woo!

Honestly, AAB's administration is totally a failure. Everyone is suffering now, from financial issues, corruption issues to racial issues. All the promises by him during General Election has totally forgotten by himself. Not much changes can be seen, what's more I can say is NO change at all. Next General Election will be the first time I am a legal voter. As a young adult in this nation, the feeling of insecure, directionless and disappointment towards the country and the leaders of the nation, I definitely will not opt for the current ruling party. Really disappointed with the current development of the country. Although TDM's previous administration was not perfect but at least, the criminal rate was not as high as now and we were able to rebounce from economic crisis. Sad and disappointed with all the leaders of ruling party, either Malay, Chinese or Indian, but credits are always given to politicians are practising Honesty and Integrity. The credits definitely not go to AAB, "Kari" J, Hamsupdin and Naz..

I believe, if this question was asked 5 years ago, most would think we're doing fine.

Oppsss.. I am one of the 90% ppl. But I really feel Malaysia is maturely too slowly… yes, you may say big city like Kuala Lumpur or Johor Bahru progress quite well... but hey, we still got a lot small city, kampung area need to be develop, and they aren’t change much in recent 10~15 years.
So I still hold onto my choice 

before you talk about progress,
lets talk about crime rates.

the crime rates in malaysia are quite high.
i wouldnt say ridiculously high, but its high la.

High crime rates indicate a few things.
1) Unhappy citizens, who are desperate enough to to turn to crime, cuz maybe they cant find jobs (pt 2), reflecting the inefficiency/kelong/corrupted police force (pt 3), thus not attracting major foreign MNCs (pt 4)or even Singaporeans to shop in JB (but some sporeans do, despite 4 out of 10 gets robbed, cuz things are cheap in ringgit)

so if the crime rates have been like that all these years,
the citizens were unhappy all these years
the police or other civil service have been ineffective all these years.

Conclusion: Was there MUCH progress all these years?

u decide.

i forgot to add that the govt also did not creat enough jobs, and as a result, people were/are (from the past to even present) desperate enough to turn to crime.

Esp in JB, where many Singaporeans r targetted and the police are having that "i dun really care" attitude, it just speaks alot about the govt on the whole la.

Just like a child is spolit and throws a freakin big trantrum in public, it says alot abt the parents as well.

Hope u people see the point.

Whoa~ that's a pretty harsh pic u got bout Dr. M. I'll choose the 3rd choice, being content with the speed of our country's development. We must think positively, so even if it's slow, at least it's improving =D

Imagine 100% of the population are actually contributing to the well being of the nation and a government actually works for 100% of the population and representative of all races, and a government actually spends 100% of its effort advancing the nation and focusing on capitalism instead of race and Islam, I’m sure we would have surpassed our neighbors by any measure whether wealth, progress or otherwise.

The truth is that this is a dysfunctional nation: the entire Malay population is on some form of welfare systems or another, and often in the name of “government departments”. The remaining 40% of the population are actually working their asses off day in and day out to support these welfare systems.

The result is not surprising.

A place seen as a "retirement" paradise certainly is progressing too slowly.

Yes, Kuching.

Of course there are many wonderful things I like about my country but there are many other things I wish I could change. For example:

- like how our government functions. Everything is lack of efficiency
- that Malaysia should sign the Declaration of Human Rights.
- Pay rise for the policeman as an incentive to work harder or perhaps some form of reward/bonus every time the catch a thief then we’ll have lower crime rates.

I think we are doing fine....but it depends on which state though. Some states are so wealthy...some are so undeveloped.

I am a bit shocked that Kenny wrote,"We may be slow but I reckon we'll get there, eventually."

WTF, Kenny? I bet AAB pays you RM200 to write that. How can you have this type of thought, which is very reactive thinking. Other nations will not slow down and say, "hey, let's wait for Malaysia to be here, eventually".

