China's inventions for our daily lives

China’s inventions for our daily lives

When we talk about China’s inventions, we usually talk about compass, paper, explosive and silk. However there are also inventions that affects our daily lives and we are not aware of it.

Below are some of the inventions mentioned above:

1. Ice cream : It was first made by the Chinese and then spread to Europe.
2. Zoo : In ancient China, the royal family usually kept some exotic animals in cages in a garden for pleasure viewing. The animals included lion, tiger, zebra, giraffe etc presented by envoys from faraway countries. That is why there are no lion in China but the lion dance exists. Stone lions also decorate the entrances of palaces, temples and other buildings. Anyway the zoos in ancient China were only for the enjoyment of the royal family and high ranked officials. Ordinary citizenry had no chance to view the exotic animals. This is different from the present day zoo which is for everybody.
3. Greeting cards: In ancient China the Chinese usually brought greeting cards to their friends or relatives who are celebrating birthdays or important festivals like Chinese New Year. They never sent by post which did not exist yet but brought the greeting cards by hand. In fact, my mother once told me that when she was a damsel, she often presented greeting cards by hand to her friends every year during Chinese New Year. She never sent the cards by post.
4. Noodle: Noodle was invented by the Chinese. When Marco Polo visited China he found the Chinese noodle could be made into different dishes and he brought some noodle back to Italy. Gradually the Italian had their own way of making noodle dishes like spaghetti. In China, they call noodle as “mian”, In Malaysia everybody know what is "mee".

Comments on my 10-day visit to Guangdong, China

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　　广东侨网讯 当本团九月八日抵达白云机场及踏上中国的土地，大家就有归家的感觉。接下来的十天。省侨办与各地方侨办所安排之节目皆令大家乐不思蜀。虽然本团员的籍贯并非全部都是广东，但踏上中国土地的欢乐的确难以笔墨形容。

　　中国人迁移至东南亚的历史已有整千年的历史，但大量中国人移民至东南亚（包括马来西亚）始于清末。那是由于那个时代动乱频紧，民不聊生，同时耕地不足，很难养活众多之人口。结果众多中国人皆被迫迁移至南洋。恰巧那时英属殖民地（马来西亚）需要大量人力生产树胶与开矿，众多的中国人也因而找到一条生路。我们就是那些中国人的后代。

　　当我一下飞机踏上中国的士地就有一种亲切的感觉，因为此地为我们祖先所生活的地方。我们所看到的与听到的以前我们的长辈与老师都曾告诉过我们。记得中学时代，我们曾念过韩愈之＜祭鳄鱼文〉，潮州的韩文公庙撩起了我们的回忆。〈中华百艺文化〉所呈献的各种故事人物如梁三伯与祝英台、西游记等，我们的父母都曾在儿时为我们诉说，这是何等之亲切。

　　这十天的观光，我们发觉到中国已踏上发展之列车。良好的高速公路网，健全之城市策划，人民生活水准与素质之提高，和平与安定之生活环境都在证明这一切。中国城市里的商场，货物种类多，而且充足。由于汇率的关系，我们这些来自大马者都占了-些便宜。可是这种情况将不会持久，因为中国将会成功地加入WTO（世界贸易机构），届时外资将大量流入。再加上中国将举办下一届之奥林匹克运动会，它的经济起飞将是举目可待。再过几年，今日对我们尚合理的物价，可能会变得昂贵，因为届时外汇率对我们有利的优势可能会不再存在。所以，要在中国观光或投资，需趁早。汇率的优势与中国对海外华人之各项投资优惠可能不是永久性的。

　　各侨办为我们所安排的观光节目与观看文化艺术表演是多么的精彩，也都是本观摩团所想欣赏的。此次我们双方之文化交流已经是一个美丽的开始，当然我们将会预料到大家将会更进一步之交流。

　　广州、中山、深圳、汕头、潮州、梅州、兴宁与惠州都是我们所踏足之美丽城市，我们将会永远怀念这些地方。

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姓名:梅国民 Moy kok Ming
地址:7,Jalan 19, Taman Sri Jelok,43000 Kajang, Selangor
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年龄:52岁　出生日期:1948年9月10日
精通语言:华语、英语、巫语 　精通方言:广东、客话、福建
学历:翻译专业文凭(马来亚大学)
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The Babas of Malacca

