Tiger

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1 Tiger
2 a local m'SIAN CROUCHING tIGER
- 2.1 A Peom by William Blake
3 Tiger link [[5]]
4 TRANSLATION BY gOOGLE
- 4.1 From original Malay via translation
- 4.2 THE TEXT

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Rare photos from the Spore Zoo: "Because it happens so quickly it is very difficult to get photos like this - I'm very pleased with them."

from the very word of the writer photographer.

Bengal tigers are fully grown at two to three years of age and live for up to 15 years in the wild. Males weigh 200-230 kilograms and are up to three metres in length.

The females are 130-70 kilograms and up to 2.5 metres long.

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WHAT do you get if you cross a lion and a tiger ?

Striped giants: Two of Dr Antle's ligers with their trainers. -

Pictures courtesy of Dr Antle via Electric News for Today

The joke version of this answer would be that you'd get torn to shreds, but a zoologist will tell you that you'd get a liger.

Bred by mating a male lion with a female tiger, ligers were once thought to be mythical creatures because of their immense size - they are larger than both parents.

But ligers are not the product of some 20th-century science experiment.

In fact, one legend has it that ligers originated in the jungles of ancient Singapore, where the giant cats were said to roam.

This is, however, unlikely as there are no records of lions having ever lived on the island.

Still, ligers are very real.

One of the earliest known documentation of ligers dates back to the early 19th century. The enormous animals were depicted in paintings and engravings.

Today, Dr Bhagavan Antle is one of the few liger owners in the world.

The director of The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (Tigers) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, has four ligers which he has taken on media tours.

'We had such a big splash of exposure,' DrAntle, who has shown the beasts on high-profile TV talk shows like Oprah and The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, told Outside magazine.

'We saw the valuable public appeal. It was like opening a chapter of myth that had come to life.'

DrAntle's ligers were born to a mother tiger called Ayla and a lion called Arthur in 2002.

Named Hercules, Zeus, Vulcan, and Sinbad, the four brothers take turns going on display at Jungle Island, a theme park in Miami, which has several animal exhibits and shows.

Not to be confused with tigons (born of a male tiger and female lion), ligers typically weigh over 400kg - about twice the average weight of an adult tiger or lion - and can devour over 20kg of meat in one meal.

But don't expect to see ligers anywhere in the wild.

Ligers are found only in captivity. Wild ligers are an unlikely find as it is rare for different species to mate in a natural environment. Click to see larger image

'It would result in diminished fitness of the offspring,' Dr Ronald Tilson, director of conservation at the Minnesota Zoo, explained to National Geographic.

But somehow, ligers seem to have dodged this rule of evolution as they posses the best traits of their parents.

'Those qualities manifest themselves in the fact that they like to be in the water (a tiger trait) and are very social (a lion trait),' said conservationist Tippi Hendren, who runs the Shambala animal sanctuary in California.

Ligers also inherit the vocabularies of their parents - they can roar like lions and chuff like tigers.

Because of their rarity, ligers are usually the biggest draw for most of the animal sanctuaries where they are found.

GIVE THAT MAN A LIGER

HE did not set out to breed exotic animal hybrids. In fact, Dr Bhagavan Antle didn't even start out working with animals at all.

[edit] a local m'SIAN CROUCHING tIGER

..Stev Oh a M'sian (Penang-born) artist, musician, and now Writer introduces his new book in Kuala Lumpur..he lives with his family in Perth Australia.

[edit] A Peom by William Blake

Poem lyrics of The Tiger by William Blake.

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright

In the forest of the night

What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies

Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire?

And What shoulder, and what art,

Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?

In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,

And watered heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see?

- goto see [[4]] Tigers represents?

Did he who made the lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright

In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Are you a Tiger? In the Chinese Horoscope, a Tiger is courageous, determined, quick-witted. The Tiger is restless, rebellious and loves challenges and willing to take risks. A Tiger is blunt and hates hypocrisy which often offends. However the tiger is also impulsive and attention seeking. Fortunately, the Tiger is often lucky in most enterprises and in generous with his rewards.

[edit] Tiger link [[5]]

Tigers in human culture and art: Humans have long feared the tiger. In cultures everywhere, the tiger symbolised the destructive force, but sometimes a protective one. Taoists believed tigers control yin or evil (while the dragon controlled yang or good); while Buddhists believe the tiger represents yang. The Hindu god Shiva, when adopting the destructive persona wears a tiger skin and rides a tiger. The Chinese believe the stripes on the tiger's forehead form the word "King". Tigers signify vigour, health and strength. Some Chinese believed tigers were powerful supernatural messengers between the human and spirit world, and tiger images were placed in tombs to ward off evil spirits. In many Asian cultures, tigers punished wrong doers; Thai and Malaysian aborigines—those who violated tribal laws, Muslims in Sumatra—sinners. In Southeast Asia it was widely believed that shamans and magicians could turn themselves into tigers. The tiger is still used as a powerful symbol, especially in Asia to represent sporting teams and used in company logos (e.g. beer, petrol). Sadly, we have not translated this fear into respect to preserve this magnificent creature.

In August 1902, the last tiger to be killed in Singapore was pursued at Raffles Hotel and was finally shot while cowering under the Bar & Billiard Room, then an elevated building.

