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Originally Posted by newyorker88
If they have a choice, you think they want to work as such? Believe me, there are not enough jobs to go around. And if there are, the jobs are very low paying.
Most of the males are lazy( depending on which ethic, Javanese or melayu), and the females feed the children.
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Actually many people have some misconception about the difference between the "Malay race" with that of the ethnic Malays (melayu).
The Malay race is a general name that refers to the brown race which include Boyanese, Javanese , Sundanese, Minangkabau, Batak tribes, Bugis, Dayak, Acehnese, Balinese, Melayu, etc.
On the other hand, ethnic Malays are known as orang melayu which originate from part of Malaysia and east of Sumatra e.g. Pekanbaru and Riau islands.(batam, bintan)
In fact the "Malays" in Singapore are not all orang melayu or ethnic malay. Some of my "Malay" friends told me that their identity card behind wrote the race as Javanese, boyanese, bugis, etc..
Also the current prime minister of Malaysia are not ethnic Malay, he is Bugis.
Therefore there is a difference between Malay race and Ethnic Malay (Melayu)