Someone sent me this in a comment. Thank you. It is from this site :
http://nsnbc.me/2015/07/15/malaysia-the-making-of-a-kleptocracy/
Malaysia: The making of a kleptocracy by Murray Hunter (nsnbc)
My comments are in blue
: The post independence Malaysian economy grew out of a mixture of an agro-mercantile and Chinese business domination to what it is today. Successive post independence governments all dominated by the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) had always promoted a primarily market based economy, managed through fiscal and monetary policy. In addition, growth had always been promoted and guided through a series of five year plans, and specific sector development plans like agriculture, multimedia, biotechnology, and regional development corridors.
However, the Malaysian Government has always felt there has been a need for economic intervention through various methods to achieve certain economic and political goals. The first round of economic intervention was about the ‘Malaysianization’ of the economy after independence. The second round of intervention came after ‘race’ riots on May 13th 1969, where the New Economic Policy (NEP) was conceptualized and implemented to bring more Bumiputera equity into the economy. A third round of intervention started in the 1980s under then Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir to bring Malaysia into developed nation status.
During the last 50 years, Malaysia has slipped from being an economic role model for developing countries to a lackluster one, with many structural inefficiencies that have made the economy extremely uncompetitive.
(OSTB : I dont fully agree with this. I think Malaysia has been slipping since 2003 - the year Dr Mahathir retired. Any stock market in the world, especially the Bursa Malaysia, is an extremely close barometer of what goes on in the economy. It was during Dr Mahathir's time that the Bursa exploded from having a few hundred listed vehicles to more than a 1000 listed companies, engaged in a wide range of activities. It was testimony to the diversification and new wealth creation in our economy. Our economy really grew under Dr Mahathir. Now it is stagnating.)
This has occurred to the point where commercial opportunity for new entrants in many parts of the Malaysian economy is now negligible. The Malaysian economy is distorted, starved of innovation, diversity, fair access to markets, market competitiveness, and entrepreneurial opportunities.
(OSTB : I fully agree with this. This is why the economy is dying. Now the ketuanan boys attitude is "If we cannot do this, you cannot do it too". The GLCs have the same attitude. "Only we will do this. You cannot do this." Unless you buy an AP or a Permit from the "ketuanan" folks. Do read on.)
As a consequence, Malaysia today is a net exporter of investment capital, which according to an Asian Development Bank series paper is a case of capital flight, and an indicator of underlying structural weaknesses within the economy.
(OSTB : For every million Ringgit capital that leaves the country, how many job opportunities and business opportunities goes with it? How much new wealth creation leaves the country? Unfortunately the ketuanan boys find this concept not easy to understand. Try explaining this to that IQ 3.85 moron. Or that kotak ikan guy. They say, 'you dont like you can leave the country'. It is we who become poorer brader. Lepas tu pula, tambah bodoh lagi, they go to China and Singapore - of all places - to attract foreign direct investment, house buyers etc (Dangga Bay). Aren't China and Singapore the places where the Chinese people live? Ya Allah kenapa lah ciptaanMu ini bodoh tahap gaban macam ini?)
Over the years since independence, the predominant mindset of politicians, policy planners and implementers has evolved from being ‘stewards’, to ‘technocrats’, to ‘crony apparatchiks’. Those responsible have turned the Malaysian economy into so something that resembles a ‘centrally planned’ economy. Malaysia has bucked the trend towards economic liberalization in the ‘top down’ sense of control over what goes on within numerous sectors of the economy.
Three major forms of state intervention have been used to drag the Malaysian economy into this position today.
1. Outright Government regulation and control of the economy,
2. Market interaction of Government owned special purpose business vehicles such as Government Linked Companies (GLCs), and State economic Development Corporations (SEDCs), and
3. Developing a environment where unfair competition exists through favoritism, cronyism, and corruption.
(OSTB : These THREE MAJOR forms of State intervention are causing even more painful damage (oops its too late) to the economy. They are a real security threat to the country and the economy. Under the old Internal Security Act or ISA, economic sabotage was listed as a security threat and hence an offense under the ISA. If you sabotaged the economy, you could be arrested under the ISA. These "three major forms of state intervention" mentioned above should be listed as threats to the security of the nation.
Why?
Because they have made generations of otherwise healthy and capable people become addicted to economic crutches without which they cannot seem to progress economically or socially.
