No Need For Race Relations Act

I personally do not see how the adoption of the proposed Race Relations Act will strengthen race relations in the country in the long term. I think we are looking at it from a wrong angle. Any law does not foster good relations. All it does is punish those who are found to have violated it. What we need is some form of social engineering. We should not adopt a “hard” stance in our long term objective to foster better relations amongst Malaysians. Instead, we should use the “soft” approach ie. educating and nurturing Malaysians to appreciate the values of respecting each other and enjoying each other’s friendship. Such values must be imbued in every young Malaysian so that they will grow up accepting other races as Malaysians. Instilling and not enforcing such values should be the focus of the government's effort.

I feel the situation is not as bad as we all assume it to be. Malaysians, in general, can mix well with each other. More often than not, it is the callous comments from some people, including political and community leaders, that spark off “tensions”.

So let us tackle race relations from the correct perspective.

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不需要种族关系法令

我本人不认同，接纳建议中的种族关系法令，长远来说将加强我国的种族关系。我觉得，我们是从错误的角度看待这个问题。任何的法令都不能促进良好的关系。法令只能用来惩罚违反它的人。我们需要的是社会关系的加强。对于促进马来西亚人民之间的关系的长远目标，我们不应该采取“强硬”的立场。相反的，我们应该采用“软”.的方法，例如教育，以及向马来西亚人灌输鉴赏互相尊重和享受彼此间友好关系的价值观。这些价值观更应该向每一名年小的马来西亚人灌输，以便在他们成长后，能够接受其他种族为马来西亚人。 灌输这些价值观的工作，应该成为政府做出努力的重点项目。

我认为，目前的局势并非人们所想象的那么坏。马来西亚人民一般上可以很好的相处。很多时候，由于一些人，包括政治人物和社会领袖的无情批评，而引发了“紧张”的局面。

且让我们从正确的观点来克服种族关系的问题。