No, they wouldn't. Singapore is progressing leap and bound ahead of us, even far ahead of KL. You just went there, you know what I mean. Cleanliness, transportation, Crime rate, economy fundamental, all are in front of us. And what of separate that? A bridge and Selat Tebrau.

Something is very very wrong of with this country, the welfare system mentioned by Pope. However, to be fair, not all bumis gain everything from the government of the day. Only a fraction, such as the son-in-law which can bad mouth about others just to gain stupidity rather popularity. Without the father in law, who are him?

As the younger generation getting more and more educated and can think for themselves, the government of the day needs a lot of improvement, not just promising sweet talk every 5 years. History had showed that, when the bumis become more and more educated during British era, dare to fighting for independent.

History is repeating itself...

True, we're progressing very slowly - in certain areas but have to admit, Msia is one of its kind in the WHOLE BLOOMING WORLD.

In terms of Msia's management, its not easy to manage a whole country and well, different leaders have different styles but to be a PM, the rakyat is definately a priority and no, we cant get blink-of-an-eye results....else we'll have a dictator instead of a PM..

It is unfair to compare Singapore with Malaysia. First, think of the size.

I still think Malaysia I growing pretty well. Of course, the present state of the nation may not seem to have grown much since independance, but the thing is, Malaysia is indeed a safe place to be, and there hasn't been any major conflicts since 1969 (I hope).

I'm just going to digress a little. What's the other national day on 16th Sept?

Just a little opinion, please don't attack me! Nooo...

:)

hey u guys
don be so harsh on malaysia
There are a lot of nation-states problem that we cant see with our naked eyes.
Since there r so many races involved n one particular states, it's really hard at times for people to reach a consensus.

In other developed countries, there r a lot of social or political problems, jus that some times.. we r too blind to see it.

No comment about this but I really feel that we better be what we are as a Malaysian.

You live under their roof, you gotta live under their rules.

Kenny, the red pill or the blue pill. I guess you took the blue pill & living blissfully in your virtual world.

But you gotta wake up someday ...

Rileks lah, come we go yumcha first lah...dun need to worry abt wat dis development for wat? We ok waattt...

This is perfect example of the Malaysian malaise. Not to say we have to be as kiasu as the neighbours down south, but sometimes if you don't hurry to get where you want to go, you'll never get there.

The thing about this issue is how we would see as development?

True, in some aspects Malaysia has grown as a country but I think in other aspects, the nation has become less progressive.

I think the key for a growth boost in Malaysia would be the eradication of racial discrimination, equality and also the understanding of who we are. Malaysians are hard to describe.

Malaysian chinese are not chinese but not Malays either. This goes the same for Indians and bla bla. I think everyone is too caught up with the issue of who we are, who we are helping. The government has been encouraging entreprenuership amongst the Bumis and also overprotecting and giving lots of chances to them. Equality viewed by other parties (also, malaysians

The government, in my opinion should stress on competitiveness in the country. Stop protecting the country's people overmuch but the country itself. Help those who really needs help but don't let them be dependant on the country.

About creating jobs, that is true. Government should try to create jobs.

Corruption is also another key point.. Ah.. Sensitive issue though..

To think of it, maybe we should start fresh.. You know..get the government to start fresh.. Rebuild the nation or something..

Like Noah's Ark~!

http://www.miniature-earth.com/

most people are worse off than us. have a think

OMG ! kenny has really struck a bone within all us malaysian, Man !
All of us wants what's best for our country !
We want to see proof of our progress, man !
not controlling the price of sugar ???
since we're already such sweet people !
not increasing snatch theft cases ! wtf ?'

i wanna write about this to !
I'm a MALAYSIENZ ....

Yeah, thank heavens we're not starving, being stung to death by angry bees and beset by an epidemic of dick rot. WTF MORE DO YOU GUYS WANT?!!?!?!?!?!?!?

Sheesh. If we keep comparing ourselves to the lousier countries we'll never get better.

