of MRCB. He is now, the CEO of Kwasa Land, a fully owned subsidiary of EPF.
The deal didn’t go through. Perhaps the terms of the JV or form of cooperation were not acceptable by IJM. Maybe some people were asking too much.
But MRCB can’t do it on its own? Whereas it boasts itself a “property development and investment company. The Group is one of the largest developers of residential, commercial and industrial properties in Malaysia. Our long-standing policy is to elevate quality and innovations in lieu with market needs, as well as bringing quality living to all customers.
It cannot develop the RRIM land that will yield new investments of RM 5 billion, yet it’s teaming up with Ekovest to become PDP for the River of Life Project. That’s RM 17 billion and you bet, it will be more. But it can’t do a project that will bring in RM 5 billion.
The development is expected to feature breathtaking landscape parks, green lungs, open spaces, walkways and water bodies,” one party familiar with the plans said. “The township will also incorporate full information technology and data infrastructure (MSC City Status) and complete urban transportation integration.”
You see these people up there — they are just paper tigers. They can’t do on their own. They talk big about building up Iskandar, and other land portfolio. In reality they are just doing things like any other RM 2 paid up capital Bumiputera developers are doing. Parner with a PDP. You have the resource given by the government. All you need to do is market it. Make deals. Then we don’t need people with degrees from Oxford and Cambridge. We need Gordon Gekko characters. Hell — the CEO at PASDEC Corp in Kuantan can do that.
So if MRCB which gloats itself as a first class property developer subcontracts the development of their property to contractors, what’s the difference between them and the ordinary Bumiputera resource owner? You are just a rent seeker as they who you despised.
I would like the PM to give assurance to whistle blowers out there, in pursuit of their civic duty and moved by public spirited values to be protected by law. In this way, whistle blowers will come out to bare all the shenanigans and corporate legerdemains carried out by corporate chieftains in our GLCs. The MACC should go investigate all deals done by heads of our GLCs. Start with Khazanah, TNB, PETRONAS, Maybank, MRCB, etc etc. investigate the whole lot!
Back to MRCB. When the deal didn’t go through, what to do with the land? EPF and MRCB do not have any Project Delivery Partner. If not, IJM Corporation would have been proudly announced as the PDP of the Sungai Buloh RRIM Land. Wow.
Ok, the bosses at EPF say — bring back the land to EPF portfolio. IJM doesn’t want we can find other ways. You Lotfy, come and head our Kwasa Land. You parcel the land into smaller sizes and partner up with selected PDPs. Damn — maybe we can milk more babe! So you have it — EPF forms a wholly owned subsidiary to manage the development of the RRIM land. Its CEO is Moh Lotfy MOhd Noh the underling assigned and receiving instructions from Shahril Redzuan of EPF who wants to become chairman of EPF — if Nor Mohamad Yakob is in time to appoint.
But here is a bigger issue. EPF takes in deposits from workers and employees. There are presently around 11 million depositors or pencarum. 10 million or so earn salaries below or up to RM 3000 pcm. These are the ones targeted by the PM to own their first homes though 100 per cent financing. I have written this as a step to relieve pressure in the property loan industry. It’s a measure to prevent a subprime crisis by using loans to first house owners as a cushion when the big loan defaulters come crushing down. Yes those who financed purchases of 2nd, 3rd or even their Nth homes. These are the potential subprime borrowers.
So why doesn’t EPF come out in full support of the PM? It gets its money from employees most of whom fall under the category of RM 3000 and below income earners. Why doesn’t it go into home construction? Make homes that are affordable to the majority of the depositors. Leave the building of super homes whose ‘super’ element is the astronomical price to private developers. The private developers, if they want to build castles in the air, who cares.
You EPF, you who take in our money — you go and find people to build homes which are affordable. You have the moral duty to so. It’s our bloody money. Ini bukan duit bapak hang!
You ask your people to go learn how the Singapore government carries out housing scheme under the HDB. Or if you are paranoid and xenophobic about learning anything from that little red dot, go learn from Greater London Council on how they go about doing their council homes. You like it don’t you- eating fish and chips from that Times newspaper. Or is it Page 3 of the Sun?
* Sakmongkol AK47 is the nom de plume of Datuk Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz.
