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發表於 2007-10-25 15:46:48 | 顯示全部樓層 |閱讀模式
While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry

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Michael Backman
November 15, 2006
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MALAYSIA'S been at it again, arguing about what proportion of the economy each of its two main races — the Malays and the Chinese — owns. It's an argument that's been running for 40 years. That wealth and race are not synonymous is important for national cohesion, but really it's time Malaysia grew up.

It's a tough world out there and there can be little sympathy for a country that prefers to argue about how to divide wealth rather than get on with the job of creating it.

The long-held aim is for 30 per cent of corporate equity to be in Malay hands, but the figure that the Government uses to justify handing over huge swathes of public companies to Malays but not to other races is absurd. It bases its figure on equity valued, not at market value, but at par value.

Many shares have a par value of say $1 but a market value of $12. And so the Government figure (18.9 per cent is the most recent figure) is a gross underestimate. Last month a paper by a researcher at a local think-tank came up with a figure of 45 per cent based on actual stock prices. All hell broke loose. The paper was withdrawn and the researcher resigned in protest. Part of the problem is that he is Chinese.

"Malaysia boleh!" is Malaysia's national catch cry. It translates to "Malaysia can!" and Malaysia certainly can. Few countries are as good at wasting money. It is richly endowed with natural resources and the national obsession seems to be to extract these, sell them off and then collectively spray the proceeds up against the wall.

This all happens in the context of Malaysia's grossly inflated sense of its place in the world.

Most Malaysians are convinced that the eyes of the world are on their country and that their leaders are world figures. This is thanks to Malaysia's tame media and the bravado of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. The truth is, few people on the streets of London or New York could point to Malaysia on a map much less name its prime minister or capital city.

As if to make this point, a recent episode of The Simpsons features a newsreader trying to announce that a tidal wave had hit some place called Kuala Lumpur. He couldn't pronounce the city's name and so made up one, as if no-one cared anyway. But the joke was on the script writers — Kuala Lumpur is inland.

Petronas, the national oil company is well run, particularly when compared to the disaster that passes for a national oil company in neighbouring Indonesia. But in some respects, this is Malaysia's problem. The very success of Petronas means that it is used to underwrite all manner of excess.

The KLCC development in central Kuala Lumpur is an example. It includes the Twin Towers, the tallest buildings in the world when they were built, which was their point.

It certainly wasn't that there was an office shortage in Kuala Lumpur — there wasn't.

Malaysians are very proud of these towers. Goodness knows why. They had little to do with them. The money for them came out of the ground and the engineering was contracted out to South Korean companies.

They don't even run the shopping centre that's beneath them. That's handled by Australia's Westfield.

Next year, a Malaysian astronaut will go into space aboard a Russian rocket — the first Malay in space. And the cost? $RM95 million ($A34.3 million), to be footed by Malaysian taxpayers. The Science and Technology Minister has said that a moon landing in 2020 is the next target, aboard a US flight. There's no indication of what the Americans will charge for this, assuming there's even a chance that they will consider it. But what is Malaysia getting by using the space programs of others as a taxi service? There are no obvious technical benefits, but no doubt Malaysians will be told once again, that they are "boleh". The trouble is, they're not. It's not their space program.

Back in July, the Government announced that it would spend $RM490 million on a sports complex near the London Olympics site so that Malaysian athletes can train there and "get used to cold weather".

But the summer Olympics are held in the summer.

So what is the complex's real purpose? The dozens of goodwill missions by ministers and bureaucrats to London to check on the centre's construction and then on the athletes while they train might provide a clue.

Bank bale outs, a formula one racing track, an entire new capital city — Petronas has paid for them all. It's been an orgy of nonsense that Malaysia can ill afford.

Why? Because Malaysia's oil will run out in about 19 years. As it is, Malaysia will become a net oil importer in 2011 — that's just five years

away.

So it's in this context that the latest debate about race and wealth is so sad.

It is time to move on, time to prepare the economy for life after oil. But, like Nero fiddling while Rome burned, the Malaysian Government is more interested in stunts like sending a Malaysian into space when Malaysia's inadequate schools could have done with the cash, and arguing about wealth distribution using transparently ridiculous statistics.

That's not Malaysia "boleh", that's Malaysia "bodoh" (stupid)..


Malaysia Bodoh from Foreigner. How shame are we?

