Why Singapore Is So Succesful And Why . . .

Why Singapore Is So Succesful And Why . . . 1956 “Repression, Sir is a habit that grows. I am told it is like making love – it is always easier the second time! The first time there may be pangs of conscience, a sense of guilt. But once embarked on this course with constant repetition you get more and more brazen in the attack. All you have to do is to dissolve organizations and societies and banish and detain the key political workers in these societies. Then miraculously everything is tranquil on the surface. Then an intimidated press and the government-controlled radio together can regularly sing your praises, and slowly and steadily the people are made to forget the evil things that have already been done, or if these things are referred to again they’re conveniently distorted and distorted with impunity, because there will be no opposition to contradict.” 1962 “If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being done, then I would not have the slightest doubt that I could govern much more effectively in their interests.” 1967 “We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to have more than two… We will regret the time lost if we do not now take the first tentative steps towards correcting a trend which can leave our society with a large number of the physically, intellectually and culturally anaemic.” 1982 “I make no apologies that the PAP is government and the government is PAP” 1983 “If you don’t include your women graduates in your breeding pool and leave them on the shelf, you would end up a more stupid society…So what happens? There will be less bright people to support dumb people in the next generation. That’s a problem.” 1986 “We have to lock up people, without trial, whether they are communists, whether they are language chauvinists, whether they are religious extremists. If you don’t do that, the country would be in ruins.” 1987 “I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn’t be here today. And I say without the slightest remorse, that we wouldn’t be here, we would not have made economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters – who your neighbour is, how you live, the noise you make, how you spit, or what language you use. We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think.” 1991 “Now if democracy will not work for the Russians, a white Christian people, can we assume that it will naturally work with Asians?” 1997 “If you are a troublemaker…it’s our job to politically destroy you. Put it this way. As long as JB Jeyaretnam stands for what he stands for – a thoroughly destructive force – we will knock him. Everybody knows that in my bag I have a hatchet, and a very sharp one. You take me on, I take my hatchet, we meet in the cul-de-sac.” “Anybody who decides to take me on needs to put on knuckle-dusters. If you think you can hurt me more than I can hurt you, try. There is no way you can govern a Chinese society.” “They say people can think for themselves? Do you honestly believe that the chap who can’t pass primary six knows the consequence of his choice when he answers a question viscerally, on language, culture and religion? But we knew the consequences. We would starve, we would have race riots. We would disintegrate.” 2003 “If we had considered them serious political figures, we would not have kept them politically alive for so long. We could have bankrupt them earlier.” 2004 “If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it.” 2005 “Political reform need not go hand in hand with economic liberalisation.. I hold unconventional views about this.. I do not believe if you are a libertarian, full of diverse opinions, full of competing ideas in the market place, full of sound and fury, therefore you will succeed.” 2006 “Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this” “Without the elected president and if there is a freak result, within two or three years, the army would have to come in and stop it”. . . ... and why PAS is so dunggu.. Negara Islam 1. "Bukan sahaja dalam menifesto, dalam perlembagaan PAS sendiri memang tidak mengandungi satu perkataan pun untuk menubuhkan sebuah negara Islam, dia (DAP) boleh tengok sendiri dan baca perlembagaan itu." - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Utusan Malaysia, 4 Ogos 2001. 2. "PAS Sedia gugur slogan negara Islam, jadi untuk mencari perdamaian itu, setakat mana yang boleh kita hendak kepada Islam, tapi kalau nampak menyusahkan tak apa..." - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Berita Harian, 25 Jun 1999. 