Hey Kenny,
Are you stupid enough or u don read newspaper recently.. don you get any "hints" by reading news paper? i wonder why u so suprise by 90% result.....

To : Shea Speare

what you mean by "You live under their roof, you gotta live under their rules."
we all born in the same place.. we have no place to go... how can u say we live under their roof??? stupid.

yo Kenny, how could u deface the man who has helped Malaysia progress to what it is today? If Dr M was still PM, u might have to go into hiding as the ISA will be right up ur behind!

I do agree that Malaysia is progressing to slowly and i say this because i love my country and want to see its potential fully realised. look at our education system and the students it is producing and u will see what i mean. Sad to say that i am one of those students.

I'm so disappointed that you said the result is "suprise"...

I feel fed up for this becoz i love my country..

Hi Kenny,
You're treading on shallow water here I suppose.But cheers to you for bringing it up and get everybody to think. True, everybody's entitled to their opinion, but to those in the 90% range, and those who spoke their minds here and making comparisons, perhaps you should also ask yourself what you're doing to contribute to the well-being of the country? Don't just complain and complain and do nothing

Kenny, you are too young and insensitive about our country issue. Malaysia is going nowhere. The NEP doesn't help Malaysian, it doesn't help Bumi, it only help selected few cronies. Thailand has surpass us in economy, you don't be surprice even Vietnam and Indonesia surpass us in another 10 years.

I think that there is a lot more than can be done to ensure similar levels of development in a country this size.
Its not easy trying to please 26.6 million people.. and there are also many obstacles along the way of development such as bribery, corruption, protection of interests by certain parties.
We need to be a more competitive society to be able to progress, sitting on our butts all day demanding change and not doing anything about it is not enough.
PS: 16th Sept is the true formation of the Malaysia as we see it now

To Anon:

HOW YOU KNOW WE R NOT CONTRIBUTING??????
we give a lot that's why we fed up.. stupid...
we not write this for fun ok?

HI KENNY BECAUSE OF TDM U HAVE INTERNET NOW.UNDER AAB U WILL BE IN THE PADI FIELD IN UR CASE REMAINED IN AUSTRALIA.

This is gonna offend some people me thinks.

But I think the Govt is trying hard to push Malaysia into a progressive state and they are doing an ok (not brilliant) job.

The infrastructure is there, we are spending heaps on bringing in and training in the latest technologies faster then alot of places.

However, we have issues that need addressing such as corruption, racism...etc. BUT, I think it naive to just point the finger at the govt. Sure enough the govt aint perfect but as a society, I think Malaysians as a whole arent very progressive in mentality. Take this as an example: we blame the police for taking bribes, but we dont blame ourselves for bribing the police? It's much akin to the pot calling the kettle black.

Progress isnt just about the physical infrastructure (an area which the govt is doing pretty ok as I said above) but as a people, I think we as a society need to mature to go the final mile in pushing our country into the developed nation we yearn to be.

We want to wipe out corruption, we need to start with ourselves (re we need to stop giving and accepting bribes). We want to be a really intergrated society, stop thinking that I am bumi or non bumi but rather I am MALAYSIAN.

Simply it is just up to us.

That's my 2 cents.

hmm by the time i vote it's risen to 91%

well i guess a lot of people are tired of the recent spat between dr m and our pm, and a lot of other incidents like the upm violence, lina joy and the racial remarks made by khairy, which all in all seem very immature in the nation

but to be honest, overall i think it's not bad and i agree with you kenny, there might be hitches here and there but we're progressing nonetheless

We may be slow but I reckon we'll get there, eventually. get where? no where la, bring u to holland have le. no food on ur table, c u tiu or no tiu? ppl suffering, c ppl tiu or no tiu?
sapot 9 lo ma all the way like the way he click all the way, no way he's gonna stop.

