tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post3037774347928396547..comments2024-03-08T21:24:41.954+08:00Comments on Economics Malaysia: Race Discrimination In Hiring Practices In Malaysiahishamhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-37615640798595908842018-02-05T01:57:18.544+08:002018-02-05T01:57:18.544+08:00Racist attitudes are made by those with frogs up t...Racist attitudes are made by those with frogs up their arseholes and a fucked up mentality.<br />You can have a brilliant Chinese economist, a brilliant Indian phyicist and a brilliant Malay doctor/surgeon. But in the minds of some fuckheads, racism is the norm !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-52302324393600212352016-08-10T21:21:53.490+08:002016-08-10T21:21:53.490+08:00corect normaly they hired only muthu corect normaly they hired only muthu bolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977838627297960039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-5519617829595119252016-07-19T15:16:50.161+08:002016-07-19T15:16:50.161+08:00@anon
Since I'm part Chinese, I should probab...@anon<br /><br />Since I'm part Chinese, I should probably be offended.<br /><br />But here's a funny story: A (Chinese) friend of mine from Singapore was telling me that Singapore is being taken over by Indian expats, and they only hire their own people, and not locals. The irony, eh?<br /><br />Looking further abroad, the recent Brexit vote hinged on suspicion of immigrants, as is the hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-37372603795503908462016-07-12T19:00:16.257+08:002016-07-12T19:00:16.257+08:00Please add this points to your research:
1. Chine...Please add this points to your research:<br /><br />1. Chinese in MNC's, government sectors, SME's or any organization will only hire their own race.<br /><br />2, Most job agencies are controlled by CHinese; they only attend to Chinese applicants.<br /><br />3. If the interviewer is Chinese, a non-Chinese will be asked weird questions & will most likely fall out. <br /><br />4. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-35830730436303665682013-12-26T09:17:21.184+08:002013-12-26T09:17:21.184+08:00Amry,
The paper hasn't been published as yet....Amry,<br /><br />The paper hasn't been published as yet. I'll post on it when it has.hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-64205953290731733682013-12-25T12:02:42.566+08:002013-12-25T12:02:42.566+08:00Hi hishamh...is the paper published already? if so...Hi hishamh...is the paper published already? if so do you have it? can you email it to me?<br />thanksS.Amryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611627762904348301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-84100431726086715282012-11-20T21:16:45.881+08:002012-11-20T21:16:45.881+08:00I commend what Hwok Aun and Muhammad Abdul Khalid ...I commend what Hwok Aun and Muhammad Abdul Khalid did for the following reasons.<br /><br />(1) We're beginning to use research appropriately to understand the challenges that Malaysia faces. Some may say that it is nothing new or that they knew it already, but unless we systematically investigate something - we will continue to rely on hunches, personal experience, prejudice, ideology, etc.Greg Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03717331115173935202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-10007074823328855052012-11-15T06:51:25.378+08:002012-11-15T06:51:25.378+08:00A rose is a rose by any other name.....A rose is a rose by any other name.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-2098478153507626372012-11-05T15:42:35.893+08:002012-11-05T15:42:35.893+08:00I'm guessing it's gonna be hard to get a p...I'm guessing it's gonna be hard to get a peer review in for this one now :)Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517459200735545587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-38184904471593134652012-11-05T15:17:11.349+08:002012-11-05T15:17:11.349+08:00Jason,
It's still in working paper form. I...Jason,<br /><br />It's still in working paper form. I'll email you the draft when I get it.hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-4123465688915699562012-11-05T15:03:55.804+08:002012-11-05T15:03:55.804+08:00tyshll, a friend with years of experience with Jap...tyshll, a friend with years of experience with Japanese factory, was call for interviews by Chinese owned factories.<br /><br />It was eye opener after the clean, systematic working in a Japanese environment.<br /><br />There are no systems in local Chinese company mostly family owned. They asked if he can handle the pace?!! WTF he worked with workoholic Japanese for years. Obviously a study doneProfitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-71257923040345458132012-11-05T12:51:35.709+08:002012-11-05T12:51:35.709+08:00Typically a chinese SME will opt for chinese for a...Typically a chinese SME will opt for chinese for a simple reason. Work culture and communication.<br /><br />The same goes for Malay SME.<br /><br />I've been interviewed by a chinese SME owner for a job posting. Why they call me is a mystery. At the end of the interview, he honestly said to me, it will be hard for us to communicate, as most of the meetings and discussions are in chinese. It tsyhllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384201858792120482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-32569028637480647882012-11-05T11:46:15.311+08:002012-11-05T11:46:15.311+08:00Only because I'm curious, did the authors publ...Only because I'm curious, did the authors publish this? I'm interested to see the methodology involved - reminds me of one of the experiments in the first Freakonomics book.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517459200735545587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-17533692297260925312012-11-05T01:30:01.498+08:002012-11-05T01:30:01.498+08:00As I said before, its not the discrimination that ...As I said before, its not the discrimination that surprised me - I've had personal experience of it myself, not just in hiring, but in everyday operations - but the dimensions of it. By that I don't mean its prevalence, but the specifics.<br /><br />For example, why do employers <i>say</i> they want English proficiency, when what they actually <i>look for</i> is Chinese proficiency (the hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-33285842441995951512012-11-05T01:20:06.085+08:002012-11-05T01:20:06.085+08:00warrior,
