Malaysia Day came as well as went but at that spot were 3 highly insightful articles virtually our country, as well as where nosotros are headed. Incisive but volition the powers that be listen? We practise non seem to value existence progressive or competitive. Sad because nosotros receive got so many resources. Is it a mindset thing... well, obviously. Is it because our make-up is different from other countries ... well, yes as well as at that spot are challenges which are unique to us as a country, but sure non so hard as to impede our progress as a nation. The hardest component subdivision is over ..... come upwardly on people!!!
Do read the articles yesteryear David Wu, Zaid Ibrahim as well as Lim Kit Siang ... as well as somehow promise someone is listening.
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By David Wu
Malaysia Today - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Reality Check
Long read but this post, essentially a comparing with China, is based on facts, truthful stories as well as personal observations.
In 1989, my belatedly manlike mortal parent as well as his 2 brothers visited their father’s birthplace inwards a pocket-size hamlet just exterior the metropolis of Taishan inwards China. Traveling to mainland People's Republic of China so was non a straightforward affair dissimilar today due to restrictions imposed yesteryear the Malaysian authorities. That was exclusively xxx years ago.
To obtain blessing from the authorities for go to China, my manlike mortal parent had to provide proof of correspondence with existing relatives there, with other things. I believe he had to present at to the lowest degree 3 years of correspondence for the application to live considered. He finally managed to obtain the blessing as well as the rest, as they say, is history. mainland People's Republic of China was just virtually to opened upwardly up then, if I’m non mistaken.
My 5th uncle, a renowned as well as pioneer Malayan surgeon, traveled with my manlike mortal parent as well as their eldest brother. He related a story to me non besides long agone virtually a conversation he had with a Special Branch senior officeholder over a game of golf game years ago. In it, the SB chap mentioned how the authorities were relaxing the requirements for ethnic Chinese Malaysians to see China. One of the reasons was so that they tin view for themselves how bad things were inwards mainland People's Republic of China as well as with that experience would mayhap acquire to appreciate Malaysia more. We were a rising Asian tiger so as well as mainland People's Republic of China was, well, poor. That conversation took identify just 20+ years ago.
By the fourth dimension my manlike mortal parent as well as his siblings visited China, nosotros already had Proton cars as well as were good on our agency towards Vision 2020 - the target appointment to transform Malaysia into a developed nation. mainland People's Republic of China was yet mired inwards poverty as well as Tiananmen Square happened.
I dated a Singaporean miss who eventually became my married adult woman inwards the early 90s as well as during our early courtship, I travelled with her household unit of measurement to Hainan isle to see their relatives there. Their kampung was pathetic as well as relied on overseas household unit of measurement members for fiscal assist to repair their homes or build toilets. We were at that spot incidentally for a marriage ceremony besides as well as I vividly retrieve a caprine animal that was tied to a tree. The caprine animal eventually became component subdivision of the dinner on the marriage ceremony night. I also recall a cousin who was virtually to exit the hamlet for greener pastures inwards Beijing. He was going to develop to live a stockbroker then. I practise sometimes wonder if he’s a wealthy human being today. Who knows?
I relocated to Singapore presently afterward my miss was born. I retrieve the early Pei Du Mamas (study mothers) who were given special resident passes to accompany their brilliant children who were selected to study at that spot yesteryear the Singapore government. To brand ends meet, these aunties would observe work, generally inwards massage parlours. They couldn’t speak whatever English, were rather uncouth as well as having underarm pilus was the prevalent fashion for them then. They were looked downwards upon.
That was exclusively around xx years ago.
Meantime, Malaysia was yet scaling novel heights for herself. By then, non exclusively were nosotros making cars, nosotros were dwelling theatre to the world’s tertiary longest span as well as the tallest buildings inwards the world. Today, the Penang span doesn’t fifty-fifty count inwards the world’s top xxx ranking (ironically dominated yesteryear Chinese bridges) as well as the twin towers receive got long been dwarfed.
Ironically, Proton is also forthwith 49% owned yesteryear the Chinese, who coming from having no motorcar manufacture to speak of so are forthwith making some nifty ones of their ain today, 1 of which I rode inwards latterly inwards mainland People's Republic of China but can’t fifty-fifty identify the call of the make. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 really swish SUV it was too, consummate with all the fine trimmings that wouldn’t live out of identify inwards a continental model.
