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Salient. Victoria University Students' Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 16. July 9 1975

Resign!

Resign!

Dear Editor,

I fully agree with "ex-MSA member" that MSA exec members should resign, as they have proved to be totally ineffective in representing the views of Malaysian members (not the whole Malaysian community as they pretend to). But would they? After all this would be a serious loss of face for them. Maybe they could resign one by one over a period of time so that it is not so noticeable.

Whenever they are attacked, they defend themselves by saying that they have organised games and dances etc. No one disagrees with this. But in view of the situation at home where many of our countrymen have suffered from government repression, when many of them are suffering from hunger and malnutrition, how can we go on enjoying ourselves dancing and indulging in our personal comfort without pangs of conscience?

Again at the end of August they are holding a Malaysia Day dance to rejoice over an illusory freedom called independence while our rulers progressively sell our country to foreigners. Those who are going to this dance must ask themselves whether they should instead give their ball ticket money to the squatters and landless people at home? At worse, they should boycott this function.

Red Malay