[ 本帖最後由 favmocha 於 2007-10-26 23:40 編輯 ]
發表於 2007-10-26 14:20:19 | 顯示全部樓層
英文不太好
不是很明白
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發表於 2007-10-29 02:42:44 | 顯示全部樓層
Feel damn ashamed and humiliating...what else can I say?? Malaysia memang boleh...
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發表於 2007-10-30 00:42:05 | 顯示全部樓層
看不懂。。。
应该不是什么好话吧。。。
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發表於 2007-10-30 19:27:25 | 顯示全部樓層
"Next year, a Malaysian astronaut will go into space aboard a Russian rocket — the first Malay in space. And the cost? $RM95 million ($A34.3 million), to be footed by Malaysian taxpayers. The Science and Technology Minister has said that a moon landing in 2020 is the next target, aboard a US flight. There's no indication of what the Americans will charge for this, assuming there's even a chance that they will consider it. But what is Malaysia getting by using the space programs of others as a taxi service? There are no obvious technical benefits, but no doubt Malaysians will be told once again, that they are "boleh". The trouble is, they're not. It's not their space program."



What's the difference between sending a man into space through Russian rocket, or sending a dog instead?

-Dog consume less food
-Dog doesn't feel proud of being into space by "tumpang"
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發表於 2007-11-3 06:16:35 | 顯示全部樓層
心有戚戚焉∼∼
說得中肯∼一語道破
雖然主觀了些,但是我都認同∼
無能政府就是要花我們納稅人的錢。。
華人占馬來西亞人口不到25%,但是卻提供國庫50%以上的稅...
而那些錢花在馬來人身上。。。如果花得有意義,國家進步,大家沒話說也心甘情愿
但是燒錢讓自己到俄羅斯乘搭人家的火箭的士到太空。。。到英國建體育館。。。讓人無奈。。
政府都是為了滿足馬來人在自我陶醉的虛榮心。。。
要是他們有能力就話不會用法令和政策來保護他們自己。。。
無論經濟上,教育上,表面上看似很和諧,實際上,種種的計劃和陰謀與不公都實實在在地存在...
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發表於 2007-11-3 06:30:56 | 顯示全部樓層
What's the difference between sending a man into space through Russian rocket, or sending a dog instead?

-Dog consume less food
-Dog doesn't feel proud of being into space by "tumpang"

樓上的朋友比喻得好啊∼∼∼
就是那種感覺∼
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發表於 2007-11-6 20:51:34 | 顯示全部樓層
花钱只是为了那点自豪感。。tmd 花了这么多钱 还被人骂笨蛋。。。
那固执无比的政府宁愿把那些纳税人的金钱统统都烧光,也不要发展其他的东西。。。
无言以对!!!!!!
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發表於 2007-11-6 21:19:25 | 顯示全部樓層
''=..=''

就为了虚荣心...

已经无言了...

已经被人讲到这样了....
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發表於 2007-11-15 06:16:12 | 顯示全部樓層
這就是別人怎麼看我們馬來西亞了﹗
雖然不好聽可是都是真的﹗
那個Back in July, the Government announced that it would spend $RM490 million on a sports complex near the London Olympics site so that Malaysian athletes can train there and "get used to cold weather".<<笑死﹗

唉~我覺得馬來西亞的人常常以為很厲害了其實都還不是活在井底罷了~
現在等石油用完就一起抱著哭囉~
畢竟有錢的人會越來越有錢 沒錢的人就越來越窮
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發表於 2007-12-3 01:11:11 | 顯示全部樓層
&#21326;校生,看不懂,有&#27809;有人翻&#35793;啊!&#35874;&#35874;!
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發表於 2007-12-7 13:34:03 | 顯示全部樓層
網上直譯,旡時間整理. Sorry!

