Are We Just Going to Waste Away as a Nation?
The nation’s prognosis is not that hopeful as going from the slew of international reports on various aspects of nation building we are moving backwards or stagnating.
Just consider the following:
Transparency International Index
Times Education Rankings
UM made a quantum plunge of 80 places in the 200 top universities.
Corruption Index
Bank Islam scandal
Failure of privatisation projects like MAS, Renong, Bank Bumi and other unknown deals that have cost Malaysians billions of ringgit.
All our maladies did not occur overnight and the present leadership is trying hard to find a just way out of our problems.
Since it has taken many to reach this low, it will also take years for us to be able to compete in the global village.
No one group in the country is able to provide all the answers. We have had the same government since independence 48 years ago and maybe the old ways cannot work any more.
Even China has swept away the old way of thinking and their leaders have been able to adapt new ideas to establish a thriving market-driven economy.
Malaysia has achieved some success too but somewhere along the road to modernisation, some leaders have succumbed to the temptations of power and the citizens too were too complacent and allowed all types of malpractice to escape unchallenged.
If we are to avoid slipping further in other competitive indicators, ALL Malaysians will need to work and cooperate so that the wishes of the citizens and not just vested interests are looked after.
In times of a national crisis, it may be useful if the government of the day appoints suitable persons who may not belong to their political grouping to certain ministries so that we can find a faster way out of the impasse.
Even if one commands 90% of the seats in Parliament, it does not mean that one can produce the best national team to help protect the nation in a period of crisis. We really need a government of national unity.
God help us all!
Photo: http://www.journeymalaysia.com/pics_elephant%20centre/DERAILED.JPG
posted by H J Angus @ 12:21 am
2 Comments:
a bit out of topic. That pic seems familiar. Did you pick it from the old history book? Cause if my eyes are not deceiving me, I think that's from the chapter about komunis insurgency in Malaya. Btw...has the sejarah book changed...When I was in secondary school about 5 years back it was different (could still use hand me down books from my elder sis).
suresh
Not sure about history books but pic is from the net as shown at the bottom of the article.
Just do a google on "derailments."
vtpandir
I guess if the watchman is sleeping, the thieves will cart away all the goods!
The job of oversight of banks is not easy and requires strict compliance with the rules and regulations.
I agree they should have been discovered earlier.
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