In the more wicked mutation of this policy, the Malays and bumiputras are intentionally kept "dumb and barefoot" (a trick used very effectively by the colonials) by the 'ketuanan elites' so that the Malays and the bumiputras will be permanently dependent on the 'ketuanan elites'. The BR1M is one such tool to enslave the people.
The patronage infrastructure is definitely part of this wickedness. 'Close one eye corruption' is another method. 'You support me, I will close one eye about what you are doing'.
The bottom line, the net effect, the final analysis of all this "intervention" is to make people NOT competitive. Unable to compete forever. Sampai ke tua the people will never learn to compete. The phrase 'level playing field' or 'free market' or 'competitive ability' may as well be erased from the kamus. Such a mindset simply does not exist.
So the government regulation, the GLC culture, the favoritism, the cronyism and the corruption all share a common denominator - they make the people non competitive. A healthy, young university graduate may begin work in this system, all fired up and ready to learn, absorb and prosper. Within a short time he settles into this economic OKU structure. Before you know it, he too becomes a vegetable.
The "intervention" can only survive by creating or granting monopolies, restricting access to the industry (banking is a great example, plus a million other economic activities), oligopolies, very strict licensing (try to get an IPP license, try to import solar panels for electricity generation) etc.
The GLCs and the "ketuanan elites" who are 'beneficiaries' of this type of "intervention" immediately become rich but economic vegetables. They become economic OKUs - on crutches quite permanently.
This is the realm of unbelievably easy money. Tons of it. As long as Petronas keeps pumping dividends.
One of the most difficult tasks of any businessman is raising capital or borrowing money. You need money to launch any business. That exercise by itself forges the steel in the character of the businessman. He must raise capital to survive. He must think on his feet. Stealing is NOT an option. Cheating is a very bad thing to do. He must convince creditors, suppliers, financiers to trust him with their money. To achieve that he must know his business, he must work hard, he must come to work on time everyday, no goofing off at the golf club or wasting time at the canteen, he must have a perpetual smile on his face.
But when you are a GLC all you need to do is pick up the phone and call your 'Minister-in-charge'. You will get all the money that you want. (This is before oil went to US43 per barrel and before the Ringgit hit 4.30 too).
Or get the gomen to guarantee your debt, you can raise billions. But you do not learn much about business. Your character is not forged in steel.
I know a young engineer. He works for a GLC. He wants to play golf. He says if he wants to get his work done, he must play golf with the 'decision makers'. Making decisions on the golf course?
Many of the oil and gas people enjoyed easy money - Petronas contracts. Now oil and gas is dead. Many of these people are like fish out of water. We did not create a stand alone, "can survive anywhere in the world" oil and gas industry.
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Actually almost no economic abilities or business acumen are required. If a GLC or an individual is given a monopoly or easy access to a very restricted economic sector, you do not even need to know anything about the business or the industry. That is also why even after three generations there is still no business acumen or competitive ability in the community. Fathers and mothers acquire little acumen to be passed down to the next generation.
This is also why that Red Shirt rally is needed. It is a sort of final stand of the "economic OKUs" among the "ketuanan" folks.
The fear is NOT that Malay political power will be lost. Malay political power will never be lost.
It is the 'ketuanan crutches' that are at serious risk now. The real fear is that the 'easy money' will be gone.
With the :
oil industry facing a sunset (and the Petronas money pump failing)
the Ringgit plummeting to below RM4.30 to the US Dollar
the population going beyond 30 million
the longer and longer queues at the smaller and smaller 'eat all you can ketuanan buffet'
all the ketuanan OKUs who are addicted to easy money are becoming panicky. There is a sea change coming.
Even if the 'ketuanan elites' still keep their political power at the next General Elections, the crutches are becoming too expensive to sustain. It is simply not sustainable. The easy money days are coming to an end. That is a dangerous situation.
Hence not nurturing a competitive society (over the past 58 years) that can interact on an equal footing with all communities and with the whole world is actually a threat to our national security. This should have been made an ISA offence.
So the 'ketuanan elites' who still propagate the prolonging of the 'OKU economy' are also threats to the security of the nation. This remains the single biggest threat to the future of this country. The ketuanan folks have made the Malays and bumiputras even less competitive
The final outcome of such "non-competitive" philosophies will be things like the Red Shirt rallies. It is quite unavoidable.