而&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;fiddles ,其机&#20250;正在&#36816;行干

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2006年11月15日
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&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;已&#32463;在它再次,&#20105;&#35770;多大比例的&#32463;&#27982;,它的每&#20004;&#20010;主要&#36187;事-&#39532;&#26469;人与&#21326;人-堪&#31216;登峰造极。它的一种&#35828;法指出,&#23545;已&#36816;行了40年。&#36130;富和种族的不等于就是重要的民族凝聚力,但真正它的&#26102;候,&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;&#38271;大的。

&#36825;是一&#20010;&#20005;峻的世界存在,就不可能有同情心都&#27809;有一&#20010;&#22269;家是偏向于&#20105;&#35770;如何分配&#36130;富,而不是&#23545;展&#24320;工作,&#21019;造它。

&#38271;期持有的目的,是&#20026;30 %以上的法人股&#26435;&#23558;在&#39532;&#26469;&#35821;中的手,但&#36825;&#20010;&#25968;字,政府用途,以自&#22278;其&#35828;交出巨&#39069;大片的公&#20247;公司,以&#39532;&#26469;人,而不是其他种族,是荒唐可笑的。它的基地,其&#25968;字&#23545;股&#26435;价值,而不是按市&#22330;价值,但在&#36134;面值。

&#35768;多股票有面值的&#35828;,一元,但市&#22330;价值12元。所以政府的&#25968;字( 18.9 % ,是最近期的&#25968;字) ,是&#20005;重低估。上&#20010;月一份文件,由一名研究&#21592;在&#24403;地智囊型想出了一&#20010;&#25968;字的45 %根据&#23454;&#38469;股票价格。所有的地&#29425;,一片混&#20081;。&#35813;文件被撤&#38144;和研究&#21592;&#36766;&#32844;以示抗&#35758;。&#38382;&#39064;的部分原因是因&#20026;他是中&#22269;人。

"&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;boleh " !是&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;的&#22269;家追赶哭了。它翻&#35793;&#20026;"&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;能" !和&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;的,&#24403;然可以。少&#25968;&#22269;家的一&#26679;好,在浪&#36153;&#38065;。它是富&#39286;的自然&#36164;源和全&#22269;痴迷似乎是提取其中,出售它&#20204;赶走,然后集体&#21943;&#38654;收益了撞在&#22681;上。

&#36825;一切&#21457;生的背景下,&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;的极夸大的&#36131;任感,在世界上的地位。

大多&#25968;&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;人相信,全球目光都&#23545;他&#20204;的&#22269;家和他&#20204;的&#39046;&#23548;人是世界上的&#25968;字。&#36825;是由于&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;的&#39535;服媒体和&#34394;&#24352;&#22768;&#21183;的前&#24635;理&#39532;哈蒂&#23572;。事&#23454;是,很少有人在街上的&#20262;敦或&#32445;&#32422;都能指向&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;在一&#24352;地&#22270;上少得多名&#31216;及其首相或首都。

好像是&#20026;了指出&#36825;一&#28857;,最近一集辛普森具有新&#38395;&#38405;&#35835;&#35797;&#22270;向大家宣布巨浪曾触及有些地方所&#35859;的吉隆坡。他不能&#21457;音城市的名&#31216;等,&#24357;&#34917;了,因&#20026;如果&#27809;有人照&#39038;,反正。但笑&#35805;,是&#23545;&#33050;本作家-吉隆坡是&#20869;&#38470;地&#21306;。

石油公司,&#22269;家石油公司在&#21150;好,特&#21035;是&#24403;比&#36739;&#28798;&#38590;的推移,一&#20010;&#22269;家石油公司在&#37051;&#22269;印度尼西&#20122;。但在某些方面,&#36825;是&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;的&#38382;&#39064;。非常成功的&#32435;斯意味&#30528;它是用&#26469;包底各种形式的&#36807;剩。

&#35813;klcc&#21457;展,在党中央,吉隆坡是一&#20010;例子。它包括&#21452;子塔,最高的建筑物,在世界上&#26102;,他&#20204;建立了,&#36825;是他&#20204;的&#35770;&#28857;。

&#36825;&#24403;然不是&#35828;有一&#20010;&#21150;事&#22788;短缺吉隆坡-有&#27809;有到位。

大&#39532;人感到&#26080;比&#39556;傲和自豪,&#36825;些塔。有&#35841;知道&#20026;什么。他&#20204;与他&#20204;的&#20851;系不大。&#38065;,&#20026;他&#20204;出了地面和工程是外包&#32473;&#38889;&#22269;企&#19994;。