I would say our salary is slow to increase but the prices of all the goods keep on rising thus our buying power if compares to example, Singapore is low. Imagine if you are earning SGD1k you can buy 100 items but with RM1k in pay, you can only buy 40 items. How to survive? I read in the newspaper before some people commented that we should build more shopping complexes in the rural areas so that we can increase our buying power but hey, if in the cities the goods or properties increases so much faster than our pay, do you think by building more shopping centres will help what more in the kampung? *roll eyes*

I agree with the poll

So bad! Poor Dr.M :p

Anyway, why must we satisfy for being mediocre. We could be better than Singapore if we put aside the race and religion issues. *SIGH*

wait wait.. to the person who said kenny "took the blue pill". That's hardly fair. He is just saying that Malaysia has come a long way. That's basically true. If you look at many of our parents, they often couldn't even afford to eat meat, lived in tiny houses with candles instead of electricity, and now, in this day and age, we can debate politics on the internet, speak several languages fluently (of course, this is not the whole of malaysia.), etc.

Of course there is a very very long way to go for malaysia, compared to the most developed countries in asia. But, we are certainly in the top few nations.

Politically, ideologically, I would say, it's not just malaysia that is a little backward and old-fashioned, but actually most asian countries, even the rich ones, but with a few more years of stability, I think this is gradually changing.

It's not ignorant to express happiness at the material progress that has been made in such a short time, although, if one of the answers was " do you think malaysia is a great country?" I would have to answer differently and say no, not for a long while. But the answer is "we're not too bad off" and that, in my opinion, could be partly true.

Have we done enough for a 49 year old nation?

The we refers to who arh? the citizens arh?
Or they mean have they done enough for the celebration?

???

i didn't get a chance to do the poll earlier on but if i would, i'ld be in the 90% category. Why? I agree to first few comments that there are still so many kampungs and rural areas waiting to be demolished & developed at least to a stage where those poor things dont need to live in those senget high-legged huts anymore. Compare to WA, Malaysia is progressing way too slow. WA has LOTS of outskirts & outback lands but they have been bloomming like hell for the past 10 yrs. Houses & terrains are all up & going now.

Adding to my previous comment (sorrie..clicked twice), M'sia is much smaller than WA alone. Unless someone comes up with "not enuff resource $$ to develop la.." then where has the $$ go to? they took the $$ to buy lollies

maturity and development do not walk side by side, mind you. actually even without Tun's interference we can already see that we're slowing down. Tun only used his former PM's popularity to highlight that problem, although there are high possibility that some money laudrying are in high gear behind him. I would like to see both as 2 businessman, where TM is a maverick, going against the current, high-risk player. he win, he wins big. if he loses, then comes the 1998 industrial-economic downturn and the likes. AAB, on the other hand, is a risk averse leader, whose staffs are undermining him in order to retain similar power as in the former PM's lead.

i think, rather than lashing out to the PMs, we should focus on the wrongdoings of his ministers, since the PM himself still can't control them after several years.

i dont actually see what is wrong with the poll..after all, there is nothing wrong with saying that the country is progressing too slowly. its better than saying that the country is going backwards.

rose said something duh......
"It is unfair to compare Singapore with Malaysia. First, think of the size. ". well said blonde.

IF a country so small can do so much. Think of what it could have been if the same people govern Malaysia. Hmmm its simple math really. if 2 people can chop 10 trees. Then 20 people should be able to chop 10 times as much aint it... Their puny tiny island dont even have water for god sakes. And Yet, we Malaysian, have it all. From petroluem to tin mines.

But what have we got to show for. Tiny cramped LRT that dont work during thunderstorm. Snatch thief that kick pregnant mums from their bikes? perhaps its the long line of corruption cases. Or maybe,,, just maybe ...its the our OH-SO-EQUAL quota system. When certain race get to buy bungalow at discounted price despite the fact its worth millions.

Some smart alec said.. "you should also ask yourself what you're doing to contribute to the well-being of the country?". Well guess what?? Seriously guess what? We did.. we just didnt get enough votes.. Wanna know why? Well since you are a smart alec , i'm sure you can think of it!

