UiTM – Direct From The Mind Of Anakdesa

Jump Beyond The Comfort Zone

After reading my article, some people have been asking me on my stance regarding the UiTM issue, whether I am against the idea or am I supporting. Basically I say, in anything we do, there is always the good and a bad side of it. Nothing is completely good nor bad. It all falls back to the mentality of the individual. Take the example of the recent increase of the fuel price in our country. Almost all the rakyat were unhappy and were against the increase. But surprisingly all the BN MPs and maybe a small portion of the rakyat agreed. So I said again here that there is no definite answer to it. It is very subjective matter and it boils down to the individual interpretation, acceptance and the changes that one think might effect their community.

What I am to pen here is totally my personal views and interpretation. Some people will definitely jump and start cursing me on my comments. It does not matter to me as this is a free world. Freedom of speech. I can say anything that comes out from my little grey cells and nothing can stop me. Afterall, I am just a simple minded anakdesa. I am no politician and I don’t care a damn about politicians as they are nothing but opportunists. Curse as much as you like but that will not change my stance on what I believe and stand for. For those of you who share my view, I thank you. For the undecided….give it a thought…with your mind and not with your feelings!

When Tun Mahathir allowed a 10% quota for non-bumiputra into MRSM, no street procession, no demand for Tun to retract the decision, no everything. Everyone accepted the decision even though it involved  a Mara school, which is meant for bumiputras. WHY? Is it because it was Tun Mahathir that decided it or was it at that time the Government was in total control. Maybe it was because that the decision was from the Government?

My question here is, what would had happened if it was the Government of the day that proposed UiTM be opened to non-bumiputra? Will the students take to the streets? Or will they just keep quite as what happened when Tun Mahathir opened MRSM to non-bumiputra?

I view that the proposal for a mere 10% quota for international and non-Bumiputra students in UiTM, had been blown out of proportion by certain quarters for their political mileage. A university is an institution of higher education and it is damn unfortunate that some political party took that opportunity to politicised it. I am just too disappointed and saddened that some leaders have chose to politicise education for their political mileage…. We bumiputra should see the positive side of the idea, with our little grey cells and not with our feelings but it seems that we have become ‘pak turut’ only. Students are directed to go under the hot sun to protest in the name of Malays’ special rights. Racist sentiment was used to gain the people and students’ support. For what? For their own political propaganda. 

We bumiputra should now jump across the comfort zone of being protected too much by the government. How can the nation achieve it’s 2020 vision if the bumiputras don’t open their mind to globalisation. We can’t forever be under the ‘tempurung’ hoping to be fed by the government all the time. 

The bumiputras have been pampered too much for too long and have not been able to jump out of the ‘tempurung’ as yet, I guess. They can’t accept challenges from non-bumiputra. That is why, todate not one bumiputra can manage to enter the top 10 riches men in Asia! Bumiputra failed because they are pampered too much. The Government under Tun Mahathir did so much for the bumiputra during his time as PM but did anyone succeeded? NONE! Some manage to step forward a few steps but arrogant and greed ‘broke’ them and they came tumbling down like humpy-dumpy. One bumiputra entrepreneur after being over pampered had all the guts to purchased a million over ringgit painting just to decorate his office at the expense of a government purse. This is what I meant when I said greed and arrogant that causes humpy-dumpy to fall. As the saying goes…anything that comes easy, will go easily. Just like the Oreo biscuits..now you see it..now you don’t!

As I have said earlier in my article  that it would be interesting to ask UiTM Vice Counselor, Prof. Datuk Seri Dr. Ibrahim Abu Shah whether such proposal had ever been discussed by the UiTM board or anyone else before this. Here’s a so-called learned person contemplating to take legal action against Selangor MB. I wonder what is his action for doing so. Is he being acting dumb or is it just a ‘tin kosong’ talk! My earlier statement that this matter was a stale news altogether does hold water afterall.

Today, MCA Vice-President Datuk Ong Tee Keat said UiTm has in recent years been recruiting foreign students…..  He was the then Deputy Higher Education Minister. ( For more… read here )

UPDATED 19/8/2008 - Anwar Ibrahim in his press conference mentioned that Dr Mahathir had in fact proposed the opening of UiTM to non-bumiputra in 2002. ( For More…hear here ) 

Now…now…now…what’s all this?  Enough is enough…I’m confused by these people! Are we rakyat being taken for a ride again for political purposes? Here we are having people like the VC having no knowledge of such talk and implementation? Then his previous deputy minister say “already started”. Is the VC a puppet of someone higher up? Is this kind of people ‘layak’ to sit there? Is he trying to be a hero in the eyes of the government? Come on lahh… VC use your little grey cells in that little head of yours and not that big knee cap head!  Just play your role as an academician and not politician. Let the Government do their work. For you just stay under the ‘tempurung’ until another tsunami hits Malaysian politic that will eventually wash you away..floating.

But the funniest part of all this saga, is our dear PM who was not aware of such decision! Hemmm….!!??