Malaysia is inundated with policies that “look good on paper” whereas the real challenge lies in effective implementation have 70 agencies that provide some sort of skills training, and 35 agencies that provide SME support programmes. “This proliferation and fragmentation hinder implementation. Because of this successive fragmentation, people don’t know where to go to seek assistance, and it perpetuates inequalities. The learning poverty rate in the country is at 40%, higher than most countries in the region.“If you don’t get the schooling right, especially at the early primary and pre-schooling stage, you’re not going to get much (results in improving the country’s productivity growth),”
Prof knows the landscape well. I like his statement “despite all these, we have a vibrant SME and a growing Malay middle class”. To get started, we do need the will to go down this path of betterment and a shared vision among the Rakyat.
The conversation certainly put a spotlight on the hidden wealth of resources we have in the people left behind. The fact that there is a black parallel economy in operation is a testament to human ingenuity and the art of survival, when all avenue fails. Life goes on and it is the force that is delivering the change to Malaysia. Thank you for this conversation. Cheers!
Saya tidak tahu mengapa orang enndiia ini menangis untuk reformasi di seberang! Perlahan dimaklumkan dan diisi. Pencuri inilah yang membawa rancangan palsu Dasar Timur. Amat mudah untuk mereka menunjukkan satu muka dan menggunakan kkonspirassi dan agama secara ppolitiikk untuk melantik badut yang sesuai dengan mereka. Pendek kata, enndiia kini melakukan kerja brritish selepas merdeka. & expnsn
cheers from PENNSYLVANIA 😂 the reform oat to take place ! everything is fine , EXCEPT how & when to get it done , by WHO , have the citizen chosen the good leader to do it for the country😮
In Malaysia, all big or small government affiliated projects will involved a ‘middle person’ to get a cut. It can be the politician or the businessman with ties with bumi- tenders(cronies). That's why you see all government tenders has significantly ‘mark-up’ their proposal. Depending on the deals or who was involved,
I think before we discuss anything about government policy, it's important to understand that the fundamental of any policy has to take into consideration the human factor. And that's what is lacking in this interview. What the professor reads from some books, articles, and research papers is often time very much different than the real world. That's why rarely if ever any government policy produced the outcome that it intended while the unintended outcomes are plentiful. When the professor talks about the State, it's as if the State is a person. The State is not a person, the State is a collective of politicians and bureaucrats that each has their own individual interest that often times in conflicts among themselves. Each administration is often more busy negotiating among themselves to retain their power and interest and I wonder how the professors could think that they would have time for the Rakyat. I personally think that government policy will only produce 2 outcomes. Either the policy will incentivize the Rakyat to be independent of the government or it will encourage the Rakyat to be dependent on the government. Tepuk dada tanya selera, which one is the aim of our gov policy for the past 65 years? One point that the Professor accurately pointed out is our poor education system. Our gov has been lowering our education standard just so that ministers can boast that Malaysia has a high percentage of graduates. The purpose of public education fundamentally should focus on 2 things. The ability to tell right from wrong and the ability to solve problems. Sadly public education produces none of these traits. That's why private schools are booming all across the country. Driven by one shared value that unites Malaysians across race and religion - high-quality education. However, what is the government's policy in education for the past few years under PH? Massive budget to upgrade the school facade, give free breakfast, change the color of school shoes, free Wifi, free tablets, and abolish UPSR and PMR but nothing to increase the standard of education. In fact, some Sabahan students have to bring a civil suit against the absentee teacher for missing class for 7 months. And instead of firing the teacher immediately and settling the suit, MOE decided to fight the students in court and lost. So I'm just wondering where the Professor got all this optimism in thinking that all our problems will be solved if we just elect the right people for the job given that this happened under a new government. Beautiful policies and manifestos are only beautiful to read, the real world is run by human self-interest.
The professor is trying to balance out what he saw which is positive and what he thinks should be done. To be frank, the whole infrastructure starting from our education need reforms and restructuring. Starting from people, unfortunately those politicians are not with you as they gave other priorities, even our PMX.
I'm amazed at the striking similarities of thinking between our prominent economists Prof Terence Gomez and Prof Jomo Sundaram. Malaysia is so lucky to have these two giants.
When one puts the heart toward the people and society, one will become color blind as one realises there is really little differences among us. The only bias one may have is toward those who thinks otherwise and impedes the progress of the nation. Malaysia is blessed with resources and we can continue to count the blessings if we work toward a better society.
Lucky what ? Did they help me to clear the rubbish in my house? Unlucky to have them. Because all they can do is eat, shit and sleep. This is the reason many Malaysian is suffering with many health problems. Didn't exercise. People talking about eating too much sugary drinks and tasty food is the cause of health issues. How ever they forget today Malaysian don't exercise enough.
😅😅😅 that's why system democracy likely are multiple flowers instead of multiple problems n issues too , once lose focus u are in the side of dangerous brink can easily causing u falling apart n bye2 !!!??? 👍👍👍👏👏👏🙄🙄🙄🤔🤔🤔
Chanting slogans of reformation useless translated into real action. As the saying goes, A preacher must practise what he preaches, Otherwise ,he will suffer trust deficit, something a politician cannot afford. Voters are watching closely.
Would love to hear your views on the Sarawak issues with PH 1.0 that causes them to move away from supporting pakatan Harapan. We only know base on what has been reported in the media, issues such as payment of federal debts for repairs of schools, JKKK, no airtime on national TV that causes them to setup TVS, unfulfill promise of 20% oil royalty, the Petronas court issue, amongst some of them. Not to mention that Anthony Loke have to personally fly in to appologise to Sarawak when they decided to backed PN in forming the federal government after the 15th general election. These would make up a good discourse for part 2 of the Sheraton move discussion.
A good view abt the role of the state by gomez.. and the primary attention to the people. But the question of changing the education system is something thats always talked abt but most problematic to tackle..
That was very true what was said by Pro Terence the lost times & opportunities by Malaysia was the repercussions of certain long standing gov especially under M his twist and turns of using religion and race which he is still playing even in this stage .
Perhaps, Professor Terence Gomez Prof. Tajuddin Radsi, and some others can establish an online university for undergraduates. Sarawak will definitely welcome such a university.
We need to revamp the education system. Bring English as the medium of instruction. We have to start now because in order to be a society to compete & participate in the industries, economy & technology in the future. Bring back meritocracy & not Bumiputra quota be given priority that overrides the opportunities for other eligible candidates to get an equal opportunity in education.
We have the English medium system implemented after Merdeka (1957 - 1960) but was dismantled by the Malay centric politician in favour of Malay national curriculum emphasising the Malay language medium. From then on usage of Malay language profiliated tremendously but their mastery of English suffers equally tremendously...
