| Hong Kong’s Racial Bias |
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| Written by SR Bhose | |
| Monday, 26 February 2007 | |
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Where is the "world" in Hong Kong’s claim to be Asia’s World City?
 This World City is growing more parochial Over the past five years, the number of ethnic non-Chinese has fallen from 5.1 percent to 5.0 percent of the population. That may not seem much of a decline but it has occurred at a time when the economy has mostly been in recovery from the financial malaise that gripped it from 1997 through 2003 and an influx of foreigners might have been expected. However, more instructive than the numbers is the composition of the city’s foreign population. An increased percentage are domestic helpers who have no right to permanent residence, rather than the business and professional classes who are the key to the city’s international status. Even among domestic helpers there has been a big shift. The numbers of often better-educated Filipinos are falling, while those of Indonesians have risen sharply, mostly because many are prepared to work for less than the minimum wage prescribed by the government – a law that is seldom enforced by officials who often show contempt for their brown servants. The number of persons deemed to be “white” – it is not clear what the definition is – has fallen from 0.7 percent to 0.5 percent, clearly indicating a decline in the numbers of Europeans, North Americans, and Australasians, other than those of Chinese descent. Those would almost all be from the professional and business classes. Fewer whites would not be a problem if they were being replaced by other high-skilled foreigners to help keep Hong Kong connected to the non-Chinese world. But that is not the case. Numbers of other Asians have at best been static. Nor is the government encouraging them. The ethnic bias of its formal immigration program is stunning. In addition to the fixed number of mainlanders allowed to settle, and the small number of non-Chinese who acquire permanent residence by virtue of staying here for seven years, there are two categories of people the government is supposed to lure with offers of permanent residence: big investors and those with special skills and talents. The latter are now admitted under what is known as the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme. Announced a year ago, it permits admission of up to 1,000 people a year. Hong Kong, it was supposed, was opening up to skilled people from anywhere, competing with the likes of Singapore, Australia, etc for brains and special skills regardless of ethnicity or nationality. They would be admitted without needing to have a job in advance. But in reality the scheme is puny and the beneficiaries are almost all from the mainland. In the first selection exercise, conducted in November, there were 83 approvals out of 122 applications. Of these 76 percent were from mainland China and only 2 percent from elsewhere in Asia. Details of ethnicity were not available. In the second allotment, announced this month, 81 percent of the 66 successful applicants were from the mainland. They are overwhelmingly male, between 30 and 39 years of age. The next allotments will not be made till mid-2007. In other words, the numbers are sure to fall far short of the original expectation and the number of non-Chinese will be so small as to have minimal significance. The same trend is apparent with the scheme to attract investors. Under the capital investment program, those who invest upwards of HK$6.5 million in financial assets or real estate can obtain residence without having to set up an actual business. As of end-2006, 978 approvals had been given representing HK$6.9 billion in investment. Of these 553 were mainlanders and 144 residents of Taiwan or Macao; actual foreigners accounted for less than 30 percent. Data on ethnicity is not available but judging from the hassles those who are neither white nor Chinese – and particularly Indians -- receive at the hands of Immigration and Customs officers, Hong Kong seems reluctant to see more brown, let alone black, people residing here other than as menial servants. Quite apart from the issue of attracting non-Chinese who can benefit “Asia’s world city” Hong Kong has yet to face up to the discrimination faced by its brown minorities who were born or have acquired permanent residence in the territory. While many Indians are members of the business and professional classes, most from the Nepali and Pakistani communities, offspring of soldiers and police who served under the British, are a poorly educated, poorly paid underclass. Those of sub-continental origin total about 0.7 percent of the population or some 50,000 people. While proposals for a law outlawing racial discrimination in employment have been discussed, the government has been dragging its feet reluctant to challenge the ethnic bias which was deeply embedded in Hong Kong by the British. While Hong Kong remains an open economy and it is relatively easy for foreigners to get work permits or set up businesses, there is scant evidence that the government is doing anything to ensure that its international status is sustained through a liberal immigration policy and respect for other Asians.