梅国民与《峇峇漫谈》

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马六甲有一个既有华族某些特征，又有马来人某些特征的社群，人们称这个社群为“峇峇”。

他们在精神上与生活习惯上是华人，但却不懂华语方言，只能说马来话，而在妇女服饰、烹

饪习惯上却像马来人。这个社群，人们称之为“马六甲峇峇”（被称作“新加坡峇峇”的，

其实是马六甲峇峇的后裔）。峇峇社群不单只在马六甲有，在槟城也有，那就是“槟城峇

峇”。

峇峇是怎样起源的呢？

原来，最早相继移民到马六甲的中国人，由于人数不多，所以与当地土著生活在一起，风俗

习惯也颇受土著的影响。而且，由于当时华人移民都以男性为主，女性非常少，那些定居下

来的男子就相继与土著女人通婚，这些通婚的男子和女子就被人们称为“峇峇和娘惹（Baba

and Nonya）”。本来，照回教习俗，娶信奉回教的女子为妻，就非信奉回教不可。可是，

目前的峇峇大多数是佛教徒和基督教徒，这又是什么缘故呢？历史学家的研究回答了这个问

题：当时和峇峇祖宗通婚的土著女人，多数是来自北苏门答腊、多芭湖一带的巴达克人

（Bataks），巴达克人多信奉基督教（至今尚多数为基督教徒），不受回教教规的限制是可

以想象的；著名的历史学家里察·云斯德也指出：“因为回教有效地阻止华族娶有名望的马

来族女人为妻，这些和华族通婚的土著女子很可能是华族男子从外地带来的女奴。”这是一

种说法。另一种说法是，当时回教势力还不很强大，华族男子和马来女子通婚也是有可能的。



另外，根据史料，在1459年，中国公主汉力宝远嫁马六甲王国的苏丹满速沙（Mansur

Shah）。有500个婢女陪同汉力宝南嫁。这500个婢女后来也和马六甲的官员结婚。他们的

后代中有一些和马六甲的纯华人通婚。这也是峇峇社群的一个起源。

峇峇说马来话，但他们的马来话和纯马来话的发音不同。举些例子说：“混乱”，峇峇语言

是“kalang kabot”，马来语是“kelam kabut”；“欲念”，峇峇语言是“nabsu”，马来

语是“nafsu”；“最后”，峇峇语言是“buntot”，马来语是“akhir”；“英俊”，峇峇

语言是“tuapan”，马来语是“elok”。另外，峇峇语言中还渗有大量闽南话，峇峇对于亲

戚的称呼，则全用闽南话，如pek-pek（伯伯），chek-chek（叔叔），koh（姑），ee

（姨）。由此可见，峇峇家庭所操的语言，是一种混合语言。

马六甲殖民地化以后，峇峇受英文教育的很多。早期的峇峇，还请教师教子女华文，一些有

能力的甚至送子女到中国求学。可是后来，他们的后裔对华文的学习热忱淡下来，而导致一

般峇峇只受英文教育了。峇峇和娘惹的英文水准一般很高，他们爱好阅读，特别是1870年到

1920年间的峇峇，甚至娘惹，对迪更斯（Dickens）、泰克莱（Thackary）、布伦迪斯

（Brontes）与奥斯汀（Austen），这些英国作家的名字和作品，都是很熟悉的。英文教育培

养出一批对英国戆直与尽忠的峇峇。由于只受英文教育，他们也学到英国人的道德观念。他

们的屋内甚至摆着英国皇室成员的肖像与英国国旗。当英国国歌奏响时，他们总是站得笔直

的。一些在英国求学归来的峇峇，甚至把英国称为Back Home（祖国）。和殖民地官员来往，

他们比纯华人胜一筹。英国人喜欢他们的戆直、友善、守纪律与无反抗能力的特征。这种现

象，不能不引起一些主张保持民族传统的人的担心。一位历史学家就曾遗憾地批评道：“峇

峇只学英文，结果和本身民族的文化断绝了，就好象天天填满了肚子，脑袋却空空如也了。

这到底是为了什么呢？”