Just going to pen some of my key thoughts and recommendations Thoughts 1. NEP has tremendously failed, more so post 1990 as NEP is totally irrelevant and must have a new "high level" economic model to promote growth, happiness and prosperity 2. A lot of the problems with these "poor" states you mentioned are also due to their own people fault. They voted for not just the most incompetent, useless bunch of people but, also the most extreme. It's like you know poison is bad and can kill you, yet you swallow. 3. Unfortunately, in all countries, more so a multi-racial progressive democracy like Malaysia, politics will be there and can be very prevalent. That's the fact, and in some ways, this diversity can be good for the country as well. Recommendations 1. Malaysia must now take an "uncompromising" approach where focus is on 100% merit, good values and technology to rapidly progress whilst at the same time, government in particular must allocate maximum of 30% of the money, time, effort and expertise to helping people, communities and companies that need the most regardless of race/ethnicity. 2. The current coalition government must go much further to attract the poorer states to join in, by highlighting the benefits they will get whilst at the same time, eradicate religious extremist and stupidity in the country, which are primarily found in these states anyway. 3. Malaysia must TRIPLE down on domestic SME's given that they constitute a very high majority of the jobs and companies in this country. Provide funding is a key part because for a SME, RM1mil funding/loan is a life saver which can propel the company to great heights in the long term but, for big companies, it may just be a bonus for 1 CEO. Additionally, have to go all out to help them in terms of networks and knowledge/talents.
how long the quota system has been on ? is it 65 years 😮 ! when can we take away the quota system ? does the quota system japotize a lot of unfortunate talented citizen ! who is to blame ! the people chosen leader , why u chose them
The whole session was very informative and factual. Chuang, I have also heard/watched several other interviews with other experts. In this session, you mentioned that Indian economy is in a mess. I have been hearing that India's GDP is one of the fastest growing in this region. Could you clarify your remarks that I mentioned above.
Govt should be in the business of facilitating SMEs to become successful corporations. Instead the GLC which are Govt owned are competing with the SMEs and then becoming a burden to the country's budget
Barely managed to get halfway and stopped. These two going round in circles and completely ignoring to state the essentials. 1957 document explains why so much of today is why it is how it is. Total silence on this from the duo. Why are the states mentioned as fallen behind in that condition? Total silence. Performance of governance? Why is it so poorly executed? Total silence. Middle class mentioned but silence on its composition which had they done that would explain a lot of why performance is high in some areas and poor in others, but again silence. Oh, dear, had one had the discipline to trudge to the end what other comments might have poured out, no idea. Black economy mentioned as the largest portion of the economy but nil discussion on where it is. Gargantuan corruption of, by and for the elites not mentioned, in first half anyway. The fundamental change in the mindset of those taking centre stage compared to the two generations from 1957, which will profoundly impact the next two generations not mentioned. Yes I can go on, but it’s best to stop. Enough is enough. Good Night.
The quota system is beyond serving its usefulness. It is way past time to reassess its usefulness and how it helps this society now to push Malaysia forward. We now have a lopsided system that has pandered to a group who depend extensively on hand outs to survive and it has enabled a corrupt elite who have bankrupted the people. The bad politics that excludes the brightest, heavy focus on religiosity and forced brain drain over 60 years has pushed Malaysia out of being an Asian tiger. That dream cannot be achieved now. Others can learn from the mistakes of Malaysia in ASEAN to become Asian tigers. THAT ONCE ACHIEVABLE DREAM LOST, LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE APARTHEID POLICIES. Malaysians are now fighting to push this country upwards in a background of corruption, cronies and segregation by race.
I'm following closely the Indonesian elections, and if Pak Anies became president (with his "Perubahan" team) this June and all the reforms and policies that are promised by "Paslon" no 1 are implemented, Indonesia's reform will leave us behind. The points that Prof Gomez highlighted vibrates with the current lethargy. Rethinking and implementation of fresh policies for Malaysia is a must.
@@kokteongtan278 the civil service employs more people from Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, and Perlis thus their political believes and influence is much greater when they migrate to other states when voting in elections, and the status quo will change for an Islamic state ruled-government.
Malaysia is a very rich resource country but you must know how to dig whereas Singapore has nothing yet 3 1/2 time powerful. Why Education, honesty,broad minded, far thinking,conservative and finally no corruption. Just recently one Singapore minister resign after being caught on corruption. Can we do the same. We have very intelligent and intellectual ministers but the opposition discourages in achieving the goals. Its better Dato Sri Anwar puts a firm stand use dictatorship to make Malaysia a roaring Tiger again
The big problem is that most of the Malaysian national leaders resist to reform their mindset , in terms of greed , power , wealth , selfishness , etc. They are not concerned about the well-being of the people ....
The majority speak by itself So cant blame d leader as they given such luxury do so We r heading into pakistan direction whether u like it or not Dont like step off d bus n go singapore work Johor will b like mexico - US Syed saddiq is 1 example of MP if u talk n do differently Once d system collapse then only can restart Juz like history of plenty fail civilization
Just going to pen some of my key thoughts and recommendations Thoughts 1. NEP has tremendously failed, more so post 1990 as NEP is totally irrelevant and must have a new "high level" economic model to promote growth, happiness and prosperity 2. A lot of the problems with these "poor" states you mentioned are also due to their own people fault. They voted for not just the most incompetent, useless bunch of people but, also the most extreme. It's like you know poison is bad and can kill you, yet you swallow. 3. Unfortunately, in all countries, more so a multi-racial progressive democracy like Malaysia, politics will be there and can be very prevalent. That's the fact, and in some ways, this diversity can be good for the country as well. Recommendations 1. Malaysia must now take an "uncompromising" approach where focus is on 100% merit, good values and technology to rapidly progress whilst at the same time, government in particular must allocate maximum of 30% of the money, time, effort and expertise to helping people, communities and companies that need the most regardless of race/ethnicity. 2. The current coalition government must go much further to attract the poorer states to join in, by highlighting the benefits they will get whilst at the same time, eradicate religious extremist and stupidity in the country, which are primarily found in these states anyway. 3. Malaysia must TRIPLE down on domestic SME's given that they constitute a very high majority of the jobs and companies in this country. Provide funding is a key part because for a SME, RM1mil funding/loan is a life saver which can propel the company to great heights in the long term but, for big companies, it may just be a bonus for 1 CEO. Additionally, have to go all out to help them in terms of networks and knowledge/talents.
A recent incident where a top Indian student at a local public university boldly raised the issue of meritocracy in his speech at an award ceremony shows that it is time for the government to start moving towards meritocracy, It was the right platform to raise the issue although many would not agree with me, how much longer is the government going to abuse the system enough of enough.
About metricoty if let say son of doctor and son of supermarket both study for medical exam, one them had his whole life approtunities to study and get more help after school to prepare for exam, while the son of supermarket had to study with out any extra help, is it really meritocracy if one them got in and the other didn't?