You know the country is screwed when a student that scored a billions A's in their STPM dont get a place in the local university. You know the country is screwed when practically everyone has a friend that has been a victim of snatch theft/robbery. .. You know its screwed when a petroluem-producing country, raises the price of petroluem 3 times in a year and yet DARE to claim it has made a record profit that year. You know its screwed when the goverment proposed a 450 million sports facility to be built oversea... for a bunch of athletes.. And lastly you know the country has pretty much screwed you when the allegedly 4.3 billion that was SUPPOSEDLY used to upgrade the transportation system just vanished..... ( how about the MATRADE complex, or perhaps the MAS issue, and how about the selling of Augusta, the close one eye minister,.. the bmw driving custom officer?, the no hand-holding in parks... *gawd i can go on forever)

Seriously guys?? DO you guys read newspapers at all?? Or you guys are still day dreaming?

I am sure some of you will say " if you dont like the country so much, just get out lar ".. Well i would have if the darn petrol dont keep raising, the cops dont keep asking money from my business and the damn thief stop stealing from me..

Fed up it seems.. geez

LOL, you caught the doctor in the act! Well, at least Badawi hasn't been jailed for Sodomi yet...

its allright for people like kenny to vote for the third option. after all, his life isn't as badly affected by government policies as much as those who are in dire situations. the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer..corruption, deception, you name and the country has got it. heck, while we're at it, lets throw in the fact that some families are starving, some are trying to make ends meet via crime and con, and many are suffering thanks to racial prejudice..so tell me, what reason do they not have to vote for the second option..its all right for people who can afford to get along comfortably throughout life, but not every lives in that dream world..not everyone lives on the gravy boat.

"i dont actually see what is wrong with the poll..after all, there is nothing wrong with saying that the country is progressing too slowly. its better than saying that the country is going backwards. "

hehe if only they gave us that option...

I agree with the 90% of the nation man! I'm surprised it wasn't a unanimous 100%. Honestly, 49 years down the road, you'd think we'd be so much better off than where we are today. Can't deny that we've come a long way indeed. But there's still a long way to go, and looking at the speed things are going, who knows if we'd still be alive to see a truly advanced Malaysia? (By the way, I'm in the same age group as you are) Look at what's happening around us. Crime rates have increase. Expenses have increase (whilst salary has not). We have a lousy traffic system, lousy education system, lousy infrastructure... what more can I say? Look at our 'beloved' neighbour S'pore. How long have they been independant for? But look how far they've come, and how much they've achieved. All of this comes down to efficient, effective, and proper management, which is sadly what M'sia truly lacks.

PS: I love M'sia, but there's seriously a whole lotta work that needs to be done here!

49 years is not a long time but it ain't all that short either. To say that we have not grown would be a lie but have we developed to our full capacity? Our country is rich with natural resources and we could very well afford to be a self sustaining country but we can't even do that now... why? Inefficiency of expansion of our economy. After so many cases reported about snatch theft in the SAME FU*KING AREA only they caught those rubbish. What is the main problem? Everyone in the government says that they stand behind their leader 100%, our prime minister. But then again why not, they are teaching us values of loyalty and unity amongst our countrymen, and of course other perks would be the RM 50,000 Mercedes that you can get hot from the Customs oven, and the customs get their state of the art BM Fu*king W, RM800 imported batons and RM200 buttons on their uniform. WTF!!! RM200 buttons?? RM800 baton??? No wonder they dun use it, scared scratch it mar. And all those shits that they talk about the police, first the nude ear squat shit, then the guys who got assaulted in the interrogation room by policemen and the video of police receiving a bribe... what are the updates? See the government now is something like the bush administration. WTC got destroyed and they linked it to the Al-Qaeda and so what did they do? They went after Saddam Hussein, SPECULATING that he has weapons of wedding reception, killed his sons and lock him up in the dungeon where he prays everyday that he does not drop his soap. Two months later, Bush says, 'Oh ya, that Bin Laid guy, LETS GO KICK HIS ASS AFTER LETTING HIM RUN FOR TWO MONTHS...CHARGGGEEEE'. Malaysian government is the same, saying the video is a fraud, launching attacks on the guy who recorded the nude squats instead of the officer. Take some responsibilities and please make this country what it should be. And one more thing before I end... about the racial unity and equality in the eyes of the government, I only have one word to say... BOLLOCKS!

