One can only fervently hope that with a change in government, this disgusting manner of governing through race and  ought to be done away with and merit alone be the consideration for jobs

MCA president Chua Soi Lek  had parting shots aimed the Chinese community, which had largely voted against BN.

It is sad to see MCA, a party that was a formidable force in the Malaysian political arena, founded and managed by the great and visionary leaders like Tan Cheng Lock, Sir H.S.Lee, Tan Siew Sin and Dr Lim Chong Eu (who later left MCA and founded Gerakan) is truly in shambles today. It was unfortunate of MCA members to have handed over the party leadership to Chua Soi Lek in early 2010. His decision to stay out of cabinet position and his sheer incompetency to convey to the government the sentiments of the Chinese community’s disappointment and frustration on a host of economic and social issues have all led to the absolute loss of the Chinese community’s trust in MCA. Adding insult to injury was Umno’s high handed tactics in not respecting MCA’s position as the second largest partner in the BN coalition and thumping MCA to simply “follow Umno’s instructions”. Chua Soi Lek did not have the mettle to deal with Umno-BN government and failed to rebuild MCA with confidence and strength.

MCA president Chua Soi Lek ups the ante; UMNO face-off with Chinese voters says don’t lecture us on  face-off with Chinese had parting shots aimed the Chinese community, which had largely voted against BN

the results of the concluded general election and on the issue of the so-called ‘Chinese tsunami’ that seem to have engulfed Umno thinking in Putrajaya.

This decimation of values however continued with subsequent  were unwilling to let go off a privilege that suited them so well. The MCA administration too has begun a most deprecatory practice, of auctioning high profile positions , to be run by the the reality is that the aspirations of a sizeable section of elite Chinese urban population are in conflict with a dominant Malay rural electorate. Therefore, it is a racial game played on many levels but which always revolve around the Malay community. In fact I would argue that barring the possible retributive design of the federal government on the Chinese community, what this election has done is once and for all define the conflict in the context of the Malay community.

The narrative in most pro-establishment blogs is one of retribution to the Chinese community for abandoning the social contract of racial give-and-take of Umno. I am neither shocked nor perturbed by this because seeing the way how pro-opposition partisan operate in cyberspace, especially some DAP supporters (apparatchiks) who engage in the politics of hate, all the while decrying that of Umno’s and the vitriol they heap on pro-establishment partisans, all this is to be expected.

Winning the battle is not as important as what one achieves after the victory. With governance having been given the go by, the most important of all things is to provide a dose of governance, w

Chinese were misguided?

He has the chick to say that the Chinese were misguided. They have been lucky not to be misguided by him who as a medical doctor has no shame morally and is the first MCA President who did not lead his so-called “army” to war. What a useless general (president)!! “No hud” I think he has left his two “huds” in the hotel. Please don’t issue any threat to Malaysians at large especially the Chinese as you have lost your self-respect.. MCA would be better off without you. You are the worst MCA president so far since the party’s inception. That’s right.Maybe you don’t need this job as you are very good in the “other” job….Since you took over the presidency of MCA, its morality and popularity rating has gone down into the toilet bowl. All you know is plot to groom your son Chua Tee Yong to become President of MCA in the near future. Your caliber is nowhere near Ong Tee Keat who no doubt can be arrogant but at least he isn’t a lap-dog.

In other words, there will be no real reconciliation but merely an extension of Umno benefice to Chinese plutocratic interests to maintain the multiracial facade which is important for various economic and propaganda reasons.

The party had in 2011 decided not to accept any government positions – including cabinet positions – if it did worse than in 2008.

Meanwhile, Chua said MCA respects the decision of the voters.

“This is what democracy is all about,” he said.
Good riddance to bad rubbish. MCA is so irrelevant and out-of-touch with the Chinese community it purports to represent due in no small part to Chua Soi Lek’s own lack of real ideas or proper policies to advance the community, excessive scare-mongering tactics especially with regards to PAS’ hudud plans, as well as his personal moral failings as a leader. The only way for the party to regain it’s damaged credibility and relevance is to reinstate principally righteous leaders like Ong Tee Keat as president again. Failure to do so quickly would only exacerbate MCA’s demise.

“It is also clear that the voting was made along ethnic lines with the Chinese believing that the DAP can change the government.

“Voting the Chinese out of the state and federal government will not help solve dissatisfaction with the government,” he said.

However, Chua said that he believed soon-to-be sworn-in prime minister Najib Abdul Razak will continue with his inclusive policy and continue to look after the interest of the Chinese community.

Your long-term relationship or marriage is over and you’re finally free from a life of neglect, dominance, adultery, abuse, boredom, aggression, or whatever it is that you escaped from. You breathe a sigh of relief that you don’t have to spend the rest of your life with someone who was not the ideal life companion for you. But rather than experiencing glee at the thought of “life space” being vacant, for someone whose yin matches your yang, are you filled with dread at the thought of history repeating itself? I believe in a life of no regrets. If you marry, do so for the right reasons, and with all your heart, and if you decide to end it and move on, do so for the right reasons, and do it with panache. The same is to be said for restarting life. We all have our inner demons, stubborn patterns that don’t serve us, and we are condemned to repeat mistakes if we don’t learn from them. So the key is in learning the lesson from every experience, identifying what you don’t want in your partner, because that is far more important than what you do want in your life partner, and also to accept that you are flawed, human, and need to work on your shortcomings. No two marriages are the same, so keep an open mind, a happy heart, choose wisely and be open to new beginnings. Everybody deserves one.

The Selangor Barisan Nasional (BN) will carry out a post-mortem on its failure to regain the state from the opposition comprising PAS, PKR and DAP, and loss of more state seats in the 13th General Election.

Selangor BN deputy chairman Datuk Seri Noh Omar who attributed the scenario to a “tsunami of Chinese voters”, said the state coalition would carry out an in-depth study on why the community had aligned itself to the opposition, despite the various BN assistance channelled to them.

“I don’t think I have not helped the Chinese. We were stumped when we lost substantially, especially in constituencies where the majority are Chinese.

“Why did they not vote for us when they had supported us in our activities and programmes? We thought we had a good chance of winning,” he told a press conference at the Selangor Umno headquarters here today.

In the general election yesterday, the BN only won 12 of the 56 state seats and five of the 22 parliamentary seats. The state BN won 20 state seats and five parliamentary seats in the 2008 general election.

Noh, who retained his Tanjong Karang parliamentary seat for the fifth time, said the election results showed that democracy was alive and well in the country.

“The election went smoothly and fairly. In some places, the BN lost narrowly; similarly, the opposition. Judging from the BN’s situation in Selangor and in the country in general, the people can see that democracy is in practice and we should accept the outcome as decided by the people,” he said.

Noh dismissed a suggestion that the choice of candidates had contributed to the loss, saying that in some areas, candidates who were not objected to, during the selection, still lost their bid.

Meanwhile, he left it to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is also Selangor BN chairman, to restructure the state BN. —