Look at mainland People's Republic of China today.
In a lilliputian to a greater extent than than xx years, it has gone into range as well as at a footstep that is genuinely frightening. Corruption is tackled with an Fe volition as well as it won’t live long earlier the much derided ‘Made inwards China’ labels morph into ‘Made yesteryear China’. Well, yous exclusively receive got to human face at Huawei to acquire an idea.
When I was inwards Beijing for the firstly fourth dimension recently, I was completely taken aback yesteryear its unbelievable development. Mind you, Beijing is an onetime metropolis thus the immaculate province of the metropolis today is cipher to live scoffed at, to a greater extent than so given the size of the behemoth that it is. Clean, organised, as well as surprisingly serenity for a giant metropolis given their broad usage of electrical vehicles. I had expected mayhem as well as bustle, instead I establish pristine when I arrived, I kid yous not.
Three years ago, when I cycled inwards the southeast of China, I was already inwards awe of their seemingly insatiable appetite for construction. Imagine travelling betwixt say, Alor Setar to Butterworth on the onetime torso route exclusively to observe Simpang Empat, Kota Sarang Semut, Guar Chempedak, Gurun, Bakar Arang filled with novel high ascent bird blocks. That’s likely the best agency to pull what I saw as I rode yesteryear pockets of lilliputian towns there.
The Chinese presence globally was also felt during my wheel around the world. They are just virtually everywhere, edifice roads, railways as well as other infrastructure for other countries. It’s quite scary, to live perfectly honest, as well as at that spot is non a shred of doubtfulness left inwards my hear that nosotros are looking at the side yesteryear side colonial master, albeit inwards the economical feel rather than military, if she wasn’t 1 already.
Now human face at where Malaysia is today.
25-30 years ago, nosotros were upwardly there. As mentioned above, nosotros fifty-fifty wanted the ethnic Chinese Malaysians to conk see mainland People's Republic of China so that they tin view for themselves how terrible things were then. 25-30 years ago, nosotros yet spoke English. The Chinese didn’t. Today, the Chinese are making cracking efforts to speak to a greater extent than English linguistic communication spell our ain proficiency has taken a dive. Even the lady at the airport’s taxi stand upwardly inwards Beijing spoke English. Not perfect, but to a greater extent than than passable. Give so a few to a greater extent than years as well as I shudder to think. Who knows, French or Castilian next?
I met my 10 calendar month onetime Chinese grand nephew inwards Taishan recently. The historic catamenia gap betwixt him as well as his elderberry sis is 10 years. I jokingly asked my nephew as well as his married adult woman why receive got a kid in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than afterward so long as well as was stumped yesteryear the answer. The household unit of measurement has a novel fellow member but because the Chinese authorities changed the 1 kid policy to a 2 kid policy. Well, I suppose if you’re gonna conquer the world, yous mightiness as good receive got to a greater extent than people to serve that purpose.
So spell the Chinese as well as other SEA nations are forging ahead (it already damage RM1400 to purchase 10000 baht today), nosotros are stuck inwards the same onetime same onetime unproductive narrative of race as well as religion. While others are seeking existent cognition nosotros human face for to a greater extent than religious education. While others are familiarising themselves with novel languages, nosotros desire to reintroduce khat on a national storey yet can’t fifty-fifty create upwardly one's hear if it’s art, compulsory, optional or not.
Let’s non fifty-fifty verbalize virtually excogitation as well as technology.
Sorry, but nosotros can’t fifty-fifty yet human face at every citizen as Malaysian today, at to the lowest degree inwards goodness spirit. All nosotros seem to live actually goodness at today is politics. And speculating who’s the side yesteryear side Prime Minister afterward electing a 92 twelvemonth onetime who incidentally was at the helm during those glorious years. How deplorable is that?
We yet hear of the Chinese existence told to conk dorsum to China. Really? Be careful what 1 wishes for. But REALLY, how genuinely deplorable is that?
And with the directive from the religious authorities that Muslims may no longer handgrip articulation prayers with folks of other faiths, whatever notion left that nosotros are a moderate Muslim province went correct out the window. Heck, nosotros can’t fifty-fifty acquire existence a moderate Muslim land right.
