As a person of Chinese ancestry, Cheng says, "Malaysia is a multi-racial country. That political and military power are in Malay hands and that Malays enjoyed special privileges at an early period is already a fact." There is no point now to causing trouble about it; it is better to coolly sit down to resolve problems.
「馬來西亞是多種族國家，政、軍政權操在馬來人手中；而憲法立法之初，馬來人享有特殊優待，這已是事實」，他感慨良深地說，今天大家再繼續吵吵鬧鬧，並無益處，不如冷冷靜靜坐下來解決問題。