然而，他们尽管受英文教育，也不懂华文，但却从罗马化的马来文字阅读《水浒传》（Sang

Kang）、《三国演义》（Sam Kok）、《西游记》（Seejoe）等。目前还有一本马来文的《三

国演义》存放在新加坡国家博物馆的峇峇文化部份供公众观赏。想不到一个民族语言已经改

变了，还这样欣赏他们祖宗的古典小说。他们大概也像我国当代的华族青年那样，在阅读华

文古典小说时，会产生漫步于神州古代长安的街头那样的梦幻吧！

尽管时代变迁，他们还是有自己本身的文化，风俗习惯也含有祖宗文化的色彩。譬如，峇峇

到现在还沿用华人的姓名，对孝道的执著也是他们的优良传统。至于峇峇所庆祝的节日则全

都起源于中国。如华人新年、元宵、清明、端午、中秋、冬至等。

华人新年是峇峇最大的节日，十二生肖的含义还印在他们的脑海中。新年到了，峇峇家里一

切都是新的，但是他们的精神与庆祝方法却是旧传统的，家庭团聚不在话下，对酒言欢，节

日大餐，再加上爆竹一声，除旧迎新，欢送旧生肖年份的逝去，迎接新生肖年份的来临。这

些，都是祖宗几千年遗留下来的文化习惯。

新年和元宵过后，下一个节日是清明节，峇峇也和正统的华人一样到祖宗的墓地去扫墓；再

下一个节日就是吃粽子的端午节，再接下去就是举行盂兰省会的中元节，赏月的中秋节，九

皇爷诞，与最接近新年的冬至。至于这些节日的风俗与庆祝时间的长短，可能与发源地有点

不同，可是峇峇庆祝传统节日的热心，以及热烈的气氛却不亚于正统华族。

在峇峇身上，既有华人祖先的传统，也有异族母亲的传统。看见他们吃起峇拉煎（Belacan）

来狼吞虎咽的样子，你怎能怀疑他们是一个土生土长的马来人呢？他们不用筷子吃饭，而是

像马来人那样用手抓来吃，这都是异族母亲的传统。但是，一些峇峇却有祖宗遗留下来的名

贵的筷子。这些筷子只在拜神时摆在神台上，大概筷子就是他们的根的最好证明吧！

国民大学人类与社会学系的周福东博士曾在他的著作中写道：“一个民族被外族同化，有时

会回转到他们原本的文化，或是同化停止在某一中心点，这一中心点就是旧文化与新文化交

替的平衡点。”峇峇社群的文化景象，大概就是这种言论的最好例证。

现在，峇峇的人数越来越少了。年轻的峇峇对本身的独特文化知道得越来越少。一些和正统

华族通婚的峇峇也被汉化。然而，不管峇峇社群的前景如何，最重要的是，峇峇是马来西亚

的峇峇，他们一定能和其他各族人民一起，携手建设一个快乐而繁荣的马来西亚。

-马来西亚董教总《华文》（高二上册）（马来西亚华校董事联合总会，1997），页177-183

The moderates and the non-moderates

The moderates and the non-moderates

The failure of long ruling parties in Japan and other long ruling governments in Asia has prompted many people to fathom whether Malaysia will confront the same phenomenon in future. In fact if not for the strong support of the two East Malaysian states, Barisan Nasional might have fallen and the opposition took over in March 2008.

Actually most Malaysians especially the non-indigenous voters support the moderate political parties especially the component parties of Barisan Nasional. That is why BN and the Alliance have been in power for more than half a century. When the DAP tried to team up with PAS some years ago, it was catastrophic for Lim Kit Siang and Karpal Singh who confronted dismal failure even in urban areas, because the urban voters punished them for co-operating with the politicians whom they did not like.

