Am I being a racist? Or, simply a realist? Yes, my question is a real and honest one. When we were in the Royal Military College (RMC), only two of the eight Senior Under Officers (or SUOs) in 1968 were Chinese. Why?

We were three Malays, two Chinese, and three Indians. Why not?

If we use the race-based theory, then it should have been 4-3-1, as per the racial quota for most things by the ruling government. The RMC then only had 30 percent non-Malays, not even 45 percent - except for the case of Singaporeans in our intake.

They had one each, apart from the fact that they were the first and last three ever to be in the RMC after Singapore left Malaysia. But, we had zero Sabahans and Sarawakians; I wonder why?