How deplorable is that?
Forget China, nosotros volition never acquire to where they are today nor where they volition live inwards the foreseeable future, but at to the lowest degree maintain upwardly with our neighbours. Countries that nosotros used to see because they were inexpensive receive got already overtaken us as well as nosotros are yet singing ‘Setia’ as well as watching corporate sponsored experience goodness festivity videos virtually how nosotros in 1 lawsuit were?
Sure, those videos are nice, but nosotros demand to halt lying to ourselves. Our province is inwards dire health. Someone took less than xxx years to dominate the public yet we, existence independent for 62 as well as upwardly at that spot once, are yet talking virtually integration spell actively segregating communities?
We receive got many Malaysians who practise brilliantly abroad but the focus is invariably on their ethnicity or if woman mortal Muslim, is she wearing a headscarf. Or not. I mean, seriously?
What on public is inwards the H2O which nosotros quaff that makes us so utterly deluded? Ridiculous, even.
I am non sure which frightens me to a greater extent than - that mainland People's Republic of China is marching ahead at total steam as well as that our neighbours are leapfrogging us, or that nosotros receive got fallen so far below the perch nosotros in 1 lawsuit so proudly stood on.
Oh, as well as there’s that lilliputian isle southward of the border, lest nosotros forget.
I dearest my province with all my heart, am a super proud Malaysian as well as abhor to criticising her but nosotros demand a reality banking concern check or nosotros volition receive got really lilliputian to live proud of someday apart from nasi lemak as well as teh tarik. As it is, we’re non fifty-fifty proud of the kebaya so pardon me if anyone should observe this post service an inconvenient truth.
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By Zaid Ibrahim
“ The work is actually to a greater extent than serious than that."
For the yesteryear xl years or to a greater extent than the Malays receive got been cocooned away from the existent world.
A friend who used to live Chairman of a really large Malay corporation that survived almost completely on authorities handout projects as well as concessions said that the science sets as well as the run ethics within his organisation "have cipher to do" with the existent public outside.
The entire Malay ecosystem was carefully nurtured to maintain them away from mixing with the existent world.
Be it inwards business, education, social interactions, RELIGION, politics, language, sports, fine art as well as just virtually anything human beings practise everyday.
The mutual subject inwards all these areas of "endeavour" were lower standards. Lower the bar.
For over xl years the Malays receive got been dumbing downwards - at a fourth dimension when the other non Malay communities receive got been making ameliorate strides as well as when other countries receive got been making giant strides.
Vietnam has announced that they volition live manufacturing their ain motorcar the Vinfast.
But it is a individual sector essay with no taxpayers funds involved. The CEO as well as top managers are American, ex General Motors. The Vietnamese receive got already displayed the motorcar at the Paris Auto Show.
Hiring American CEOs, displaying their cars inwards Paris - what does that mean? The Vietnamese are seeking out the exterior public as well as maxim "We are coming to bring together you". And they are doing this without taxpayer funding - pregnant it is marketplace driven.
In Malaysia nosotros went the other way. We wanted to develop our province 'in our ain mould'. This was a misnomer. What it actually meant was 'We desire to develop the Malays inwards their ain mould'.
The mould had a really elementary design. It was an all encompassing Malay / Muslim cocoon. No other light, sound, smells, sense of savour as well as fifty-fifty fresh air could acquire into the Malay / Muslim cocoon from the outside. This has been going on for over xl years.
The others, peculiarly the Chinese as well as some Indians (not all) did non desire to live component subdivision of this cocoon system. They receive got been clever as well as to a greater extent than fortunate. From really early the Chinese caught on that the national didactics scheme volition live going into the cocoon mode.
Hence they invested heavily inwards their ain didactics ecosystems.
They receive got held on tightly to the 1300 Chinese linguistic communication primary schools inwards the country. And it has been successful. When compared to the government's "cocoon system" Chinese didactics has been much to a greater extent than successful inwards that they create immature people who tin conk productive citizens inwards the economy.
Since the kickoff of time, at that spot are exclusively 61 Chinese linguistic communication secondary schools inwards Malaysia ("independent" Chinese schools offering the UEC certificate). Which has e'er been politicised.