We have to remind those 90% that: Malaysian are used to blame the government for EVERYTHING, but we can't see the point that the country is what the people are.

此地无银三百两。

However, don't be too positive about our government too, kenny. Maybe it's just because you haven't notice who they are.

see what you have done kenny? U started a cyber argument lolz... but still, very creative post..
i think we have to give our country more credit, after all, we are proud to be malaysians rite?
There is still room for improvement, but hey, i can name u more than 10 countries that would be very glad to be in our position...

oh ya I love Malaysia too

WOAH!!!!KENNY U REALLY HAVE A HOT TOPIC 4 EVERY ONE THIS TIME.I MUST SAY A LOT OF THE ABOVE LONG COMMENT IS TRUE.I AM SURE WHAT HAPPEN IN THE COUNTRY ESPECIALLY IN WEST M'SIA DON'T REALLY AFFECT U MUCH IN KUCHING. SO WHAT SAY U? HAVE A NICE DAY & KEEP UP UR BLOGGING.

btw people, government has their reasons for doing anything which we might feel that its bad. You've got to see things from many different angles. Of course, for the "corrupted" ones... they do it for their benefits. -.-

Few years back undoubtly I would choose C, but now when I became the taxpayer and look at how much has the government done to improve our country using the taxpayers money, I'll go for B. Not just the main news in The Star, very dissapointed too to read about the news in Metro eg. those wasted facilities like Rakan Muda recreational centre, bad transportation etc... But most dissapointing is still the crime rate. sigh..

I think the real problem that is actually blinded in front of our eyes is, 'We think we are, but we're not'

Political issues are not for us to judge on, it doesnt help much to judge when you are not contributing yourself.

Sure, the spammers must have been contributing to the 90% polls and in reality, if that is true though, the 90% can easily bring down the country and end up with a messy Indonesia / Philipine administration.

But we're not, and we still think we are doing really well, when you ask yourself, where exactly are you heading?

The vision 2020 is fast approaching, with only 14 more short years to go, what status have we achieved? How far are we from the state where we can confidently identified as 'Developed' ?

From what I can see, we are far from getting there, and everybody is thinking that we are almost there.

Think again.

ps: And this entry is a joke and to entertain us, a political joke.

If that's a real number of people voting, then I think I know why they say we're maturing too slowly...

In case you hadn't noticed the alarming increase in the "lala" style of teenagers, this style was brought on by the onslaught of Japanese anime and the knowledge that their technology is far superior to ours. The temptation to compare our technology and development to those of the Japanese is there, and this might be the reason why these people say "Nolah! Too slow lah!"

I bet you the voters were mostly teenagers and young adults.

Kenny sia, you only back in kuching like what,2 years now?you don't know shit. Maybe you're just trying to be funny, but this is a lousy joke. Show some respect to TDM, perhaps you're gonna get your ass kick by this entry.

People..

Malaysia is our breeding land.
Maybe its not as good as some others, i have seen some of you taking singapore as an example
like, how developed is it compared to Malaysia
but HEY ppl!!!!!
Do u realise 70++% of sg population is chinese..
and there are only like 4 million in the whole country

Comparing this to Malaysia,
Malaysia has like 25++million population
25-30% are chinese
The rest consist of other different races
How do you expect unity to come easily when there r so many races living on one particular land?
One with so many community..
and each comm has a considerable number of people in it???
And every community has different valuation toward issues and everything.

