A GOOD 'PENDATANG' LESSON FOR UMNO: Remember pride comes before a GREAT FALL!

Me thinks even if I'm a Pendatang (immigrant) or a Perantau (traveller)... I don't care what others see of me, I'm a legitimate citizen born off this land, I've lived all my life in this country, I've seen the Good Times and some Bad Times, I've borne children who are all citizens of this country, and will contribute to it just like how me and my father did.

If you want to call us Pendatangs then please 'rephrase' it to our grandfathers, they are the actual Pendatangs who sweated to built this country. Yes! they were Pendatangs but they were not haram Pendatangs but legally 'citizenized' Pendatangs. They were brought here as skilled workers who contributed to Nation Building, some of them were educated and easily became the Nation's Teachers and Administrators, they made up the education curriculum that bred some of the leaders today. They taught the young ones to fish, so that these people will be hungry no more.'

Then came the hardcore labourers brought here to work in the newly minted rubber estates by the Great Orang Putih Tuans. These people too contributed to Nation Buiding economically. They were given legal citizenship and were not 'haram' (illegal) workers, they cut through the jungle, clean the scrubs and made planting easier, many died due to snake bites and malaria, for a foreign country then. These were the so called marginalized Indians now. Today their children are genuine citizens of this country, they work hard just like their fathers and grandfathers and contribute to Nation Building too.

Another group, the Chinese came here to trade and work in the tin mining industry, they were very hardworking people, they were very progressive as such they routed our trading systems so effectively that till today they are in control of the Trading in this country.

These were the people who mapped Malaysia to the world with trade and they too contributed to Nation Building and were legal citizens of this country. If this group of Pendatangs did not come to these Perantau districts, that is Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia, then the so called archipelago would not have existed.

Then there were the illegals

Fast forward 55 years ,we have another group Pendatangs about 1.5 million illegals roaming in every part of Malaysia,they were brought illegally by Agents working hand in hand with Administrators of the system. These people were not screened medically and are contributors of various diseases which was eradicated in the past.

Diseases like Tuberculosis and leprosy are back again on our soil,not to mention sexual disease like gonorrhea ,syphilis, and even aids to an extend. Skin diseases like ring worm, fungal infections are on the rise. Many locals have succumbed to these comeback disease from current third world countries, a lot of social and religious problem have arise with these people around, they marry locals and create these problems. Will these people help in Nation Building? Is our Management doing anything about this?

My dear citizen brothers you can be Malay , Chinese or Indian we are not Pendatangs or Perantau's anymore, our citizenship status says it.

And just because some Political or Religious group says it, we cannot be Pendatangs; these people are the real losers and they don't have principles in life, they sway according to their likes. Just ignore them ,let them rant and shout and pull their hairs... we live in a beautiful country and are blessed with abundance, be intelligent, work hard,make money and live free and easy.

And whenever you see these guys who rant at you as a Pendatang, remember they are the losers because of laziness and indiscipline. So just smile and walk away, there are better days ahead... and these are coming soon. - MAILBAG