tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37045477.post617239969849000719..comments2023-10-15T21:42:27.426+08:00Comments on Philosophy Politics Economics: Moral CourageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37045477.post-86909701084446740702007-08-07T16:19:00.000+08:002007-08-07T16:19:00.000+08:00putting it mildly maybe the days of ministers with...putting it mildly maybe the days of ministers with balls are numbered maybe can count as no of balls left on 5 or 6 menbackStreetGluttonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460576943361174364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37045477.post-52867582200962178442007-08-07T12:39:00.000+08:002007-08-07T12:39:00.000+08:00Sense of disappointment rife as Merdeka Day nearsI...Sense of disappointment rife as Merdeka Day nears<BR/><BR/>In 2004, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi won a landslide majority on a promise to treat all equally and to tackle corruption. Mr Abdullah will seek a new mandate soon but few believe corruption has been reined in. <BR/><BR/>And now the plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on growth corridors and development projects in the coming years are being met with mounting scepticism. Will these projects, like many before them, also end up as white elephants built at the expense of other programmes which would produce better economic benefits?<BR/><BR/>The Port Klang Free Zone fiasco is but one recent example of a project gone wrong for reasons yet to be explained. Costs to develop the zone ballooned by more than four times from RM1.1 billion to RM4.6 billion (S$2 billion), and yet the zone remains a ghost town. <BR/><BR/>On the talent front, Malaysia's brain drain is accelerating, and is being replaced, not by skilled talents, but by an exponential rise in low-skilled foreign labour. Going by the current trends, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research projects that the current 2.7 million legal and illegal foreign workers in the country will rise to around 5 million by 2010, or nearly a fifth of the total population.<BR/><BR/>By fate or fortune, Mr Abdullah has the privilege of being the country's leader in what is a landmark year of independence. If his administration chose to listen, what they would hear is this: there is little accountability, the racial and religious divide is widening, crime is going up and foreign investment, as well as high-value job creation, is going down. It should be hardly a surprise that not many are in the mood to celebrate.<BR/><BR/>Pauline NgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37045477.post-53774469561525460402007-08-06T18:28:00.000+08:002007-08-06T18:28:00.000+08:00Malaysia is neither a secular nor a theocratic sta...Malaysia is neither a secular nor a theocratic state. Truly a half-past-6 statement to pull wool over people eyes. Surely the Perak Prince can explain the state of our nation clearly to our PM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37045477.post-62424651373981091072007-08-05T10:03:00.000+08:002007-08-05T10:03:00.000+08:00Dompok is actually already near the end of this po...Dompok is actually already near the end of this political career. So its not surprising he is willing to put something out there real as his legacy so his ancestors will not piss on his grave.<BR/><BR/>The PM has finally come out with his declaration that Malaysia is neither a secular or theocratic state. He is being honest but an idiot.<BR/><BR/>Firstly, there is no such thing. You can have a secular country with religious influence especially with the cover of protection of freedom of religion BUT you can't say you are not theocratic if your final arbiter is religion and then a slippery slope from there.<BR/><BR/>The truth is Badawi wants a theocratic state, even if he does not know or admit it. He imagines that Malays want that too but one where its not in conflict with modernity and progress. The problem is that that balance act is even worst that the balancing act of secularity and religious freedom.<BR/><BR/>This issue plays right into the opposition hand. He is a fool to have stepped into it, honest but a fool. He has basically lost the non-bumi and non-Muslim vote by a wide margin. Watch how MCA is going around to try and emphasise that Malaysia is not a theocratic state and getting some people to say that that it is not a bad thing to have influence of theocracy. <BR/><BR/>How good are DAP ot explain there is no such thing? That its just selling the future of our children for the sake of immediate political gains like the NEP, privatization, cronyism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37045477.post-43224714078075973092007-08-05T02:43:00.000+08:002007-08-05T02:43:00.000+08:00My full support to our Minister Bernard Dompok on ...My full support to our Minister Bernard Dompok on this issue.<BR/><BR/>We are all Malaysian and there is no need to raise the Islamic State issue.boonsenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264266850293376196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37045477.post-27233850134896481382007-08-05T01:40:00.000+08:002007-08-05T01:40:00.000+08:00In my mind, Bernard just signed off his own obitua...In my mind, Bernard just signed off his own obituary. Having said that, I salute him for his courage. Where are the MCAs, Gerakans and the MICs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37045477.post-18841561063458631172007-08-04T23:31:00.000+08:002007-08-04T23:31:00.000+08:00Well, although Dompok can be lauded for being bold...Well, although Dompok can be lauded for being bold, he nevertheless will risk his political life forever. We will see this during the next general election, scheduled soon.<BR/><BR/>The rest of the BN component parties are just a decoy/puppet used by UMNO to control the public. How many times have UMNO threatened the other party leaders not to question the remarks made by UMNO? We have Hishamuddin and Khairy being the loudest, barking without directions. Where else can we find such people (read ANIMALS) if not Malaysia? They are just using the Malay sentiments to joust themselves to victory. Such losers.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com