FROM LEADERS.....MIC/MCA

Assalamualaikum/ Salam sejahtera,

Kita seharusnya melihat kembali pada sejarah untuk lebih berjaya di masa
hadapan. Dalam keadaan masa kini, ramai di antara kita (termasuk diri
saya
sendiri) yang lupa pasal sejarah dulu. Apa yang penting adalah APA YANG
KITA BELAJAR DARI SEJARAH dan APA YANG KITA LAKUKAN SUPAYA ESOK LEBIH
BAIK DARI SEMALAM.

Kebetulan di dalam mailing list yang lain (mailing list sekolah (multi
racial: 85% Bumi; 15% Non Bumi), saya mendapat email berkenaan ucapan
Pemimpin MCA & MIC di awal pembentukan Malaysia .

Terfikir juga, kenapa hubungan kita, tidak seperti hubungan meraka di
zaman awal merdeka dahulu. Mungkin kita selalu terlupa pada SEJARAH.

- Presiden MCA, Tun Tan Siew Sin, dilaporkan dalam akhbar tempatan
bertajuk "Tun Tan Answers Critics on special Previleges" dalam pada 30
april 1969,
berkata:

"The Malays, through UMNO, were generous enough to relax the citizenship
laws of this country to such extent that within 12 months of
independence, 90 percent were still non-citizens after nearly 100 years
of colonial rule in the Malay States. In return for this major
concession. the MCA and the MIC agreed to continue the policy of
preserving the special position of the Malays while at the same time
upholding the legitimate interest of other communities. "

- UCAPAN PRESIDEN MIC merangkapMENTERI KERJAYA RAYA, POS DAN TELEKOM,
TUN V.T. SAMBANTHAN DI DEWAN RAKYAT PADA 1 JUN 1965.

"Now, in 1955 we won the elections with a great majority. Then we
obtained freedom in two years time. During this period, we had to
discuss citizenship and various other things. Now what did the Malays do
- since we are speaking on racial lines - what did the Malay leadership
do? They had 88 percent of the electorate still with them.
What did they do with citizenship?
If we look around in Asia and East Asia , particularly, you will find
that my race the indian race, is not welcomed in Ceylon , is not welcomed
in Burma . Look at my brother Chinnese race, it is not welcomed in
Thailand , in Vietnam , in Cambodia , in all the other areas. What help do
they get for citizenship in all these territories? In Burma , as we know,
Indian have been send packing, in Ceylon they refused them citizenship
and in Burma it is likewise. I know it, you know it. And yet in Malaya
what happened? Here we found that the Malay leadership said, "We shall
take them unto ourselves as brothers, we shall give them full
opportunity to live in this country, we shall give them every
opportunity to become citizens."
And so, in 1957, for the whole year, we waived language qualifications,
and tens of thousand of Indians, Chinnese, Ceylonese and others became
citizens...
As I said, it has been my great good fortune to have born in this
country. Where else can you find a more charitable, a more polite, a
more decent race than Malay race? Where else can you get such
politically decent treatment for any immigrant race? Where else in the
history of the world? I ask you. These are the facts. Who are you to
safeguards us? I am 10 percent minority race here. But I am happy here."

Rasanya bukan MELAYU sahaja MUDAH LUPA, adakala INDIA dan CINA juga
terlupa.
Oleh itu lebih baik kita saling ingat-mengingati.

Terima kasih,