Market Regulation
Malaysia is one of the most regulated markets within ASEAN, if not the whole Asia-Pacific region.
Import permits (locally called APs) are required for a number of products including food items, sugar, wheat flour, milk, pharmaceuticals, photocopier machines, toner, electrical household appliances, printers, steel products, automobiles, and luxury goods. Export licenses are also needed for a host of agricultural products as well. Thus those individuals and companies which have APs for particular goods exercise a virtual monopoly over the market.
(OSTB : An AP is a useless piece of paper that does not add any value at all to anything. It only makes the AP crony richer and hence increases the selling price of the imported item. The APs are controlled by the ketuanan cronies as well. And who ends up paying for all this inefficiency? It is you and me the Malaysian consumer.
Do the 'ketuanan' boys care about the APs? No. They are too stupid. Many say they dont need imported "food items, sugar, wheat flour, milk, pharmaceuticals, photocopier machines, toner, electrical household appliances, printers, steel products, automobiles, and luxury goods" Those are all goods that are consumed by other people, not them. So they dont need to worry too much if one of their ketuanan friends gets rich from APs.)
One example is Padiberas Nasional Bhd (Bernas) which is the sole importer of rice into Malaysia. There are stiff legal penalties for anybody who imports rice into Malaysia, thus protecting the Bernas monopoly. The company is owned by UMNO connected Syed Mokhtar Syed Nor and a number of UMNO politicians. This gives an individual control over Malaysia’s rice industry and national stockpiles. The paddy industry is in effect regulated by a private company, where farmers are not free to grow what they want, and rice distributors are restricted in what they can offer to the market.
(OSTB : Ini 'bahasa tinggi' lah. I dont think the ketuanan boys can understand such high fallutin explanations. Lets try to make them understand. Lets use very simple language. This is called 'memiskinkan orang Melayu'. Or 'Melayu jadi miskin dulu'. Not only the average Malay padi farmer becomes poorer than he should never be, but the average Malaysian consumer also has less choices and ends up paying more for rice. My restaurant friends say that in Australia first class Basmathi rice costs less than in Malaysia. Even in Singapore some grades of rice are cheaper than in Malaysia)
In the rice industry, Malaysia is missing out on opportunities for farmers to empower themselves through forming marketing cooperatives like their counterparts in Thailand can. In addition entrepreneurial innovation is stifled because it is illegal for farmers to grow some of the more popular varieties of aromatic rice that consumers now demand.
(OSTB : Well one retort will be "why are these consumers so fussy?" This is Malaysia. In Malaysia the poor people have to pay much higher prices for lower quality products.
For example we pay up to SIX TIMES the world market prices for cars. If an American pays US$20,000 for a BMW, the same car will cost FOUR TIMES in Malaysia.
The same applies to rice. Why not these "fussy consumers" here just learn to eat what the poor people here are also forced to eat? And at much higher prices. So just shut up and pay Syed Mokhtar ok?
It is also called 'Melayu jadi miskin dulu' because the largest proportion of consumers in the country are Malays. But as I said, the 'ketuanan' folks have problems understanding this little detail. Or maybe they do know this.
Many markets are restricted to semi-monopoly controlled businesses that are politically connected through the issuance of import licenses and quotas. Going back to the rice example, the industry is extremely inefficient and declining under the control of a near monopoly, when new production and market paradigms are urgently needed to improve Malaysia’s competitiveness.
(OSTB : Well its ok. Syed Mokhtar is part of the 'ketuanan' structure. I think Syed Mokhtar regularly feeds rice porridge to the 'ketuanan' braders. It is so easy. Just throw them into a pot of boiling rice porridge. If they scream, tell them they can eat some of the boiling porridge. They will happily keep the lid down on their own heads. That is how stupid these people are.)
Other sectors of the market in Malaysia are heavily controlled. In the mid-1990s, the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry was given the responsibility under the Franchise Act 1998 to develop and regulate the industry. A number of bureaucratic requirements were enacted, making the procedure to become either a franchisor or franchisee cumbersome. The Franchise Development Programme (FDP) requires franchisors to undertake a number of steps and procedures before they could be registered under Section 6 of the Franchise Act. Consequently, the combination of bureaucracy, regulation, procedure and plain dishonesty among some franchisors brought misery and suffering to many unsuspecting franchisees. Many unhappy franchisors have suggested to the author that some collusion exists in this process between consultants and officials.