In Malaysia the moderates were nationalist while the non-moderate has recently become internationalists, who will ban anything against their internationalist ideal including their own traditional culture. (e.g. makyong dance). Turkey is the most modern country in their religious world. The Turks even at one time banned the wearing of head scarf for women, but they cannot escape from the internationalism mentioned. Look at Indonesia, the non-moderates who had embraced internationalism, had created immense havoc for their country. They not only bombed Bali and Jakarta, they even planned to bomb the residence of their moderate President. Even amidst the earthquake calamity of Padang, Sumatra, there were shooting in Jakarta international airport. That is the peril of the existence of non-moderates in any country.

Actually, for whatever religion or belief, as long you are a moderate, you are not dangerous to other people. For instance, China was ruled by the non-moderate Communist during the pre-Deng Xiao Ping era and there were much suffering for the Chinese. At that time Malaysian could not go to China or do business there. However, after Deng Xiao Ping came to power, China had been ruled by the moderate Communist until today. Not only the Chinese do not have any more pang, their country prospers and became the fourth largest economic entity in the world, after USA, Japan and Germany. Nowadays, Malaysians can visit, do business or study in China, whenever they want, because China is no more dangerous as in the pre-Deng Xiao Ping era. Even the President of Taiwan (acute foe of Mainland China) Ma Ying Jeou commented we should not compare the present Chinese leadership with the leaders of the pre-Deng Xiao Ping period, for they are as astute as any leaders of the present world power.

Dr. Mahathir had written an article entitled “The Modern Middle Kingdom” in his blog which said that during Lee Kuan Yew’s visit to Malaysia, the Singaporean leader lectured to the Malaysians and said that MCA should help BN to win in election. We can fathom his worry. If Malaysia is to be ruled by the non-moderates, what happened to Kuwait might happen to his tiny country.

Corruption, inefficient governance, anarchism (high crime rate and large number of illegal immigrants), haughtiness etc may lead to the downfall of the present ruling party of Malaysia. Rectification is significant to maintain their power in future. However, it is difficult for them to countenance the advance of internationalism as mentioned above. The case of Kartika (who drank beer) has made some people open their eye and ponder whether the moderates are advancing towards non-moderation. Just type the word Kartika in any internet search machine and you will see how many thousands of titles pertaining to her, because the Western hypocrites who always talked about human rights are staring at us. We do not know this is a boon or a bane to the Malaysian reputation as a moderate country.

In conclusion, if the present legislator wants to avoid what had happened to Japan, the above rectification is not insurmountable, but the internationalism which spread from Iran to Turkey, Afghanistan, Indonesia etc are the most challenging. .

English is not only important in Science and Mathematics

English is not only important in Science and Mathematics

Some years ago, while I was in Hong Kong, I was invited to visit Zhangjiajie (Hunan, China) on a commercial basis. So I have to call the airline company for an extension of another 5 days. I spoke in Cantonese, thinking that this Hong Kong dialect would make me closer to the person I spoke to. However, my request was futile because the airline staff never try to help me. On the next day, I called the same airline speaking English and this time my request was successful and I save a thousand ringgit for another return ticket to Malaysia. So, next time, you have any problem dealing with airline, immigration or custom procedure, blare them in English, because the shadow of Uncle Sam’s nose will make them shiver and they will render you excellent service.

Thus English is not only important in science and mathematics. However, I do not agree to the Malaysian system of teaching science and mathematics in English. The standard of English can be elevated in many ways, especially by strengthening the teaching of English. For instance, English can be split into several subjects, like English literature, English Grammar, Conversational English, English for Science and Mathematics etc. In Conversational English, the students have to act by speaking English. For example, a student acts as a doctor and another act as a patient. They can also play other roles like tourist and local Malaysian, taxi driver and passenger etc. In the acting, they will also gain the experience of speaking English. If the government think that the present time of learning English is not enough, they can lengthened the school time so that more time can be spent on learning English. They can even make the students studying English for the whole day on Saturday. Then Saturday will not be a rest day for students and teachers.

