I refer to the letter S'pore Malays worse off than Chinese here . It is rather ironic that Baki Aminuddin could venture to say that Singapore Malays are worse off than Chinese here when in fact the opposite is the truth. Before I begin to answer his fallacious argument, I would like to pose one very simple question to him.

If Singapore Malays are really worse off in Singapore, why is there no exodus of Malays from Singapore to Malaysia? Instead the opposite is happening where the Chinese are making a beeline to Singapore for work and education.

Baki is naive to deny that Lee Kuan Yew's statement that the BN govt is systematically marginalising the Chinese and non-Malays. Before condemning the Singapore government of marginalising the Malays and their education, Baki should support his assertion with facts rather than spurious allegations.

There is no official policy to deny Singaporean Malays the chance to further their education till tertiary level provided they have the ability to compete on a level playing field. Can Baki honestly say that the Chinese and the non-Malays in Malaysia have been given the same opportunity in education?

Is it not a fact that Malays are exclusively given places in Mara schools where with their one-year matriculation exam they can hop into any of the local universities. Whereas non- Malays have to undergo the more rigorous two-year STPM exam to gain admission?

Baki must be living on a different planet if he does not know that the New Economic Policy is a policy that marginalises the non-Malays. Can he pinpoint any specific policy in Singapore which has such blatant discrimination against the Malays?

Baki fails even to understand that Singapore practices meritocracy and if a Malay is capable, he or she can hold any post. To Baki and those Malays who accept his illusory perception of the Singaporean Malays, allow me to quote an illustrious Singaporean Malay, Dr Syed Alwi, who said: 'No one owes Malaysian Malays a living. Let me assure you that should Malaysia fails - the Malaysian Malays will suffer enormously'.