But at that spot are bigger elephants than independent Chinese schools existence born everyday. For example the Chinese receive got gone large into individual schools which offering the O as well as Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 levels, etc. They are known as "international schools". There are forthwith a sizeable number of these "private international schools" inwards Malaysia offering primary to secondary storey schoolhouse education. Many of these schools are run yesteryear the Chinese folks. The bulk of the students, teachers as well as principals at these individual schools are all Chinese. They are doing a goodness job, serving the country's needs quite well. Non-cocoon didactics system.
There is some other huge side number to this "Malay / Muslim cocoon". Which is what I desire to verbalize virtually today. And that is virtually leadership.
Anywhere inwards the world, inwards whatever scheme of authorities whether a democracy, monarchy, communist dictatorship, socialist dictatorship, authoritarianism, Islamic theocracy, Hindu monarchy etc the leaders as well as the leadership WILL as well as MUST reverberate the value scheme of the people or the guild inwards that country.
1. Societies that are prone to violence as well as practise non practise much to curb anger as well as violence volition create leaders who volition rely on violence to rule. Because that is what they understand.
2. Societies that practise non similar to hear to different points of sentiment (especially virtually religion) volition create religious charlatans who volition exploit the "no thinking zone".
3. Societies that receive got cocooned themselves away from the exterior public or from people other than their ain sort volition create leaders who volition manipulate their "fears of the outside". This is NO rocket science.
4. Societies that practise non compete volition create leaders who volition frighten them with the "dangers of competition".
I tin maintain on going but the leaders of whatever guild volition as well as must reverberate what goes on within their ain society.
Their leaders volition as well as must live fully soaked to the peel as well as os with that society's norms as well as value systems.
Kalau value scheme bagus, pemimpin pun bagus.
Kalau value scheme tak bagus, pemimpin pun tak bagus.
They mightiness receive got been born cerdik but they volition never conk pandai. Cerdik is the intelligence that yous are born with. Pandai is the learning that yous acquire.
In a cocooned environment, their cerdik people grow upwardly to live 'tidak pandai' leaders. Because they receive got been denied an environs where they tin compete as well as learn. They grew upwardly within a cocoon.
So tin nosotros await xl years of cocoon indoctrination to create 'world class' ledership? Not likely.
Look at this screengrab here. Its an onetime Tanzanian folk tale. There was a overflowing as well as the river overflowed. The fish were swept into the submerged grass. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 grouping of monkeys decided to "save" the fish. They picked upwardly the fish carefully as well as placed the fish on high, dry out ground.
This is what nosotros are seeing inwards Malay guild today. After over xl years of existence cocooned as well as growing upwardly inwards a religious as well as racial slum, where ALL the standards receive got been lowered, nosotros are forthwith seeing their leaders who just reverberate the lower standards of Malay / Muslim society.
This is the boom inwards the coffin. After xl years of the airtight as well as watertight cocoon, forthwith they actually as well as honestly think that the residuum of the public exterior the cocoon is wrong. That indeed life within their cocoon is the best inwards the world.
Their organized faith is the best despite its violence, hate, ignorance as well as poverty.
Their social norms are but the best despite really foreign aberrations inwards demeanour as well as the looming breakdowns inwards Malay society. (This is a really serious number - delight practise non dismiss this lightly.)
They tin ignore everything else (and fifty-fifty despise everything else) because it is exterior their cocoon.
Those who practise non concord 'can exit the country'.
So yous view the miserably failing Minister of Education Maszlee maxim unbelievably dumb things similar the "Chinese should sentinel Upin as well as Ipin to acquire Malay". This is besides stupid to fifty-fifty comment about.
In Port Dickson, the Brader spoke virtually using his ain motorcar to ship his miss to the university. That is all he has to offer. There is non much else going on within his cocoon.
Rafizi kept playing upwardly personal issues (where is your dasar / vision bro?)
By the way, tin Rafizi present some audited accounts for all the coin collected yesteryear Invoke? Some transparency would live goodness brader Rafizi. Talk is yous receive got some difficulty showing an audit of what happened to all that coin yous collected.
Asyraf Wajdi in 1 lawsuit said (I was present) that Islamic banking tin yet business office because the Malays practise non know High Court Judge Justice Abdul Wahab Patail's ruling "against" Islamic banking.