Hindi is popular not only in India, it is also popular in Pakistan, urban areas of Nepal and parts of Bangladesh. This is because of the Bollywood factor. Hindi is the language of entertainment and young people of the above area are crazy about Hindi film star, singers and entertainment. Similarly in Malaysia most Chinese children speak in Cantonese or Mandarin. Old people laments about the demise of their dialects like Hainanese, Teochew, Hokchew etc. Again this is because of the Hong Kong entertainment factors. Young Malaysian Chinese youth are crazy about Hong Kong movie, TV series and singers. Cantonese is the Hong Kong dialect and most non-Cantonese Chinese in Malaysia can speak or at least understand Cantonese although the Cantonese is not the largest Chinese dialect group in Malaysia. Thus it is high time that English should be made into a language of entertainment in Malaysia. There are less and less English programmes in terrestrial TV channels. A special English TV channel should be set up and broadcast all programmes in English, including educational and entertainment programmes. Let the Malaysian children and youth get crazy on English language. Then their command on English will become superb.

Anyway, don’t believe the myth of commanding excellent English will make Malaysia another Japan or Germany. The Filipinos widely use English in their education system. Yet many Filipinos holding university degrees like Bachelors in English, Science or Mathematics end up becoming maids in Hong Kong and Singapore doing nothing in connection to their university knowledge. They are most welcomed in Hong Kong and Singapore because they can teach English for their employee’s children. Similarly, in the Caribbean, some countries do not have a language of their own and they adopted English as their National Languages. All the citizenry of these countries speak English since their birth and study English from primary to university level. So far not a single Japan or Germany emerge from the Caribbean.. Yet they are so near to the United States and they don’t even make the slightest contribution to the Silicon Valley or NASA of USA.

Every Malaysian supports the elevation of English standard in Malaysia and the myth of whether English language will make Malaysia another Germany or not, should be noted.

In response to KAKI DALAM KASUT

In response to “Kaki Dalam Kasut”

On 20th July 2009, Tun Dr. Mahathir had written an article entitled Kaki Dalam Kasut in his blog. Many non-Malay readers especially the Chinese community were annoyed by this article and many of them labeled him as a racist. However, I think differently. In my opinion he is flattering the Chinese, implying that with their strong economic power, the non-Malay especially the Chinese are the real owner of this country despite the government is Malay-controlled. It is the same thing as flattering an ordinary looking person, as handsome or beautiful. Who is not happy to be praised as handsome or beautiful, especially girls? However, such flattery or unwanted compliments are dangerous as demonstrated in Dr Mahathir’s blog by the response of a Malay who talked about the minute parking incident at the Balakong Jusco Hypermarket.

Tun Dr. Mahathir should be aware that most Chinese are economic homo sapiens. and they can perform economic miracles. Whether they speak Thai, Indonesian, English or other languages, they always aim for financial achievement. They want their children to study hard and the goal is the same, for financial accomplishment and better lives in future. Most Chinese are Buddhist in name but actually they are practicing Confucianism and Taoism. Unlike the Malay, they are not disciplined by religion, but by the law of the legislator and also the teaching of Confucius (Kong Fu Zi), whose verses can be freely assessed by the persons who are practicing it. China, Korea, Japan and Singapore can be regarded as Confucian countries (i.e. countries with ethical value of Rujia Shixiang, the ethical thought of Confucius) and they are the most advanced in economy in Asia. Are you aware that China is now the 4th largest economic entity in the world after USA, Japan and Germany? The most remarkable is China which emerged from famine in the early 1960s to the 4th largest economic entity in the world presently. Nowadays in China beauties wearing bikini parade on stage and can be viewed in the television screen by billions of viewers, a big contrast to the blue uniform and cap every person wore during the pre-Deng Xiao Ping period. They have forgotten the little red book and are not restricted by any holy verses. Most Chinese all over the world amass their wealth through legal and ethical means, as Confucius taught “Jun Zi Ai Cai, Qu Zhi You Dao” which means “A gentlemen may like money but he must make money through the ethical means”.

