Déjà vu declaration of an ASEAN FM
Dec 1st, 2007
Déjà vu declaration
of an ASEAN FM
Let me explain about Déjà vu first.
It is the French word for “already seen.”
Déjà vu is an uncanny feeling or illusion of having already seen or experienced something that is being experienced for the first time.
If we assume that the experience is actually of a remembered event, then déjà vu probably occurs because the present situation triggers the recollection of a fragment from one’s past.
The experience may seem uncanny if the memory is so fragmented that no strong connections can be made between the fragment and other memories. Thus, the feeling that one has been there before is often due to the fact that one has been there before.
The original experience may even have occurred only few days earlier. Or may be due to having seen pictures or heard vivid stories many years earlier. The experience may be part of the dim recollections of childhood.
Star online: Syed Hamid: We’ll handle our citizens our own way
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Government will deal with citizens according to its laws and no other country should interfere with how Kuala Lumpur handles its domestic affairs.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said all Malaysian citizens, no matter their origin, had to abide by the law.
“If they break any law, it is our right to deal with them in accordance with Malaysian laws,” he told The Star when asked to comment on a report in which Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed New Delhi’s concerns over the treatment of Indians in Malaysia.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh echoed similar sentiments. When asked by reporters in the Indian capital, he said: “Whenever Indian citizens abroad or people of Indian origin living abroad are adversely affected, that naturally is a source of concern to us.”
Syed Hamid said if any foreign government starts to question ethnicity in the country, Malaysia would eventually face a break-up.
“I hope there is no misunderstanding of what is happening here. If they are talking about Indian citizens, we would understand the concern, but what happened involves Malaysian citizens.”