Tuesday, January 1, 2008

新春愿望---兴建华社第四宝


设立《东南亚华人部落格》已有三个月了。这是一项新尝试,也是一种学习,让自己有机会体验新科技带来的方便与好处。希望有更多朋友也加入部落格活动行列,让信息更快交流,时代与社会的进步更快速。

我设立《东南亚华人部落格》有两个目的。首先是要方便各地华人社群互相了解、交流和分享经验。与此同时,希望这个部落格能在促进中国与东盟经贸关系方面起点作用,配合东盟国家踏上与华共舞的时代。

东南亚地区是外华人聚居最多的地方。虽然如此,由於种种条件的限制,过去东南亚各国的华人是各自发展,往来交流并不多,形成各自特色的华裔社群。在全球化的竞争时代和资讯时代,他们之间有必要和有条件加强交流和增进接触。

竞争力比原住民强

虽然他们能在这地区生存和发展,但并不容易,必须面对不少的挑战。他们之间也有不少的共同点,热爱中华文化,面对原住民的妒嫉、歧视,甚至有时受到不同程度的迫害。

他们的最大的共同点是,在工商经济活动领域,竞争力远比原住民强,但是较少涉足政治,政治权力较人弱。所以国内政治气候的变化和原住民掌权者的态度,对他们的影响重大。

如果掌握政权的原住民放宽对他们的限制,更公平地对待他们,他们的经济势力就会快速膨胀,远远超越原住民。但这个差距如果太大、太显著,往往会为他们带来问题,有时候会带来十分严重的问题。

因此有些国家的华人强调不要过份炫耀自己,还要居安思危。有些国家的华人却特别重视回馈社会,长期做公益事业,助较贫困的原住民。

无论如何,东南亚华人比他人更能为所在国制造财富,这是他们的优势。原住民掌政者有时想利用国内华族为他们制造更多财富,加强国家在国际上的竞争地位。有时又担心本身族群远不如人,从而又要对华人族群实施种种限制。这种矛盾的心态使华族的地位和财富累积的成就起伏不定。

建第四宝加强优势

过去,东南亚华人比他人强是靠他们比他人更勤奋、更节俭和更重视儿女教育。在今天全球化竞争时代里,加强族人的教育,培养人材,善於掌握高科技和现代化的工商管理,更显重要。东南亚华人要保持他们的竞争力优势,就必须更积极投入更多财力和人力,加强这个势力基础,才能立於不败之地。

政治权益的争取固然重要,打好竞争力基础,更是重中之重,是确保地位和竞争优势的长远之计。有了竞争优势,有了制造财富比他人强的本领,政治人物要抑制和阻挠华族的发展就必须三思而行。这将促使他们考虑选择达致双赢的途径。

今天,眼看东南亚各国华人社群的三宝,华团、华校和华文报,已处於再度兴旺的时期,我们应善於利用当今的通讯科技,加速这个复兴进程。目前东南亚各国华文报、华团和华文学校的互联网建设参差不齐。有的已相当高度的发展,有很好的电子报和网页。有的是有名无实,还不能充分发挥通讯科技带来的好处。

在马来西亚,华人网上电子媒体的发展已有一定的成就,能发挥一定的作用。这种新媒体补充了传统华文报的不足。网上媒体能扮演传统媒体未能或不便发挥的角色,推动华族族群和国家社会的进步发展。

在资讯工艺的应用方面,看来今天东南亚的华人族群是比原住民来得强。这种优势应保持和加以提升。东南亚地区的华文报章、华文学校和华人社团应进一步通过互联网加强交流,互相支援。

更积极推动华文网页和部落格蓬勃发展,让华文网页的联系与交流频密形成风气,那么今后这可能会成为东南亚华社的第四宝。

第四宝将使中华文化在这个地区更快速和更广泛传播,同时让中国人能更了解东南亚华人。这个第四宝也将让东南亚华人能更方便借助中国的进步与发展,加强自己在本国族群间的相对优势和地位。

郑昭贤 写於2007年除夕

P.S. 《东南亚华人部落格》网址:

http://southeastasiachinese.blogspot.com/

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2 comments:

Unknown said...

`i agree with your new year wish. Chinese over the world should try to work closer because we face many common problems even though we live in different countries.

Since our hard work and success can bring us problem or even persecution, stayinbg close to one another can mean we can get good and timely advice from others with their own experience as how to tackle similar situation and issues.

I have read in the latest issue of Asia Incorp. that young Chinese professionals have organised themselves around the world to exchange views and experience so that they can benefit from this network of contacts.

As long as we are doing this without any prejudice to others who may be less fortunate and so long as we realise we also have a duty towards the country of our permanent residence we should have no worry or fear f inviting trouble upon ourselves.

You are right too, Chinese who have succeeded but maintain a low profile and contribute generously to charity with prejudice also builds up a lot of goodwill with the local people.

This century is going to see a lot more of Chinese multi-millionaires not counting the rising number in China and Hong Kong, we cannot blame others form getting jealous if we flaunt our wealth everywhere.

Singapore alone have more than 10,000 new multi-millionaires over the last few years.

Overseas Chinese should continue to show their allegiance to the local government instead of relying on the glory of a rising China which can surely invite trouble and jealousy.

The experience of the coup de'tate in Indoneisa many years ago is a bitter experience: the Chinese community there suffered a lot when the Indonesian Communist Party which many of them were supporting was toppled in a bloody power strtuggle with the army.

Many Chinese who had settled in Indonesia for many generations lost everything overnight, their land and all the belongings and they were shipped to China as refugees.

The Chinese embassy in Jakarta was closed down and the Chinese Governent couldnot lend any help except to open up some settlements for these dislocated Chinese from Indonessia.

I met some of them in Hainan many years later and they still were missing their home in Indonesia.

Let us remember that the reality has not changed verymuch since then.

Anonymous said...

很遗憾,先生也用了所谓的“部落格”这个“不是中文”的名字。

“东南亚华人部落格”就更糟糕。华人部落?岂不是倒退了吗?华人什物时候变成了部落?

别说我挑剔,吹毛求疵。“部落格”这种不三不四的名堂,只有台湾那一班“去中文化”的人才稿得出来。

它的恶劣之处是,把中文当作注音符号,用来注英文的音,再当作中文来使用。

这种行径的居心,不是很明显吗?

中文如果变成英文的注音文字,还有什么前途?

东南亚华人网、或者东南亚华人交流站,不是很好吗?

Blog就是网上日志,跟什么部落、什么格何关?