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January 30th, 2011 |
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http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/01/30/there-goes-the-malay-votes/singapore-malay/In the 2006 GE, the PAP did rather worse than expected: 67% of the popular vote and 67% of the votes in PM’s GRC. An NTUC minister had said that the PM would get over 80% of the vote in PM’s GRC.
The one consolation was that the Malays had finally swung behind PAP. And just in time too. They saved BG Yeo from the shame of losing a GRC to the WP.
But since then relations between the PAP and the Malay community have gone downhill. The Malays were disappointed that they didn’t get the second cabinet seat that they thought should have been their reward for preventing the WP from winning a GRC.
Then when the recession hit, the word was that the Malays suffered disproportionately when it came to the repossession of HDB flats. They were less prudent than other races when it came to managing their finances: they bought bigger flats than they could comfortably afford to service.
Then MM wrote them out of history late last year, when he told a Moscow audience that the two main racial groups here were Chinese and Indians. The Malays at 14% of the population are the second largest group.
Then we have MM’s latest comments, the less said about the better.
What can swing the Malays behind the PAP again? What about promising them that the next president will be a Malay of good standing in the community, if they vote PAP?
But is there any Malay that MM trusts enough for the job, given that the job is more than ceremonial. And if there is such a Malay, is he of good standing in the Malay community?
Just read this by the Minister for Malay Affairs trying to explain MM’s words. Don’t think he succeeded.
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Source: Thoughts of a Cynical Investor
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http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/01/30/there-goes-the-malay-votes/singapore-malay/In the 2006 GE, the PAP did rather worse than expected: 67% of the popular vote and 67% of the votes in PM’s GRC. An NTUC minister had said that the PM would get over 80% of the vote in PM’s GRC.
The one consolation was that the Malays had finally swung behind PAP. And just in time too. They saved BG Yeo from the shame of losing a GRC to the WP.
But since then relations between the PAP and the Malay community have gone downhill. The Malays were disappointed that they didn’t get the second cabinet seat that they thought should have been their reward for preventing the WP from winning a GRC.
Then when the recession hit, the word was that the Malays suffered disproportionately when it came to the repossession of HDB flats. They were less prudent than other races when it came to managing their finances: they bought bigger flats than they could comfortably afford to service.
Then MM wrote them out of history late last year, when he told a Moscow audience that the two main racial groups here were Chinese and Indians. The Malays at 14% of the population are the second largest group.
Then we have MM’s latest comments, the less said about the better.
What can swing the Malays behind the PAP again? What about promising them that the next president will be a Malay of good standing in the community, if they vote PAP?
But is there any Malay that MM trusts enough for the job, given that the job is more than ceremonial. And if there is such a Malay, is he of good standing in the Malay community?
Just read this by the Minister for Malay Affairs trying to explain MM’s words. Don’t think he succeeded.
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Source: Thoughts of a Cynical Investor
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