MM Online - Critic reminds Dr M of previous bid to recruit Geely for Proton rescue (extracts):
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The former prime minister, who this week lamented the loss of his “child” following the sale of a minority stake in Proton to Geely, was reminded of this attempt on Twitter today.
In the tweet addressed at his @chedetofficial account, a user linked an article from the Nikkei Asian Review that reported of Dr Mahahir’s bid together with Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, who owns the DRB-Hicom group that bought Proton Holdings in 2012, to form a partnership with Geely.
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Why can't Maddy be proud of Proton (still 50.1% owned by Malaysia) if it becomes successful around the world?
Aiyoyo, such is his conceit and selfishness that he only wants Proton to be successful if he himself runs it.
But then he ruined his many projects, Proton, Perwaja, Maminco, Forex, etc.
Really, Proton is now better without his Minus (not Midas) touch.
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But he employed ... the strategies ... of inviting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji to visit Malaysia, meeting the demands of the Chinese electorate ... He wrote down a big Chinese character ‘’Ren’’ (endurance) during the meeting with Malaysian university students. This move greatly touched both Malayan and Chinese students.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad travelled to China in 2014 to try and convince Chinese carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely) to partner with Proton.
The former prime minister, who this week lamented the loss of his “child” following the sale of a minority stake in Proton to Geely, was reminded of this attempt on Twitter today.
In the tweet addressed at his @chedetofficial account, a user linked an article from the Nikkei Asian Review that reported of Dr Mahahir’s bid together with Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, who owns the DRB-Hicom group that bought Proton Holdings in 2012, to form a partnership with Geely.
Why can't Maddy be proud of Proton (still 50.1% owned by Malaysia) if it becomes successful around the world?
Aiyoyo, such is his conceit and selfishness that he only wants Proton to be successful if he himself runs it.
But then he ruined his many projects, Proton, Perwaja, Maminco, Forex, etc.
Really, Proton is now better without his Minus (not Midas) touch.
In other words, with regards to his pet projects like Proton, if anyone were to suck the whatever of Chinese (from China, not Malaysia) it has to be him and him alone, wakakaka.
In fact, for all his immense dislike, disdain and disregard for Chinese Malaysians since Tunku's days (when he told Alor Setar Chinese he didn't need their votes and which they gave to Yusof Rawa of PAS, wakakaka), he had to swallow his pride in 1999 (post Anwar's expulsion from UMNO and jailing) and suck hard at the Chinese whatever.
Juo-Yu Lin writing for The Brookings Institution in a paper titled 'A Structural Analysis of the 1999 Malaysian General Election' said:
Having sacked Anwar and enduring UMNO's loss of 30% of the Muslim votes in the General Election in November 1999, UMNO's Chairman Mahathir was still capable of leading the country to overcome the financial crisis and its political instability.
Juo-Yu Lin writing for The Brookings Institution in a paper titled 'A Structural Analysis of the 1999 Malaysian General Election' said:
Having sacked Anwar and enduring UMNO's loss of 30% of the Muslim votes in the General Election in November 1999, UMNO's Chairman Mahathir was still capable of leading the country to overcome the financial crisis and its political instability.
But he employed ... the strategies ... of inviting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji to visit Malaysia, meeting the demands of the Chinese electorate ... He wrote down a big Chinese character ‘’Ren’’ (endurance) during the meeting with Malaysian university students. This move greatly touched both Malayan and Chinese students.
Such were the extent to which he bent down to suck.
Now, wasn't his invitation to Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji to visit Malaysia, and pretending to show interest in Chinese calligraphy just what he has recently criticised Najib for?
Just recently I wrote Mahathir & 'His' Chinese, quoting a Malaysiakini's article, Dr M: Malays should fear 'pro-China PM'more than DAP in which he said (extracts):
The Malays and Umno have more reasons to fear Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's reliance on China than the DAP, according to Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Mahathir just didn't/doesn't have any moral qualm or scruple to accuse Najib of whatever when he himself did exactly just what just that.
To top all that, he has even embraced Najib's BR1M, which he had earlier condemned, wakakaka. What a shameless hussy.
Pokoknya, dia mahu undi2 Cina sahaja. Selepas pilihanraya, Cina ni akan disepak balik ke status Cinakui, wakakaka.
But yes, the Chinese Malaysians in 1999 saved his bloody arse. And for what?
The pro Pakatan Chinese are stupid to now support this man. It's one thing to support DAP but it's entirely another to support a man who has always reviled them (until he needed/needs their support).
Just the name of his party Pribumi is already an absolute racist offence to non-Malays, and an omen of his real intentions.
Additionally, these Chinese must be either too young to remember Mahathir's 22-year old draconian profligate rule and his regular disdain of Chinese Malaysians, or they have joined the ranks of Malaysian morons.