Re: [sangkancil] Unfair state of affairs in Malaysian Workplace.

["LOUD" <loud@tpts8.seed.net.tw>]

Hmmm, I had remained as an observer for so long... Now this article again...
Let us examine part of the argument....

1. The author had stated that he had started to work in 1998... and in
another reply, hea had stated that he had filed a report 2 years ago... Hmm
interesting... It is possible but if the author sounds like he had been
working for a long time and finally found out about the mis-treatment of
employer.. Is it possible?

2. If one were to understand the chinese dialect, chinese custom, one should
know very well that those racist chinese do not call Malay "bastards". They
call them something else...

3. Hmmm, "Malazy" it is not the terms that used by most chinese, except one
so called "Linda Evan" in the SCuM...

The intention of the article is questionable too..

1. Why was the "Chinese" and "Indian" being mentioned and potrayed as bad
and anti-Islam. While the "Malay" being potrayed as frighten and helpless?

2. Why is Penang constantly under attack instead of somewhere else?

Anyway, I am not denying that racism does exist, but if it really happen as
mentioned by the author, the comapany involved would have seen a massive
protest or a police warrant within days...

Dear sir, if you really have such experience, speak up, publish their names,
and I am sure hundreds of people including MGG will help you.. But if you
are trying to stir up racial unrest, try harder and write more sense...

Regards,

LOUD



----- Original Message -----
From: bukhari kakakaka <bukhari30@yahoo.com>
To: <sangkancil@malaysia.net>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 11:52 AM
Subject: [sangkancil] Unfair state of affairs in Malaysian Workplace.


> I am writting this letter to the you because I was
> hurt by the unfair pratices of racial discrimination
> and work condition in the manufacturing industry.
>
> This a story of how brutaly we are attack for our
> beliefs, this must go out in the open here, as the
> ministry of human resources is a dead horse which sits
> on it industrial cases for years unend.
>
> I was employed by a large chinese owned company in the
> Bayan Lepas industrial zone in Penang Island.It was
> not a very good offer but I had to take since the
> economy was in a bad state in 1998.
>
> I was offered a basic salary of 1600 and 200 as
> transport allowance.I was offered a post of Engineer
> for Machine Maintainance.But little did I know I will
> never maintain any machines.
>
> Instead I was ferrying operators with my personal
> transport to do rework operations at various sites
> some as far as sungai petani industrial estate.And I
> was not allowed to claim mileage or compensation.I was
> not paid allowances for staying up to 2 am sometimes
> to finish the job at customers site.
>
> Apart from that I was required to do meet with
> customer to review the contract and make
> modifications.
>
> I was also asked to come out with Work Instructions
> for operators.
>
> Once when I was too overloaded I stayed in the plant
> till early morning and fell asleep on the table.Next I
> realised that the MD who was fully aware of the
> ammount of job I was doing was shouting to me to wake.
>
> The words he used was too painfull " YOU MALAYS ARE
> ALL LAZY,COME TO WORK also can sleep."
>
> The other chinese staff also echoed with contempt to
> malay race and Islam.A few Indian staff also sided
> with the chinese staff and made some fun of the Malay
> race.The other malays did their work quietly or
> pretended not to hear.Either they do not care or are
> too afraid. I belive they are too afraid.
>
> This incident started a whole lot more of realisation,
> a malay staff who was sympathetic to me showed me a
> the detailed remuneration scheme on the database.It
> has very high racial bias the indian and chienese
> received more money on a monthly basis and plus too
> many incentives I did not receive or even know
> existed.
>
> On average they recived 60% more for the same job even
> though they were came in after the Malay staff of the
> same level.
>
> And I know most of the malays do more work than any
> chinese or indian.
>
> Apart from that I was also the chinese management
> overheard in Hokien which I can understand perfectly,
> how the malay "ba&**ds" have supported by NEP and the
> government and how they were getting back at them by
> making pay in the workplace".There was very clear that
> the chinese management did not mind indians of the
> hindu faith but depised the Muslims of all races.
>
> This was since this Muslims tend to go and pray 5
> times a day, a total waste of time and productivity.
> The muslims were also not invited to parties since
> they do not drink and eat pork.They despised for our
> beliefs.
>
> It was first job and this experience shocked me.
>
> One day the management went as far as prohibiting the
> mulims from praying during working hours and the surau
> was locked up.
>
> Eventhough I am not a person who prays 5 times a day
> but I felt this was a discrimantion against the basic
> human rights of worship.
>
> There some seriously out of place in Malaysia
> today.The chinese and indian who today own most of the
> capital in Malaysia is bullying the Malay comunity by
> denying them their rightfull salary and promotion.They
> work us to the ground and we lose almost all
> meaningfull contact with our families.
>
> If we ask for explaination, we are told you Malays are
> Lazy, there is even a new spelling for Malay, Malazy.
>
> It is not fair to continue to deprive us of our basic
> rights at work, while our non Malay counterparts enjoy
> our fruit of labour.We want equal acess to promotions
> and salary.
>
> I belive the governments has the obligation to make
> public knowledge the salary paid to everyone, to
> ensure there is no foul play and racial bias.
>
> The only hope we have today is there are people like
> MGG PILLAI who are liberal and belive all humans
> should treated equally.Maybe it is not too much to ask
> to be treated equaly.
>
> There maybe many chinese and indians who look down on
> Malays, but there are some who think us only as
> another brother in human family, these people are only
> hope for a Multiracial Malaysia.
>
> I am sorry if what I wrote hurt anybody's feelings but
> it is the sad truth of racial discrimantion against
> the malays that goes on at the workplace and we must
> accept and try get rid of it.It is not healthy for the
> multiracial society here.
>
>
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