- we malays had no say over what happened to our own country. We did not count for amything at all. By this time i had become concsious of mu identity as a malay, and was also developing a distinct distaste for foreign rule. I wanted malays to be respected.
- the use of better weighing machines with two trays to balance the goods against certified weights.
You cannoy cheat with this type of weighing device. The cpunterweights are marked and can be checked by weighing against each other.
- if we did not work hard to earn a living we would literally starve.
- ... How malays were regarded as people of no consequence, their land as mere property to be literally traded or given as gifts for services rendered by foreigners to other foreigner, and even kicked and abused mercilessly for not deferring to others.
- pg 85: malay union
Pg 91: malay dilemma
- it was not malay peasants alone who deserved to be blamed, for the problems began at the top.
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