vox populi small thumbnail 'There are a million or more illegal Indonesians living very comfortably in Malaysia, and many have become citizens, some even politicians.'

Dr Jacob George: Why pick on the Indians? A figure of 39,000 has been floated, but what about the hundreds of thousand of Indonesians - maybe millions? Do not forget the Filipinos in Sabah too.

The Indonesians are walking in and out of the country, setting up their colonies, taking over Chow Kit, running supermarkets, dominating construction sites. It's only a matter of time before they ask for political electoral representation.

RR: There are a million or more illegal Indonesians living very comfortably in Malaysia, and many have become citizens, some even politicians.

These stranded Indians don't rob or steal. They work in restaurants or barber shops or in plantations. That is the difference. Go first for the bad ones who are a threat to the nation.

We must also understand that there are thousands of Indian Malaysians born here who are stateless out of ignorance in not registering their births. Rela, Immigration and the police must take note of this.

Artchan: Interestingly, the Immigration director-general was totally silent on Indonesian overstayers and illegals - Chinese, Indonesians, Burmese, Bangladeshis, Africans and the rest.

KSN: Compliments to the author for the brilliant analysis. Indians have been highlighted because they are easy to pick. The Indian government, meanwhile, has no backbone to act on this issue.

Lee Heng Soon: I know the asking price for the release of illegal workers from the immigration detention centres is RM2,000 each. When they are caught, they are cramped inside the detention trucks like sardines, many of them complaining that they can hardly breath.

Temenggong: When you allowed two million Indonesians to settle here between 1945-80, and another 700,000 from Mindanao in Sabah, it is only a matter of time before others do the same with impunity by bribing the Immigration Department. The resulting demographics? The Indians are in carwash and the Chinese are in the foot reflexology industry.

No greenhorns in 1Malaysia clinics

My1ASS: If any medical malpractice occurs, I hope the minister will be around to answer. I know this is only wishful thinking. I wonder how much kickbacks were involved in the building of these 50 or so clinics.

Isn't it better to equip the existing hospitals with more basic drugs than trying to gain some political mileage and pull political stunts such as this? I have seen our BN government build multi-million dollar ‘white elephant' hospitals just to satisfy their political interests, countless computers flooding periphery public clinics at exorbitant costs without the appropriate staff training, etc. Let's hope the government really has thought this out well.

I still remember clearly when the director-general of the Health Ministry came to our area and gave a political speech on the launching of online computers in the district health clinics. One doctor stood up and asked a simple, logical question: "Dear DG, wouldn't it be better to just supply my health clinic with basic drugs like Paracetamol and antibiotics in rural Sabah, rather than spending millions of ringgit on these expensive computers?"

The DG became red-faced, gave a stern look at the poor doctor, who eventually had to retreat and slowly disappear from the meeting hall. The rakyat is always on the losing end.

Dr VK: All clinics must be run by a registered medical practitioner. That is the contention here, not the competence or lack of it on the part of assistant medical officers (AMO) and nurses. All of us who have served in Sabah and Sarawak acknowledge that the backbone of the healthcare system here are the AMO.

Unfortunately, the senior and experienced AMOs are administrators. The junior ones sorely lack experience and calibre. Even junior doctors are in bad shape, with about 10 percent of them being extended during their housemanships.

Do a poll among the interior population of Sabah and Sarawak first and see if they are happy to see AMOs for treatment. And see how many cases of serious illness have been missed and treatment delayed.

Doc: When Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that those seeking treatment at the 1Malaysia clinics were those with minor ailments and who could not afford to go to private clinics, does he mean that those who can't afford healthcare may need to settle for an inferior type of treatment?

PM wants 30% non-Malay quota in Royal Military College

Suhakam: The percentage is not the factor. The whole environment, procedures and rituals, food, and issues such as mutual respect, are more important.

Check the records to see how many non-Malay students were taken out of the college midway by their parents. Even some Malay kids left midway.

The Islamic environment make the non-Muslims feel unwanted, as if they do not have a religion. The food is not truly Malaysian. In fact, even mamak food will suffice. Instead, they provide the typical Malay food of rice, balachan , and fish soup almost everyday.

In addition, non-Malays are grouped into one dorm and the Malays in separate dorms. The 30 percent quota is just icing if other factors are not addressed.

2nd Class 1Malaysian: I am very tired of listening and seeing all this nonsense about race and religion in the mass media. We all know, there are two rules in Malaysia - one for the Malay-Muslim and the other for the rest. There are two systems - the syariah system and the civil law system.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his gang are just playing diplomacy. They've got no guts to tighten the lid on Utusan Malaysia , Umno warlords and Umno-sponsored arsonists and cow-head stompers or do anything else worthwhile for future generations.

I have been living in a place in Selangor for the last six years which has a population of over 40,000 residents, but my area does not have any primary or secondary school.

Victor Johan: Umno-BN has started its 13 ^th general election campaign. Why only 30 percent? How about reserving 50 percent of the intake into full government-funded residential schools and the Mara colleges and public universities for non-Malays? That is the right of all the Malaysian citizens, if you really tak kira bangsa dan ugama (disregard race and religion).

Aramsa: Dear Najib, thanks but no thanks. We do not need the 30 percent. You can continue to keep your RMC (Royal Military College) a homogeneous college for all we care. Nothing lost to the non-Malays. I think the Malays need those 30 percent more than we do.

Engersaal: The BN government still doesn't seem to get it. Giving 30 percent is still akin to receiving crumbs from the government. It's still a tool of the ‘divide and rule' policy. All citizens have equal rights, especially in education. Will they give 30 percent of the top military positions to non-Malays along with the intake increase in RMC?

Quotas should only be offered in cases where it is generally agreed that support is needed for a certain group of citizens to elevate them in whatever sphere of the country's activities. That too only for a limited time until they are able to fend for themselves. Otherwise, it's the same old broken record.