NAJIB & ROSMAH'S TEAM OF 'MAMAKS' IN THE GOVT: WHY THE RINGGIT CAN GO TO 5.00 VS THE S'PORE DOLLAR

Thursday, 23 June 2016 23:56
Written by OutSyed The Box

I was reading Kadir Jasin's blog about the Cabinet Reshuffle again.

Bottom line is Zahid Hamidi may lose his perch and Hishamuddin Hussein may go up.

Then there is that mamak story again. Here are bits and parts from Kadir:

Begin quote:

two “mamaks” will join cabinet because Najib more comfortable with people of Indian heritage

Shahrizat Jalil would get back her old portfolio

During her absence from the cabinet, their son applied for scholarship to go to Harvard Kennedy School and another “mamak” at the Khazanah approved it because Kak Ijat was said to have written a letter in support of the application.

The Indian Muslim Factor

I have nothing against the “mamaks”. From time immemorial, the Indians and later the “DKKs”, have always have strong influence on the Malay Sultanates, the British Administration and later the Merdeka era.

Also references to ethnicity and “asal keturunan” should not be considered offensive since the PM himself declared that he is a Bugis and DPM a Javanese.

Let us face fact. Under Najib, “Mamakputra” with the high-powered “mamak connections” enjoy better privileges than “Umnoputras”.

Why should the Malays and the Bumiputras be angry?

Mamaks in UMNO are more Malay than Malays.

First Lady’s advisors and key officers are also “mamaks”.

Present Chairman of Tabung Haji (Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim) is a “mamak” and is a very successful salesman for second hand cars. He was so good that he could convince the board of TH to subscribe to 1MDB bonds and later bought land at TRX to help out 1MDB.

And when the land purchase was criticised, he said he had a ready buyer and TH would make RM5 million in profit. Now we all know that it was all salesman’s talk. The purchaser never appeared.

With time, people forget his promise and now we are told that the PM might bring him into the cabinet

Rumours also say the PM will give up Finance Ministry and pass to his cousin, Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

The DPM, Ahmad Zahid may be sent to Education and Najib takes over the Home Ministry.

Will the Zahid be happy if he is relieved of the powerful Home Affairs? There is nothing he can do. He was told to keep quiet. If he does not keep quiet, he won’t be PM. He is actually in a precarious situation.

Muhyiddin is Deputy President of UMNO with no powers but will take over from Najib as President with serious implications for Zahid.”

End quote.

My comments : Two mamaks in Cabinet ? The KSN is a mamak. So is the IGP.

Sadly this present crop of mamaks above are not doing the mamak community any great favours.

As Kadir says the mamaks have played a very significant role in the history of the nation and especially in Malay society. This is very true.

And along the way many mamaks have "lost" their identity, language and their DNA. Many have married into the Malay community and have lost their DNA. Mamak sudah 'dissolve'. As Kadir says they have become DKK which means Darah Keturunan Keling. I know one DKK Dato who calls himself 'Sparkling' which he says is short for 'Separuh Keling' (his father was Indian).

Some people say 'Klebang' in Melaka is named after 'Keling bang' (bang being the local term for the Muslim call to prayer).

Chulia Street in Penang is certainly named after the old Cholas of Southern India. Their great king Raja-raja (said twice) Cholan has a namesake in the Malay "Raja Chulan".

Tan Sri Sanusi Junid says the word 'Malay' is derived from the Tamil "Malai" which means mountain or hill. When the old Tamil sailors left the Coromandel coast towards the Peninsula their first landmark was Gunung Jerai in Kedah. The Tamil version of 'Land ho' would therefore be 'Malai'.

Despite being a very small minority (there are about 300,000 mamaks in the whole country) within the minority Indian community, the mamaks have been consistently punching above their weight.

In Singapore, the Indians there are also punching way above their weight. In government, academia and in the corporate sector Indians are playing major roles. In professional fields like medicine and law they have always had a large presence.

Someone (obviously an Indian) sent me this :

Here are some prominent Indians in Singapore:

A Singaporean friend told me that Dr Yaacob is of mamak origins.

This man above here is the Chief Justice of Singapore Sundaresh Menon.

In Singapore the MD of the Central Bank (MAS), the Chief Justice and the AG are all Indians.

And last but not least below here is His Excellency Mr Vanu Gopala Menon who is the current Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia. Nice smile Your Excellency.

Lastly here is a You Tube video featuring Mr Vivian Balakrishnan who is Foreign Minister as well as the Minister in charge of Singapore's Smart Nation initiative. A Foreign Minister who also understands technology.

You can understand why the Singapore Dollar is now at RM3.00+. The way things are going down there in Singapore and the way things are going up here in Malaysia the Singapore Dollar will become RM4.00 and then maybe RM5.00. - http://syedsoutsidethebox.blogspot.my/