3. "Tafsiran negara Islam yang dikehendaki oleh PAS sebenarnya sudah terkandung dalam Manifesto Barisan Alternatif (BA) yang dikemukakan pada pilihanraya yang ke-10 itu." - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Harakah 1-15 Ogos 2001. 4. "Negara kita Malaysia belum merdeka lagi kerana perlembagaannya masih perlembagaan kafir." - Khutbah Nik Aziz Nik Mat di Masjid Pengadang Baru, Marang, Oktober 2001. Kafir Mengkafirkan 1. "Terdapat unsur kafir dalam UMNO kerana parti itu menolak Islam dalam pentadbiran negara, UMNO juga ada ciri kafir" - Ceramah Nik Aziz Nik Mat di Padang Tembak, Pengkalan Chepa, 3 Julai 1999. 2. "Jika melawan UMNO tiba-tiba meninggal dunia, maka kita dikira mati syahid." - Kuliah Nik Aziz Nik Mat di Masjid Kg Pulau Melaka. 5. "Menentang PAS adalah Haram mengikut al-Quran." - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Berita Minggu, 24 April 1994 Kerjasama dengan bukan Islam 1. "Kita bersyukur dengan pendirian DAP sekarang, kerana mereka sudah berubah sikap dan sanggup bekerjasama dengan PAS, asalkan tidak mendirikan negara Islam" - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Berita Harian 12 Mei 1999. 2. "Orang-orang Islam yang berkongsi dengan orang-orang kafir untuk memerintah negara, menjadi kafir atau haram" - Hukum Dewan Ulama PAS Kelantan, Ogos 1963. 3. "PAS boleh terima pemimpin DAP jadi Perdana Menteri, tidak ada apa, asalkan dia terima syarat yang ditetapkan oleh Barisan Alternatif." - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Utusan Malaysia, 6 November 1999. 4. "Saya di antara orang yang cukup kuat menyokong untuk meluaskan keahlian PAS ini kepada orang bukan Islam." - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Kota Bharu, 1999. 5. "Ini penting kerana kita juga mahukan sokongan dan undi bukan Islam dalam usaha memenangi pilihanraya umum akan datang" - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Ucapan di Muktamar Dewan Pemuda PAS ke-31, Petaling Jaya, 24 Mei 2004. 7. "DAP kalau hina Islam pasal dia bukan Islam. Yang orang Islam tolak Islam itu lebih menghina Islam," – Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Utusan Malaysia, 12 Ogos 2009. Hukum Mencarut 1. "Allah sendiri gunakan perkataan memaki, mencemuh atau mencarut, jadi manusia sendiri berpeluang menggunakan maki hamun, tapi terserahlah kepada manusia di mana tempatnya." -Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Utusan Malaysia, 28 April 1999. 2. "Islam tidak melarang umatnya mengeluarkan perkataan mencarut dan mencaci seseorang jika kena pada tempat dan masanya, kerana ia sudah menjadi salah satu naluri." - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Berita Harian, 29 April 1999. Kerjasama dengan Syaitan dan Malaikat 1. Usahkan DAP, syaitan pun boleh saya terima." - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Utusan Malaysia, 24 Januari 1999. 2. “Memang ada lagi persefahaman antara PAS dengan Malaikat, sebab itulah APU (Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah) memerintah lagi (di Kelantan)”. – Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Utusan Malaysia, 27 April 1995. Pengundi Hantu 1. “Ya Allah, aku mohon butakan mata pengundi-pengundi hantu supaya mereka tidak Nampak simbol lain kecuali simbol PAS. “ – Doa Nik Aziz Nik Mat pada 27 Mei 1999 diaminkan oleh kira-kira 3000 penyokong beliau dalam satu majlis makan malam dan cerah PAS di Sungai Bakut, Nibong Tebal. Haram Wanita Bekerja 1. “Kerajaan PAS Kelantan akan mengkaji kemungkinan melarang wanita bekerja. Tidak adil membiarkan wanita, kerana lelaki dari segi fitrahnya mempunyai tanggungjawab mencari nafkah bagi menanggung kehidupan keluarga.” – Nik Aziz Nik Mat, 16 Mac 1999 di Kota Baharu. Arak 1. "Kelantan menggunakan hasil cukai arak, lesen anjing dan sebagainya bagi menampung kos membuat jalan dan lain-lain projek pembagunan. Arak itu sendiri boleh diminum oleh bukan Islam, jadi bila minum oleh mereka, maka untuk menjaga keselamatan, kerajaan mengambil duit dari mana?" - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Utusan Malaysia, 26 November 1994. Kepentingan politik PAS 1. "Tidak ada orang yang berhak menjaga dunia ini, kecuali orang yang belajar ilmu agama Islam." - Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Berita Harian, 17 April 1995. 4. “Jika ada parti lain yang menentang kepimpinan PAS yang menjalankan pemerintahan cara Islam, ia adalah haram.” – Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Harakah, 23 April 1994.