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To: elmatador who wrote (48665)	4/18/2004 3:59:34 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Malaysia is a good place for most. J

To: elmatador who wrote (48665)	4/18/2004 9:48:26 AM
From: Seeker of Truth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi Elmatador, I've never been there but I've heard a lot about it. Some of it is negative. 1. You can't get places with a business unless you appoint some bumiputra(man of the soil, means Malay) as titular head or vice-head. He doesn't have to do anything but show his ethnic flag. It's a make work scheme. Chinese businessmen have to put up with it. 2. Rule of Law!? Ask that poor political leader who has been imprisoned for years on trumped up charges of homosexuality. His real crime was wanting to point out corruption; he thereby represented a threat to Mahathir. 3. A few decades ago mass murders of Chinese, a la Indonesia occurred in Malaysia. I don't know if that is still the case. 4. I heard Chinese are discriminated against in connection with entrance to national universities. (Maybe Chinese have an unfair advantage --- they study too hard.) Good luck there.