TEXT FROM THE SUN 18 DECEMBER 2007 BY PETRA GROUP TO ALL MALAYSIAN THINK

Does poverty have a face?
Is it dark?
Is it yellow?
Is it olive skinned?
Is it an ethnic issue?
Or an economic one?
A cultural one?
Or a religious one?
Are there no rich Malays
Are there no rich Chinese
Are there no rich Indians
Are there no poor Malays
Are there no poor Chinese
Are there no poor Indians
Shouldn’t the question be: “ Are there no poor Malaysians?”
Can we even begin to solve the issue of poverty
When we camouflage it with the issue of race?
Can we see clearly when we choose only to look at things through a prism?
Can politicians alone be expected to solve This issue?
Can we claim to be a community?
Let’s try to eradicate poverty.
But let’s start by loading into the mirror
THINK
PZ THINK AS I AM MALAYSIAN