Do we really need 100 mil pig farm?

Malaysia is populated by 67% Malays which are Muslim by default. Chinese accumulated about 73% of the remaining population.

At the age of modernization, socio economy contribution by these two races is very significant.

Per capita, Chinese probably out perform the Malays by miles. Chinese also played a major role on this country economy growth.

Pig is considered very dirty in Muslim perspective. It was told to me that pig was originated on the Noah ship sent from god, born by elephant with purpose no other than to clean the waste on the Noah ship. This ship hold a pair of all animals and you could imagine the waste produced by this animal and human on board.

I also read that pork meat contained a type of worm that has long-term effect on human health.
Pig was also blamed for JE spread years ago. But it was only pig associated with diseases; there are also threat of bird-flu from chicken and mad cow disease.

There are many negative ideas when it comes to pork consuming. Bottom line is that Muslim can’t accept pig in any form of anything that has to do with pig because pigs are ‘najis’. Pig scent itself already offended Muslim/ Malays. To have Malays to drink water filtered from a river that have pig farm on the other end would disgust the society. We can’t even compensate Malays with royalty such oil royalty on the profit sharing because it will be deemed ‘haram’.

Therefore, Malay can’t accept pig, as much as Chinese love to consume them.
How do we move forward with this issue? How do we apply what we are fighting for, democracy and equality? Is there a toleration point that would benefit us all?

Being a bumi, I felt the heat from these equality ideas. Being an educated man, I felt the unjust. Honestly, I do think somewhere of this unjust, there are strong reason for it to be carry on. The line might have to be shifted in term of pro-Malay segregation, nevertheless it can’t be totally eliminated.

To get Malay buy in require toleration by the non-bumis at some extend. Live your life like ours would make you more ‘us’. Continue separating our way of life would extent the racial differentiation among us.

On this particular issue, I believe disregarding our ethnic, all of us consume similar poultry product except pork. Imagine a country that one has not to worry about halal/haram as all the poultry sources in Malaysia would be halal. Chinese and Indian have never had any problem dining in a Malay restaurant or go to Malay wet market, but Malay just have to go to the halal source. Chinese consumer base is more restricted compare to Malay.

Can we live without pig product in Malaysia? Can we ensure all the poultry product halal in Malaysia? Can we be more Malaysian (Malay as majority)?

As long that we eat at different restaurant, shop at different market, study at different school and living in different areas, we can’t ever be as one. We are different in skin colour, eyes, hair and religion, but that can be the only separation that we have. You see, big sacrifice required from non-Bumis in term of way of life, almost as big as what Bumis is asked to sacrifice