UMNO's Greatest Challenge

The comment below is in response to Art Harun's posting, "The symptoms and the disease"  on his blog Articulation at  http://art-harun.blogspot.com/

Picture of UMNO's Leadership

Right on. This is a negative and destructive culture. In the end it would retard Malays from excelling in all fields of human endeavour and instead becoming an insular race.


Like China and the Chinese before Deng Xiaopeng introduced the concept of an 'Open Society', China was inward looking. Everything must be done the Chinese way, culture, commerce, industry etc..

At what price! China's development was way behind Malaysia's. Then China changed, it became a cosmopolitan nation and within a decade its economy is second only to the U.S.A..

Malaysia can also do the same, our country need revamping. And we have already got the instrument, 1Malaysia/Bangsa Malaysia to help us. UMNO must understand that the other races also have aspiration in wanting to improve theirs' and their families' position
financially or otherwise.

UMNO must therefore ensure that more opportunities are given to non-Malays in education, senior and top posts in government agencies as well as in the police and armed forces.

Their skills, experiences, knowledge etc. must be tapped and utilised to help the country move further up in the status of a developed country. These resources should not be ignored. As there are reports stating that non-Malay Malaysians are playing a crucial role in the economic, industrial and commercial life of their adopted countries.

UMNO must realised as pillars of the government, it plays a very important part in determining the survival of Malaysia as an economy and as a nation.

In the same manner,the best brains of the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans, Bajaus, Ibans, Melanaus etc. should be heads of both governmental and private enterprise. Smartness and capability are not the monopoly of any particular race.

UMNO must be realistic that Singapore has benefitted from recruiting qualified Malaysians into their society. Giving them privileges and citizenship. It is a fact that Malaysians has contributed greatly to Singapore's position as a regional power house.

During the British era, the non-Malays also contributed to the economic boom of Malaya.

What is being said here is that UMNO must acknowledged the role of the non-Malays in contributing to the robust financial health of the country both pre and post independent period up to the present time.


If there are elements within UMNO that are against this pragmatic policy, then the UMNO leadership must take a firm stand. And ensure that practicality and reality must win.

Because Malaysia is a plural society, it cannot afford to create a discord among the different races.

UMNO's foremost responsibility is to make certain that the brightest, the cream of all the different races, Malay, Chinese, Indian, Kadazan, Bajau, Iban, Melanau etc. are given prominent function to ensure that Malaysia's financial position remains strong and viable.

This is UMNO's Leadership greatest challenge and if this is achieved UMNO would have redeemed itself. It will not only become the champion of the Malays but also the non-Malays. And the key to such success is UMNO's multiracial concept of making sure, every Malaysian has the opportunity to better themselves in whatever area of industry.