In the last 2 weeks, PETRONAS was in the news for the wrong (?) reasons.
First- PETRONAS was ranked badly in a 2010 Report on Promoting Revenue Transparency in Oil & Gas companies. The report is published by Transparency International (TI) and Revenue Watch Institute (RWI). PETRONAS performed badly in all three key sections.
These are 'Reporting on Anti-Corruption Programme', 'Organizational Disclosure' and 'Country-Level Disclosure for International Operations'. PETRONAS' respective scores were 30, 38 and zero percent, compared to the average scores of 43, 65 and 16 percent. UK's BG Group, India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Norway's Statoil top the three sections respectively with scores of 93, 100 and 69 percent. PETRONAS was ranked in the bottom 25 percent of the 20 international and 24 national oil companies surveyed.
Reporting on Anti-Corruption Programmes' refers to companies reporting their anti-corruption programmes according to the TI-UN Global Compact Reporting Guidance on the 10th Principle against Corruption.
Organizational Disclosure' measures reporting of a company's organizational structure, operations, partnerships and standards used for published financial accounts.
Country-level Disclosure for International Operations' refers to companies' reporting on meaningful country-level financial and technical data relating to their international operations.
What is the purpose of the Report? I think we need to look at it positively and not succumbed to a xenophobic reaction treating the Report as work of some insidious organization out to discredit Malaysia. As Malaysians concerned over the management of a national asset, we have every reason to be circumspect. PETRONAS is the biggest revenue earner for this country.
The report aims to promote accountability in resource-rich countries by improving awareness of the importance of revenue transparency of major oil and gas companies. We have to remember that Oil and gas producers generate and transfer considerable funds to national and host governments. Natural resources wealth can fuel large-scale corruption and mismanagement, if not properly managed.
Second- PETRONAS is in the news for its announcement in introducing the new commercial methodology of RSC- risk sharing Contract. What is that?
In introducing the Risk Sharing Contract, PETRONAS has this to say. It said that in not too many words. We are left to second guess what our national company means and intends.
"The RSC model strikes a balance in sharing of risks with fair returns for development and production of already discovered fields. In this arrangement, PETRONAS remains the project owner while contractors are the service provider. Upfront capital investment will be contributed by the contractors who will receive payment commencing from first production and throughout the duration of the contract," PETRONAS said.
"The new arrangement facilitates direct participation of Malaysian companies in the country's upstream oil and gas activities, in line with PETRONAS' efforts to leverage on their existing capacity while fast-tracking their capability in development and production in a structured manner," it added.
We haven't been told- how is the marginal field defined? H ow are the local players chosen? How is the foreign technology partner selected? How did we come up with a ballpark figure of RM 800 million? Who provided that figure? Why can't it assign PETRONAS Carigali for instance to partner with the Petrofac for instance?
Unless the consortium of the 3 companies in unison proposed to PETRONAS to work on the marginal fields, then I think the choice of the 3 can be defended. We can't fault the private companies for coming out with a commercially viable solution to PETRONAS when PETRONAS itself feels further work on the fields is uneconomical.
But unless PETRONAS is forthcoming with more revelation, its silence will only fuel speculation and wild guesses.
So if I were to second guess and translate it into simple language, perhaps it can be this way: "hey guys, you want to make money? Here's the deal. We want to appoint a foreign player to extract oil and gas from our marginal fields. Don't worry marginal is a misnomer- plenty of oil and gas there. But you people can share by being equity partners to these people. Just get the capital and join them. They are your technology partner. They do the work, maybe you get to supply support services and other things. PETRONAS will oversee and make sure you make money. And we will also be fulfilling our political objectives- fast tracking the capabilities of the chosen local ones."
PETRONAS has come some way from Production Sharing Contract to Risk Sharing Contract. The contractors now assume all the risks (?) and get compensated when they strike oil or gas? Will they get to recover all their set up costs? They get to share the value that's above the costs? How will the sharing be structured?
Let's study a little bit of history.
