Merdeka Spirit!

"Merdeka, Merdeka, Merdeka!!!"

It was 51years since the famous slogan was shouted. Since then, the slogan was shouted at the every morning of 31st August. Even when the students finished their exam, the students will repeat this slogan as well. :)

I'm prompted to write this blog on this memorable day. I'm proud to proclaim that i'm a truly Malaysian. I'm so proud of my national identity as Malaysia is a very unique place. The development of Malaysia since Independence has been remarkable. The socio-economic has developed, the living standard has increased, the literacy rate has increased and etc. It is very much down to the unity that we had for the pass 50years.

However, despite all these facts, i would like to say that we shall not be too proud of the development. The development MUST not stop at here. The recent politics development within our country has shown that the people had changed. The people do not want any race-based politics anymore. The policy might be relevant in the post-independence development, but not now. The scenario has changed since 51 years ago. The continuity of race-based policy will only be damaging to the people of this lovely country. What I would like to say at here is that the the concept of "generational" change. I just use myself as the example, I'm the 3rd generation of Chinese migrant. But I do not consider myself has any link to China anymore. To me, Malaysia is my ancestral land, not China. Honestly, I do not have any link with China, and I never went to China before. After half a century of mixing together, the heirs of Malay, Chinese, Indian and other minorities had been sharing the same education & mixing with other cultures. The gap between the race is no longer as wide as before. Therefore, race-based policy will only widen the gap again, which is damaging to the nation.

Multi-racial policy is the one that the people of the nation need.
I wont consider myself as a Malaysia Chinese, but rather a Chinese Malaysia.
I'm here wishing every citizen of Malaysia, Happy Merdeka!