他&#20204;甚至不&#21150;商&#22330;中心的下方。&#36825;是&#22788;理由澳大利&#20122;的西田。

明年,一名&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;宇航&#21592;&#23558;&#36827;入太空乘坐俄&#32599;斯火箭-第一&#39532;&#26469;&#35821;空&#38388;。和&#36153;用?元rm95万美元( a34.3万美元) ,&#23558;分,由&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;&#32435;&#31246;人。科&#23398;和技&#26415;部&#38271;曾表示,一位登&#38470;月球,在2020年,是下一&#20010;目&#26631;,以&#38470;地&#20026;美&#22269;的&#39134;行。有&#36164;料&#26174;示,并&#27809;有什么美&#22269;人&#23558;&#36127;&#36131;&#20026;&#36825;,假&#35774;的,即使有机&#20250;,他&#20204;&#23558;予以考&#34385;。但&#38382;&#39064;是什么是&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;越&#26469;越利用航天&#35745;划他人作&#20026;出租&#36710;服&#21153;?有&#27809;有明&#26174;的技&#26415;效益,但毫&#26080;疑&#38382;,&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;人&#20250;被告知再次,他&#20204;是" boleh " 。麻&#28902;的是,他&#20204;&#27809;有。&#36825;不是他&#20204;的太空&#35745;划等。

早在7月,泰&#22269;政府宣布,它&#23558;斥&#36164;rm490万元,建&#35774;一&#20010;&#32508;合体育&#22330;&#39302;附近的&#20262;敦&#22885;&#36816;&#20250;网站,使&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;&#36816;&#21160;&#21592;能&#22815;列&#36710;有"&#20064;&#24815;了寒冷的天气" 。

但夏季&#22885;&#36816;&#20250;是在夏天。

那么是什么复&#26434;的真正目的&#21527;?&#25968;十&#20010;友好&#35775;&#38382;&#22242;由部&#38271;和官僚到&#20262;敦去&#26816;查&#35813;中心的建&#35774;,然后就&#36816;&#21160;&#21592;,而他&#20204;的&#35757;&#32451;可能是提供一&#20010;&#32447;索。

巴&#33713;&#38134;行外,一&#20010;一&#32423;方程式&#36187;&#36710;&#36712;道,整&#20010;新首都-&#32435;斯付出了他&#20204;所有。它的是一&#20010;喧&#38393;的宴&#20250;,胡言&#20081;&#35821;,&#39532;&#22269;可&#36127;&#25285;不起。

&#20026;什么呢?因&#20026;&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;的石油,&#23558;一&#21457;不可收拾,在&#32422;19年。&#29616;在的情&#20917;是,&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;&#23558;成&#20026;一&#20010;&#20928;石油&#36827;口&#22269;,在2011年-&#36825;&#20165;&#20165;五年

&#36828;离。

因此它在&#36825;一背景下,最新的&#36777;&#35770;,&#23545;种族和&#36130;富是如此&#20260;心。

&#36825;是向前的&#26102;候,&#26102;&#38388;,以准&#22791;在&#32463;&#27982;生活中&#20165;次于石油。但是,像nero的玩弄,而&#32599;&#39532;&#28903;&#27585;,&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;政府更感&#20852;趣的特技一&#26679;,派一名&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;&#36827;入太空&#26102;,&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;的不足,&#23398;校可以做得与&#29616;金,并&#20105;&#36777;&#36130;富分配使用透明荒&#35884;的&#32479;&#35745;&#25968;据。

&#36825;不是&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;" boleh " ,即的&#39532;&#26469;西&#20122;" bodoh " (傻) ..
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發表於 2007-12-9 12:13:28 | 顯示全部樓層
election is just come to the corner,
is time for just to let BN know our voting power
dont just complaint and still voted for BM, just to maintain stability

voted any parties except BM

shame as an johorean as johor is 100% won by BN
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發表於 2007-12-27 17:00:42 | 顯示全部樓層
election is just come to the corner,
is time for just to let BN know our voting power
dont just complaint and still voted for BM, just to maintain stability

voted any parties except BM

shame as an johorean as johor is 100% won by BN


Totally Agreed........PLEASE STAND UP ALL THE OTHER RACES.... DONT BN ANY MORE.
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發表於 2008-1-1 19:52:42 | 顯示全部樓層
一語道破........
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發表於 2008-1-5 00:05:54 | 顯示全部樓層
&#26080;&#35805;可&#35828;.
我&#36190;成,他&#20204;&#35828;得&#23545;,只是Gov&#36824;&#27809;反省.
可悲....
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