The Americans have shown the way!

If Obama can be elected as president in a country where the whites are the dominant group, why can't we Malaysians be more liberal and adopt policies to ensure a fair and equal society for our future generations?

Should we not change the New Economic Policy into a "needs-based" economic policy? Wouldn't a more liberalised and fairer policy give us more scope to expand our economic activities and hence avoid being marginalised by those countries outside our own?

The fact that a black man can be elected to be the President of the United States of America, speaks much about the progress of human rights in the evolution of the species called homo sapiens.

Non-racial politics (revisited 3rd time)

Zaid attacks race politics
Amid widespread speculation over his political future, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has criticised his own party Umno for contributing to race relations problems.
He also urged Umno to engender a more fair-minded administration, and lead the Malays towards having better race relations with non-Malays.

Speaking to the mass-circulation Chinese-language Sin Chew Daily in his most extensive interview since resigning as a member of the Cabinet recently, Zaid also called for more open debates over "sensitive issues”.

He also pointed out that the results of the March general election were a clear message from the people that they wanted change, but the government had failed to change. (Quoted from MalaysianInsider)

P. Ramlee's way towards promoting harmony

"Our country should play P. Ramlee films everyday. His films can teach us how we can live together happily and harmoniously like the good old days," says the Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore, Datuk N. Parameswaran. (Yes, Datuk Param is definitely right about the good old days, but now, polarisation has been seen and even crept into institutions of learning, schools, for example)more...