What more do the Chinese want?

I wonder if BN can recapture Hulu Selangor parliamentary constituency if not because of the huge amount of money they pumped in just before the election. But whatever it is, a win is a win, perhaps it is also a wakeup call for Pakatan Rakyat that ‘the power of the people’ which was behind their unprecedented success in 328 has started to fade.

It is not difficult to tell that BN is aiming nothing but a win in Hulu Selangor. All the heavyweights from its component parties were there to campaign and that also included the ex-ex Prime Minister who labeled Zaid as a drunken frog who could not be trusted upon.

Undeniably, under the leadership of Prime Minister Najib, a lot of positive changes have started to shape up nicely. Generally speaking, many friends of mine are giving thump-ups to Najib and most of them are having high hopes that he can bring about positive changes that will benefit Malaysian as a whole. At the very least, he is deemed more capable than his predecessor. However, it is still too early to tell if NEM will bring about positive changes to the livelihoods of this multi-racial nation. One thing for sure, if race harmony cannot be preserved, then what happen in Thailand may also happen here.

After the Hulu Selangor by election, I guess UMNO is very happy, MIC is not disappointed but MCA is left puzzling again. In fact, the return of Malay and Indian votes to BN was not reciprocated for Chinese community in Hulu Selangor as there were even more votes for Pakatan Rakyat from the Chinese voters as compared to the last general election.

Many BN leaders especially those from UMNO will imply that Chinese are not grateful despite all the goodies promised by the government during the campaign. The big mouth of Pekasa has urged the government to stop all allocations it promised to Chinese and Indian communities as he viewed that Chinese and Indian are not supporting BN. But if Prime Minister Najib’s holistic approach of One Malaysia is to be a success, then some of the recalcitrant leaders must first drop the attitude of other races must be grateful to them. Otherwise, why waste time talking about One-Malaysia, if one race is superior to another?