Negri Sembilan Hakka Association,

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Enhancing The Role of Private Sector in Education – Part 3 »

The signs fore tell that Malaysia 

will be left behind during the 

rising of Asia

(Speech by Dr Chen Man Hin, DAP life advisor to 

members of the Hakka Association of  Negri 

Sembilan in Seremban on 13th December 2009)

I am most honoured to be invited to attend the 

formation of the Negri Sembilan Hakka 

Association, which will include all the Hakka 

clans to form a single body.

Hakkas originated from Kwang Chow and Fukkien 

provinces, and are comprised of several clans, 

Moi Kong, Fui Choo, Char Yong, Hoi Look Foong.

Although Mandarin is the common language, there 

are different dialects among the Chinese in 

Malaysia.

Dialect	Population
Hokkien	1,848,211
Hakka	1,679,027
Cantonese	1,355,541
Teochew	974,573
Mandarin	958,467
Hainanese	380,781
Min Bei	373,337
Foochow	249,413
Total	7,819,350

Hakkas are known for their courage, discipline and 

hard working habits. As Malaysians they will 

continue to unite and educate their children to be 

useful citizens of their country, Malaysia.

MALAYSIANS OF ALL RACES ARE LOYAL AND 

WANT A BETTER LIFE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

Although Malaysian Chinese have different dialects, 

they are all Malaysians and their loyalty is fully 

committed to Malaysia. Although they form a 

minority of 25%, their contribution to the political, 

economic and social development can be very 

meaningful and substantial.

That goes the same for all other communities, the 

Malays, Indians and other indigenous 

communities. They want justice, democracy and 

opportunities to gain a better way of life. The 

people worry about the recession, the corruption, 

cronyism, no rule of law and inequality, which are 

bringing hardship to the unemployed and the 

poor.

There are no signs that life is getting better. All the 

promises made by PM Najib about 1 Malaysia, no 

corruption and more opportunities are not delivered.

THE LOST DECADE. The situation is very serious, 

and this probably prompted the Deputy Minister of 

Finance to declare that the period after the Asian 

Crisis 1997, the country’s economy has not 

improved. He said that the 10 years after 1997 was 

a LOST DECADE! His revelation is nothing new. 

The DAP has been saying the same thing for many 

years. However the Deputy Minister of Finance’s 

statement was only a half truth.

THE COUNTRY HAS NOT LOST A DECADE, 

BUT HAS LOST TWO GENERATIONS.

Ever since the launching of the NEP in 1971, the 

economy has stagnated, there was mass 

migration of talent, shameful waste of human 

capital through a faulty educational system 

which discouraged meritocracy, and mass 

migration of skilled people to countries like 

Australia and Singapore.

ACTUALLY THE COUNTRY HAS LOST TWO 

GENERATIONS BECAUSE OF THE NEP

	PER CAPITA INCOME (US$)
Country	1971	1981	1991	2001	2008
KOREA REPUB	302	1,648	7,119	10,243	19,505
TAIWAN		4,859	8,077	14,426	17,040
SINGAPORE	1,061	5,645	17,750	20,865	38,172
HONG KONG	1,107	6,015	15,353	24,695	31,887
MALAYSIA	406	1,805	3,099	3,701	7,000

PER CAPITA INCOME (US$) 2008

KOREA REPUBLIC    19,505

TAIWAN    17,040

SINGAPORE   38,172

HONG KONG   31,887

MALAYSIA   7,000

THE FIGURES TELL THE STORY OF HOW THE 

MALAYSIAN FELL FAR BEHIND THE ‘FOUR 

ASIAN TIGERS’. THE STAGNATION BEGAN IN 

1971, THE YEAR THAT THE NEW ECONOMIC 

POLICY WAS LAUNCHED BY TUN RAZAK, 

FATHER OF PM NAJIB.

The NEP stifled economic development, because 

investors, both local and foreign found the NEP 

regulations unattractive and not business friendly. 

The prevalence of corruption and cronyism of the 

NEP made many Umno cronies rich, but the poor 

Malays remained poor.

From 1971 to 2000, a period of 40 years, the BN 

government lived in their own world, and 

implemented policies which drove away investors, 

and depended on the revenue from oil and 

commodities to fund the restructuring of the 

economy and so that there would be no 

identification of race with economy.

WHY SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN, HONG KONG AND 

SINGAPORE BECAME THE ASIAN TIGERS? 

BECAUSE THEY EMBRACED FREE MARKET 

POLICIES.

Analysts say that between 1980 and 2005. The 

world embraced free market policies. These 

caused living standards to rise sharply, 

educational standards rose, poverty declined 

and democracy improved, and life expectancy 

rose.

China is the leading example of the miraculous 

effects of free market policies. Former Premier 

Deng Xiao Peng is the father of the success of 

the economy in China because he launched off 

a free market policy in 1978.

PM Najib can repeat the same miracle for Malaysia. 

Would he choose the free market way or would he 

walk away and return to the old policies of the NEP, 

cronyism, and corruption.

The ball is now at the foot of PM Najib. Will he do 

the right thing, so as Malaysia can join the rise 

of Asia movement?

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