[edit] Link to myths of the Tiger Sage King

Shun Chong-Hua

Politics is not exactly my personal cup of tea, I prefer coffee. it is not strong but more everlasting when eventually one enter into the kingdom of peace. However, those who enter it<politics> are usually in the right wing Politics, and usually by invitation to the Party. Left wingers do not fly well in Singapore and they usually fall by their numbers no matter how well articulate they were on the Public stand and whatever issues they raised. To even enter the arena one has to have some means and the courage to fight it out to the end. I admire some politicians who could stick and be steadfast in their public service and calling. It is no small matter to discuss this topic but I must warn those who are faint hearted not to ever challenge the Lion in the arena of death. Even to have a chance to fight one has to be a willing tiger ready to be slaughtered on the altar of public good. Fear is not necessary good, but it keep the tame goose and other wild life away. Only the daring donkeys tried and are eaten up!

One can apply for any jobs in Singapore, and the recruitment office welcome all, and if yours is a degree , a job is always waiting for you. Politics is a calling, not a job. It is a service to your people and Country.

The late J.F.Kenndy said it well; "think not what you can get, but what you can give to your Country!"

If you are just courageous, you don't qualify, you will need to be well educated and articulate, know what wisdom is, for the running of public offices. Most Singaporeans even when adequately qualified, choose not to. Common sense forbids! But what Singapore need is not money or more money, but a good opposition to parley with the dominant one party system, and I think it is time for people to step into the arena in the next election to help and consolidate the effort of those who dared and had much to lose.

Our democratic right to vote is at stake and about to die out completely! GRCs and walkovers are our lessons, Do we wanna allow PAP to take away that right too! They tried but still trying to..take your right to VOTE! Abolishing the Jury is history! We don’t need a one party legacy no matter how rich and wealthy our little Island had become, it is just the feeling of healthy and freedom to stretch and dream, so I dream…. of Tigers: Tiger! tiger! burning blight in the forests of the night, and the night is closing in on all of us!

[edit] Crouching tiger

The movie was a mythical effect upon audience all over Asia and among a majority of young Chinese in the west dispersion. What was the reason of the success? There are three factors as seen among movie crtics on this picture:

One movie critic wrote:

Although it's still mostly uncharted territory in the West, wu xia is China's central hero myth, like the samurai saga in Japan and the Western in the US. Wu xia stories have been a staple in Chinese popular fiction and on the Beijing Opera stage for centuries---and in Chinese-language cinema almost from the beginning.

The earliest extant Hong Kong movie, circa 1928, is a wu xia serial, and as recently as the 1990s cinema and TV screens in the former colony were crowded with the paragons of justice sometimes referred to as "Chinese knights errant," righteous swordfighters who carry disciplined perfection in the martial arts into the realm of magic, focusing their chi so ferociously that they can leap tall buildings in a single bound.

Movie maker Lee felt an obligation, he says, "to respect the promise that wu xia makes to the Asian audience, which is a fantasy of power, romance, and morality." Growing up in Taiwan in the 1960s, he had devoured wu xia novels and films. "When he spoke to me about Crouching Tiger ," actress Michelle Yeoh recalls, "it was obvious that this was a dream he had been harboring since he was a kid. It would be a dream for any Asian filmmaker, because this material is so ingrained in our being."

But after leaving Taiwan in his 20s, to earn a Masters at the NYU Film School, Lee postponed his wu xia dreams, launching his career in the low-budget independent arena. "Once I had earned my right to do a bigger movie," he says, "I thought again of those period action stories." In the meantime, though, his creative ambitions had shifted: "I found I could no longer do a pure action movie, I had to bring the drama along with it. I cannot move too far away from the characters even when I stage an action scene."

Crouching Tiger broke box office records across Asia this summer, and it has been enthusiastically received at film festivals in the West, from Cannes to Toronto. So it seems that Lee and his long-time screenwriter, James Schamus, have successfully pulled off their delicate global balancing act. The movie certainly delivers what it promises in terms of action. Lee recruited Yuen Wo-ping, the 30-year veteran of the Hong Kong film industry who staged the gravity-defying "virtual kung fu" battles in The Matrix, to choreograph almost 30-minutes of high-flying dance-like action, sending Asian superstars Chow Yun-fat and Michelle Yeoh (along with charismatic newcomers Zhang Ziyi and Chang Chen) almost literally into orbit, leaping across rooftops and balancing in the wispy upper branches of a forest of bamboo.

If the light-footed action is an eye-opening novelty for Westerners, it's the dramatic elements that seem to have startled Eastern viewers. "From an Asian point of view," Schamus suggests, "the emotional content is quite new for the genre. And the emphasis on female subjectivity and the concerns of the women characters is absolutely revolutionary." Lee and Schamus love to say that they sold Crouching Tiger by describing it as "Sense and Sensibility with martial arts," a reference to Lee's multi-Oscar™-nominated Jane Austen adaptation. And indeed, in addition to such standard generic plot elements as the theft of a magical weapon (the fabled Green Destiny Sword) and the pursuit of the notorious outlaw Jade Fox (Cheng Pei-pei), the film's plot is structured around the intertwined fates of two contrasting pairs of lovers.

[edit] Sebutir Bintang Di Langit Sejarah

(Sebutir Bintang = a single or lonely Star)..in the Sky.. as an essay by poet Laureate
Dato" Dr. Usman Awang..

