Revisiting the true Malaysia 2007
It is Visit Malaysia Year 2007 and Malaysians are trying hard to put up an image of friendliness and peace. We garland visitors with unreserved joy hoping that every direction that they gaze is flawless.
Unfortunately, one only has to flip through our dailies to fathom the truest nature of our society. From brutal slayings to unrelenting snatch thieves. Crime rates appear to be rising and increasing in viciousness.
The police force appears inept at handling the surge in cases as corruption lingers. This poorly renumerated workforce appear rusty and incompetent as many cases remain unsolved or mysteriously closed.
For a nation that aspires to be developed in less than 14 years, the most essential component that needs development is the citizens themselves. Afterall a nation is only as good as its people. We may have great physical infrastructures but they will only remain a facade of development.
In essence, we are still very much a third world nation. Its citizens relishing archaic political and economic protection. The corruption rates are rising as political leaders refuse to acknowledge the gravity of the situation, perhaps fearing the potential of exposing themselves.
Malaysians are hardly a thinking society as this "luxury" is stifled even in institutions that are supposedly centers perpetuating intellectual brilliance. A society that can hardly withstand the onslaught of criticisms and competition.
Our public toilets speak volumes of public apathy. Road manners and signages often mean nothing. Streets shrewn with human waste and debris is common.
Malaysia, oh Malaysia I cry for ye!
Unfortunately, one only has to flip through our dailies to fathom the truest nature of our society. From brutal slayings to unrelenting snatch thieves. Crime rates appear to be rising and increasing in viciousness.
The police force appears inept at handling the surge in cases as corruption lingers. This poorly renumerated workforce appear rusty and incompetent as many cases remain unsolved or mysteriously closed.
For a nation that aspires to be developed in less than 14 years, the most essential component that needs development is the citizens themselves. Afterall a nation is only as good as its people. We may have great physical infrastructures but they will only remain a facade of development.
In essence, we are still very much a third world nation. Its citizens relishing archaic political and economic protection. The corruption rates are rising as political leaders refuse to acknowledge the gravity of the situation, perhaps fearing the potential of exposing themselves.
Malaysians are hardly a thinking society as this "luxury" is stifled even in institutions that are supposedly centers perpetuating intellectual brilliance. A society that can hardly withstand the onslaught of criticisms and competition.
Our public toilets speak volumes of public apathy. Road manners and signages often mean nothing. Streets shrewn with human waste and debris is common.
Malaysia, oh Malaysia I cry for ye!
1 Comments:
Malaysia is 50 Years since independence,We are already in 21st centuary,We have nice first class infrastructures but our people with 3rd world mentality,when you go across south china sea,Sabah (sometime we wonder weather we are part of Malaysia),over here we still have water rationing to our Taman,We experience power blackout weekly,streamyx & 3G coverage is limited,On the east coast of Sabah, 4WD is more popular than Sedan cars because the roads we use were built 30 years ago,Road conditions are poor and for the past 30 years vitually no road were build ....
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