Anwar Ibrahim has been elected as the Man of the Year by internationally well known lifestyle magazine PASSIONS. In the interview with him, he had mentioned several key issues faced by the country during these years. Besides political issues, he did mention about the educational issues like the dropping English profieciency level among young Malaysians as well as the falling standard of local public varsities. He said in adamant that we should not overly emphasised the national language at the expense of English which is the lingua franca of international trade.Otherwise, Malaysia would lose out in economic and human capital development in which some countries like Singapore and South Korea had done far better than us.
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11 September 2008
Man of the Year
Anwar Ibrahim has been elected as the Man of the Year by internationally well known lifestyle magazine PASSIONS. In the interview with him, he had mentioned several key issues faced by the country during these years. Besides political issues, he did mention about the educational issues like the dropping English profieciency level among young Malaysians as well as the falling standard of local public varsities. He said in adamant that we should not overly emphasised the national language at the expense of English which is the lingua franca of international trade.Otherwise, Malaysia would lose out in economic and human capital development in which some countries like Singapore and South Korea had done far better than us.
09 September 2008
Worries of the country's future
Malaysia nowadays is getting terrible as the corrupted BN government is no longer committed to their duties.
They are busy with how to deal with PKR defacto leader, Anwar Ibrahim (eg. seeking for quick approval of the recent DNA Act which is deemed intended to be used on Anwar).
The latest national budget for year 2009(which is again a deficit budget) also don’t seem to bring any positive stimulation to our economy in the aspects of foreign direct investment (FDI) and incentives for SME.
I worry that there would be insurgence or riots (most probably the sparks would be started by UMNO) if Anwar has successfully toppled the current BN government (though it might not be on 16 Sept).
By the time, this would further deteriorate our economy conditions especially if BN/UMNO enforced Martial Law.
As an undergraduate studying in KL, I’m pretty worried about this……
They are busy with how to deal with PKR defacto leader, Anwar Ibrahim (eg. seeking for quick approval of the recent DNA Act which is deemed intended to be used on Anwar).
The latest national budget for year 2009(which is again a deficit budget) also don’t seem to bring any positive stimulation to our economy in the aspects of foreign direct investment (FDI) and incentives for SME.
I worry that there would be insurgence or riots (most probably the sparks would be started by UMNO) if Anwar has successfully toppled the current BN government (though it might not be on 16 Sept).
By the time, this would further deteriorate our economy conditions especially if BN/UMNO enforced Martial Law.
As an undergraduate studying in KL, I’m pretty worried about this……
01 September 2008
A Review of Malaysian 51st National Day
Malaysia celebrates its 51st birthday yesterday, but not surprisingly, politics, and not the celebrations continue to dominate headlines.
Hari Merdeka, or Independence Day, is supposed to be a day when its 27 million population celebrate their coming together as a nation after the British left.
Where else in the world do you find Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans and Ibans - among dozens of major races - living together in harmony? Yes, there is Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand, for example. But in Malaysia, the Malays form just about half of the people here. Add the Muslim Bumiputeras and Malaysia has a 60 per cent Muslim population. In other words, unlike in the neighbouring countries, the 'minority' races in Malaysia are big in numbers, and are politically and economically powerful. And they are now more politically aware than ever before. As can be seen from the results of the March general elections. When 40 per cent of the non-Muslim population are unhappy, the rest of the country cannot pretend that everything is normal.
Today, Malaysians continue to talk about the future in, sadly, more bleak terms because race relations are at a low ebb.
But there are also many who are upbeat and think things will start improving. Why?Because the majority race - the Malay-Muslims - have realised that they cannot ignore anymore the needs and wishes of the minorities. Many point to the big Malay support for Anwar Ibrahim and his multiracial message, despite Umno playing Malay-supremacy issues to the hilt. And the awakening (albeit more slowly) among the Umno leadership that things must change. Independence Day aside, today is also the day that the Perak government was to be toppled by Umno, as promised by former Perak Menteri Besar Tajol Rosli. It did not happen.
Today is Sept 1 and it is significant not only because it is the start of the fasting month Ramadan - a big day in the Islamic calendar, but it is also when the countdown begins to Sept 16 when opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim promises to topple the central government and take power. If tomorrow never comes, today is still a great day for Malaysia because peace remains. That alone is worthy of the celebrations.
Hari Merdeka, or Independence Day, is supposed to be a day when its 27 million population celebrate their coming together as a nation after the British left.
Where else in the world do you find Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans and Ibans - among dozens of major races - living together in harmony? Yes, there is Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand, for example. But in Malaysia, the Malays form just about half of the people here. Add the Muslim Bumiputeras and Malaysia has a 60 per cent Muslim population. In other words, unlike in the neighbouring countries, the 'minority' races in Malaysia are big in numbers, and are politically and economically powerful. And they are now more politically aware than ever before. As can be seen from the results of the March general elections. When 40 per cent of the non-Muslim population are unhappy, the rest of the country cannot pretend that everything is normal.
Today, Malaysians continue to talk about the future in, sadly, more bleak terms because race relations are at a low ebb.
But there are also many who are upbeat and think things will start improving. Why?Because the majority race - the Malay-Muslims - have realised that they cannot ignore anymore the needs and wishes of the minorities. Many point to the big Malay support for Anwar Ibrahim and his multiracial message, despite Umno playing Malay-supremacy issues to the hilt. And the awakening (albeit more slowly) among the Umno leadership that things must change. Independence Day aside, today is also the day that the Perak government was to be toppled by Umno, as promised by former Perak Menteri Besar Tajol Rosli. It did not happen.
Today is Sept 1 and it is significant not only because it is the start of the fasting month Ramadan - a big day in the Islamic calendar, but it is also when the countdown begins to Sept 16 when opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim promises to topple the central government and take power. If tomorrow never comes, today is still a great day for Malaysia because peace remains. That alone is worthy of the celebrations.
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