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Klang Wizard
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Date Posted: 09:56:17 11/26/07 Mon
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In reply to:
NBH
's message, "Re: Socrates on Democracy" on 11:34:36 11/25/07 Sun
>Kudos to Australia. Great country. I think people
>there don't refer to you as an Australian Chinese. In
>Malaysia, after all these years of independence, I am
>still required to identify myself as a Malaysian
>Chinese.
There is a historical misrepresentation here.
In the past, young Aussies chinese will consider themselves , "I am aussie" or at best, "I am ABC".
Today, they will say, "I am Aussie, but of Chinese descent." The winds of change has rendered these people to be proud of their ancestry. And its not only the Chinese ecoomic boom , but Aust. as well. It's a win-win outcome.
>There is another showdown in KL this Sunday morning.
>It would appear that people no longer fear to take to
>the streets. Bad times ahead if the government still
>fails to take heed.
There is a philosophical ethical principle which the goven. here has yet to learn: Spread the Wealth.It's also good for their kind. Had they done that there will be no such Marches.
In contrast, the Chinese do not have such a historical claim, no matter how far stretched the Indian saga may inspired them. Our ancestors came here by "tongkang", facing lots of hardship, but certainly with hope. Our descendents are now leaving by air, with disappointment.
The Ah Peks that stay, for whatever reasons, are full of nostalgia .... We each define our own meaning of life.
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