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 written by Aud , June 10, 2010
I'm a Hong Kong Chinese female and personally I do find Asian men with darker skin color (Southeast/ South Asia) to be very attractive. But then I also spent a lot of my life in the States where it's more racially diverse. It's a pity to see other Hong Kong girls wrinkle their nose at me when I tell them that I fancy Indian guys.
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written by rob , April 26, 2010
I have read some hard luck stories about the bigotry some Chinese feel they have seen in Canada. Remember, it was a white majority that said, hey come in and live with us. No other group seems to get that. In fact, most other groups want to be treated equally but will not reciprocate the favour. HKers I know all complain about the south asians. They are not very welcoming to the whites to stay. We get to stay for a while, not as citizens. Do not hide your bigotry, hate and racism under a remembered victimhood.
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written by Kartik , January 11, 2010
I visited Hong Kong recently and I found them to be quite friendly. I am from India.I have a funny experience to relate.The chinese origin immigration officer spoke to me "whycome to hong kong".He spoke with his nose. I thought he said 'welcome to hong kong' and i excitedly said 'thank you'. It was a misunderstanding. I said I have come for tourism and he let me pass. I dont know if other people may find it funny.
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I live in Australia, where many asian people have immigrated to and we treat them fairly and equally. I am disgusted to hear in Hong Kong 'white' people are discriminated against. If you expect to be trated fairly and equally, we deserve the same respect
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written by Caitlin Clark , August 18, 2009
I live in Australia, where many asian people have immigrated to and we treat them fairly and equally. I am disgusted to hear that in hong kong and other asian countries they are racist towards 'white' people. If you expect to be treated equally and fairly, then we deserve the same respect.
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written by Desi in HK , August 03, 2009
It's very distressing to see the chinese not sit next to brown people or stand up as soon as a brown skin person occupies a seat next to them; oh and then comes this nose gesture.
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I have been to a lot of countries but never have I seen such an arrogant and racist little place on earth; it's not just a minority thats racist here, it's the MAJORITY OF HONG KONG THAT'S RACIST. report abuse
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written by Deuce , June 03, 2009
Having experienced racism from Hong Kong Chinese in Canada - I think that this emphasizes that racism is a global issue. I once had a Hong Kong Chinese roommate in university who would be the first to make fun of blacks but would get very sensitive when it came to Chinese - what hypocrisy! With regards to British rule, it should be pointed out to arrogant Hong Kong Chinese that if it were not for the British (and Canadians) saving Hong Kong from the Japanese in WWII - Hong Kong would be all speaking Japanese!
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 written by Alan , August 31, 2008
Hong Kong Chinese people discriminate against anyone that is not of European ancestry or of Northeast Asian ancestry. Many times they even discriminate in favor of (not against) those of European ancestry; in other words, the majority of Hong Kong Chinese consider those of European ancestry to be superior to them, at least subconsciously. Many Hong Kong Chinese would feel happy if their daughter married a man whose ancestors were from Europe. How many times have you seen a Hong Kong Chinese woman dating an Indian man? Even if you did, it probably was just to get a free dinner and not because she liked him. When I see Hong Kong Chinese women dating Indian men just as often as seeing them date men of European ancestry, then I can say that there is no racial discrimination in Hong Kong.
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By the way, I never said this applies to all Hong Kong Chinese, just more than 99 percent of them, not 100 percent. If Hong Kong Chinese did not discriminate against Indians, you would see many Hong Kong Chinese women holding hands with Indian men in the streets of Hong Kong. They have white fever, but this is the 21s century and if India will be the super power, these women need to have India fever. report abuse
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 written by Ruba , August 15, 2008
Look, Im a HK Chinese and I am ashamed that Indian and European people have felt discriminated against here. Not all of us are like this. But I think that some of you, particularly 'the jester', shouldn't write off all HK/Chinese people without thinking of the context. Hong Kong Chinese were savagely discriminated against by the British while they occupied the land - as someone else said we weren't even allowed to live in certain parts let alone occupy the good jobs. I would hope that we can put that behind us but if there is some backlash towards white people from the older population I can certainly understand why - and yes, it would be similar in Malaysia.
