Well said -I just want to propose more open discussions on the concrete issues for (Chinese based?)civil societies to consider:

1. What is there to stop Chinese based NGOs to dialogue with other communities ? To start with they can choose more open minded non-Chinese NGOs.

The bigger issue is:can `chinese community issues' like SRJK solved by just moving around Chinese community-even though using `universal' language of `human rights' and `mother tongue' ?

2.What are the `progressive' ideas for Malaysia -can we review `3rd world' positions eg support for Burma ? Can we take prodemocratic position on China ? Are women, gay, ecological concerns all `middle class' issues ? Facing a diverse future is probably an important issue for `growing up' for any individuals and communities.

3. How far can we avoid racialism as a central issue in Malaysia ? Until now there is a funny idea that racialism is an issue which can go away if we just don't talk about it. Is this born out by facts or our experiences in the last 10-20 years ?

4. By restricting to Chinese community is there some self-imposed limitations on what a citizen can do ? Put another way : as a `chinese' we are `minority' -but as `anti-corruption' supporters are we still a `minority' ? This is just an example-there are many more. The idea is whether it makes sense to limit our potentials by limiting our self-perceptions !

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