this is bad but true

Bad news from Michael Backman. He wrote a bad-but-true story in The Age, Australia, today, titled: While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry.

" 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. "

Go read it!

Hard hitting but true. Do we really need to send someone to space? What technological benefits does that bring to the nation? Agriculture Ministry parliamentary secretary has told Parliament that Malaysia's first astronaut will be playing batu seremban and spinning tops and making teh tarik while in space. All that money (costing $RM95 million) could be put to better use, perhaps to research and plan for the future power needs, given oil will be depleted by 2025.

And more bad news . . .

Malaysia biotech bid hurt by researcher

" KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Malaysia is counting on bright, ambitious people like Tan Chye Ling for its future, to lead it away from manufacturing and into the knowledge age. But the 32-year-old scientist, a post-graduate in molecular biology, is not counting on Malaysia to look after her future.

"I felt very suppressed in Malaysia," said Tan, who moved to neighbouring Singapore, the region's pace-setter for biotech investment, after a decade of study and research in Malaysia."

Source : Reuters

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