Asyraf Wajdi has also just lost the elections. Their collective incompetence has seen UMNO existence kicked out of authorities afterward 63 years.
And the religious cocoon Pis-Pus guys are kissing upwardly to the Malay cocoon UMNO guys. As yous tin view inwards this montage:
At our authorities hospitals, H2O is leaking into the oxygen lines inwards the wards.
In authorities departments the cafeteria is yet the centre of the universe - non the run desk.
Soon afterward existence appointed, the novel Mayor of Kuala Lumpur visited the hawkers (warong folks). To present solidarity? The tikus population inwards Kuala Lumpur volition sure rejoice. They volition conk on enjoying the endless provide of nutrient scraps thrown into the longkangs as well as the drains yesteryear the warong hawkers. Indonesian warong operators volition also live really happy.
Government "seminars" / conferences yet start with long winded introductions, 10 am pisang goreng breaks, 12 pm tiffin breaks as well as 3 pm curry puff breaks.
So how does the cocoon bargain with these obvious failures, the obvious non performance as well as the increasing criticism?
Thats easy. Just call louder, brand to a greater extent than threats, present to a greater extent than anger, the so called tough language. More racist as well as religious posturing. Its just deplorable camouflage, a weak hide upwardly for the cocoon's failure.
I strongly as well as firmly believe the Malays tin live turned around. In virtually xv years max.
Before that tin happen, nosotros must cleft that cocoon.
_Syed Akbar Ali at 4:59:00 PM_
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We tin come upwardly up with the most wonderful acronyms as well as top degree powerfulness betoken presentations ... tin nosotros receive got an effective one-half yearly report/assessment of the viability as well as effectiveness for e.g. NCIA, SEDIA, ECERDC, SCORE as well as dozens to a greater extent than wonderful units.
LIM KIT SIANG ON THE RISE OF VIETNAM (AS Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 WAKE UP CALL FOR MALAYSIA)
The latest tidings is virtually Vietnam climbing inwards the ranking of best countries inwards which to invest this year, surpassing other Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Singapore as well as Indonesia.
A recent study yesteryear the US News as well as World Report ranked Vietnam 8th out of 29 economies, upwardly from 23 in conclusion year.
Neighbouring nations of Malaysia, Singapore as well as Indonesia, meanwhile, stood inwards 13th, 14th as well as 18th positions respectively.
According to the report, Doi Moi (renewal) economical policy reforms kickoff inwards 1986 receive got helped Vietnam’s transition to becoming a to a greater extent than modern, competitive nation.
Vietnam’s continued efforts to lessen international isolation are shown yesteryear joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) inwards 2007 as well as participation inwards complimentary merchandise negotiations with the Trans-Pacific Partnership inwards 2010.
It is also a fellow member of the United Nations, the Asean Regional Forum as well as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, with other international organisations, stated the report.
The ranking of the best countries to invest inwards yesteryear the American media fellowship draws from the results of a global perception-based survey as well as ranks countries based on the highest scores with nearly 7,000 line of piece of work organisation decision-makers.
The determination is made based on a compilation of 8 as weighted province attributes, including corruption, dynamics, economical stability, entrepreneurship, favourable taxation environment, innovation, skilled labour forcefulness as well as technological expertise.
10-year moratorium
This tidings should live a wake-up telephone phone for Malaysia, as well as all Malaysians should live bespeak why it is non Malaysia, instead of Vietnam, which is topping this ranking, peculiarly afterward the historic alter of authorities inwards the 14th full general election on May nine in conclusion year.
Unfortunately, Malaysians receive got been besides engrossed with race as well as religious issues which receive got been dominating the social media inwards recent months., with mistaken tidings as well as detest vocalisation communication aimed at inciting racial as well as religious polarisation.
I would telephone phone for a 10-year moratorium on mistaken tidings as well as detest vocalisation communication for Malaysians to concentrate on making the province a top world-class land inwards the side yesteryear side decade.
Instead of fighting as well as competing with each other, Malaysians should live competing with the residuum of the public to conk a world-class land inwards as many fields of human endeavour as possible.
LIM KIT SIANG is MP for Iskandar Puteri.
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