‘Malaysia needs reforms’ It had been said many, many times in many, many ways. When races, religions, nepotism & corruptions are the obstacles in politics, the country will not be able to move forward.
everything including reform takes time. lotsa engagement and discussion need to take place for rakyat to understand. otherwise it will fail eg icerd ratification that brought about alot of uneasiness. political stability also very important to undertake reforms, unless we may see alot of govt change. so pls give time and discuss first to kick start it
In Malaysia, if you want good economy, is very simple : one good example is look to (1) Penang's economy history and (2) corruption free. The rest of the goods will fall in line. The change of 2018 political landscape didn't materialise because we had a pseudo and wolf in sheep's clothing leader who maliciously turned everything upside down until we now have 👍 the perpaduan madani government under PMX. Another good example is to look to our southern neighbourhood, Singapore 🇸🇬 👍 and their English language for all segments.
Yes Malaysia is like a Kampung style mentality. Too much politics & egos running non stop across all matters. Should focus more on steering the ship in the right direction & bring everybody across.
Everybody knows that changes takes time even take generation, what is worrying is that we did not plant even a seed for changes. More worrying is we don't see the seed of changes. Should we worried? Nah, we should panicking.
Malaysia is really struggling with the English language & it’s not just the majority ethnic group. Most younger generations Malaysian Chinese struggle with English too. They were mostly educated in Chinese schools.
There needs to be an overhaul of the system if we hope to compete with the rest of the world. But seeing how the education system has always been used as a political tool, any hopes of such a prospect would be untenable. Its a stupid system because of too many exams, and the exams are written badly. Students only know how to memorise, not think.
If Malaysia need a serious Reform is to UNITE ALL THE RAKYAT with the ONLY BEST WAY is...Put all Students of all races together into ONE SCHOOL just like in the After Independent Day where the young school children Mix freely with each other even sit next to each other regardless of what their Religions are...
Malaysia has a Rampant Corruption Problem … if Malaysia is serious about tackling this Serious Problem, maybe consider introducing Whistleblower Legislation… Not Only Protection for Whistleblower & Family But also Monetary Reward for Whistleblower… Less Talk , More Action…Then Watch heads Roll … 😂
It’s problem that Non Malays who feel discriminated against in Malaysia see China in glorious lights. As a matter of fact, most Chinese, especially the youths, believe the Chinese economy is heading a wrong direction.
The. Chinese and Indian hav lost the Malaysian identities.. Studying China oriented history., where as Chinese in malaya contributed more to the Chinese community. Losing their mother tongue to Mandarin. Great China.. Great India. China or India first. No longer having the botol kicap, makan babi and bodoh mentality. No more laughing at samy velu, Gafar baba and chua soi lek
Singapore is a small country. If compare to KL, or even Klang Valley, we are not far behind. Singapore rich because people put money there. If anything happen, investors will pull out the money.
U are welcome to contribute Economic reforms in Malaysia for the sake of nation progression. But stay clear from provoking the stability of Malays and Islamic rule in Malaysia.
Malaysia needs to promote minimalist living, STARTING with our POLITICIANS, Politicians have to stop their lavish lifestyle, live like ordinary Rakyat lives. Everything else is MOOT, Only if our politicians starting with PM dont change, noting is going to change
How to change and reform when Dr. M is still rocking the boat and using the racial and religious issues to cause ripples and waves in the Malaysian Parliament? $350 billions in debt. 70 over years of entrenched power and secular rights. Too much in-fighting and power grabs. PM Anwar is having a very tough time like "one is against all and all is against one". If the majority does not believe that Malaysia is for the Malaysians, then forever the racial and religious gaps in the society will not gel together. Very sad indeed.
The old Tun gav out opportunity to Chinese taukeh and formed Malay middle class from kampung. The current is struggling to maintain the Malay middle class. Now Malay middle class is squeezed and they starts to b influenced by religious extremist. Chinese and Indian r also squeezed by the shrinking of urban middle class. Middle class starts to dwindle from M40 to B40. Rising cost of living. Subsidized goods is reduced to almost none in this March 2024. Chinese and Indian think D Malay is at fault. Vice versa. Worse, Malay pre-1990 elite started to b prosecuted but the Chinese and Indian r not. The current government is not doing it rite plus with all those scandalous head of agencies and ministries,
Agree wit a lot of things the prof said but I don't think he is familiar with the public health services. I think it is one of the shining lights in the Malaysian sytem. I've been through the public health system in India, Singapore and the US. The Malaysian system is the best so far. India & US are the pits. Ordinary Americans can't afford private doctors and many self medicate. Singapore is thorough but VERY expensive. In Malaysia, I can afford private doctors but I prefer to go to public hospitals beacause their medicines are better, they dont prescribe things you dont need just to pad the bill. Many of the doctors in the pblic hospitals are compassionate, they dont see you just as a customer and some even call you up if you miss an important appointment. You do have some bad apples but they are the minority. What I am afraid of is the lobby among some private doctors who want government hospitals to charge highe fees so that they can get more business.
I disagree with Terence Gomez. Whilst I agree a semblance of a middle class was "created" out of the NEP policies, this class has withered from the 1980s onwards or became self-interest with aggrandizement, mostly on taxes and state subsidies. There is not one strata of the middle class but three. It's so easy to forget this social structure. Moreover, this middle class, at different junctures, fed into the policies of ill-distribution of economic growth and development. The top two strata survived well and saw modest to substantive growth in their real salaries. They were comfortable and remain comfortable today despite the high rate of inflation, which, if official statistics can be believed, is somewhere between 1.5 to 1.8%, while the official interest rate still holds at 3%. At least on paper, then, the middle class is doing relatively well compared to working class, the under-employed and the unemployed. But, realistically, is this true? Because if it is, if GDP figures can be believed (or trusted), why then is there such a continuous need by the Malay state to inject more and more subsidies of income and price floors and even price ceilings to pare back popular feelings of resentment against the state for not for enough for the so-called "people", the so-called rakyat? But which "people"? Which "rakyat"? And so we go back to the original question: Whatever happened to Malaysia's so-called middle class after 1981 (and since then)? My guess is, foremost, it has become more ideologised and more politicised. Which then needs an answer as to who -- mostly -- constitutes the middle class and where do they operate -- the private sector or the public sector?
1. Are you talking, about or only for the middle class or are you talking about the real poor in Malaysia? 2. Singaporeans are generally more than happy even the poor. A cleaner can travel all over the world habitually. They have enough. They are spoilt. Some are somewhat unhappy because they expected more. The Singapore government have done a lot for all including the real poor.
Reforming the country across the board after the huge past damages 💔 of the country through political corruption is not simple, easy, seamless, or short-term. Some constitutional laws are myopically discriminatory and outdated, such as the NEP....
Plant edible food trees in all govt landscapes...mee goreng mamak gone up from rm 6 to rm 9 in some places...perhaps plant breadfruit all over the country which could be made into mee noodles/ mee segera....sori gangguye boss....wsslm wbt...