(OSTB : Some collusion? That is an understatement. Speak plainly. It is called corruption. You want your franchise approved? How many franchise outlets do you want? Just pay money. They will fix it for you. Do the ketuanan boys care? 'WT_ is a franchise?' they will ask. I dont own a franchise. Why should I care. Akhir kalam : Siapa rugi dulu? Siapa miskin dulu? Peniaga Cina kah? Depa tahu selok belok franchise, selok belok niaga. Depa boleh survive. Tapi yang tutup kedai dulu usahawan Melayu juga. Too much red tape to pay for.
There are many other restrictive regulations that hinder competition in the market. Any direct marketing company must have at least RM1.5 million capitalization, which restricts many potential entrepreneurs from going into business. Licenses for television and radio licenses are very restrictive, leaving the broadcast media in the hands of only a few proprietors. Astro, the nation’s satellite TV broadcaster has a sole monopoly, where the possession of satellite receivers and dishes is illegal.
OSTB : I believe I wrote about this 10 years ago in my first book "To Digress A Little". Its fine if Ananda Krishnan's Astro was given the license to operate a satellite TV service. It was a monopoly for a while but subsequently two other TV licenses were issued (including cable) but both operators never took off. So it is not Ananda's fault. Even Telekom has started Unifi TV. We subscribed to Unifi for a while then cancelled it.
But why is it illegal for Malaysians to possess satellite dishes (above 18 inches in diameter)?
I say brader2 "ketuanan", pasai apa pula rakyat marhaen macam kita tidak boleh beli dan pasang sendiri satellite dish lebih 18 inci? If we can fix our own dishes, we dont need Astro, Unifi or whoever.
Brader2 ketuanan, Ananda tu bukan Bugis tau. Bukan Jawa pun. So why give Ananda a huge monopoly by preventing people in Kuala Kangsar, Taiping, Ipoh, Chemor, Simpang Pulai, Gerik, Kota, Bota Kanan, Bota Kiri and all the other places from getting their own satellite dishes?
Apa sudah jadi dengan kuasa "ketuanan" ke atas ruang angkasa satellite TV? Sudah serah kepada Ananda Krishnan ke? Jadi siapa bodoh? Ananda Krishnan bodoh ke atau puak "ketuanan" yang bodoh?
Sarawak pula lain. In Sarawak they dont care. The Iban and Dayak people in Sarawak can buy and fix any size satellite dish - ikut suka hati depa. They dont care about the ban on satellite dishes. They dont care about ketuanan Ananda Krishnan.
Private satellite dish in Sarawak
'Ketuanan Sarawak' yang bukan bodoh
Government ministries heavily regulate the sectors they are responsible for to the point of eliminating any potential competitiveness the sector has to offer the global market. For example, the Ministry of Education heavily regulates higher education to the point of what any university can teach, how curriculum is delivered, who can be employed as academics, and the selection of key position holders. The higher education system is producing graduates who can follow directions, rather than leaders of industry. There are also great mismatches between what industry requires in skills and what universities are currently providing. This is evidenced by very high unemployment rates of graduates within Malaysia today. There are currently more than 160,000 unemployed graduates today according to a Minister within the Prime Ministers Department Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar.
(OSTB : I think the correct wording is 'unemployable'. I think Wahid Omar is one of them. The Ministry of Education simply cannot allow too much freedom on campuses What if students and academics (being students and academics) start challenging the 'ketuanan elites'? That would be quite embarrassing. So the controls, which also infects the curricula. The net results are unemployable graduates.
Of course Malay students should not be thought to think. Thinking will also destroy the power of the ostard wal retards.
Did you know that Malaysia is the ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD where all the 90 odd gomen universities (IPTA) do not have even one School of Philosophy? There is not even one Malay Professor of Philosophy in Malaysia. Philosophy is learning about how to think and how to debate or argue a subject.
The restriction of entry into universities based on race has contributed to a brain drain which is driving away valuable talent needed to drive innovation. According to the World Bank almost one million Malaysians, of which about one third are professional have left the country for good. This is about 3% of the total population. With this loss of expertise Malaysia’s ability to continue being competitive will be hampered.