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Well, all I think I can add here is my own experience. I have been picked out very frequently by HKG customs while coming back. Now, I guess part of this might be explained by the fact that nowdays when I am crossing customs, there is always this "would I be caught again" at the back of my mind... which could lead to odd demeanour on my part. But I gues most of it is explained by the skin color. Of all the instances that I have been caught, havent ever seen a white guy being hauled up for checking. And this time I was enraged and i did let them see my displeasure... if only the idiots could speak better english, I would have asked them exactly why they had picked me, a guy in a black suit carrying a laptop bag, to check for wildlife, or watches or whatever it is they check us for. Think its time really that some of us got together and file a writ/petition/suit asking the customs deptt the exact logic/algorithm they use to select people and maybe even provide data on how many people of each race they end of checking.
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Looking at both the victims and the guilty parties of racism in Hong Kong.
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I have a personal opinion, I decided to go to Hong Kong after my wife persuaded me to go to Hong Kong with her to buy some quality and original personal care and accessories (for which hong kong is known for)(I am Indian). I came to the customs port, there was a lady who asked me a stupid question. HK Immigration Lady: This is your first visit to Hong Kong ? Me : Yes Lady : Repeats the same question again, and then followed by .."Why are you here ?". Without giving me a chance to reply,"Go to the interview room". I went there and waited for about 20 minutes, my wife had passed through and is waiting for me,not knowing what happened to me. Anyway, the man asked me when I will be back to China, I said after a day, he said ok. But for this stupid question I had to wait in a room for 20 minutes. I look better and well groomed and definitely more cultured than those dead meat eating immigration officers.(Sorry I get racist here). Yes, people of Hong Kong,most of you are racist,I see that, some are hostile and some are ignorant. I am not to judge them as good or bad, but my experience with them at the border gate gave me a bad taste in my mouth. I personally think that most People of Hong Kong,have no affiliation or wish to be called as chinese , since for long they were associated with the british and the same system is followed there, even though hong kong belongs to china. Wake up hong kong, you belong to china now, if you did not hear the call.. China is a country which has several thousand years of great history due to which I have true respect for the people of China. Now, I must show the same respect to new comers ,the hong kong people..I find it hard to do that. From my thought... Please dont mistake the people from Hong Kong with mainland chinese. Mainland chinese people are totally different, they even look better and probably more able than the local Hong Kong chinese. Thanks, Tattva report abuse
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 written by ryan , October 21, 2007
Just looking for an update-did the HK anti-racial discrimination bill end up getting passed? Also, to any long-time residents, is the situation improving in terms of Chinese perceptions? is the younger generation any better in the way they view whites?
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 written by the jester , June 21, 2007
I think people will trust their own experiences before they accept any form of political correctness. E.g. I lived in Hong Kong for several years and during that time, had plenty of opportunity to observe how racist the Chinese community was towards whites, other Asians and even mainland Chinese. It was impossible to make friends with that community. Many other people had much worse experiences than me and I learned from these.
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Now, back in N. America, it is extremely unlikely that I will go out of my way to befriend a Chinese person,. I don't have the time or inclination to go out of my way to be vindictive either. Hardly. But experience has shown me over and over again that friendship with the Chinese is simply not possible. So what am I supposed to do? Give up the real lessons wrought by life's experiences in favor of some antiseptic, intellectual standard of PC that has no correspondence with real life? I don't think so. Human conscience is not there to be given in exchange for a cheap political philosophy. All things considered, Hong Kong cannot pretend to be Asia's World City. What abject nonsense that is! I don't know if Taiwanese/Mainland Chinese harbor the same kind of racist attitudes as those in Hong Kong, but the latter most certainly have to reap what they sow. report abuse
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 written by yapper , March 20, 2007
aygee's analysis is so simplistic.
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The Malays have dole outs by the government. What do the poor Chinese have. Chinese have been there for 3rd or 4th generations cannot have any access to these. Indonesian first generations are "naturalised" as bumiputras and have immediate helpline. Does he know that there are so many Chinese and Indian working illegally overseas because they cannot get jobs in Malaysia and have no helpline in Malaysia. Indians get into crime because they cannot get into government and cannot get jobs. report abuse
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 written by Say-Only-Truth , March 12, 2007
I can tell you racism exists in many countries, including developed countries! I had lived in Canada. When I planned to study medicine in a university, it is listed clearly that there is no racism in determining who can enter the faculty (and other hot faculties); however, most Chinese students need much higher grade (above 90%) in order to get into the faculty while Caucasians just need about 75-80% to get into it. All these students are Canadian citizens! Many university students from Asia (who are all Canadian cizitens) by the time of their university graduation find no jobs! Those big companies even hired new small colleges graduates (Caucasians) and trained them into highly-respected professionals in the Canadian society but not willing to hire those Asian famous university graduates and kicked them all back to work in Asia at the end!