The production sharing contract (PSC) is a scheme where the resource owner contracts out the extraction and production of oil and gas to exploration companies. Basically the idea is this. The exploration companies or contractors do all the work to extract and produce oil. Hence the term produced oil. Once oil is produced, the contractor gets to recover all the costs incurred in extraction and producing the oil- this is termed as cost oil. After all the costs are deducted, you get to share the profit- hence the term profit oil. It's divided between the resource owner and contractor on an agreed basis. Usually 80% to the owner and 20% to the contractor.
This idea was first introduced in Malaysia by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah when PETRONAS was formed in 1974. The Petroleum Development Act 1974 empowers PETRONAS to be the custodian of our oil and gas reserves. It sets out to manage and operate our oil and gas reserves. It owns the oil and gas on our behalf.
Tengku Razaleigh worked hard to convince the oil majors operating in Malaysia then to accept the arrangement. The Americans were of course livid and complained to the then PM, Tun Abdul Razak. But Razak chose to stay the course with Razaleigh.
Update: I hear sound whispers that the whole cost of the project is financed by Petrofac. Haiya, cilaka, saya pun boleh bikin ini marginal field punya projek ma...
"Tun Salleh Abas was sacked as chief judge in 1988 for complaining to other Rulers about noisy repairs at the King’s private house...." - Malaysian Insider
“I say ‘pseudo’ because it is a copycat title of a famous British comedy film
of the 1950s based on a novel by Richard Gordon. Perhaps it was deliberate, as it does reflect some comedianship, apart from political lying. ” - Tengku Razaleigh.
"... he disliked the Internal Security Act (ISA) ... that he never wanted anyone arrested .... in 1987. But he was convinced by the police ..... he thought only a few people would be detained, but was flabbergasted by the final number, which was 554. ... he was not told that newspapers .... would be banned." - A story-teller in the house — The Malaysian Insider
“His memoirs has proven two points. Firstly, he has a wealth of imagination and secondly, he has a bad memory....." -Truth and lies
Lest I be accused again of spreading wild conpiracy theories, propagating overblown exaggerations and plain lying, this time I’m just going to present what is documented fact of BTN indoctrination, side by side with the MOE’s study guide for Interlok.
And I’m not gonna make any comment at all lest some people think that i have a bone they can pick at.
And just to clarify up front:
1. I am not against Interlok as a literary work. Everyone is entitled to their freedom of expression, and so is Abdullah Hussein.
2. I am not calling for a ban on the book, nor do I support calls for its ban.
3. I am not in support of editing the book as it is insulting to the author. Besides, if academics censored over 20% of the book as unfit for schoolchildren’s consumption, why was it selected in the first place?
4. I think protests against certain words, certain stereotypes or certain factual errors (while valid) have missed the bigger issue that Interlok may be a test case of BTN-style indoctrination targetting a younger market.
That said, here goes.
BTN Doctrine In A Nutshell
So, here’s a video of the BTN theme song that summarizes the doctrine that the BTN is tasked with instilling in young Malaysian minds. (And they spent over HALF BILLION RINGGIT over the last 10 years doing it!)
Don’t Just Take Our Word For It
Here are some eyewitness accounts of BTN’s secretive “Kenegaraan” workshops that ALL local uni students and civil servants are required to attend if they want to graduate / be confirmed / promoted.
Here is a sampling of the Ministry of Education’s summary of Interlok’s lessons to be taught to students, contrasted with the BTN doctrine found in the song Anak Kecil Main Api. (Keep in mind that Interlok is being touted as a valuable lesson on race relations in Malaysia. The individual characters are supposed to to be accurate reflections of the major races and their relationships with each other, as per the following):
Tema
Novel Interlok bertemakan integrasi tiga kaum utama di Malaysia, iaitu Melayu, Cina, dan India yang terpaksa melalui pelbagai cabaran untuk hidup bersama-sama dalam sebuah negara yang bebas dan bermaruah.
Here’s the lyrics to Anak Kecil Main Api, with English translation. Notice any similarities between that and the lessons that the Ministry wants our children to learn from Interlok?