From a reader wrote this: <in Malay>

[edit] TRANSLATION BY gOOGLE

During the school, Math is a subject I relish. Saya tidak begitu gemar akan mata pelajaran bahasa, baik bahasa Inggeris, bahasa Malaysia mahupun bahasa Cina. I'm not so fond will be the subjects of languages, both English, language or Malaysian Chinese. Saya betul-betul mengabaikan pelajaran bahasa Malaysia kerana menganggapnya tidak menguntungkan saya untuk meneruskan pendidikan di luar negeri dan juga sebagai tindak balas terhadap diskriminasi yang dilakukan oleh kerajaan terhadap sekolah Cina dan pelajar yang berketurunan bukan Melayu. I truly ignore language lessons because Malaysia is not considered profitable to continue my education abroad, and also acts as a reply to the discrimination made by the kingdom to the Chinese schools and students who are not pure Malay. Apakah yang sebenarnya mengubah sikap saya daripada rasa dingin kepada rasa berahi akan bahasa Malaysia? What I actually change the attitude of the cold lust to Malaysia will be the language? Perubahan sikap saya berkaitan dengan penglibatan saya dalam kegiatan persatuan pelajar di kampus univerisiti di Britain. Changes related to the attitude I penglibatan my activities in student unions on campus univerisiti in Britain. Yang ironisnya saya banyak mengenal sejarah politik Malaysia bukannya di tanah air diri sendiri melainkan di negara penjajah Inggeris. Ironically that I know a lot of political history of Malaysia is not in the land of water itself but in the Anglo-imperialist country. Tatkala menuntut di sana, saya bertemu dengan pejuang-pejuang politik kiri bukan Melayu dalam tahun 50-an dan 60-an di Malaya, termasuk Singapura, dan mendapati mereka tekun mempelajari bahasa Melayu pada zaman itu. When the demand there, I met with the fighter-partisan politics is not left in the Malay-an 50 years old and an 60-in Malaya, including Singapore, have found their diligent and learn Malay language in those times. Kebanyakan aktivis politik bukan Melayu pada masa itu terdiri daripada golongan pekerja dan mereka sudi mempelajari bahasa Melayu dalam kelas yang diadakan pada sebelah malam. Most of the non-Malay political activist at that time consisted of groups of workers, and they will learn the Malay language in the class held on the night. Pelajar-pelajar di sekolah-sekolah Cina juga rela dan mahu diajarakan bahasa Melayu. Students in schools and China is also willing diajarakan want Malay. Malah tahanan-tahanan politik pun tidak ketinggalan: mereka mempelajarinya dalam kem tahanan. Even political prisoners, detainees are not: they learn in Kem custody. Aktivis-aktivis politik kaum Cina gemar mempelajari bahasa Melayu kerana hendak menjalin hubungan yang erat dengan kaum Melayu dan kaum India. Activist-political activist like the Chinese to learn the Malay language would establish a close relationship with the Malay and Indian people. Pada zaman itu, pejuang-pejuang politik kiri berusaha keras menyatupadukan rakyat semua bangsa dalam perjuangan menentang penjajah Inggeris. At those times, combative left-partisan political endeavor integrate people of all nations in the struggle against colonialist English. Mereka bercita-cita mewujudkan sebuah negara berbilang etnik yang merdeka, bersatu dan demokratik. They aspire to realize a country's ethnic berbilang a free, united and democratic. Bahasa Melayu sudah diiktiraf sebagai lingua franca atau bahasa perhubungan antara pelbagai bangsa di rantau ini. Bahasa Melayu is diiktiraf as a lingua franca or lingua franca between the various nations in this region. Saya amat terpukau oleh sikap pro-aktif pejuang-pejuang lama terhadap bahasa Melayu demi memupuk perpaduan di kalangan rakyat jelata. My attitude is very terpukau by pro-active combatant combatant-old Malay language in order to foster solidarity among the proletariat. Sementara itu, bahasa Melayu mereka juga bersedia memperjuangkannya sebagai bahasa kebangsaan. Meanwhile, the Malay language they are willing memperjuangkannya as the national language. Perjuangkan Bahasa Kebangsaan Perjuangkan Bahasa Kebangsaan Dalam rencana Sebutir Bintang di Langit Sejarah, Allahyarham Datuk Dr Usman Awang mengisahkan “… jasa Lim Chin Siong terhadap orang Melayu dan bahasa Melayu sangat besar dan penting. In a plan in the sky Stars History, Allahyarham Datuk Dr Usman Awang narrate "... Lim Chin Siong services to Malay and Malay language is very big and important. Lim Chin Siong dan rakan-rakannya yang berpendidikan di sekolah aliran Cina, Singapura telah meluluskan usul supaya bahasa Melayu dijadikan lingua franca, bahasa kebangsaan, bahasa perantaraan. Lim Chin Siong and rakan-rakannya that educated in mainstream schools Chinese, Singapore has been proposed that yield Malay as lingua franca, the language of nationality, language medium. “Ketika usul itu dikemukakan terdapat banyak orang Melayu sendiri, terutama golongan elit dan pegawai-pegawai kerajaan, yang masih belum percaya akan kemampuan bahasa Melayu. "When there is a proposal that raised many Malay people themselves, particularly the elite and the Kingdom of staff, who still will not trust the ability Malay. Malah pelajar-pelajar Melayu di universiti ketika itu pun tidak yakin bahwa bahasa Melayu itu