YOURSAY | A deputy unity minister who sows disunity

YOURSAY | ‘Ti, the minorities are talking about fairness, racial justice and equality; not racism…’

COMMENT | DAP back at it again, stirring up Chinese emotions

OrangeHawk3664: MCA has been trying to show they are the better Chinese party after losing the trust and support of the community.

They have done nothing significant for the Chinese community during their period in government under BN with seven MPs, so no one is going to believe they can do anything under Perikatan Nasional (PN) with one MP.

So far, all we hear is about the allocation for Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC), nothing else.

Ti Lian Ker is the deputy national unity minister and yet is slamming former finance minister Lim Guan Eng for projecting himself as Malay-friendly when in power, how ironic.

What unity can we expect from this racist minister when he himself doesn’t believe in it?

Hagar: Ti, what are you doing about the proposed Budget 2021 where non-bumiputera allocations have been cut drastically in all aspects?

If the PN government is ‘fair’, then I think you should resign as deputy minister and from MCA which claims to represent the Chinese community.

Please do what is fair for the whole country and not just jabbing DAP for the sake of doing so.

Constitutional Supremacy: Ti, what racial card? The Budget treated non-Malays very poorly.

Compared to Malays, the allocation for Chinese and Indians combined is less than 3 percent of that for bumiputera.

How can raising the clear disparity of allocation be considered as stirring racial sentiments?

So you want DAP to be like MCA - for the last 60 years, it has been receiving crumbs. So, you want DAP to emulate and keep quiet?

If DAP is to remain silent, then how is the matter to be addressed? You have to speak up and demand better treatment.

Vision2020: Ti, if you are a Malay, and there is no allocation for Universiti Teknology Mara (UiTM), do you think the Malay community will keep silent?

If you are an Indian, and there is no allocation to support the Indian community, do you think our Indian brothers and sisters will remain quiet?

Ti, the minorities are talking about fairness, racial justice, and equality; not racism.

Kamakasi: Ti can be assured that MCA will be kicked out in the next election. You are stirring Chinese sentiments to insult the Chinese and DAP.

Why didn't you highlight other Harapan contributions for the Chinese and Indian temples, churches, etc, the huge Orang Asli allocations, private independent schools, and vernacular schools?

All these are not the priority of the present PN illegitimate government which you are a part of.

Anonymous4189: I read this article by Ti. It contains factual arguments. I wish more readers will respond in a fair manner.

DAP, when it was at its most powerful, failed to deliver. Whatever MCA cannot do, DAP could have done. This is because DAP has the numbers. But DAP followed then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad like a dog.

There is no point in blaming MCA now. They did better with seven representatives than DAP’s 42 MPs.

MoreThan3RmToOneSGD: @Anonymous4189, DAP was in government for less than two years. MCA was in government for 63 years.

You expected DAP to correct everything during their short time in power?

Care For Malaysia: Indeed, with only about 22 months in power, what else can Harapan do?

Lim’s first priority was to put the poor first. And the poorest are Malays. If Lim put the priority on the Chinese first, then what do you think will happen next since Lim himself also Chinese?

Therefore, I always support Lim. I know you will be the best finance minister ever. Hopefully, you will be back to power again.

Milshah: I have warned that no matter how bad Harapan was as a government, it was the better choice in a multiracial environment. True, the Chinese don’t get everything they wanted in Harapan, but it was better.

But many wanted to teach Harapan a lesson and this was translated in the Tanjung Piai by-election where MCA won by a landslide.

When I told non-Malays, no matter how bad Harapan was, BN was far worse. But no, some of the non-Malay commenters said even if BN wins, then so be it.

I told them they would not be able to stomach a return of BN. Now what I said has come true. There is no need to feel regret.

BN is coming back, and there is nothing you can do about it. Harapan was the better choice for you, but you were too arrogant and ungrateful to see it.

Sentinel: Ti, you excoriate DAP for stirring up Chinese sentiments but in the last paragraph, you pointed out their so-called failures, which can also mean that they were willing to compromise, which is totally opposite to what Umno had said.

So, which is which - is the Umno depiction of DAP as the all-powerful partner in Pakatan Harapan correct, or is MCA’s portrayal of a party that didn't deliver in Harapan for the Chinese community the truth?

Anonymous 79: It looks like Ti and MCA are panicking because they find themselves in trouble.

It’s the same with Bossku (former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak) and outgoing US president Donald Trump.

All these people are using the same tactics and espousing the same language. Rather than uniting the people, they choose to divide us. It’s only with this way that they can continue in power. 

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