I am referring to Penang ADUN Roslan Saidin's allegation of racist Chinese Malaysian doctors refusing to treat Malay patients.
Just imagine if we were to use the same mindset to complain about the many instances of Chinese being humiliated at government departments: mainly for not being able to converse properly in Bahasa Malaysia and unable to fill forms without civil servants' assistance (even educated people can have problem doing the latter simply because new to filling them), there will be endless complaints about racial discriminations.
Some civil servants take full advantage of their only chance of being superior and familiar in their own department and can either enjoy to see the clumsiness of how people ask their questions , or mistakes they made when filling the forms, or be exceptionally nice and helpful especially when given some money as inducement.
For example, there must be a reason why we have a local sinseh in BG who would need a retired government servant to accompany him when applying for IC replacement or when applying for an extra street lamp in front of his house. He has a phobia of facing civil servants!
I can still remember when my second brother first joined the civil service in the late 50s, my father's advice to him was to look out for those old folks who appear lost and ask them if they need any help. Why would he advised him specifically on that if not because he himself had a phobia of dealing with civil servants?
Stephen Ng's letter to Malaysiakini explains very well how and why Roslan's complaint was unnecessarily racist and politicised, and blown out of proportions in the Penang State Assembly:
http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/236657
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Just imagine if we were to use the same mindset to complain about the many instances of Chinese being humiliated at government departments: mainly for not being able to converse properly in Bahasa Malaysia and unable to fill forms without civil servants' assistance (even educated people can have problem doing the latter simply because new to filling them), there will be endless complaints about racial discriminations.
Some civil servants take full advantage of their only chance of being superior and familiar in their own department and can either enjoy to see the clumsiness of how people ask their questions , or mistakes they made when filling the forms, or be exceptionally nice and helpful especially when given some money as inducement.
For example, there must be a reason why we have a local sinseh in BG who would need a retired government servant to accompany him when applying for IC replacement or when applying for an extra street lamp in front of his house. He has a phobia of facing civil servants!
I can still remember when my second brother first joined the civil service in the late 50s, my father's advice to him was to look out for those old folks who appear lost and ask them if they need any help. Why would he advised him specifically on that if not because he himself had a phobia of dealing with civil servants?
Stephen Ng's letter to Malaysiakini explains very well how and why Roslan's complaint was unnecessarily racist and politicised, and blown out of proportions in the Penang State Assembly:
http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/236657
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