Myanmar refugees, Ah Soon and his wife, took over a failing ‘tai chow’ (cooking Chinese dishes) business in Bangsar and within the relatively short span of two years they now operate five such outlets in the Klang Valley.

In the same Kopitiam, Restaurant Nam Chuan, in Lucky Garden Bangsar, a fellow Myanmarese called Situ, operates a claypot chicken rice stall and he works non-stop from 3pm to 9pm churning the food for his customers in a highly lucrative venture.

Whatever happened to Malaysians who constantly and consistently keep complaining that foreigners are prospering at their expense? Malaysians are obviously being displaced at the workplace and in business.

Consider Bangladeshis who are somehow able to start small businesses at which they very quickly become successful and expand their ventures until their performance is rewarded by royalty bestowing on them titles and awards.

This has created a growing dislike and tension and animosity as from being migrant workers, brought into this country to perform certain tasks, they have gone on to become the backbone of the Malaysian economy.

In turn, government servants only work an estimated 10 months a year as two months goes towards public holidays and their annual leave, while in the private sector the attitude and stance of Malaysian workers as an ingrate turn off prospective employers.

-THE MALAYSIA VOICE