The Star 23 January 2008

This below is the email I sent to the Star

Dear Sir,

I AGREE very much with Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye that it is good for the Cabinet to drop the idea of having the Race Relations Act. However, I feel it is right to say that after 51 years of independence, the people at the top who are our leaders MUST start to think of changing.
We should stop having UMNO (United MALAY National Organisation), MCA (Malaysian CHINESE Association), MIC (Malaysian INDIAN Congress), PAS( Partai ISLAM Se Malaysia - should have been PIS) and also many other political parties that sound communal or religious. We can have NGOs that are religion based but not political parties.

I remember during my school days, many of my friends were Chinese and Indians but now it saddens me to see the state of our racial interaction in schools and colleges.

In a few more years, those born pre Merdeka will not be around anymore. We should start from now to instill in our young, the hardship that our fathers went through to gain independence for all of us. Let not the distrust among our races be the downfall of what they have built.

To the leaders, I say, 'Please do something and do it fast'.
Thank you

Pseudonym: Malaysia Truly Malaysian
Friday January 23, 2009

This is the letter that has been printed.... some censorship but hope I got the message through...

Don’t waste efforts of our forefathers

I AGREE very much with Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye that it is good for the Cabinet to drop the idea of having the Race Relations Act (“Race Relations Act not the answer for unity” – The Star, Jan 22).
However, I feel it is right to say that after 51 years of independence, the people at the top who are our leaders must start to think of change.

We should stop having political parties that sound communal or religious. We can have NGOs that are religion-based, but not political parties.

I remember during my school days, many of my friends were Chinese and Indians, but now it saddens me to see the state of our racial interaction in schools and colleges.

In a few more years, those born pre-Merdeka will not be around any more. We should start from now to instil in our young the hardship that our fathers went through to gain independence for all of us.

Let not the distrust among our races be the downfall of what they have built.
To the leaders, I say, please do something and do it fast.

MALAYSIA TRULY MALAYSIAN, Kuala Lumpur.