Nobody is destined to be inferior in financial achievement, but it is the mindset and way of life that determine his destiny. For instance, in Tibet, the Tibetan are real Buddhist and they are in the bondage of their holy verses. Every Tibetan lives like a monk or a nun, by looking at their way of practicing Buddhism. The same thing happens to the Uighur minority in Xinjiang. Both minority in China cannot achieve economically. Thus there were riots in Tibet about 2 years ago and this year again there was a more serious riot in Xinjiang because of the economic disparity between the Han Chinese and the Uighur minority. The root cause of the recent riots in Xinjiang was very similar to the May 13 Incident in Malaysia in 1969. When I look at a pretty young Malay girl with tudong, it reminds me more of a nun in a Christian convent located opposite my alma mater in Ipoh, than a lively and discerning young girl, because the Christian nun wore similar costume.

It was the British who make Malaysia a multi-racial country. Not only Malaysia, the British also make Sri Lanka, Fiji, other British colonies and even their own country, United Kingdom multi-racial. In Fiji, the Indian constitute more that 50 per cent of the population, making the indigenous race a minority . The presence of Chinese community in Malaysia can be a blessing in disguise. As the Chinese abhor law or condition that may change their way of life, they will only support the moderate Malay to be at the rein of the central government and rule this country and the Malay girls will not be flogged because they wear jeans. In today’s newspaper (30.7.09), it is reported that a Sudanese girl working for the United Nation will be flogged 40 times because she wore a long pant (similar to jean). Most of the Malaysian terrorists like Dr. Nordin cannot operate in Malaysia’s multi-racial environment and they have to continue their terrorist activities in a 90 per cent Muslim country like Indonesia. If the Chinese are as rich as what Tun Dr Mahathir had mentioned in his article, then the Proton Saga Plant, KLIA, Penang Bridge and the whole of Putrajaya were built by using the taxes paid by the Chinese. Moreover, without the presence of the Chinese community, Malaysia today will be more similar to Sumatra or Sulawesi.

The Malay population also contributed their merit to the Chinese. The Communists, mainly Chinese, fought to establish a Communist country in Malaya. Although some of the Communist leaders were Malay, but the Malay never accept Communism because of their strong adherence of their faith. Thus the Malay had saved the living style of the Chinese. Otherwise, all Malayan (or Malaysian) including the Chinese, would live like dogs and were still using bicycles today and praying for a Malayan Deng Xiao Ping to emerge.

Confucius once said “Ji Gu Fang Ji”, implying “saving the grain to confront hunger or lean time”. The Chinese like to earn money as well as saving money except bad apples like gamblers and spendthrifts and there are no holy verses to change or restrict their life style. Again, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Singapore are all rich in their national reserve. American banks find that they cannot make money in issuing credit cards in China because most Chinese pay all for their credit card at the end of the month and they seldom use their card to get money which they have yet to earn. Nowadays, in the economic turmoil, even the Americans have to read the face of the Chinese, who have bought a lot of American bonds. In Malaysia, billion ringgit of government bonds (Amanah Saham) for the non-Malay quota were snapped up within several hours.. The unfinished Bumiputra quota were also snapped up within one day (to be exact within 3 hours, by 12.00 noon, all were sold out). This implies that the non-Malay especially the Chinese not only excel in making money, they are good in saving money too.

When I was a kid, my mother often said the monks were lazy people, chanting their holy verses and doing nothing every day in the temple. That was only my mother’s personal view but I think my mother was Confucian first before she was a Buddhist. The Chinese Buddhists never have the rule to become a monk once in their lifetime as this is contrary to the Confucian teaching. In fact the Chinese minority are controlling the economy and politics in Thailand. In addition, the Thai royal family members have Chinese blood and most the past and present Prime Ministers and Cabinet Ministers are Chinese with Thai names. In Indonesia, the 5% Chinese minority are also in control of the Indonesian economy.

When asked about life after death, Confucius answered “I cannot fully understand my present life, how can I tell you life after death”. Asked about God’s existence, Confucius reply “Xin Zhe You Zhi, Bu Xin Zhe Wu Zhi” meaning “If you believe there is god, then there is, If you do not, it would be otherwise” In many Confucian countries and communities especially the Chinese, they are deeply influenced by such verses. Unfortunately, Confucius never came to South East Asia to teach (not preach, he was just a respected teacher). Otherwise, the indigenous communities of South East Asia will not keep blaming others for their poor economic achievement while they themselves are busy in asking god’s help everyday and do not set a goal to endeavour for financial success.