Anak kecil main api (little children playing with fire) terbakar hatinya yang sepi (burns their own desolate hearts) air mata darah bercampur keringat (their tears and blood are mixed with sweat) bumi dipijak milik orang (but their land belongs to the others)
Pembinaan Plot
(i) Permulaan Seman sedang memotong kayu sambil diperhatikan oleh ibunya. Ayah Seman sakit
Watak dan Perwatakan
1. Watak Seman (watak utama) Seorang yang taat akan arahan ibunya Seorang yang taat akan ajaran agama Seorang yang rajin bekerja Seorang yang bertanggungjawab Seorang yang berani Seorang yang tegas Seorang yang berdikari
3. Watak Cing Huat
Watak yang penting kerana beberapa peristiwa penting yang menimpa watak utama, iaitu Seman berpunca daripada tindakannya.
Seorang yang mementingkan keuntungan / mementingkan diri Cing Huat sanggup meminjamkan wang kepada Pak Musa dengan cagaran tanah. Jika gagal membayar hutang tersebut, tanah Pak Musa akan dirampas oleh Cing Huat atau Cina Panjang.
nenek moyang kaya raya(our ancestors were extremely wealthy) tergadai seluruh harta benda (but every single treasure was pawned) akibat sengketa sesamalah kita (because of conflicts amongst ourselves) cinta lenyap di arus zaman(our love disappeared into the ages)
Pembinaan Plot
(ii) Perkembangan
Buku 1
Ayah Seman meninggal dunia. Setelah 27 hari kematian Pak Musa, Cina Panjang menemui Seman untuk memaklumkan bahawa Pak Seman berhutang hampir sepuluh ribu ringgit untuk membeli tanah dan pada masa yang sama menggadaikan tanah yang dibeli kepada Cina Panjang. Seman menyangka ayahnya menyimpan wang lima ribu yang dipinjam daripada Cina Panjang di rumah. Seman membawa ibunya keluar dari kampung kerana tanah itu bukan miliknya lagi.
indahnya bumi kita ini(so beautiful is our land) warisan berkurun lamanya (our heritage for centruries) hasil mengalir ketangan yang lain(but its bounty flows into others’ hands) pribumi merintih sendiri (the sons of the soil agonize alone)
Tema
Pak Musa terpaksa berhutang dengan Kim Lock untuk membeli harta dan hidup senang tetapi tidak sempat melunaskan hutangnya sebelum mati. Akibatnya semua hartanya diambil oleh Kim Lock menyebabkan anak dan isterinya melarat.
masa depan sungguh kelam(the future is very dark) kan lenyap peristiwa semalam (the events of the past disappear) tertutuplah hati terkunci mati (our hearts are closed, locked forever) maruah peribadi sudah hilang(our dignity has been lost)
Sinopsis
Cina Panjang menemui Seman untuk memaklumkan bahawa Pak Seman berhutang sejumlah wang daripadanya untuk membeli tanah dan pada masa yang sama menggadaikan tanah yang dibeli kepada Cina Panjang. Cina Panjang menunjukkan surat-surat hutang Pak Musa. Akhirnya Seman membawa ibunya berpindah dari kampung kerana semua harta bukan miliknya lagi.
3. Watak Cing Huat
Bersikap Prejudis Cing Huat tidak membenarkan anaknya Yew Seng berkawan dengan orang Melayu, khususnya Lazim kerana pada sangkaannya mereka akan menjadi malas seperti orang Melayu.
kini kita cuma tinggal kuasa(now, all we have is political power) yang akan menentukan bangsa (to determine the fate of our race) bersatulah hati, bersama berbakti(be united and work hand in hand) pulih kembali harga diri(to reclaim our dignity)
kita sudah tiada masa(we have no time to lose) majulah dengan maha perkasa(advance ourselves with all our might) janganlah terlalai, teruskan usaha(don’t be negligent, maintain our efforts) melayukan gagah dinusantara…(the Malays will be mighty in the Archipelago)
Persoalan
Lazim dan rakan-rakannya membentuk kumpulan menentang Malayan Union demi menjaga maruah orang Melayu.
The MOE guidelines for Interlok repeatedly preaches the suitability of the current model of race-based politics in Malaysia.
Pembinaan Plot
(vi) Peleraian Tertubuhnya kesatuan – kesatuan yang mewakili 3 kaum terbesar di Tanah Melayu, Melayu, Cina, dan India. Tanah Melayu mencapai kemerdekaan pada 31 Ogos 1957.
It also persistently emphasises the “otherness” of the Chinese and Indians, especially singling out vernacular schools as places to teach children to love their respective motherlands – China and India.