(OSTB : Yes. And imagine the number of new jobs and business opportunities these 1 million people would have created. Imagine if each of those million people who left the country had stayed here and had been given good opportunities. Each one of them could have created at least RM20 million worth of economic output in their lifetime (a conservative estimate).
That adds up to 1.0 million x RM20 million = RM20 trillion of economic output gone to other countries.
The ketuanan morons will say 'if you dont like it here you can leave'. I say brader, I think this is what the Syrians, Afghans, Pakistanis, Egyptians, Somalis etc used to say also. Now they have become refugees stuck at train stations in Macedonia, Hungary, Turkey and elsewhere. Their countries have become dirt shit poor. Kippidup like this and very soon you will also become refugees sleeping in bus stations in Indonesia. It can happen. Dont say I did not warn you.)
GLCs and SEDCs
Ever since Malaysia’s raid on the London Stock Exchange back in September 1981 to buy the plantation company Guthrie and place it under PNB’s control, government linked companies (GLCs) are now in almost every sector of the Malaysian economy. Today GLCs employ more than 5% of the Malaysian workforce and represent approximately 35% market capitalization on the Malaysian Stock Exchange (Bursa Malaysia).
Petronas, Sime Darby, UMW, Media Prima, Maybank, CIMB, are dominant in their respective sectors. Many GLCs control over 60% of their particular markets, thus stifling competition and investment from private entities in these industries.
In addition to these national GLCs, state governments through their respective State Economic Development Corporations (SEDCs) directly enter markets and attempt to exploit entrepreneurial opportunities. This makes it almost impossible for small firms to compete as SEDCs and GLCs have favored access to resources, regulation to protect them, and choice selection of land, etc, at favored rates, if not free. SEDC companies take the choice projects and weaken the ability of private enterprise to play a role in regional development.
GLCs and SEDC subsidiaries companies use their unfair advantages to compete with local entrepreneurs. This is stifling competition within the Malaysian economy.
One of the economic tragedies surrounding these companies is the waste involved. Many projects are recommended and planned by consultants without any consideration of market viability. In many cases public funds are utilized to develop ‘white elephant’ projects with little or no economic benefits, where only the contractors and consultants have benefitted.
One of the other dangers of the massive matrix of CLCs within the Malaysia economy is that aggregate economic activity is very much dependent upon GLC spending within the economy. Today with household debt at 88%, GLCs are the only potential driver of economic growth.
(OSTB : Not only do the GLCs and SEDCs deny opportunities and space for genuine businesses but much worse than that the GLCs and SEDCs manufacture vegetables and crutches. The GLCs are incubators for non competitive behaviour. The people who work in the GLCs and SEDCs learn how NOT to compete. They become economic OKUs. The GLCs and SEDCs are a threat to the competitive advancement of the Malays and bumiputras. From an ISA point of view, they are a threat to our national security.
Unfair Competition through Corruption and Cronyism
Cronyism is a major factor in skewing free market competition in Malaysia today. Ever since the Mahathir-Anwar plan to create new Malay entrepreneurs in the 1980s by promoting people like Halim Saad and Tajudin Ramli, crony capitalism has become a major feature in the Malaysian economy.
Today, Malaysia is an economy where most politicians have businesses which compete against entrepreneurs in an unfair manner. No mechanism to check these conflicts of interest such as parliamentarian asset register currently exists
(OSTB : Unfair competition means not competing. Meaning APs, licenses, permits, quotas which mean crutches, economic OKUs, subsidy junkies. Without these crutches they cannot compete. Hence after 58 years of Independence and 45 years of the NEP, the Malays and bumiputras still cannot stand on their own feet. That is why the 'ketuanan' folks still feel threatened, that is why they will still need the Red Shirt rallies. Despite 58 years of Independence, despite 45 years of the NEP they still cannot compete.)
There is a wide perception within Malaysia that the level of corruption is on the increase. Corruption and cronyism has skewed most of the tender process within Malaysia, where the level of transparency is next to nil. Toll concession agreements are considered state secrets in Malaysia.