In News, government gave so much fund to companies. In reality, it's not. Similar MCO time by leveraging bank go for moratorium and telling public government this fund billions to help rakyat but in actual fact the bank moratororium is charging interest to pay back 😂
Time has proven that Lee Kuan yew is supreme statesman than mahathiar.... Malaysia has so much resources and yet the currency can't compare to Singapore.... Malaysian are divided according to races.... What a joke
He compare Malaysia & other rising economy nations & wonder what went wrong. Very obvious. Malaysia rely & employing too many foreign workers. Korea & Japan rely on their own people . Malaysian are not ‘berkorban untuk negara ‘ .
Reforms are fine. But, changing white shoes to black shoes for school children is no big deal.The structure needs reform in education as echoed by many educationists time and again.
Reduce the number of ministries, grp the major problems , put the brain to work.. targets timed to net the results expected.. merit based institutional set up needed
The biggest hurdle is the politicians whether they are the government or the opposition. Politicians only worry about getting elected again and again. The voters vote them in again and again as if the politicians are angels. Regardless who is in power, nobody dares to touch those monopolistic enterprises or concessions. Who dares to switch to a meritocracy system at the expense of the votes? We have most of the dumb MPs voted in by dumb voters.
😅 You can talk till the cows come home 😅 Nothing is gonna change as long as everything is racialised by the 50 % of the population. You know which 50% I am talking about 😅. No prize for guessing.
The problem with malaysia is no will power to change to improve the country the problem 3R.... Malaysia is rich country...vast land but cannot supply enough rice. Twisting turning end up customer end up losing paying about 100% from. Rm26/10 kg to rm43/10kg. .
My pessimistic view. The Prof missed 2 main realities. No: 1 merit-based Malaysian Malaysia policy is out of question and cannot be compromised as this policy will put the non-Malays in top positions elbowing out the Malays. No:2, Malays must uphold power, no matter how ignominious as it sounds, race politic are here to stay putting all the prof's wonderful ideas to the back burners.
The reality is, no mater if the non Malays are more successful, the difference is that they will create more job opportunities for all, pay more taxes and also most of the workers will be Malays as not enough non Malays to fill the jobs and not all have the skills required. These days many Malays are well educated too so many jobs will be filled by these Malays.
Just going to pen some of my key thoughts and recommendations Thoughts 1. NEP has tremendously failed, more so post 1990 as NEP is totally irrelevant and must have a new "high level" economic model to promote growth, happiness and prosperity 2. A lot of the problems with these "poor" states you mentioned are also due to their own people fault. They voted for not just the most incompetent, useless bunch of people but, also the most extreme. It's like you know poison is bad and can kill you, yet you swallow. 3. Unfortunately, in all countries, more so a multi-racial progressive democracy like Malaysia, politics will be there and can be very prevalent. That's the fact, and in some ways, this diversity can be good for the country as well. Recommendations 1. Malaysia must now take an "uncompromising" approach where focus is on 100% merit, good values and technology to rapidly progress whilst at the same time, government in particular must allocate maximum of 30% of the money, time, effort and expertise to helping people, communities and companies that need the most regardless of race/ethnicity. 2. The current coalition government must go much further to attract the poorer states to join in, by highlighting the benefits they will get whilst at the same time, eradicate religious extremist and stupidity in the country, which are primarily found in these states anyway. 3. Malaysia must TRIPLE down on domestic SME's given that they constitute a very high majority of the jobs and companies in this country. Provide funding is a key part because for a SME, RM1mil funding/loan is a life saver which can propel the company to great heights in the long term but, for big companies, it may just be a bonus for 1 CEO. Additionally, have to go all out to help them in terms of networks and knowledge/talents.
UM Faculty WAS the BEST in MY/World. Now with MERITOCRASY DEFUNCT IN MY - The role of the State and Religion is NOT separated. The State run by Politicians who do not have the skills to deliver "anything" except their "pockets". Civil Servants were graduates with irrelevant degrees. DIGITALISATION will be ONE Reform. Prof is narrating history is worryingly irrelevant. Black Market in MY is a "ruse" - does not exist or is it corruption. WE DO NOT WANT THE STATE TO INTERFENE in Malaysia like Singapore. Let the Free Market decide the market forces. The State can promote a Policy Framework ONLY. Democrasy is Hopeless for MY and we NEED Proportional Representation (a model from Ireland). First past the post is not workable. The Prof is WRONG again. No Person can act as MP for more than 2 Terms. Why not? Quality of Education and the MCA Run Examinations MUST be scrapped. Race and opportunities is modern day SLAVERY.
Oh this guy is so uncouth in many instances. The comment about President Xi is really unbecoming.. Yet proclaimed that have been to China recently. Not that I'm pro Xi but Singapore gov commented that China cabinet is one of the most meritocracy and capable in the world! If u want to comment such way so it privately not in here. So uncalled for. Hope it helps.
But the young Bhutanese are not exactly happy caused they could not find jobs in their own country and many are leaving the country to find jobs! You need to find the balance.
Malaysia is inundated with policies that “look good on paper” whereas the real challenge lies in effective implementation have 70 agencies that provide some sort of skills training, and 35 agencies that provide SME support programmes.
“This proliferation and fragmentation hinder implementation. Because of this successive fragmentation, people don’t know where to go to seek assistance, and it perpetuates inequalities.
The learning poverty rate in the country is at 40%, higher than most countries in the region.“If you don’t get the schooling right, especially at the early primary and pre-schooling stage, you’re not going to get much (results in improving the country’s productivity growth),”
Prof knows the landscape well. I like his statement “despite all these, we have a vibrant SME and a growing Malay middle class”. To get started, we do need the will to go down this path of betterment and a shared vision among the Rakyat.
The conversation certainly put a spotlight on the hidden wealth of resources we have in the people left behind. The fact that there is a black parallel economy in operation is a testament to human ingenuity and the art of survival, when all avenue fails. Life goes on and it is the force that is delivering the change to Malaysia. Thank you for this conversation. Cheers!
I thoroughly enjoyed this exchange and dialogue between two Malaysian intellectuals. Cheers from Pennsylvania, USA. ❤🎉,🇲🇾🇲🇾👏🙏👍🇺🇲🇺🇲
Saya tidak tahu mengapa orang enndiia ini menangis untuk reformasi di seberang! Perlahan dimaklumkan dan diisi.
Pencuri inilah yang membawa rancangan palsu Dasar Timur. Amat mudah untuk mereka menunjukkan satu muka dan menggunakan kkonspirassi dan agama secara ppolitiikk untuk melantik badut yang sesuai dengan mereka. Pendek kata, enndiia kini melakukan kerja brritish selepas merdeka. & expnsn
cheers from PENNSYLVANIA
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the reform oat to take place !
everything is fine , EXCEPT how & when to get it done ,
by WHO , have the citizen chosen the good leader to do it for the country😮
In Malaysia, all big or small government affiliated projects will involved a ‘middle person’ to get a cut. It can be the politician or the businessman with ties with bumi- tenders(cronies). That's why you see all government tenders has significantly ‘mark-up’ their proposal. Depending on the deals or who was involved,
I think before we discuss anything about government policy, it's important to understand that the fundamental of any policy has to take into consideration the human factor. And that's what is lacking in this interview. What the professor reads from some books, articles, and research papers is often time very much different than the real world. That's why rarely if ever any government policy produced the outcome that it intended while the unintended outcomes are plentiful. When the professor talks about the State, it's as if the State is a person. The State is not a person, the State is a collective of politicians and bureaucrats that each has their own individual interest that often times in conflicts among themselves. Each administration is often more busy negotiating among themselves to retain their power and interest and I wonder how the professors could think that they would have time for the Rakyat.
