Actually wanted to hear what fellow AFs on Malaysian chat say about this... not to ignite any thing

So far the reaction is good. Juz ignore the fella.

oh sorry....my apologies then

so some Malaysians are pissed off at Singapore?

juz like wat is happening in the forum lar......hehe

yr analogy not so correct....do you know the real cause to all this hatred?.....try flipping the KD Malaya case

KD Malaya - Malaysian naval base in Singapore

Its a long story my fren...try digging up and google it. Dun understand ask me again

this is for forrest


sumtimes its funny when you guys use certain words...like dictatorship and others without ever thinking of what others felt about it.....

its ok...this is a forum...understood pretty well....sigh

sumtimes its funny when you guys use certain words...like dictatorship and others without ever thinking of what others felt about it.....

well rico, i am outside both boxes (SG and Msia) and i can see that both countries top leaders ain't never gonna reconcile their differences nor copy one another. And both sets of citizens ape their leaders.

For folks like u and me who wanna see change in the mindset and system, we will stand no chance to step into the leadership ladder. Too bad lah mat rico! ..

Mahathir dismisses Singapore as a "tiny" country

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad on Friday dismissed Singapore as a "tiny" country and said it should mind its own business in a racial row between the neighbours.

Responding to criticism from Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew that Malaysia mistreated its ethnic Chinese minority, Mahathir said: "Don't be like that Kuan Yew. You just look after your rice bowl, that is all.

"The country is tiny, don't be too proud," added Mahathir, 81, who ruled Malaysia for 22 years until 2003.

A similar reference about Singapore's geographical size had sparked a storm between Singapore and Indonesia in 1998.

Then-Indonesian President B.J. Habibie referred to Singapore as a "little red dot" in a sea of green -- a reference to the fact the city-state of 4.4. million people is surrounded by Malaysia and Indonesia -- two large, predominantly Muslim countries.

Lee, 83, told a forum in Singapore last week that it was vital for Singapore, a predominantly ethnic Chinese state, to stand up to its bigger neighbours.

Singapore and Malaysia have deep economic ties, but diplomatic relations are often strained. The two countries briefly united as one country in 1963 but separated two years later in a falling out related to racial politics.

Mahathir Slams Kuan Yew As Arrogant

KUALA TERENGGANU, Sept 22 (Bernama) -- Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Friday slammed Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew for his insulting remarks about Malaysia and Indonesia's treatment of their Chinese minorities, describing him as arrogant and disrespectful of neighbouring countries.

The former premier said Lee was arrogant because he felt he was in a strong position.

"He's not bothered with his neighbours. That is why he deliberately raised something he knew to be sensitive in our country," he told reporters after launching the building fund of the Kemaman branch of the Ex-Servicemen's Association and the district Warriors Day Campaign at Awana Kijal, Beach and Spa Resort in Kijal.

Lee on Friday told a forum held in conjunction with the International Monetary Fund conference in Singapore that Malaysia and Indonesia had problems with their Chinese minorities because they were successful and hardworking and therefore they were systemically marginalised.

He was reported to have said that the attitude of Malaysia and Indonesia towards Singapore was shaped by the way they treated their own Chinese minorities.

They "want Singapore, to put it simply, to be like their Chinese -- compliant", he claimed.

Dr Mahathir said Malaysia could question Singapore's marginalisation of its Malay minority.

"We could ask about the status of the Malays in Singapore, why they are not allowed to bear arms in the military or train to handle weapons. Why is it that the Malays in Malaysia are so capable in the military field but the Malays in Singapore cannot hold high posts (in the military)?

"Why is it that the Malays in Singapore are marginalised to the extent that they have no status at all? This is done deliberately by Singapore. There is no other country that does it like them," he said.

Dr Mahathir said Lee's allegation about the Chinese in Malaysia being marginalised was untrue because there are Chinese holding high posts, for example in the armed forces.

"The Chinese in Malaysia can join the military and rise to become general, major general and so on. But what is the per capita income of the Malays in comparison with the Chinese in Singapore?

"We should have an independent investigation on why the Malays are left behind in Singapore. It is not because they are lacking compared to the Malays in Malaysia but because they are pressured, marginalised and oppressed. That is the kind of government founded on the views of Lee Kuan Yew," he said.

In his speech earlier, Dr Mahathir told Lee not to feel smug about what he had said.

"You should just guard your own rice bowl. You are not that clever. In a small group, perhaps you seem clever.

"But when he goes to China, the Chinese there don't want to listen to him. The Chinese in China don't think much of him and it is a fact that he is marginalised by Chinese in the world," he said.

-- BERNAMA

Do u think LKY and Dr M have this deal to be Laurel and Hardy once in a while to remind us that we live in a most dangerous and dark world indeed....???

Dr M strikes me as someone with pretty nasty temper and bad breath, juz like LKY. What kind of sex appeal were you thinking of?

They are both idiots, thier time in the sun has come and gone and they are trying to get it back. They are both antiquated.