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I refer to the letter Chinese M'sians must accept their lot by FN .

There's nothing wrong with bumiputeras wanting to be rich, but only if they work for it. Nobody owes you a living. It is not a universal rule that the bumis must be given bungalows, Mercedes Benzes and directorships. If you want these things then go out and earn them. Has FN ever heard of the terms 'effort, industry and toil'? The Chinese didn't take anything that has not long belonged to them. What on earth does FN think the Chinese have taken from the bumis?

Whatever material wealth the Chinese may have has been gained through years of hard work and industriousness, without any help from the government. They didn't have a benevolent government mollycoddling them by handing out bushels of perks and benefits. The Chinese have always been treated as outsiders and been used as scapegoats for whatever failings the bumis face. According to FN's reasoning that, again, is the right thing to do. And we wonder why there's such racial polarisation in this country.

Where does FN think the government got the funds to fuel the NEP? Taxes from the Chinese, among others. So what's so wrong about wanting to know where my taxes are going to? I, for one, insist that my hard-earned money be put to good use and not frittered away as is the wont in Malaysia. Likewise, I demand that all government ministries make transparent their usage of public funds. If any minister or ministry is unable or unwilling to provide such details of their spending, then they should be sacked or revamped.

By being subservient to the sons of the soil, does FN advocate that everybody else accept the stomach-wrenching corruption and waste that goes on in this country? What about the appalling mediocrity of our civil service? Does it mean that we have to act like sheep led to the slaughter because we have 'taken something that has long belonged to the bumis?'

Please do not belittle the contributions of the non-bumis towards the development of this country. We pay our taxes, obey the laws and compliantly swallow all kinds of rubbish thrown our way in the name of harmony and affirmative action. And we have been silent for the past 50 years while all sorts of accusations are hurled at us from being disloyal to troublemakers and to the proverbial 'they are only immigrants'.

Well, for your information FN, immigrants like us have worked very hard and have played a big role in the well-being of this country. We didn't rob the bumis of anything so please use whatever little grey matter you may have and stop spewing a whole lot of nonsense which is nothing more than a distasteful barrel of vile and obnoxious tripe!

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