I personally think that government policy will only produce 2 outcomes. Either the policy will incentivize the Rakyat to be independent of the government or it will encourage the Rakyat to be dependent on the government. Tepuk dada tanya selera, which one is the aim of our gov policy for the past 65 years?
One point that the Professor accurately pointed out is our poor education system. Our gov has been lowering our education standard just so that ministers can boast that Malaysia has a high percentage of graduates. The purpose of public education fundamentally should focus on 2 things. The ability to tell right from wrong and the ability to solve problems. Sadly public education produces none of these traits. That's why private schools are booming all across the country. Driven by one shared value that unites Malaysians across race and religion - high-quality education. However, what is the government's policy in education for the past few years under PH? Massive budget to upgrade the school facade, give free breakfast, change the color of school shoes, free Wifi, free tablets, and abolish UPSR and PMR but nothing to increase the standard of education. In fact, some Sabahan students have to bring a civil suit against the absentee teacher for missing class for 7 months. And instead of firing the teacher immediately and settling the suit, MOE decided to fight the students in court and lost. So I'm just wondering where the Professor got all this optimism in thinking that all our problems will be solved if we just elect the right people for the job given that this happened under a new government.
Beautiful policies and manifestos are only beautiful to read, the real world is run by human self-interest.
Yes, Cakap tak serupa bikin is what comes to mind.
You nailed it on the head, bro..👍
The professor is trying to balance out what he saw which is positive and what he thinks should be done. To be frank, the whole infrastructure starting from our education need reforms and restructuring. Starting from people, unfortunately those politicians are not with you as they gave other priorities, even our PMX.
I'm amazed at the striking similarities of thinking between our prominent economists Prof Terence Gomez and Prof Jomo Sundaram. Malaysia is so lucky to have these two giants.
When one puts the heart toward the people and society, one will become color blind as one realises there is really little differences among us. The only bias one may have is toward those who thinks otherwise and impedes the progress of the nation. Malaysia is blessed with resources and we can continue to count the blessings if we work toward a better society.
But they were ignored by the elites that run the government.
Lucky what ? Did they help me to clear the rubbish in my house? Unlucky to have them. Because all they can do is eat, shit and sleep. This is the reason many Malaysian is suffering with many health problems. Didn't exercise. People talking about eating too much sugary drinks and tasty food is the cause of health issues. How ever they forget today Malaysian don't exercise enough.
Great Super speech
Excellent. Well presented.
Politics is the art of possibilities while balancing all things, to not create tsunamis and reduce trauma to the minimum....
😅😅😅 that's why system democracy likely are multiple flowers instead of multiple problems n issues too , once lose focus u are in the side of dangerous brink can easily causing u falling apart n bye2 !!!??? 👍👍👍👏👏👏🙄🙄🙄🤔🤔🤔
Thank you for this interview. Gives Malaysia new hope
🙄 hope?…talk is cheap!
Excellent points which our leaders are either intellectually or morally incapable of grasping or doing.
Chanting slogans of reformation useless translated into real action. As the saying goes, A preacher must practise what he preaches, Otherwise ,he will suffer trust deficit, something a politician cannot afford. Voters are watching closely.
Excellent pointers by the professor totally agree with him.
Interesting discussion...
Would love to hear your views on the Sarawak issues with PH 1.0 that causes them to move away from supporting pakatan Harapan. We only know base on what has been reported in the media, issues such as payment of federal debts for repairs of schools, JKKK, no airtime on national TV that causes them to setup TVS, unfulfill promise of 20% oil royalty, the Petronas court issue, amongst some of them. Not to mention that Anthony Loke have to personally fly in to appologise to Sarawak when they decided to backed PN in forming the federal government after the 15th general election.
These would make up a good discourse for part 2 of the Sheraton move discussion.
A good view abt the role of the state by gomez.. and the primary attention to the people.
But the question of changing the education system is something thats always talked abt but most problematic to tackle..
That was very true what was said by Pro Terence the lost times & opportunities by Malaysia was the repercussions of certain long standing gov especially under M his twist and turns of using religion and race which he is still playing even in this stage .
Perhaps, Professor Terence Gomez Prof. Tajuddin Radsi, and some others can establish an online university for undergraduates. Sarawak will definitely welcome such a university.
We need to revamp the education system. Bring English as the medium of instruction. We have to start now because in order to be a society to compete & participate in the industries, economy & technology in the future. Bring back meritocracy & not Bumiputra quota be given priority that overrides the opportunities for other eligible candidates to get an equal opportunity in education.
One would be myopic indeed if the assumption is that the quota system is still in place - it's been dismantled eons ago, Peeps
We have the English medium system implemented after Merdeka (1957 - 1960) but was dismantled by the Malay centric politician in favour of Malay national curriculum emphasising the Malay language medium. From then on usage of Malay language profiliated tremendously but their mastery of English suffers equally tremendously...
Just going to pen some of my key thoughts and recommendations
Thoughts
1. NEP has tremendously failed, more so post 1990 as NEP is totally irrelevant and must have a new "high level" economic model to promote growth, happiness and prosperity
2. A lot of the problems with these "poor" states you mentioned are also due to their own people fault. They voted for not just the most incompetent, useless bunch of people but, also the most extreme. It's like you know poison is bad and can kill you, yet you swallow.
3. Unfortunately, in all countries, more so a multi-racial progressive democracy like Malaysia, politics will be there and can be very prevalent. That's the fact, and in some ways, this diversity can be good for the country as well.
Recommendations
1. Malaysia must now take an "uncompromising" approach where focus is on 100% merit, good values and technology to rapidly progress whilst at the same time, government in particular must allocate maximum of 30% of the money, time, effort and expertise to helping people, communities and companies that need the most regardless of race/ethnicity.
2. The current coalition government must go much further to attract the poorer states to join in, by highlighting the benefits they will get whilst at the same time, eradicate religious extremist and stupidity in the country, which are primarily found in these states anyway.
3. Malaysia must TRIPLE down on domestic SME's given that they constitute a very high majority of the jobs and companies in this country. Provide funding is a key part because for a SME, RM1mil funding/loan is a life saver which can propel the company to great heights in the long term but, for big companies, it may just be a bonus for 1 CEO. Additionally, have to go all out to help them in terms of networks and knowledge/talents.
how long the quota system has been on ? is it 65 years 😮 !
when can we take away the quota system ? does the quota system japotize a lot of
unfortunate talented citizen !
who is to blame ! the people chosen leader , why u chose them
I agree with the Prof views..