Dear Tun, don’t over-compliment or flatter a particular race because this will make them feeling proud and other races may envy. This could be catastrophic.

Rest day for Indonesian maids & the entry of Chinese maids

印尼女佣休假与中国女佣来马

关于印尼女佣每星期休假一天的问题,各平面媒体与多元媒体皆谈论个不休,公说公有理,婆说婆有理.为什么我国雇主不愿意印尼女佣每星期休假一天呢.?菲律宾女佣每星期休假，却为何没有问题呢?其实,最大的原因是,政府还没有为印尼女佣每星期休假一天的准备工作做好. 同时，雇主最担心的印尼女佣问题有三项(1)保安问题(2)女佣逃跑问题(3)女佣带来疾病的问题.

由于我国有数以百万计的合法与非法印尼外劳.这些外劳,有安分守己的,也有少部分是为非作歹的.雇主最怕的是女佣在休假时,认识了同声同气的不良份子,那麻烦可大了.由于女佣寂寞,雇主不在时,女佣带外面的印尼男子回雇主家同宿度春宵,那是小事,一起卷逃了雇主财物,雇主更是人财两空,失了女佣,又失了财物.

女佣在休息日,很可能会在外面游荡,又很可能会因为太寂寞而和外面的印尼男外劳,产生情素.若男方纵勇她逃离雇主，而女佣又因为厌倦工作，若再加上雇主给予不良的待遇，更爱上男外劳，那么印尼女佣远走高飞的结果是很高的。

送来我国的印尼女佣都是品质不高的女子，高品质的都送去邻国与东亚的先进国了。一些比较坏的女佣在休假日可能会和外面的同国外劳鬼混，带回来性病，肺痨，艾滋病等慢性病，那对於所照顾的雇主孩子的健康就大有威胁了。

目前，非法印尼外劳满街都是，持假证件或别人的大马卡以便能继续逗留的印尼人已经是公开的秘密。你只要问一些警卫团(RELA) 就明白。所以说政府还没有制造印尼女佣每星期休假的环境，原因就在此。邻国与东亚先进国能给印尼女佣与非印尼女佣每星期休假，因为他们的移民机制良好，国内很少非法入境者，也没有人刻意制造贪污的条件。

谈到中国女佣，先不要谈他们有可能勾引男雇主的问题。政府考虑引用中国女佣，其出发点是值得赞扬的。我们可以先想想其优点，暂时不谈坏处。

首先是中国女佣和大马华人同声同气，文化与风俗习惯相同。相处应该不成问题。其二是中国人虽然仍旧应用各类方言，但是绝大多数40岁以下中国人都会讲比大马华人所讲的华语(普通话) 标准，想想看有多少位本地华人能把<便宜>这两个字读得对，除了文化水平较高的，大多数华人把<便>念成<粪便>的便。中国女佣若能进入本地华人家庭，将有助于提高雇主孩子讲华语的标准程度。邻国华族青年，虽然爱讲英语，但是他们讲华语就比我们标准多了，原因是那里居住了不少中国专才，新移民，学生等。若中国女佣能进入本地华人家庭，那么，华族孩童将同样讲比较标准的华语。

由於华文教育面对文凭不被承认的问题，很多有受政府承认的大专文凭者又得不到发挥的空间。被外国吸收或移民外国的华人很多。所以，华人人口虽然不断增加，但是全国人口所占有的百分率，却每况愈下。若中国女佣能涌入，大马当然会增加不少的龙的传人面孔。一些被本地生活习惯与本地华人文化顺服的未婚中国女佣在合约满后，有可能因为和本地人通婚而留下来。那么，她们对流失了的华人人口当然产生弥补作用。

反对中国女佣进入大马的非华人很多。能够得到政府开口考虑引进中国女佣，是很难得的。若引进中国女佣后，发觉她们真的那么不中用。华人家庭可杯葛聘用中国女佣，那么引进中国女佣也会自动<黄飞鸿收档>。

华人社会应紧握此机会同意引进中国女佣。