"Tuan" Tanah.....ye ke?

Much ado on the Ketuanan Concept, many have theorize.... some relate it to the original ownership of Tanah Melayu , some focuses more on the so called "Supremacy/Dominance" aspect....some this.... some that......an evolving concept from the original speech of Dolah Kok Lanas

here's something to ponder upon........let us think from 1900's.....

1. We were colonized up till 1957........the Brits introduced the Torrent System in 1890's for land ownership and registration

2. State Own the Land and alienated them accordingly to specific races in Malaya and also to the Colonist Companies......

3. Complex process of transfers then happens either via direct acquisition by the Colonist Companies, or the land could have been charged to the Money lenders or "Banks".....some defaulted on their loans during the "depression" in the 30's and effectively lost their collateral...money lender/banks then sold to any willing buyer to recover the principal

4. Boom in Commodity prices especially rubber after man got off their horses to travel in automobiles...lead to an increased demand in plantation land....which then lead to greater transfer of land to the Colonist Companies........

5. World War II, domestic political instability and The Communist Insurgency made the Colonist companies "mengelabah" and began selling their land to those with money at that time..........and guess who had the money then???

6. Imbalances in land ownership begins in the early 60's whereby there is a net transfer of land titles to a particular race with economic dominance........

7. Corrective counter-measures thru NEP, creation of FELDA etc was introduced in the 70's to create a positive trend in land ownership to the Malays.......

8. Takeover of Plantation companies in the 80's by Government Linked entities helped create greater positive flow but these were companies assets....and not owned by Orang-Orang Melayu

For more details on these please read Evolution of Ethnic Patterns of Rural Land Ownership in Peninsula Malaysia by Ping-Keong Voon 1978 - This analysis was done in Selangor and the author observe similar trends in other states......

By simple logic land need to be put into productive use by those who have capital and our race did not have much capital back then(and now perhaps), the state needed the income and the economic activity to propel growth..........even the Malay Reserve concept was introduced to correct the original imbalances (British Version of NEP).....

It is a public secret among the Government Officers that the majority of land ownership for economic use in Malaysia is NOT in the hands of the Malays...this "sensitive" data is in the hands of the Ruling Government.....care to publish Sir??

Tuan Tanah we are not? Economic Dominance a long shot? Political Dominance kelam kabut big time?

If you think that you want to lead the nation forward, get your act together folks, other races are looking at how fragmented our overall thinking especially of late? This situation is made worse by the level of quality of our Malay politicians.....only words like Bingai, Tamak, Unethical and Corrupt can best describe them......ade la a few good ones....but too little to make any difference...

Do look back folks but think forward please.....never EVER forget how we got here (especially those who have benefited from the NEP in the areas of their education...give back if you can in any way possible) and have a clear target of where we want to be next........