Comments on: Kuching in History

by: nnydd

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

My grandmother was given to the Malay family because of the financial strain affecting her family at that time. I think she too is quite unhappy to know this. I know none of my Chinese relatives, sadly enough, only that they live in one of the Kampung Baru (new village) nearby. There had been several visits by the Chinese relatives in the past, none of which was witnessed by me.

by: ian

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

being a Malaysian, truly speaking, i have not set my foot in Sarawak. but i noticed you addressed the malays in the west as ‘peninsular malays’, is that how they address the malays in KL? interesting, that’s something new i learned today … about my own country. *smack, smack*

by: Ikram Saeed

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Adoption of Chinese girls by Malays is an interesting precursor to the widespread and increasingly popular practice in North America of adopting Chinese girls.

by: Lan

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Alhamdulillah, anybody can be Malay provided that they are muslims.

by: Lan

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

My mother is a chinese adopted since childhood by a malay family. Now she’s more malay than some malay. My chinese uncle (my mum’s elder brother) now lives with my mum. Alhamdulillah.

And for Ian, we called the Peninsular Malay as “Urang Melaya” (this is a polite term) and a more harsh term we called them “Ley-peh”.