Quiet agreed,well said and explained.
The whole session was very informative and factual. Chuang, I have also heard/watched several other interviews with other experts. In this session, you mentioned that Indian economy is in a mess. I have been hearing that India's GDP is one of the fastest growing in this region. Could you clarify your remarks that I mentioned above.
Govt should be in the business of facilitating SMEs to become successful corporations. Instead the GLC which are Govt owned are competing with the SMEs and then becoming a burden to the country's budget
Barely managed to get halfway and stopped. These two going round in circles and completely ignoring to state the essentials. 1957 document explains why so much of today is why it is how it is. Total silence on this from the duo. Why are the states mentioned as fallen behind in that condition? Total silence. Performance of governance? Why is it so poorly executed? Total silence. Middle class mentioned but silence on its composition which had they done that would explain a lot of why performance is high in some areas and poor in others, but again silence. Oh, dear, had one had the discipline to trudge to the end what other comments might have poured out, no idea. Black economy mentioned as the largest portion of the economy but nil discussion on where it is. Gargantuan corruption of, by and for the elites not mentioned, in first half anyway. The fundamental change in the mindset of those taking centre stage compared to the two generations from 1957, which will profoundly impact the next two generations not mentioned. Yes I can go on, but it’s best to stop. Enough is enough. Good Night.
Exactly.
The quota system is beyond serving its usefulness. It is way past time to reassess its usefulness and how it helps this society now to push Malaysia forward. We now have a lopsided system that has pandered to a group who depend extensively on hand outs to survive and it has enabled a corrupt elite who have bankrupted the people. The bad politics that excludes the brightest, heavy focus on religiosity and forced brain drain over 60 years has pushed Malaysia out of being an Asian tiger. That dream cannot be achieved now. Others can learn from the mistakes of Malaysia in ASEAN to become Asian tigers. THAT ONCE ACHIEVABLE DREAM LOST, LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE APARTHEID POLICIES. Malaysians are now fighting to push this country upwards in a background of corruption, cronies and segregation by race.
True we need alot of reforms in d administration of d country
I'm following closely the Indonesian elections, and if Pak Anies became president (with his "Perubahan" team) this June and all the reforms and policies that are promised by "Paslon" no 1 are implemented, Indonesia's reform will leave us behind. The points that Prof Gomez highlighted vibrates with the current lethargy. Rethinking and implementation of fresh policies for Malaysia is a must.
with our education system .......... that what happen in northern & east coast states, it"s just starting to go down lower. How to change ?????
haha, anies is just sweet talk....he destroyed jakarta...
it is difficult when talking to the wall!!
They need to think of income disparity first
@@kokteongtan278 the civil service employs more people from Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, and Perlis thus their political believes and influence is much greater when they migrate to other states when voting in elections, and the status quo will change for an Islamic state ruled-government.
I think after hearing this vibrant talk this should be give some thought n implication to improve this economy which is going down the drain
Malaysia is a very rich resource country but you must know how to dig whereas Singapore has nothing yet 3 1/2 time powerful. Why Education, honesty,broad minded, far thinking,conservative and finally no corruption. Just recently one Singapore minister resign after being caught on corruption. Can we do the same. We have very intelligent and intellectual ministers but the opposition discourages in achieving the goals. Its better Dato Sri Anwar puts a firm stand use dictatorship to make Malaysia a roaring Tiger again
The big problem is that most of the Malaysian national leaders resist to reform their mindset , in terms of greed , power , wealth , selfishness , etc. They are not concerned about the well-being of the people ....
This has been going on for 7 decades and such issues are deep-rooted and strongly entrenched.
The majority speak by itself
So cant blame d leader as they given such luxury do so
We r heading into pakistan direction whether u like it or not
Dont like step off d bus n go singapore work
Johor will b like mexico - US
Syed saddiq is 1 example of MP if u talk n do differently
Once d system collapse then only can restart
Juz like history of plenty fail civilization
Just going to pen some of my key thoughts and recommendations
Thoughts
1. NEP has tremendously failed, more so post 1990 as NEP is totally irrelevant and must have a new "high level" economic model to promote growth, happiness and prosperity
2. A lot of the problems with these "poor" states you mentioned are also due to their own people fault. They voted for not just the most incompetent, useless bunch of people but, also the most extreme. It's like you know poison is bad and can kill you, yet you swallow.
3. Unfortunately, in all countries, more so a multi-racial progressive democracy like Malaysia, politics will be there and can be very prevalent. That's the fact, and in some ways, this diversity can be good for the country as well.
Recommendations
1. Malaysia must now take an "uncompromising" approach where focus is on 100% merit, good values and technology to rapidly progress whilst at the same time, government in particular must allocate maximum of 30% of the money, time, effort and expertise to helping people, communities and companies that need the most regardless of race/ethnicity.
2. The current coalition government must go much further to attract the poorer states to join in, by highlighting the benefits they will get whilst at the same time, eradicate religious extremist and stupidity in the country, which are primarily found in these states anyway.
3. Malaysia must TRIPLE down on domestic SME's given that they constitute a very high majority of the jobs and companies in this country. Provide funding is a key part because for a SME, RM1mil funding/loan is a life saver which can propel the company to great heights in the long term but, for big companies, it may just be a bonus for 1 CEO. Additionally, have to go all out to help them in terms of networks and knowledge/talents.
A recent incident where a top Indian student at a local public university boldly raised the issue of meritocracy in his speech at an award ceremony shows that it is time for the government to start moving towards meritocracy,
It was the right platform to raise the issue although many would not agree with me, how much longer is the government going to abuse the system enough of enough.
About metricoty if let say son of doctor and son of supermarket both study for medical exam, one them had his whole life approtunities to study and get more help after school to prepare for exam, while the son of supermarket had to study with out any extra help, is it really meritocracy if one them got in and the other didn't?
‘Malaysia needs reforms’
It had been said many, many times in many, many ways.
When races, religions, nepotism & corruptions are the obstacles in politics, the country will not be able to move forward.
1st thing 1st, MA63 must be honoured as agreed in 1963 and return all the rights back to the peoples of Sabah and Sarawak.
everything including reform takes time. lotsa engagement and discussion need to take place for rakyat to understand. otherwise it will fail eg icerd ratification that brought about alot of uneasiness. political stability also very important to undertake reforms, unless we may see alot of govt change. so pls give time and discuss first to kick start it
he is great man for Malaysian.
not when you are a religious outcaste
The middle class in Malaysia are no longer capable of looking after themselves like they use to. Fact.
In Malaysia, if you want good economy, is very simple : one good example is look to (1) Penang's economy history and (2) corruption free. The rest of the goods will fall in line. The change of 2018 political landscape didn't materialise because we had a pseudo and wolf in sheep's clothing leader who maliciously turned everything upside down until we now have 👍 the perpaduan madani government under PMX. Another good example is to look to our southern neighbourhood, Singapore 🇸🇬 👍 and their English language for all segments.
