Why? Because I just enjoyed a perfectly spiced Chinese Paisa with shrimps, as well as a wake-up ice coffee. The coffee here taste so much better then at home.
But that is not the only reason that I love the Chinese here.
This is what I have heard. From long time experts as well as from half Chinese and half iban people. Iban is one of the original tribes of Sarawak. Malay don't work that much, they get money from the government when they earn less then 3.000 rm a month, 700 EUR. Malay also don't have to buy land to build a house on, they get it for free. Are you of Chinese origin you have to buy the land..... because you are not a real Malaysian,because your family only lived here a couple hundred of yrs.
Chinese as well as lawyers etc also pay up to 60% tax.
Expats have to buy a car for European price plus 200% tax. Because only a Malay can import tax free or low tax. The then can t sell sell the car the 1st yr.
It is right that I only see, or almost only see, Chinese working. It are them having a shop.
I heard that of the 650.000 people living in and around kuching, 40.000 of them yearly, only Chinese, leave Malaysia because of all the discrimination. They don't have the same rights as the Malay. Where can they go? Back to China... or if they are lucky permanently to Australia. That was what also the Chinese Malaysian had done, so his children would have better opportunities. One of them now becoming an anesthesiologist.
What would the world be without the Chinese?
Did you know that since October China has outgrown USA? It's true.
So now I have to find a taxi to my boat to kapit, down stream.
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