Reports to the author from petty class F contractors supplying goods and services to government around Malaysia, are stories of payments to public office bearers for the right to supply a good or service. Some stories put these payments as high as 60% of the contract, where many contractors are unable to make a profit. With payments taking up to six months, many Bumiputera businesses are financially suffering around the country. This is hindering healthy SME competition and growth.
(OSTB : Before the Class F contractors suffered less corruption. Because there were few of them and plenty of projects to go around. They did not have to compete so hard for Class F contracts. Now there are tens if not hundreds of thousands of Class F contractors. And not enough projects. Competition is stiff to get Class F contracts. So the awarders ask for under-the-table-money. Or the contractors offer money. To make up for the extra cost, the prices are doubled or tripled. The taxpayers (err that's me and you Encik Ketuanan) have to pay for these kickbacks.
If Japan pays RMxxxxx for one bustop in the village, we may actually pay more than Japan. But the Japanese get a first world bus stop. We get a Third World zinc roofed bus stop. This is the cost of corruption. We pay more and we get less. This is also why we are still poor. Now getting poorer)
Failure and the Future
Planning mechanisms have become distorted over the last decade where economic studies and plans have been written by consultants in isolation to the market.
Very little consultation is made with industry, consumer, or community groups in planning.
This has mostly resulted in infrastructure and programs being designed and developed that nobody needs. This type of central planning has been no more successful than the old ‘Gosplan’ state planning mechanisms in the old Soviet Union decades ago.
New policy initiatives today seem to benefit one or more groups. The New Economic Policy (NEP) had noble aims which many international economists applauded in the early 1970s. However the NEP is now widely seen as an instrument that benefits a very small cadre class today.
OSTB : 'ditto'
All this has been made worse with corruption seeping down to the micro-enterprise level where small business is suffering. NEP implementation has hindered healthy business growth and the very groups it was intended to benefit are suffering. GLCs have not protected Bumiputera interests, but in fact sidelined many potential Bumiputera entrepreneurs, through crowding out markets.
Due to regulation, GLCs, and corruption and cronyism, both foreign and local investment in Malaysia has been lackluster sine the Asian financial crisis back in 1997.
Today Malaysia is in the unusual position of being a net exporter of capital.
The IMDB fiasco will further weaken any chances of reversing investment trends within the country. With Malaysia being a net importer of oil, and palm oil and rubber prices being at all time lows, public sector spending must decrease.
With Malaysia’s current economic structure, there is no clear future driver of economic growth. Malaysia’s heavily regulated economy and markets are stifling the much needed innovation needed to develop new sources of growth. Unfortunately, there are no economic reforms or initiatives signaled in the 11th Malaysia plan. It is almost silent on economic restructuring.
The much needed reforms heralded by Prime Minister Najib when he came to power in 2009 and implemented by Idris Jala, Minister in the PMs Department heading PEMANDU, have not been forthcoming. Malaysia is now in an innovation vacuum, threatening economic buoyancy .
With fraudulent, corrupt business practices on the rise in Malaysia, and an ineffective Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC), there is a widening trough between rich and poor in Malaysia, which is beginning to attack the viability of the new middle classes.
Many Malaysian companies are becoming so frustrated with not being able to secure land and licenses for their expansion plans, they are seeking out new locations for their operations. The Thai Government is hoping to cash in on this and has just recently set up a number of Special Economic Zones across the border from Malaysia in Songkhla. Another one will be set up in Narathiwat in the not too distant future.
Ironically the strongest warning of what may happen in Malaysia in the future comes from former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamed himself, where he said in his memoirs that Malaysia’s policies have produced a ‘culture of entitlement’ where “…I fear for our coming generations. I worry that the children of those who have made it good will take the policy for granted and never learn to be intellectually and economically self reliant.”
OSTB : I just want to say it ok. I have ideas and plans how to get Malaysia to be a real 1st World economy in say 15 years. Also a 1st World society - a society that is clean, hygienic, that respects its neighbors and earns the trust of its neighbors. It is not an impossibility. And NO ONE will be left behind. NO one at all. We really have a truly great future for this country. Have faith folks. Please have faith in ourselves. Malaysia Boleh.
My eye is on the the Malays everywhere, the Kadazan Dusun people in Sabah, the Ibans in Sarawak, the poor Tamils and other wanting Indian groups, the Chinese, the Sikhs and every one else in this beautiful country. That is the only choice we have.