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the business and commerce sectors, controlling an estimated 70% of the Malaysian economy. They are also one of the biggest taxpayers, contributing almost 90% of the national income tax and 60% of Malaysia's national income.' "A wise Malaysian would know that we can't do without the Chinese, and if we want Malaysia to maintain or improve its economy, we need to make the Chinese our friends instead of bullying antagonizing them. It is also a fact that the non-Chinese are benefitting tremendously from development and social programmes funded by revenues collected from the Chinese business sector. "We need to learn from the hard lessons from our neighbouring countries where the Chinese were prosecuted and officially discriminated against, and this had caused the glaring economic decline and social poverty that have caused international embarrassment to these countries," he said. Jeffrey also reminded the anti-Chinese groups of the horrendous trend of brain drain in Malaysia. Quoting Wikipedia, he said these people left Malaysia for good because of "corruption, social inequality, and educational opportunities, and the government's Bumiputera affirmative action policies. As of 2011, Bernama has reported that there are a million talented Malaysians working overseas. Recently the brain drain has increased in pace: 305,000 Malaysians migrated overseas between March 2008 and August 2009 compared to 140,000 in 2007." "The Prime Minister had started a program through Talent Corp to attract these talented exMalaysians to return and contribute to the country's development," he pointed out. "So why are the Malay-Muslim groups demanding that 51 percent of the Malaysian voters also leave Malaysia? Let's note that this figure includes hundreds of thousands of Malays who support the opposition. Can we even imagine what will happen to Malaysia if these people actually pack up and leave tomorrow? "This call to boycott Chinese businesses is so far the worse development after the recent general election, and is shows continued desperation and fear among the BN leaders. It's as if they are trembling at the sight of their own shadows. The Prime Minister needs to speak up against this call lest the BN and Umno is continued to be seen as supporting extreme racism in Malaysia. "His continued silence in the face of this increased racism, anti-Chinese activism, and heightening of the Malay supremacy is shocking, and he dearly needs to speak up against it to show the world that Malaysia is a mature democracy that is model of progress, wisdom and social harmony."
DatukDr.JeffreyKitingan Chairman STARSabah 21May2013