Jasper's statement, in my judgement,...warrior,<br /><br />Jasper's statement, in my judgement, did not constitute an ad hominem attack. His statement was with respect to your <i>opinion</i> and not on <i>you</i>. Your comments however definitely crossed that line. You can dispute his <i>opinion</i> of your <i>opinion</i> within reason but not to the point of personal attack.<br /><br />I've been lenient about these issues in hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-17168329635100166782012-11-05T00:36:28.149+08:002012-11-05T00:36:28.149+08:00GoldTrex, the problem is that while UMNO build the...GoldTrex, the problem is that while UMNO build the universities, they failed to create the factories to take up these graduates. Currently all the figures you want is available. 40,000 unemployed graduates, and triple that for unemployed graduates.<br /><br />The jobs? 100,000 jobs in Chinese oil palm plantations paying RM600. Who in their right would work there?<br /><br />So why is UMNO Policy Foolsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-34525869343039997532012-11-04T19:33:05.174+08:002012-11-04T19:33:05.174+08:00and one final observation. I found this on your co...and one final observation. I found this on your code of ethics, which is a very good set of principles, kudos to you.<br /><br />I take full responsibility for my own words and for the comments I allow on my blog. Unacceptable content will not be allowed, and comments that contain it will be deleted. Unacceptable content is defined as anything included or linked to that:<br /><br />Is being used Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-86120479046242505312012-11-04T19:18:57.546+08:002012-11-04T19:18:57.546+08:00As ER Burroughs would probably say:
"The cha...As ER Burroughs would probably say:<br /><br />"The chattering classes do make the most asinine and idiotic of monkey noises while holding a yellow banana close to their gobs."<br /><br />and name dropping is not my cup of tea either.......(LOL)<br /><br />Warrior 231 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-85980415860833740722012-11-04T13:57:41.271+08:002012-11-04T13:57:41.271+08:00Agreed that in your house, we should keep it civil...Agreed that in your house, we should keep it civil. But civil discourse means exchange of opinions based on facts or debunking them with facts.<br /><br />We may have differences in opinion as we have had (Hishamh..you and me, I mean) but 'civil' demands we contest with.....civility not ad homineming others like this when we have not provoked any pigs in the first place:<br /><br />"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-13353662526101145942012-11-04T10:55:52.500+08:002012-11-04T10:55:52.500+08:00Are you referencing REH in terms of the racism in ...Are you referencing REH in terms of the racism in his stories? It was hardly uncommon at the time, but if you want a more egregious example try Sax Rohmer or even Edgar Rice Burroughs.hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-61359925724884039172012-11-04T10:41:33.731+08:002012-11-04T10:41:33.731+08:00Shihong,
Yes, CGPA was one of the variables inclu...Shihong,<br /><br />Yes, CGPA was one of the variables included in the study, as was language proficiency.hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-91281732046861059052012-11-04T10:40:44.080+08:002012-11-04T10:40:44.080+08:00warrior,
I was not surprised by the presence of d...warrior,<br /><br />I was not surprised by the presence of discrimination, but some of the dimensions of what was found are surprising.<br /><br />Feedback, both at the seminar and in comments elsewhere, suggest that Malay discrimination against Malay graduates is very real, and not the product of the ali baba syndrome. Nevertheless, I have my own speculations as to the cause.<br /><br />Second, hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-59780066595792277172012-11-04T10:35:11.652+08:002012-11-04T10:35:11.652+08:00Jasper,
Free market forces and meritocracy only r...Jasper,<br /><br />Free market forces and meritocracy only result in equitable outcomes if initial conditions are the same. If they aren't, and in Malaysia case its very clear that endowments of wealth and incomes were not, then the outcomes will be unbalanced and unfair.<br /><br />In any case, if merit was the only criteria, we would expect to see much smaller differences between high CGPA hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-76038060333686123282012-11-04T10:29:09.714+08:002012-11-04T10:29:09.714+08:00warrior,
There's only so much I will tolerate...warrior,<br /><br />There's only so much I will tolerate, don't try my patience. Whatever differences or past history you may have with Jasper, I don't know and I don't care. In my house, keep it civil.hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-31749013236040757602012-11-04T00:13:35.187+08:002012-11-04T00:13:35.187+08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com