mampu menjadi bahasa kebangsaan, bahasa ilmu.” (Dipetik daripada Comet in Our Sky: Lim Chin Siong in History.) In fact Malay students in the university when it is not convinced that the Malay language that is able to become a national language, language science. "(Quoted from Comet in Our Sky: Lim Chin Siong in History.) Said Zahari juga bercerita tentang sahabatnya Lim Chin Siong dalam bukunya Meniti Lautan Gelora–sebuah Memoir Politik. Said Zahari also tells about friend Lim Chin Siong in Lautan Gelora Meniti book-a memoir Politics. Mengikut Said Zahari, Lim Chin Siong bukanlah seorang cauvinis Cina yang politiknya cuma memperjuangkan soal bahasa, kebudayaan dan pendidikan Cina, sepertimana yang difitnah oleh musuh-musuh politiknya. According to Said Zahari, Lim Chin Siong cauvinis China is not a just a political struggle concerning language, culture and education China, as difitnah by political enemies. Walhal, Lim Chin Siong sering bercakap dan bertukar fikiran dengan Said Zahari mengenai perpaduan antara kaum di tanah air (Malaya termasuk Singapura). Walhal, Lim Chin Siong often speak and exchange with the mind of Said Zahari about the solidarity between people in the land of water (Malaya including Singapore). Lim Chin Siong selalu menekankan betapa pentingnya perpaduan kaum demi keharmonian dan keamanan. Lim Chin Siong always emphasized the importance of solidarity for the harmony and security. Mereka sepakat bahwa konflik perkauman memang sengaja dicetuskan dan dibesar-besarkan oleh orang yang berkepentingan, seperti kaum kapitalis yang memang mahu melihat perpecahan di kalangan rakyat supaya mereka mudah menindas. They agreed that the family conflict and deliberately dicetuskan be exaggerated by the person concerned, as the capitalists who want to see divisions among the people so that they easily overwhelm. Lim Chin Siong dan Said Zahari juga percaya, tidak mungkin berlaku konflik besar-besaran antara kaum, terutamanya antara orang Melayu dengan orang Cina, kalau tidak kerana campur tangan dan provokasi golongan yang berkepentingan itu. Lim Chin Siong and Said Zahari also believe, may not apply large-scale conflict between the people, especially among Malay with Chinese people, if not for the intervention and the provocation that was concerned. Lim Chin Siong telah memainkan peranan besar hingga bahasa Melayu diterima menjadi bahasa kebangsaan Singapura dengan lebih 80 peratus penduduknya daripada kaum Cina, kata Samad Ismail. Lim Chin Siong was to play a major Malay language received a national Singapore with more than 80 peratus population of China, said Samad Ismail. Pada masa yang sama, nama Said Zahari sering disebut-sebut di kalangan orang Cina. At the same time, the name of Said Zahari is often referred to-call among the Chinese. Beliau amat dihormati oleh orang Cina kerana pandai berbahasa Cina disebabkan oleh usaha gigihnya mempelajari bahasa Cina dalam kem tahanan politik. He is very respected by the Chinese because of China's clever business caused by gigihnya learn Chinese language in Kem political prisoners. Said Zahari adalah lambang orang Melayu yang mempelajari bahasa Cina demi perpaduan rakyat. Said Zahari is the symbol of the Malay language for the Chinese people's solidarity. Mengikis Prasangka Erase prejudice Teladan baik yang diperlihatkan oleh pejuang-pejuang lama telah mengikis habis-habisan prasangka saya terhadap bahasa kebangsaan. Example shown by both combatants long-combatants have been completely erase my prejudice against the national language. Sekembali ke tanah air, dengan tidak berlengah-lengah lagi, saya lantas bersungguh-sungguh mempelajarinya secara sendirian. Sekembali to ground water, with no more dilly-dally, then I mean the lone learn. Apabila ada masa lapang, saya mendekati bahasa Malaysia dengan membaca surat khabar yang mudah diperoleh. If there is free time, I approached the language by reading the letter of Malaysia khabar that easy. Peluang melakukan pertuturan dalam bahasa Malaysia juga saya gunakan dengan sebaik-baiknya. Opportunity to do pertuturan in Malaysia I also use the well. Sewaktu terlibat dalam masalah yang dihadapi oleh peneroka bandar atau setinggan di sekitar Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor, saya bertemankan anggota-anggota Parti Rakyat. While involved in the problems faced by peneroka drain or setinggan around Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, I bertemankan members of Parti Rakyat. Dengan mereka saya menjalin hubungan supaya dapat bertutur dengan bahasa Malaysia. With them I can establish that the language bertutur Malaysia. Ketika mengajar di sekolah Cina di Kota Bharu, saya baru menjadi anggota Parti Rakyat. When teaching in Chinese schools in Kota Bharu, I became a new member of Parti Rakyat. Saya selalu mengunjungi kedai Mohamed Jaffar, seorang pemimpin Parti Rakyat lama, yang terletak di Jalan Pengkalan Chepa untuk mengadakan perbualan dengannya. I always visit the keeper Mohamed Jaffar, a leader Parti Rakyat long, which is located in Jalan Pengkalan Chepa to hold perbualan with. Mohamed Jaffar pernah beberapa kali mengundang saya ke rumahnya. Mohamed Jaffar had several times invited me to his house. Dengannya saya banyak berkesempatan membincangkan