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These are all discrimination in my opinion! Of course, those employers will find many nice excuses not to hire them. And, the faculty of medicine may internally say in its mind that if it accepts highest grade and best students, most of them will be Asian (including Chinese) students! The university, the government officials (actually that means the people in controlling the country) may not want this to happen. Again, many immigration organizations want government to lead as a good example to hire more new immigrants from Asia to work in the government. Yes, there are lots of money and discussion and forums set forth for this topic but at the very end, the higher rank officials who are in charge of hiring just work together to block the entrance of those highly educated Asians or Asians who graduated from those famous Canadian universities to work in the government. Well, I know the government usually hires some Asians and put them in the welcome/information desk to show that the government itself wants to hire minority group (like Asian) but after you walk a few steps further in the office, you will notice hundreds and hundreds of workers who look mostly and mostly Caucasians, and the ethnic group percentage working in government is far below than the number of ethnic group percentage working in the society! All this are shameful fact in the world! Don't be fooled by those Western people saying how nice and fair they are. When Asian people go there and work in low-class job sector, they will mostly be welcome. When they study hard and want to find better jobs, they tend to have a difficult time! If you have doubt, I know there are some researches done for this topic in Canada. Go check it out. In Hong Kong, it is the different case. If you are smart and well-educated, even if you are the least welcome-group in the world, you will get high high income in Hong Kong. Hong Kong and Chinese people there will welcome you. However, these Hong Kong or Chinese people are now still often commented as racists or people do not respect human rights! Quite unfair and silly! Do not be tricked and used by hypocrites in developed countries! Even if Chinese has bad record for human rights, they do it only to Chinese people living in China. Unlike other countries, people do this to foreign people! report abuse
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 written by Hong Kong Gweilo , March 08, 2007
When my first child was born, we took her over to the Immigration Department to register her for a Hong Kong passport where I was told not to bother as no non-ethnic Chinese minor born in Hong Kong has ever been approved for a Hong Kong passport. When I asked why I was told the Justice Department guidelines made issuing a passport to a minor without Chinese parents very difficult. When I asked to see a copy of the guidlines, I was told no, the guidelines are confidential government information.
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No racism? I don't know. I do know that a lot of Chinese and non-Chinese professionals have been able to pay their mortgages here in Hong Kong because of the jobs I've created over the last two decades. report abuse
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 written by W.Wong , March 08, 2007
One of the reason why the number of "whites" are decreasing is because Hong Kong is no longer be providing favourable treatment to them. Back in the Britsh days, British Civil servants, regardless of their abilities, would occupy managerial/executive positions in the government. This is just one of the unfair treatment that ethnic Chinese have to bear with. Talking about racism, lets not forget that Chinese people are forbidden to live in the mid-levels in Hong Kong Island, even till the 1940s.
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The arguement on the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme and the capital investment program do not have a sound basis. There are no official stats provided to prove that race is used as a yard stick in determining who can come and stay in hk. The more seemingly logical reason is actually the following. HK is not attractive to foreigners from other countries at all. Two evidences might be presented here, the bad air quality and a densed living environment. So I propose the true reason for the high percentage of mainlanders getting the nod here. There are a high number of mainlanders applying for the two schemes mentioned above and naturally, the number of successful applicants from mainland china is higher. report abuse
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 written by bowsun , March 04, 2007
Racism knows no borders. But factr is that discrimination against some higher SATs scores is aimed at improving racial balances, especially for African-Americans and Hispanics. Its arguable whether that is desirable but at least it's awell-intentioned efforts to achieve equality. Cant say that about Chinese nationality law, let alone its practice in Hongkong etc
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By the way, what are Chinese doing in Malaysia and Singapore if not attracted there by the British colonialists? report abuse
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 written by outer barbarian , March 03, 2007
"If the Chinese are chauvinists, and if Hong Kong Customs is a bother, then don't come."