Persoalan
4. Persoalan semangat patriotisme yang kuat dalam kalangan masyarakat imigran Kim Lock dan Maniam masing-masing berusaha dengan cara sendiri untuk membina sekolah di kawasan tempat tinggal mereka bagi memastikan anak-anak mereka tidak lupa akan asal-usul bahasa ibunda mereka.
5. Persoalan kesedaran politik masyarakat berbilang kaum Lazim dan rakan-rakannya membentuk kumpulan menentang Malayan Union demi menjaga maruah orang Melayu. Kim Lock juga menyertai persatuan untuk menjaga kepentingan kaum Cina, manakala Raman juga berusaha untuk menyatukan kaum India di negara yang baru merdeka itu.
Jenis Plot
Bersifat kronologi – peristiwa-peristiwa berkembang mengikut urutan waktu. Pembaca dapat mengikuti cerita dengan mudah kerana peristiwa-peristiwa disusun mengikut urutan waktu bermula dari kisah Seman, penduduk asal Tanah Melayu, kisah penghijrahan Kim Lock dan anaknya, Cing Huat (Cina Panjang), serta kisah perhijrahan Maniam ke Tanah Melayu.
3. Watak Cing Huat
Seorang yang mementingkan pelajaran Anak-anaknya bersekolah dan terlibat dalam perbincangan untuk mendirikan sekolah di situ.
Seorang yang suka menderma Cing Huat sangat setuju jika didirikan sekolah untuk anak-anak kaum Cina agar mereka tidak melupakan asal-usul mereka.
Melebih-lebihkan anak lelaki Cara berfikir Cing Huat masih terpengaruh dengan ayahnya yang tidak menghargai kelahiran anak perempuan. Akhirnya Cing Huat sedar akan kesilapannya apabila dia sanggup bekerjasama dengan orang Melayu dan India.
Nilai
7. Nilai Cinta akan tanah air Cing Huat berusaha dengan cara sendiri untuk membina sekolah di kawasan tempat tinggal mereka bagi memastikan anak-anak kaum Cina tidak lupa akan asal-usul dan bahasa ibunda mereka.
Kaum India yang diwakili oleh Cikgu Raman juga mendirikan sekolah Tamil agar anak-anak India tidak lupa akan asal-usulnya.
8. Nilai prihatin Cing Huat berusaha dengan cara sendiri untuk membina sekolah di kawasan tempat tinggal mereka bagi memastikan anak-anak kaum Cina tidak lupa akan asal-usul dan bahasa ibunda mereka.
Pengajaran
7. Kita hendaklah mencintai tanah air sendiri. Cing Huat berusaha dengan cara sendiri untuk membina sekolah di kawasan tempat tinggal mereka bagi memastikan anak-anak kaum Cina tidak lupa akan asal-usul dan bahasa ibunda mereka. Kaum India yang diwakili oleh Cikgu Raman juga mendirikan sekolah Tamil agar anak-anak India tidak lupa akan asal-usulnya.
8. Kita hendaklah menderma kepada orang yang memerlukan sekiranya kita mampu. Cing Huat berusaha dengan cara sendiri untuk membina sekolah di kawasan tempat tinggal mereka bagi memastikan anak-anak kaum Cina tidak lupa akan asal-usul dan bahasa ibunda mereka.
Do BTN doctrines have any influence on teachers and students?
I’ll make no comment but will merely point to the following.
Read HERE for the latest school racism incident, where a discipline teacher derogated some Indian students and the PTA Chairman hauled them to the police station for a marathon 10-hour interrogation session. All because they tried to return their copies of Interlok.
Again, I will make no comment but will merely state the following facts:
Interlok will be taught by teachers, who have ALL attended the BTN courses at least once. And it is compulsory for SPM students to memorise key passages and regurgitate accepted answers as per the MOE study guide in order to pass the SPM BM paper.
“This is a reasonable compromise in managing the polarities of views between Christians and Muslims in the country,” said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala in a statement this evening.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Citing fears of apostasy among Muslims, the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim) has called for Datuk Seri Najib Razak to verify the claim by Christian groups that the prime minister has said that there is no ban on Malay-language Bibles.
