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Subject: PEACE AND STABILITY
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kekasih 20.11.12 - 06:01am
PEACE AND STABILITY -by Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad on Friday, April 13, 2012 at 8:37pm /// lets see what he says about this. pls dont post any comment till i finished. thank u. * +

kekasih 20.11.12 - 06:02am
1. I have often been asked by foreigners regarding Malaysia's successful transition from an agricultural country to an industrialised country. Just as often, they wondered how a multi-racial country could stay peaceful and stable, thus enabling the transition to be made. * +

kekasih 20.11.12 - 06:03am
2.I myself did not, in pre-independence days dream that there could be stability for Malaysia and that it would change its economic base and prosper. I did not dream of this because when we were struggling against the Malayan Union and then for independence, the country was poor and there was a great deal of animosity between the Malays and the Chinese. * +

kekasih 20.11.12 - 06:04am
3.We have almost forgotten it now but the Japanese surrender saw the mainly Chinese Anti-Japanese guerrillas emerging from the jungles, declaring that they now rule the country. There were clashes between the Malays and the Chinese and several were killed on each side. * +

kekasih 20.11.12 - 06:04am
4.Anti-Chinese feelings among the Malays ran high. Part of their objection to the Malayan Union was because the British proposed to give citizenship to all including the Chinese. * +

kekasih 20.11.12 - 06:05am
5.Apart from subsistence padi cultivation and inshore fishing the Malays of Kedah had no source of income. They were very poor. * +

kekasih 20.11.12 - 06:06am
6. The Chinese were involved in shop-keeping even in the Malay villages. The rice-mills belonged to them. * +

kekasih 20.11.12 - 06:06am
7.What we in Kedah saw in those days was continued poverty and conflicts between the races. The Malays felt threatened and their reaction was to unite and form a Malay political party the United Malays National Organisation. It was solely dedicated to fighting the Malayan Union and upholding Malay rights. There was no desire to cooperate with the Chinese at all, certainly not for achieving merdeka. * +

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