Pseng-Pseng
12ix19
Dear Dr Mahathir
“This [high-rise buildings] is a sign of prosperity. And I believe that this is due to your hard-working people… highly skilful people who have contributed towards rebuilding Phnom Penh and Cambodia,”
Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad, 3 September 2019, The Phnom Penh Post
“But now it [Cambodia] has changed very much. What is lacking is facilities for education and training."
Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad, 3 September 2019, The Phnom Penh Post
“Today, Syria is almost wiped out. Iraq is in a bad state and Yemen is fighting. That is the effect of regime change on countries not ready for democracy.”
Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad, 3 September 2019, The Phnom Penh Post
“So one has to be very careful… My advice to young people the world over is to really know the people they choose. They must be as sure as possible to choose the right people to lead their countries.”
Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad, 4 September 2019, The Phnom Penh Post
“They say when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled – so we may be trampled. Not only Cambodia, but Malaysia too. So, in order to avoid being trampled down by fighting elephants, we [Asean members] should come together so we can strengthen ourselves.”
Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad, 3 September 2019, The Phnom Penh Post
“Once you are indebted to other countries, you are no longer independent. So value your independence. Even if your national development is slowed down, it is worthwhile because you don’t want to again be colonised by others – not directly, but indirectly through their influence over your economy.”
Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad, 4 September 2019, The Phnom Penh Post
“So why are you not proud of your own culture? Your own ways of living, of thinking? Today, because of easy communication, you can see what is happening in other countries. Sometimes you copy them, which is okay if the things are good. I think the systems of government and democracy, for example, are very good – we should copy that.”
Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad, 3 September 2019, Khmer Times
“We have a number of Cambodians working in Malaysia and we need to look after them, their healthcare, and well-being so that they will have full benefits from the work they do in Malaysia.”
Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad, 4 September 2019, Khmer Times
If your statements in Cambodia reported by local media are accurate, i.e, they come straight from the horse’s mouth, not from another hole at the opposite end, you are a real seasoned politician. However, your lavish compliments for Hun Sen’s high-rise buildings may cloud his understanding of your other not-so-subtle messages.
You must know the praise that massages your host’s ego does not reflect integrity of those buildings. At least 14 buildings in Sihanoukville are on order to be demolished, other 70 are being examined for defects, after a building collapse that kills 28 and injures 26 people. If they are highly skilled as you remark, they must be sloppy to pass such low-quality work. No wonder you mention later that Cambodia lacks facilities for education and training.
Hun Sen may miss your message for a regime change in Cambodia. You say the fighting in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen is because they are not democracy ready. Your subtle message to Cambodians is that since Hun Sen always claims his regime is democratic, Cambodia is now due for a regime change.
You are right that superpowers look after their own interest. You say to avoid being trampled by fighting elephants, Asean member states ought to band together. Hun Sen is unlikely to take this advice; he is curling up between hind legs of one of those elephants, where he must feel safe.
Dismissing your concern on impacts of foreign debts, Hun Sen is adamant he can stop China from using its loans of about $6 billion to Cambodia to dictate his policies and actions. You must know China has already had virtually a free reign in Sihanoukville and Koh Kong. It is hence doubtful if your host heeds your request that all Asean nations remain “steadfast in defending their national integrity”.
It is interesting that you advise Cambodians to uphold their own culture; you must know they have not. They adapt rather well to foreign cultures. They turn the Valentine’s Day into the Loss of Virginity Day. They copy Vietnamese aesthetics and artistic designs for their New Year decors. Many schools and government offices are closed, or manned with skeleton staff, to rejoice Chinese/Vietnamese New Year.
Finally, you may have neither power nor influence over Hun Sen, but you certainly have the power to honour your commitment to humanly treat Cambodian maids working in Malaysia. You must know many of them suffer in silence. The number of their repatriations to Cambodia jumps from 34 in 2014 to 272 in 2016, besides dead ones. Will you keep your words and protect them?
Ung Bun Ang
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So, according to government spokesman Phay Siphan, Hun Sun’s brand of democracy is defined by the economic growth of about 7% p.a., infrastructure development throughout the country, and their participation in the UN peacekeeping forces – nothing much to do freedom and human rights of the people. Is he suggesting the West that has managed only 2% or 3% economic growth per annum for decades is not democratic, or is not as democratic as Cambodia?
Indeed, if he keeps on repeating the rubbish often enough, sooner or later he will believe in it. But the question is how often, or much longer, he must dish it out before others, including EU and US, buy this home-grown democratic mongrel.
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“So why are you not proud of your own culture? Your own ways of living, of thinking? "
ReplyDeleteKhmers often told other that they are Chinese, or Thai or even Vietnamese because Khmer are well known to be stupid, brutal, and a bunch of rapists.
There are so many human skulls on display in Cambodia to make sure the Khmer would learn. Have they? All they talk is about fighting, killing, striking, protesting.
Look at Sam Rainsy, their leader. That guy is trying to get Cambodia into a civil war so that others would invite him to become the leader. He is trying to put up fake news, to make Hun Sen to attack Sar Kheng out of suspicion or Sar Kheng to revolt due of fear.
Sam Rainsy is such an evil person and Khmers are full of those evil persons. That's why Pol Pot wanted to kill 75% of the populations to improve the Khmer race. But Vietnam did not want to see Cambodia to improve, so Vietnam invaded and stopped Pol Pot.
So, Khmers, you need Pol Pot #2.
https://english.cambodiadaily.com/news/rainsy-says-cnrp-backs-china-not-vietnam-in-sea-dispute-50433/
ReplyDeleteHun Sen is a chicken, never backed China over the sea dispute with Vietnam. Therefore China must drop Hun Sen and support Sam Rainsy instead.
Today is 02/02/2020, a very special day in numeral science. So, I take the opportunity to post something interesting, a simple postulation to explain many Physics mysteries, Dark Energy, Gravity, ...
ReplyDeleteI am just an amateur, and my lineage is a farmer, so go easy on me ok. Help me to learn if I am wrong.
My postulation is Gravity came from the shadowing effect of little particles hitting the electron, proton, neutron, pushing these mass-material together. I googled for "gravity shadow" and hundred of years ago, this idea was already postulated:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Sage%27s_theory_of_gravitation
I read that article and realized that in that time period, the scientist did not know the universe had been expanding. So, I would like to bring up that theory again and add my refinement.
Refinement: As the universe expands, it's density of little particles decrease, hence the gravitational constant also decrease. So, yes, Mar planet has been slowing down by the drag effect but then the gravitational constant also has been reducing. I bet if the scientists do a recalculation, I would not be surprised that it would balance out.
Further more, if you also account for this reduction of gravitational constant to Type-1A Supernova, then there novae in the past had less mass. They went boom with much less mass. So, they had much less luminance, gave the scientists a false impression that the universe has been expanding faster and faster. (Which then give a false postulation that there is dark energy.)
Again, I bet if the scientists recalculate, everything is probably in order without the need to add the fudge factor, the lamda thing, the dark energy.... so on and so on.
QuantumZen997