James A. FitzPatrick: Self - Narrator
Quotes
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Narrator : On the busy docks of Georgetown, we find a mixture of Chinese, Malays and East Indians - the most aggressive of whom are the Chinese.
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Narrator : If one could read the signs on the front of these buildings, one would realize that in this part of Malaya, it is the Chinaman who is the merchant, the farmer, the architect, and the financier.
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Narrator : Rickashaws are the taxi cabs of Georgetown. And their owners take great pride in decorating them with artistic designs. On a meager diet of rice and dried fish, a rickashaw coolie can trot for miles under a tropical sun and keep it up as long as he can find passengers to pay his modest tariffs.
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Narrator : One of the most appropriate presents that the son can give to the aging father or a mother is a coffin.
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Narrator : Most of the native Malays are Mohammedans and they would suffer crucifixions rather than deny their faith. But, they are not bigots. In fact, they are very tolerant and believe that the absence of hypocrisy is the beginning of true religion.
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Narrator : Among the many oddities in the Chinese religion is snake worship.
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Narrator : Ancestor worship and filial piety, however, form the real religion of the Chinese. A man shall ever pay tribute, of deep reverence, to his parents during their lifetime, to their spirits after death and so, to the spirits of all his ancestors. And this faith colors every act in the daily life of the individual Chinese.
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Narrator : Firecrackers are set off by the worshipper to chase away the evil spirits - who are believed to crowd around the souls of the dead.
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Narrator : Malayan-Chinese girls are famed for their charm and beauty.
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Narrator : The Chinese were resident on the Malay peninsula long before the coming of the white man and many of them neither speak nor read the Chinese language - although they maintain their Chinese characteristics and their affiliations with China.