hal-ehwal politik dalam bahasa Malaysia. I had a lot to her discuss the ehwal politics in Malaysia. Kemudian di Johor Bahru, saya bekerja sebagai pensyarah di sebuah kolej swasta. Then, in Johor Bahru, I worked as a pensyarah in kolej private. Kepada Hassan Karim, Ketua Pemuda Parti Rakyat masa itu, yang tinggal di Pontian saya minta diberi tuisyen untuk persiapan saya memduduki kertas Julai SPM Bahasa Melayu. To Hassan Karim, the head of Youth Parti Rakyat that time, living in Pontian I have given my tuisyen for preparation memduduki paper Julai SPM Bahasa Melayu. Dengannya saya banyak belajar menulis di samping mengadakan perbincangan tentang isu-isu semasa. I learned a lot with writing on the side of the debate about contemporary issues. Apabila bergerak cergas pada peringkat pusat Parti Rakyat sejak tahun 1996, saya melibatkan diri dalam penerbitan Suara PRM dan bersama Dr Sanusi Osman menyelenggarakan penerbitan Masyarakat Adil–Asas-asas Perjuangan PRM. When the energetic movement at the center of Parti Rakyat since 1996, I am involved in publishing and with the PRM Voters Dr Sanusi Osman conducting publishing Society Fair-basis-basis Struggle PRM. Saya banyak memanfaatkan kerja-kerja penerbitan dan kebolehan penulisan saya dalam bahasa Malaysia telah dipertingkat. I take advantage of many working-publishing and writing ability in a language I have dipertingkat Malaysia. Akhirnya dengan mudah saya mendapat habuan SAP. Finally, I get easily habuan SAP. Ilham daripada Pejuang Lama Ilham duration of Combatants Saya dapat berkenalan dengan sebilangan pejuang tahun 50-an dan 60-an. I can be acquainted with a number of combatant an 50-year and 60-an. Antara mereka yang kembali bergiat aktif dalam politik, banyak yang berkebolehan berbahasa Malaysia, misalannya Tai Kim Tat, Mak Xiang, Lee Sang, Lim Yong Pang, Ban Ah Kam dan Chong Ton Sin. Between those who back spicy active in politics, many of which berkebolehan Malaysia, Tai Kim misalannya Tat, Mak Xiang, Lee Sang, Lim Yong Pang, and Thurs Ban Ah Chong Ton Sin. Kecuali Lee Sang, yang lain merupakan bekas tahanan politik yang pernah mempelajari bahasa kebangsaan dalam kem tahanan. Unless Sang Lee, the other is a former political detainee who had to learn the language in the national Kem custody. Selepas dibebaskan daripada tahanan, Chong Ton Sin memperkuat lagi penguasaan bahasa Malaysianya. After the release of prisoners, Chong Ton Sin strengthen control of the language Malaysianya again. Kini beliau bukan saja penterjemah yang profesional bahkan penceramah bahasa Malaysia yang fasih. Now he is not only a professional interpreter lector even eloquent language of Malaysia. Manakala,\ Mak Xiang masih lagi mampu menulis rencana dengan bahasa Malaysia. When, \ Mak Xiang still able to write the plan with the Malaysian language. Seorang lagi bekas tahanan politik, Lee Ban Chen, yang merupakan contoh unggul, telah menguasai bahasa Malaysia pada tahun 60-an. One more former political prisoners, Lee Ban Chen, who is a superior example, the language has been in Malaysia 60-an. Karya buku pertamanya, Introduksi kepada Ilmu Falsafah, terbit dalam bahasa Malaysia pada tahun 1975 setelah beliau dibebaskan daripada tahanan. The paper first book, Introduction to the Science philosophy, published in Malaysia in 1975 after he was released from custody. Pada penghujung tahun 2000, Lee Ban Chen telah mengambil keputusan menjadi kolumnis akhbar dalam talian, malaysiakini.com. At the end of 2000, Lee Ban Chen has taken a decision in talian columnist akhbar, malaysiakini.com. Tulisannya dalam bahasa Malaysia. Writings in Malaysia. Semenjak tahun 2002, beliau telah membukukan kumpulan karyanya yang disiarkan dalam malaysiakini.com. Since 2002, he has a collection of his work in the broadcast malaysiakini.com. Tiga buah buku telah diterbitkannya, yakni: Bumi Dipijak, Selamat Tinggal Era Mahathir dan Sejarah Sebagai Hakim Muktamad. Three books have been published, namely: Dipijak Earth, the Living History and Mahathir Era As Judge Muktamad. Melalui tulisannya, beliau berhasrat melintasi batasan bahasa dan kaum untuk berinteraksi dengan rakyat Malaysia yang berbilang kaum. Through his writings, he is eager cross the limits of language and to interact with the people of Malaysia that the berbilang. Mereka ini bukti kukuh bahwa aktivis-aktivis bukan Melayu yang mencintai bahasa kebangsaan pada tahun 50-an dan 60-an. They are evidence that the steady-activist activists are not the Malay language for the national 50-year and an 60-an. Walaupun kini kita tidak kekurangan generasi muda bukan Melayu yang kecekap berbahasa Malaysia, namun kita harus jangan lupa akan pejuang-pejuang lama yang telah memberi teladan yang baik. Although now we do not lack the younger generation is not a Malay-speaking kecekap Malaysia, but we must not forget the fighter-old fighter who gave a good example. Saya sendiri mendapat ilham daripada pejuang-pejuang lama dan meneladani sikap mereka yang tidak mengenal jemu terhadap bahasa kebangsaan. I get inspiration from the self-combatants and combatants meneladani old attitude that they do not recognize the language of the nation fed. Saya bangga kerana telah menguasai bahasa kebangsaan. I was proud because the national language.