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does this mean that we americans should feel no guilt about the way we treated the chinese migrants who came here to do our laundry and build our railroads? and that we should continue to discriminate against them? it's perfectly alright, then, for one of our ivy league schools to reject an applicant of chinese ethnicity for no apparent reason, said applicant having aced his SATs? we can just say 'if americans are chauvinists, and our draconian anti-terrorist measures are a bother, then don't come.' as a filipino friend once told me: 'don't feel so guilty. caucasians don't have a lock on racism.' i was kinda hoping he was wrong, though. report abuse
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written by bowsun , March 03, 2007
The Chinese racism evident in much of the above would do credit to the Ku Klux Klan. Ethnic Chinese in Canada, the US, Malaysia etc expect, quite reasonably, to be treated as equals yet often make it plain than in HK/China brown, black and white people are to be inferior.
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Of course Malaysian policy discriminates unfairly against Chinese but maybe that's unsurprising given some of the attitudes above. The logic of the hysterical comments about Indians in Hongkong : all Chinese should go back to China where they belong, and all others get out. Most of the world might well say: good riddance to you and your Middle Kingdom arrogance. You are welcome to China, Hongkong included. Stay put. And give Taiwan back to the Malay peoples from whom it was stolen during Dutch, Ching and Japanese rule. report abuse
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 written by Chinese Malaysian , March 02, 2007
Reponse to aygee:
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I am one of the 6 million suffering ethnic Chinese in Malaysia, I'm 54 year old running a small business in KL & I must express my utter disgust at aygee especially at his (her?) apparent insinuation that, since the majority of the rich tycoons are of Chinese descent, the Malay (don't they dare to pretend to represent all Malaysians!) Regime is any less racist & evil than some of the most deplorable regimes in the world! Worst still, contrary to the more enlightened global trend of democracy,transparency, religious tolerance, fair-play, racial equality etc...., this regime is getting more & more bigotry in race & religion & the oppressions against all minorities are mounting by the days! The situation is simply getting intolerable (don't believe the official media or the Malays for a second on how harmonious we are) that the pressure cooker is just waiting to burst very soon. Government-sanctioned Malay/Islamic racism permeates every aspects of Malaysian life : from school fundings, electoral constituency fund allocations, scholarships/study loans disbursements, places of worship, allowed cultural activities, business licenses, university entrances, recruitment of army/civil service personnels..... & the lists are endless! No wonder many rich/highly skilled or even some just-managed Chinese are migrating in droves. One thing is for sure, these ex-Malaysians are not going to forget this despotic regime so easily, many are just hoping & positioning to come back for a fight in the future. As if being racist to the hilt is not good enough, this Malay regime is also terribly corrupt,ineffective,inefficient,religiously bigotry, lack-of -world-vision,scandalous.....& you name it! Malaysia-shame on you! Umno ( the racist Malay ruling party), let you be damned! report abuse
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 written by Esohb RS , March 02, 2007
The essence of SR Bhose's article is that Filipinos and the ilks of the Bhose were not given any PR card. Hence the article, which doesn't answer the question it poses: What has the label, world city, anything to do with handing out PR cards and to be given Chinese citizenship rights? The first is a marketing label - which may be interpreted a hundred ways, including that it is an East Asian city - and the second is an issue of Chinese national sovereignty, which is ethnicity-based.