We must keep supporting and help to malaysian Indian and Chinese
It wouldnt happen. Because Racisim.
Yes Malaysia is like a Kampung style mentality. Too much politics & egos running non stop across all matters. Should focus more on steering the ship in the right direction & bring everybody across.
Everybody knows that changes takes time even take generation, what is worrying is that we did not plant even a seed for changes. More worrying is we don't see the seed of changes. Should we worried? Nah, we should panicking.
Malaysia is really struggling with the English language & it’s not just the majority ethnic group. Most younger generations Malaysian Chinese struggle with English too. They were mostly educated in Chinese schools.
The low-level non-Malays are also struggling with English proficiency to get employed in Singapore.
SOOOOO GOOD, THERE IS HOPE! Harapan.
The 2 old guys are stuck in past.
There needs to be an overhaul of the system if we hope to compete with the rest of the world. But seeing how the education system has always been used as a political tool, any hopes of such a prospect would be untenable.
Its a stupid system because of too many exams, and the exams are written badly. Students only know how to memorise, not think.
those who are left behind , who is RESPONSIBLE to help them , who is to take up this RESPONSIBILITY 😢
act right away NOW
If Malaysia need a serious Reform is to UNITE ALL THE RAKYAT with the ONLY BEST WAY is...Put all Students of all races together into ONE SCHOOL just like in the After Independent Day where the young school children Mix freely with each other even sit next to each other regardless of what their Religions are...
The problem is Malaysia has two distinct & functioning economies that aren’t interacting well enough. Capital & labor flows are inhibited.
First, abolish the employment caste system in Malaysia.
Malaysia has a Rampant Corruption Problem … if Malaysia is serious about tackling this Serious Problem, maybe consider introducing Whistleblower Legislation… Not Only Protection for Whistleblower & Family But also Monetary Reward for Whistleblower… Less Talk , More Action…Then Watch heads Roll … 😂
Excellent interview with great insights
Reforms yes! But don't forget reality also.
It’s problem that Non Malays who feel discriminated against in Malaysia see China in glorious lights. As a matter of fact, most Chinese, especially the youths, believe the Chinese economy is heading a wrong direction.
The. Chinese and Indian hav lost the Malaysian identities.. Studying China oriented history., where as Chinese in malaya contributed more to the Chinese community. Losing their mother tongue to Mandarin. Great China.. Great India. China or India first. No longer having the botol kicap, makan babi and bodoh mentality. No more laughing at samy velu, Gafar baba and chua soi lek
I think the term is underground economy instead of black-market.
Very forward looking ideas,, do something for ypur country.
Excellent and well said!
It is easier to say than done.
Government linked companies = Political linked companies.
easier said than done.
But it all begins by thinking and saying it aloud
first step is important, do something better than nothing to do.
Reforms back ito square one, need format
What happened to most of the local MNCs that were the golden children of the 80s?
Singapore is a small country. If compare to KL, or even Klang Valley, we are not far behind. Singapore rich because people put money there. If anything happen, investors will pull out the money.
U are welcome to contribute Economic reforms in Malaysia for the sake of nation progression. But stay clear from provoking the stability of Malays and Islamic rule in Malaysia.
It's looks very unbalance with minniority prof is brilliant
Malaysia needs to promote minimalist living, STARTING with our POLITICIANS, Politicians have to stop their lavish lifestyle, live like ordinary Rakyat lives. Everything else is MOOT, Only if our politicians starting with PM dont change, noting is going to change
We compete by tying our shoes together
Save this man at all cost
70's is he referring to an equitable education intervention policy which gave rise to the middle income? 1.11.33 video time frame
How to change and reform when Dr. M is still rocking the boat and using the racial and religious issues to cause ripples and waves in the Malaysian Parliament?
$350 billions in debt. 70 over years of entrenched power and secular rights. Too much in-fighting and power grabs. PM Anwar is having a very tough time like "one is against all and all is against one". If the majority does not believe that Malaysia is for the Malaysians, then forever the racial and religious gaps in the society will not gel together. Very sad indeed.
The old Tun gav out opportunity to Chinese taukeh and formed Malay middle class from kampung. The current is struggling to maintain the Malay middle class. Now Malay middle class is squeezed and they starts to b influenced by religious extremist. Chinese and Indian r also squeezed by the shrinking of urban middle class. Middle class starts to dwindle from M40 to B40. Rising cost of living. Subsidized goods is reduced to almost none in this March 2024. Chinese and Indian think D Malay is at fault. Vice versa. Worse, Malay pre-1990 elite started to b prosecuted but the Chinese and Indian r not. The current government is not doing it rite plus with all those scandalous head of agencies and ministries,
Agree wit a lot of things the prof said but I don't think he is familiar with the public health services. I think it is one of the shining lights in the Malaysian sytem. I've been through the public health system in India, Singapore and the US. The Malaysian system is the best so far. India & US are the pits. Ordinary Americans can't afford private doctors and many self medicate. Singapore is thorough but VERY expensive. In Malaysia, I can afford private doctors but I prefer to go to public hospitals beacause their medicines are better, they dont prescribe things you dont need just to pad the bill. Many of the doctors in the pblic hospitals are compassionate, they dont see you just as a customer and some even call you up if you miss an important appointment. You do have some bad apples but they are the minority. What I am afraid of is the lobby among some private doctors who want government hospitals to charge highe fees so that they can get more business.
I disagree with Terence Gomez. Whilst I agree a semblance of a middle class was "created" out of the NEP policies, this class has withered from the 1980s onwards or became self-interest with aggrandizement, mostly on taxes and state subsidies. There is not one strata of the middle class but three. It's so easy to forget this social structure. Moreover, this middle class, at different junctures, fed into the policies of ill-distribution of economic growth and development. The top two strata survived well and saw modest to substantive growth in their real salaries. They were comfortable and remain comfortable today despite the high rate of inflation, which, if official statistics can be believed, is somewhere between 1.5 to 1.8%, while the official interest rate still holds at 3%. At least on paper, then, the middle class is doing relatively well compared to working class, the under-employed and the unemployed. But, realistically, is this true? Because if it is, if GDP figures can be believed (or trusted), why then is there such a continuous need by the Malay state to inject more and more subsidies of income and price floors and even price ceilings to pare back popular feelings of resentment against the state for not for enough for the so-called "people", the so-called rakyat? But which "people"? Which "rakyat"? And so we go back to the original question: Whatever happened to Malaysia's so-called middle class after 1981 (and since then)? My guess is, foremost, it has become more ideologised and more politicised. Which then needs an answer as to who -- mostly -- constitutes the middle class and where do they operate -- the private sector or the public sector?
