Monday, March 03, 2008

Penang Economy Downturn

If this is true, then it’s sad that we have to do this to attract the foreign investors. I am really sad to see my home state has to do this. The federal state should help but not by such a way. If this is really our “Malaysian” style, then why we need to spend our money developing our human capitals? How many projects are we able to award and offer to? So, if Intel wants to pull out from Penang, does the government need to launch a campaign to promote Intel chipset or force our government officials to use only Intel’s PC. If we do sincerely develop and give equal opportunities to all Malaysian, I strongly believe that Malaysia is good enough to produce talented Engineers to attract foreign companies to setup their not only their manufacturing factories but also R&D center here. If Dr. Koh is doing this, is this mean that he is not getting enough support from the federal state and starts to “assimilate”? If then, should we blame him? The question now is that whether the next CM in power will have "free hand" to run the state.

Motorola Media Press
Malaysiakini News

Another interesting article to share:
Penang pays the price of success

2 comments:

The Soothsayer said...

Malaysians are paying the price for being corrupt and accepting the bribes from BN.

If everyone thought long-term and rejected the freebies from the BN government and demanded a just and capable government instead, then we wouldn't have to fear now. Many Malaysians have taken small offerings and turned a blind eye to the bigger malaise of the nation. We reap what we sow.

ccpling said...

too bad. I did not change my address that I will miss the opportunity to vote.