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Bhose also writes about "Nepali and Pakistani communities,(the) offspring of soldiers and police..." In effect, these so-called minorities are the offspring of men who left their homeland for money in order to serve a colonial power subjugating Chinese. In short, they were mercenaries in the pay of a foreign master helping to subdue the Chinese. Few independent nation-states, if any, will tolerate such mercenaries, or their offsprings. Bhose evidently wants a PR card or possibly a HK passport, and Bhose wants all that while scrounging around HK for money, lots of it. Not getting all the above, the person pours vile at the Chinese with the handy, moralistic accusation that the Chinese are racists. Back in his/her homeland, Bhose will have no white buddies to drink with, to fawn over, and no Chinese to pick on or to laugh at. In sum, Bhose is an Anglophile, and a neo-colonial racist to boot. Bhose's anti-Chinese racism is made plain in an inference that there should be fewer mainland Chinese in HK but more brown skins instead. Bhose fits the Asia Sentinel agenda, and that of the likes of bowun and maliwal. To bowsun & maliwal: If the Chinese are chauvinists, and if Hong Kong Customs is a bother, then don't come. Or, if you are already in HK, then leave. Just as the bowsuns, the maliwals, and the Bhoses would not change their customs, their cultures and their lives to accommodate Chinese, the Chinese have no obligation to change theirs to suit the tastes, prejudices and the bigotry of such foreigners. Hong Kong is Chinese sovereignty and a Chinese city; it is no longer white British deed property, and certainly not brown. So get over it. And as guests hoping to make money out from Chinese land, at least learn to be polite to your host. If you can't, then it is a certainty no HK Customs will bother with your luggage on your way out. Better luck in your own country. report abuse
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 written by aygee , March 02, 2007
I'm sorry if i digress from the initial discussion about HK, but i feel i need to respond to tricom24.
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Malaya has always been an open society. The Chinese first came to Malaya to trade and do business. Kuala Lumpur, the capital, was founded by Yap Ah Loy! it was indeed the business acumen of the Chinese that help founded many cities in Malaya. The Malays, on the other, have always been agricultural and subjects - only royalty had the privilege to do business and trade. Thanks to this, they have remained the poorest and downtrodden race, which is ironic. i would think that the most of the policies did not suppress the minorities, but rather the policies were meant to help the Malays raise their overall economic status. while the chinese have centuries of leadership in the business sector, the general Malays have only had the last 30-40 years to catch up. whats sad was that only some Malays took advantage and the majority of malays remain poor. a bit harsh to compare it with apartheid. why dont you compare the percentage between the races who are below the poverty line? Have a look at the latest Forbes Richest 40 in Malaysia, and tell me who are the richer ones in Malaysia. report abuse
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written by bowsun , March 01, 2007
It's not much of defence of Hong Kong to suggest that Malaysia is worse. Of course it is. But Malaysian politics have always been about race. Hong Kong pretends to be an international city but is trapped in the Chinese chauvinism that Singapore has tried, not always successfully but at least it has tried, to avoid.
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 written by tricom24 , February 28, 2007
Yes, there are biases in Hong Kong, both at personal and institutional levels, but these are very mild vis-a-vis other Asian countries and many Western countries. Moreover, there are no official biases towards a particular ethnic or religious group, unlike in Malaysia for example.
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The Malaysian government has implemented NEP and racial quotas, privileges and subsidies in education, employment, commerce, investment and in almost every field of human activites in favor of Malays since 1969 with devastating negative consequences for the ethnic Chinese and Indians. In other words, there are official policies of political, educational, legal and economic discrmination against non-Malays for the last 38 years. To me, this is as bad as South Africa's infamous apartheid . Why is Asiasentinel not outraged? Why is the world not outraged? To read more about the Malaysisn form of apartheid: http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhim...010429.php To learn more about the Malaysian form of apartheid: http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhim...010429.php report abuse
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 written by maliwal , February 27, 2007
While I agree that Hong Kong has biases, both at insitutional and personal levels, it is also true from my own experience of 13 years living, it is somewhat better than, say, 6 years ago. Until few years ago, I was almost always stopped by Customs at the Airport and asked to open all my bags regardless of where I was coming from - Asia, Europe or North America! I had written several letters to both SCMP and the now-defucnt Eastern Express (the response from Immigration was no more enlightening and was even asked by a reader to leave if I did not like HK as if that will solve my problem at arrival in HK). Several other Indian readers also complained on same lines. I am happy to say that now, we are not automaically stopped at Airport (I have been asked to open bags only once in past 5-6 years, a reversal of earlier times when I was let go only once without opening bags when he asked where I was coming from - I was returning from trip to Singapore)!
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However, it is sad that I still experience bias and even hostile attitude from older Chinese people but I guess that is beyond redemption. report abuse
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