Ang Hiok Gai kini Timbalan Setiauasaha Agung dan Timbalan Ketua Bahagian Kapar bagi Parti Keadilan Rakyat Ang Hiok Gai now Setiauasaha Court balance and balance of the Chairman of The flotsam Parti Keadilan Rakyat

[edit] From original Malay via translation

Translation: Malay » English While in high school, my favorite subject is Mathematics. I do not so much the language subjects, good English, Bahasa Malaysia or Chinese. I just ignore language lessons because Malaysia does not consider it profitable to continue my education abroad and also as a reaction against discrimination committed by the government of Chinese school students and the non-Malay descent. What really changed my attitude from feeling cold to lust will Bahasa Malaysia? My attitude changes related to my involvement in student activities on campus univerisiti associations in Britain. Ironically I recognize that many political history of Malaysia is not in the land themselves but in the English colonial countries. When studying there, I met with the political heroes left non-Malays in an 50-and 60-Years in Malaya, including Singapore, and find them diligently learn the Malay language of the period. Many non-Malay political activist at that time consisted of the employees and their willing to learn the Malay language classes held at night. Students in Chinese schools are willing and want diajarakan Malay language. In fact political detainees not be left behind: they learn in the camps. Political activists like the Chinese want to learn the Malay language as the close relationship with the Malays and Indians. In that period, heroes work hard left political integrate people of all nations in the struggle against colonial English. They aspired to create a multi-ethnic country of an independent, united and democratic. Malay been recognized as a lingua franca or lingua franca among the various nations in the region. Terpukau I am very pro-active attitude by the heroes of old Malay language by fostering unity among the people. Meanwhile, Malay, they also stand memperjuangkannya as the national language. Perjuangkan National Language In the article History Sebutir stars in the sky, the late Datuk Dr Usman Awang tells "... service Lim Chin Siong of the Malays and the Malay language is very big and important. Lim Chin Siong and his friends are educated in Chinese schools, Singapore has approved the motion to be Malay lingua franca, the national language, intermediate language. "When the motion is submitted there are many Malays themselves, especially the elite and government officials, who still believe in Malay language skills. In fact, Malay students in the university when that is not confident that the Malay language that could be the national language, the language of knowledge. "(Quoted from Comet in Our Sky: Lim Chin Siong in History.) Said Zahari also talked about his friend Lim Chin Siong in his book Hitchcock Ocean Gelora-a Political Memoir. According to Said Zahari, Lim Chin Siong was not a cauvinis Chinese political struggle only question language, Chinese culture and education, as slandered by political enemies. Winery, Lim Chin Siong often talk and exchange ideas with Said Zahari about unity between people in the homeland (Malaya including Singapore). Lim Chin Siong has stressed the importance of racial unity and harmony by peace. They agreed that racial conflict was deliberately triggered and exaggerated by those with vested interests, like the capitalist who really want to see the disunity among the people so that they are oppressive. Lim Chin Siong and Said Zahari also believe, not possible large-scale conflict between races, especially between the Malays and Chinese, if not because of interference and provocation that the interest is. Lim Chin Siong has played a large role to be a Malay the national language of Singapore with more than 80 percent of the population from the Chinese, "said Samad Ismail. At the same time, the name of Said Zahari is often mentioned among the Chinese. He is respected by the Chinese as clever Chinese due to efforts gigihnya learn Chinese political prisoners in the camp. Said Zahari is the symbol of the Malays, who studied Chinese people's unity sake. Scrape Prejudice Good example is shown by the old heroes have been completely erase my prejudices against the national language. Sekembali to the ground water, with not procrastinate, I thus earnestly studied alone. When there is spare time, I approach the Malaysian language by reading newspapers that are easily available. Opportunity to do speech in Malaysia I also use the best. While involved in the problems faced by the settlers or squatters in areas around Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, my creative members of the People's Party. With their relationship so that I can speak Bahasa Malaysia. While teaching in Chinese schools in Kota Bharu, I became a new member of the People's Party. I always visit the shop Mohamed Jaffar, a leader of the old People's Party, which is located at Jalan Pengkalan Chepa to have a conversation with him. Mohamed Jaffar had several times invited me to his house. I had the opportunity to discuss with many political affairs in Malaysia. Then in Johor Bahru, I worked as a lecturer at a private college. To Hassan Karim, Head of Youth Party of Commons that time, living in the Pontian I have given tuition to prepare my paper memduduki July SPM malay. I write with a lot of learning as well as discussions about current issues. When moving at the active center People's Party since 1996, I engage in the publication Voice and PRM with Dr Sanusi Osman Community Fair-organized publication Fundamentals of Struggle PRM. I use a lot of work and publication of my writing ability in Malaysia has been enhanced. Finally I get easily Habuan SAP. Inspiration from Old Fighter I can get acquainted with a number of fighters in an 50-and 60-an. Among those active in politics again, many speaking ability Malaysia, for example Tai Kim Tat, Mak Xiang, Lee Sang Lim Yong Pang, and Ban Ah Kam Chong Ton Sin. Except Sang Lee, the other is a former political prisoner who had to learn the national language in the camps. Once released from detention, Chong Ton Sin strengthen the mastery of the language Malaysianya. Now he not only professional translators and even fluent speakers of Bahasa Malaysia. Meanwhile, \ Mak Xiang still able to write articles with the language of Malaysia. Another former political prisoner, Lee Ban Chen, who is a superior example, has mastered the language of Malaysia in 60-Years. Work first book, INTRODUCTION to Philosophy of Knowledge, published in Malaysia in 1975 after he was released from detention. At the end of 2000, Lee Ban Chen has decided to become an online newspaper columnist, malaysiakini.com. Writing in Bahasa Malaysia. Since 2002, he had a book published in his group malaysiakini.com. Three books have been published, namely: Earth stomp, Forevermore Mahathir Era and History As the Final Judge. In his writing, he intends across the barriers of language and people to interact with people of multiracial Malaysia. They are strong evidence that non-Malay activists who loves the national language in an 50-and 60-an. Although currently we do not lack the younger generation of non-Malay speaking kecekap Malaysia, but we must not forget the heroes who gave the old good example. I get inspiration from their own heroes and old attitudes meneladani those who do not recognize tired of the national language. I am proud of having mastered the national language. Ang Hiok Gai Setiauasaha now Deputy General and Deputy Head of Kapar for Parti Keadilan Rakyat

