Comments on: East Malaysia Just Got a Lot More Bumiputeras http://macvaysia.com/2009/12/04/east-malaysia-just-got-a-lot-more-bumiputeras/ Celtic by blood, Canadian by birth, Malaysian bit by bit. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:09:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mat http://macvaysia.com/2009/12/04/east-malaysia-just-got-a-lot-more-bumiputeras/comment-page-1/#comment-226211 mat Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:07:33 +0000 http://macvaysia.com/?p=1188#comment-226211 I have chinese father and malay mother. In my identification card (IC) my name is malay name without even chinese sir name. Im a Muslim and speak malay, but because i was born in Sarawak, I am not considered as Bumiputera. This is very frustating... I cannot enter IPTA and cannot inherit bumiputera land from my mother. In the other hand, people in Semenanjung will never face the same problem as me... How could government let this happen? This is double standard! I have chinese father and malay mother. In my identification card (IC) my name is malay name without even chinese sir name. Im a Muslim and speak malay, but because i was born in Sarawak, I am not considered as Bumiputera. This is very frustating… I cannot enter IPTA and cannot inherit bumiputera land from my mother. In the other hand, people in Semenanjung will never face the same problem as me… How could government let this happen? This is double standard!

]]> By: Kamy http://macvaysia.com/2009/12/04/east-malaysia-just-got-a-lot-more-bumiputeras/comment-page-1/#comment-226200 Kamy Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:13:32 +0000 http://macvaysia.com/?p=1188#comment-226200 My Fiance recently declared that he will not wear the traditional Malay "tanjak" and "keris" for our wedding reception. His reason was this: "They didn't recognise me as a Malay when I applied to UiTM, why should I be a Malay during my wedding?" FYI, he is Indian Muslim. Although it's good that they have extended this privilege to more people in East Malaysia, the fact of the matter is, Bumiputra status has continued to alienate those who miss the cut. The result, they become bitter, and let's face it, they get denied the most basic right for human kind : education. I paid RM400 per semester at UiTM, while my non-Malay counterparts forked our three times as much a semester in other institutions. There needs to be better ways to implement the Bumiputra status. Differentiating people when it comes to education is not one of them. Tanah Rezab Melayu for instance, is where this can be implemented. Meanwhile, there remains a big question mark over our children's status once we have them. Are they Indians? Are they Malays? To declare them as one, would be to deny them of another. Sigh... My Fiance recently declared that he will not wear the traditional Malay “tanjak” and “keris” for our wedding reception. His reason was this: “They didn’t recognise me as a Malay when I applied to UiTM, why should I be a Malay during my wedding?”

FYI, he is Indian Muslim.

Although it’s good that they have extended this privilege to more people in East Malaysia, the fact of the matter is, Bumiputra status has continued to alienate those who miss the cut. The result, they become bitter, and let’s face it, they get denied the most basic right for human kind : education. I paid RM400 per semester at UiTM, while my non-Malay counterparts forked our three times as much a semester in other institutions.

There needs to be better ways to implement the Bumiputra status. Differentiating people when it comes to education is not one of them. Tanah Rezab Melayu for instance, is where this can be implemented.

Meanwhile, there remains a big question mark over our children’s status once we have them. Are they Indians? Are they Malays? To declare them as one, would be to deny them of another. Sigh…

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