1. Are you talking, about or only for the middle class or are you talking about the real poor in Malaysia?
2. Singaporeans are generally more than happy even the poor. A cleaner can travel all over the world habitually. They have enough. They are spoilt. Some are somewhat unhappy because they expected more. The Singapore government have done a lot for all including the real poor.
Reforming the country across the board after the huge past damages 💔 of the country through political corruption is not simple, easy, seamless, or short-term. Some constitutional laws are myopically discriminatory and outdated, such as the NEP....
Plant edible food trees in all govt landscapes...mee goreng mamak gone up from rm 6 to rm 9 in some places...perhaps plant breadfruit all over the country which could be made into mee noodles/ mee segera....sori gangguye boss....wsslm wbt...
All talk no action will not move the education landscape one bit forward.
In News, government gave so much fund to companies. In reality, it's not. Similar MCO time by leveraging bank go for moratorium and telling public government this fund billions to help rakyat but in actual fact the bank moratororium is charging interest to pay back 😂
Try to find out more of the Danish way……Denmark. High taxes. for all to fund public services.
This prof basically has similar viewpoints as Prof Jomo regarding the rapid privatization of Malaysian economy
Time has proven that Lee Kuan yew is supreme statesman than mahathiar.... Malaysia has so much resources and yet the currency can't compare to Singapore.... Malaysian are divided according to races.... What a joke
Professor T G should joint into politics.
But with Fadhlina I feel hopeless.. I seriously hope Maszlee go back to edu dept
He compare Malaysia & other rising economy nations & wonder what went wrong. Very obvious. Malaysia rely & employing too many foreign workers. Korea & Japan rely on their own people . Malaysian are not ‘berkorban untuk negara ‘ .
THE PROBLEM BEGINS WITH RACE BASED POLICY.
Reforms are fine. But, changing white shoes to black shoes for school children is no big deal.The structure needs reform in education as echoed by many educationists time and again.
End of the day, its the cake not the icing or the frills. To put it in a nutshell.
Correction. Malaysia does not lack good policies. Malaysia totally lacks good, competent, clean & honest leaders
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Reduce the number of ministries, grp the major problems , put the brain to work.. targets timed to net the results expected.. merit based institutional set up needed
Reformasi
Not multi-racial but Civilisational, sub-culture, tribal n hunter gatherer communities.....🧐🤔
Wishful thinking, pie in the sky stuff. Vested MALAY INTEREST will derail and sabotage it from the get go. Just have to sympathise with the rakyat.
The biggest hurdle is the politicians whether they are the government or the opposition. Politicians only worry about getting elected again and again. The voters vote them in again and again as if the politicians are angels. Regardless who is in power, nobody dares to touch those monopolistic enterprises or concessions. Who dares to switch to a meritocracy system at the expense of the votes? We have most of the dumb MPs voted in by dumb voters.
Reforms? That sounds like wet dreams.... ROTFLOL
IMHO to reform North Korea is much easier.
😅 You can talk till the cows come home 😅 Nothing is gonna change as long as everything is racialised by the 50 % of the population. You know which 50% I am talking about 😅. No prize for guessing.
Nothing new here. Everything here has been said many times donkey years ago.
The problem with malaysia is no will power to change to improve the country the problem 3R....
Malaysia is rich country...vast land but cannot supply enough rice. Twisting turning end up customer end up losing paying about 100% from. Rm26/10 kg to rm43/10kg.
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My pessimistic view. The Prof missed 2 main realities. No: 1 merit-based Malaysian Malaysia policy is out of question and cannot be compromised as this policy will put the non-Malays in top positions elbowing out the Malays. No:2, Malays must uphold power, no matter how ignominious as it sounds, race politic are here to stay putting all the prof's wonderful ideas to the back burners.
The reality is, no mater if the non Malays are more successful, the difference is that they will create more job opportunities for all, pay more taxes and also most of the workers will be Malays as not enough non Malays to fill the jobs and not all have the skills required.
These days many Malays are well educated too so many jobs will be filled by these Malays.
Eppa than puriyuthu evalavu nalla onnum puriyala rakyat undestand pannanumla yes policy
With a 2/3 majority in parliament, there is no clear indication of reformation for a better Malaysia similar to Indonesia's reformation.
Anwar is not delivering the reform. Vote him out.
Just going to pen some of my key thoughts and recommendations
Thoughts
1. NEP has tremendously failed, more so post 1990 as NEP is totally irrelevant and must have a new "high level" economic model to promote growth, happiness and prosperity
2. A lot of the problems with these "poor" states you mentioned are also due to their own people fault. They voted for not just the most incompetent, useless bunch of people but, also the most extreme. It's like you know poison is bad and can kill you, yet you swallow.
3. Unfortunately, in all countries, more so a multi-racial progressive democracy like Malaysia, politics will be there and can be very prevalent. That's the fact, and in some ways, this diversity can be good for the country as well.
Recommendations
1. Malaysia must now take an "uncompromising" approach where focus is on 100% merit, good values and technology to rapidly progress whilst at the same time, government in particular must allocate maximum of 30% of the money, time, effort and expertise to helping people, communities and companies that need the most regardless of race/ethnicity.
2. The current coalition government must go much further to attract the poorer states to join in, by highlighting the benefits they will get whilst at the same time, eradicate religious extremist and stupidity in the country, which are primarily found in these states anyway.
3. Malaysia must TRIPLE down on domestic SME's given that they constitute a very high majority of the jobs and companies in this country. Provide funding is a key part because for a SME, RM1mil funding/loan is a life saver which can propel the company to great heights in the long term but, for big companies, it may just be a bonus for 1 CEO. Additionally, have to go all out to help them in terms of networks and knowledge/talents.
UM Faculty WAS the BEST in MY/World. Now with MERITOCRASY DEFUNCT IN MY - The role of the State and Religion is NOT separated. The State run by Politicians who do not have the skills to deliver "anything" except their "pockets". Civil Servants were graduates with irrelevant degrees. DIGITALISATION will be ONE Reform. Prof is narrating history is worryingly irrelevant. Black Market in MY is a "ruse" - does not exist or is it corruption. WE DO NOT WANT THE STATE TO INTERFENE in Malaysia like Singapore. Let the Free Market decide the market forces. The State can promote a Policy Framework ONLY. Democrasy is Hopeless for MY and we NEED Proportional Representation (a model from Ireland). First past the post is not workable. The Prof is WRONG again. No Person can act as MP for more than 2 Terms. Why not? Quality of Education and the MCA Run Examinations MUST be scrapped. Race and opportunities is modern day SLAVERY.
Oh this guy is so uncouth in many instances.
The comment about President Xi is really unbecoming.. Yet proclaimed that have been to China recently. Not that I'm pro Xi but Singapore gov commented that China cabinet is one of the most meritocracy and capable in the world!
If u want to comment such way so it privately not in here. So uncalled for.
Hope it helps.
But the young Bhutanese are not exactly happy caused they could not find jobs in their own country and many are leaving the country to find jobs! You need to find the balance.