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Semasa di bangku sekolah, Matematik merupakan subjek kegemaran saya. Saya tidak begitu gemar akan mata pelajaran bahasa, baik bahasa Inggeris, bahasa Malaysia mahupun bahasa Cina. Saya betul-betul mengabaikan pelajaran bahasa Malaysia kerana menganggapnya tidak menguntungkan saya untuk meneruskan pendidikan di luar negeri dan juga sebagai tindak balas terhadap diskriminasi yang dilakukan oleh kerajaan terhadap sekolah Cina dan pelajar yang berketurunan bukan Melayu.

Apakah yang sebenarnya mengubah sikap saya daripada rasa dingin kepada rasa berahi akan bahasa Malaysia?

Perubahan sikap saya berkaitan dengan penglibatan saya dalam kegiatan persatuan pelajar di kampus univerisiti di Britain. Yang ironisnya saya banyak mengenal sejarah politik Malaysia bukannya di tanah air diri sendiri melainkan di negara penjajah Inggeris.

Tatkala menuntut di sana, saya bertemu dengan pejuang-pejuang politik kiri bukan Melayu dalam tahun 50-an dan 60-an di Malaya, termasuk Singapura, dan mendapati mereka tekun mempelajari bahasa Melayu pada zaman itu.

Kebanyakan aktivis politik bukan Melayu pada masa itu terdiri daripada golongan pekerja dan mereka sudi mempelajari bahasa Melayu dalam kelas yang diadakan pada sebelah malam. Pelajar-pelajar di sekolah-sekolah Cina juga rela dan mahu diajarakan bahasa Melayu. Malah tahanan-tahanan politik pun tidak ketinggalan: mereka mempelajarinya dalam kem tahanan.

Aktivis-aktivis politik kaum Cina gemar mempelajari bahasa Melayu kerana hendak menjalin hubungan yang erat dengan kaum Melayu dan kaum India. Pada zaman itu, pejuang-pejuang politik kiri berusaha keras menyatupadukan rakyat semua bangsa dalam perjuangan menentang penjajah Inggeris. Mereka bercita-cita mewujudkan sebuah negara berbilang etnik yang merdeka, bersatu dan demokratik. Bahasa Melayu sudah diiktiraf sebagai lingua franca atau bahasa perhubungan antara pelbagai bangsa di rantau ini.

Saya amat terpukau oleh sikap pro-aktif pejuang-pejuang lama terhadap bahasa Melayu demi memupuk perpaduan di kalangan rakyat jelata. Sementara itu, bahasa Melayu mereka juga bersedia memperjuangkannya sebagai bahasa kebangsaan.

Perjuangkan Bahasa Kebangsaan

Dalam rencana Sebutir Bintang di Langit Sejarah, Allahyarham Datuk Dr Usman Awang mengisahkan “… jasa Lim Chin Siong terhadap orang Melayu dan bahasa Melayu sangat besar dan penting. Lim Chin Siong dan rakan-rakannya yang berpendidikan di sekolah aliran Cina, Singapura telah meluluskan usul supaya bahasa Melayu dijadikan lingua franca, bahasa kebangsaan, bahasa perantaraan.

“Ketika usul itu dikemukakan terdapat banyak orang Melayu sendiri, terutama golongan elit dan pegawai-pegawai kerajaan, yang masih belum percaya akan kemampuan bahasa Melayu. Malah pelajar-pelajar Melayu di universiti ketika itu pun tidak yakin bahwa bahasa Melayu itu mampu menjadi bahasa kebangsaan, bahasa ilmu.” (Dipetik daripada Comet in Our Sky: Lim Chin Siong in History.)

Said Zahari juga bercerita tentang sahabatnya Lim Chin Siong dalam bukunya Meniti Lautan Gelora–sebuah Memoir Politik. Mengikut Said Zahari, Lim Chin Siong bukanlah seorang cauvinis Cina yang politiknya cuma memperjuangkan soal bahasa, kebudayaan dan pendidikan Cina, sepertimana yang difitnah oleh musuh-musuh politiknya.

Walhal, Lim Chin Siong sering bercakap dan bertukar fikiran dengan Said Zahari mengenai perpaduan antara kaum di tanah air (Malaya termasuk Singapura). Lim Chin Siong selalu menekankan betapa pentingnya perpaduan kaum demi keharmonian dan keamanan.

Mereka sepakat bahwa konflik perkauman memang sengaja dicetuskan dan dibesar-besarkan oleh orang yang berkepentingan, seperti kaum kapitalis yang memang mahu melihat perpecahan di kalangan rakyat supaya mereka mudah menindas. Lim Chin Siong dan Said Zahari juga percaya, tidak mungkin berlaku konflik besar-besaran antara kaum, terutamanya antara orang Melayu dengan orang Cina, kalau tidak kerana campur tangan dan provokasi golongan yang berkepentingan itu.

