The Malaysian Dilemma : My Memoir & Manifesto

The Malaysian Dilemma: My Memoir and Manifesto is the memoir of Kua Kia Soong, an educationist and activist who has an unwavering belief in the Malaysian nation with a clear vision for a new and better Malaysia. Through his writing, he is pondering upon a dilemma in which this nation has never been at peace with herself, either politically, economically, socially, or culturally. A dilemma is a situation in which a difficult choice must be made between two different things one could do. The conundrum this nation faces today as the people were asked to choose between two political coalitions which have been proven to be equally disappointing is the biggest political dilemma confronting the nation today. More fundamentally, it is a choice between solving the Malaysian dilemma either through race or class lenses.

KUA KIA SOONG is a Malaysian social activist, researcher and former member of parliament for Petaling Jaya. He is a director of the human-rights organisation SUARAM.