Lim Chin Siong telah memainkan peranan besar hingga bahasa Melayu diterima menjadi bahasa kebangsaan Singapura dengan lebih 80 peratus penduduknya daripada kaum Cina, kata Samad Ismail.

Pada masa yang sama, nama Said Zahari sering disebut-sebut di kalangan orang Cina. Beliau amat dihormati oleh orang Cina kerana pandai berbahasa Cina disebabkan oleh usaha gigihnya mempelajari bahasa Cina dalam kem tahanan politik. Said Zahari adalah lambang orang Melayu yang mempelajari bahasa Cina demi perpaduan rakyat.

Mengikis Prasangka

Teladan baik yang diperlihatkan oleh pejuang-pejuang lama telah mengikis habis-habisan prasangka saya terhadap bahasa kebangsaan. Sekembali ke tanah air, dengan tidak berlengah-lengah lagi, saya lantas bersungguh-sungguh mempelajarinya secara sendirian.

Apabila ada masa lapang, saya mendekati bahasa Malaysia dengan membaca surat khabar yang mudah diperoleh. Peluang melakukan pertuturan dalam bahasa Malaysia juga saya gunakan dengan sebaik-baiknya.

Sewaktu terlibat dalam masalah yang dihadapi oleh peneroka bandar atau setinggan di sekitar Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor, saya bertemankan anggota-anggota Parti Rakyat. Dengan mereka saya menjalin hubungan supaya dapat bertutur dengan bahasa Malaysia.

Ketika mengajar di sekolah Cina di Kota Bharu, saya baru menjadi anggota Parti Rakyat. Saya selalu mengunjungi kedai Mohamed Jaffar, seorang pemimpin Parti Rakyat lama, yang terletak di Jalan Pengkalan Chepa untuk mengadakan perbualan dengannya. Mohamed Jaffar pernah beberapa kali mengundang saya ke rumahnya. Dengannya saya banyak berkesempatan membincangkan hal-ehwal politik dalam bahasa Malaysia.

Kemudian di Johor Bahru, saya bekerja sebagai pensyarah di sebuah kolej swasta. Kepada Hassan Karim, Ketua Pemuda Parti Rakyat masa itu, yang tinggal di Pontian saya minta diberi tuisyen untuk persiapan saya memduduki kertas Julai SPM Bahasa Melayu. Dengannya saya banyak belajar menulis di samping mengadakan perbincangan tentang isu-isu semasa.

Apabila bergerak cergas pada peringkat pusat Parti Rakyat sejak tahun 1996, saya melibatkan diri dalam penerbitan Suara PRM dan bersama Dr Sanusi Osman menyelenggarakan penerbitan Masyarakat Adil–Asas-asas Perjuangan PRM. Saya banyak memanfaatkan kerja-kerja penerbitan dan kebolehan penulisan saya dalam bahasa Malaysia telah dipertingkat. Akhirnya dengan mudah saya mendapat habuan SAP.

Ilham daripada Pejuang Lama

Saya dapat berkenalan dengan sebilangan pejuang tahun 50-an dan 60-an. Antara mereka yang kembali bergiat aktif dalam politik, banyak yang berkebolehan berbahasa Malaysia, misalannya Tai Kim Tat, Mak Xiang, Lee Sang, Lim Yong Pang, Ban Ah Kam dan Chong Ton Sin. Kecuali Lee Sang, yang lain merupakan bekas tahanan politik yang pernah mempelajari bahasa kebangsaan dalam kem tahanan.

Selepas dibebaskan daripada tahanan, Chong Ton Sin memperkuat lagi penguasaan bahasa Malaysianya. Kini beliau bukan saja penterjemah yang profesional bahkan penceramah bahasa Malaysia yang fasih. Manakala,\ Mak Xiang masih lagi mampu menulis rencana dengan bahasa Malaysia.

Seorang lagi bekas tahanan politik, Lee Ban Chen, yang merupakan contoh unggul, telah menguasai bahasa Malaysia pada tahun 60-an. Karya buku pertamanya, Introduksi kepada Ilmu Falsafah, terbit dalam bahasa Malaysia pada tahun 1975 setelah beliau dibebaskan daripada tahanan.

Pada penghujung tahun 2000, Lee Ban Chen telah mengambil keputusan menjadi kolumnis akhbar dalam talian, malaysiakini.com. Tulisannya dalam bahasa Malaysia. Semenjak tahun 2002, beliau telah membukukan kumpulan karyanya yang disiarkan dalam malaysiakini.com. Tiga buah buku telah diterbitkannya, yakni: Bumi Dipijak, Selamat Tinggal Era Mahathir dan Sejarah Sebagai Hakim Muktamad. Melalui tulisannya, beliau berhasrat melintasi batasan bahasa dan kaum untuk berinteraksi dengan rakyat Malaysia yang berbilang kaum.

Mereka ini bukti kukuh bahwa aktivis-aktivis bukan Melayu yang mencintai bahasa kebangsaan pada tahun 50-an dan 60-an. Walaupun kini kita tidak kekurangan generasi muda bukan Melayu yang kecekap berbahasa Malaysia, namun kita harus jangan lupa akan pejuang-pejuang lama yang telah memberi teladan yang baik.

Saya sendiri mendapat ilham daripada pejuang-pejuang lama dan meneladani sikap mereka yang tidak mengenal jemu terhadap bahasa kebangsaan. Saya bangga kerana telah menguasai bahasa kebangsaan.

Ang Hiok Gai kini Timbalan Setiauasaha Agung dan Timbalan Ketua Bahagian Kapar bagi Parti Keadilan Rakyat