Like wat i had said in above
its hard to reach a clear consensus!!!
Besides, how to develop ur own home country when one is not even interested in developing it?

Anyway,
its good that we have a say around here.
Dont we??? =)
Everyone's opinion has their own hidden theory though, since we each have a diff social upbringing.
Right, another reason why we r not reaching an understanding here. haha

i agree with u lansi, but we cannot make it an excuse for not developing as fast as other nations. if we do, it'll only further hinder our growth.

my, have it been a long time since i last had a laugh when reading kennysia.com.

Sucks to be marginalised...

hey people, stop comparing with Singapore. It's unfair to do so. S'pore can be developed within such a short period of time because it's a country the size of kl. it's so much easier to manage and organize a small country like that. and plus, you have to consider the quality of the citizens. a lot of Malaysians do not contribute as much as you and me.

I agree that we're not developing as fast as a lot of us expects it to be, but why not all of us pause for a while and think about what we can do to help the country instead of criticising and complaining about corruption and things like that when many of us are the ones who are encouraging the act itself?

So, stop complaining and start putting in some act.

Haha... what do you expect? As just another normal Malaysian citizen I have no interest in these political issues. My issues are more personal:
1. What has happened to our nation's safety? Robberies, snatch thiefs, break-ins, murders, rapes; my god! Is it safe to go out anymore?
2. Equal oportunity? Hello? WHat's all this racial bullsh*t?
I am out of here. Hello AUstraliaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Dear Lucy,

If we should not compare Malaysia to Singapore, then what about Switzeland, Sweden, Norway, Japan or even Veitnam?

Its not the size that matters, its the policies. Malaysia has more natural resources than Singapore but too many "baggage" to consider to formulate good policies.

I have been living in Vietnam for 5 years and believe me they are moving forward. Kind of reminds me of China circa 1990 and now. UNBELIEVABLE PROGRESS. Thay had 0km of double carriage highways then and 18,000+km now.

I feel safer in Vietnam and its a fact. Not ONE robbery of Banks or Goldsmith in the last 29 years!!! 12 murders in 3 months in a nation of 83 million!! Malaysia? 3 a day?

Come on!!

In Asia,Malaysia is a good place to stay,maybe is slow in development,but i proud to b malaysian!(here no volcano,hehe!!!;D)

The online survey may not be representative, because the profile of the online voter is skewed.

The general characteristics of the survey participant may show: Having access to the Internet, exhibiting an interest in politics, being well-informed in current affairs. This group of people may have greater expectations of the society they live in and move along with technological process and found the overall development pace in Malaysia too slow.

Because of this, it may not accurately reflect the perspective of the average man on the streets.

Since I am on a roll, anyone tried flying SIA as compared to MAS?

I rest my case.

Looking through all the comments, my conclusion is...
Whatever

Unless you can go and do something about it or make an effort to change the way Malaysia is as you may have proposed, just accept it..unless you make a stand..what can you do bout it? Type so much to put your point across also no point la

I agree with Kevin.

Next, mad props to you Kenny for blogging what you think. I'm glad you took your own stand. When I reaad you weren't going to write anything remotely political I was a bit disappointed. Not that you HAVE to write something political, but just that, as this is YOUR space on the net, you should not feel restricted in any way except by the bounds of courtesy and ethics.

Keep bloggin!

Everyone has his own short comings, so does a country. Even Hong Kong or Singapore have their own problems and politics.
Anyway, this post seems to be a little harsh at the end mate. It's funny though.

I did not hesitate at all while chosing the 2nd one. Our progress is faaaaar tooo sloooow.

Malaysia did move forward under AAB.....Do you think we have so many thing reported in newspaper with so many issues(including political)publicly discussed(such as....NOW?) if we are in Dr. M's era? I highly doubt it.A lot of controversy has been revealed and i am glad it happen....it is a rude awakening from the past but in order to progress, this has to be done.....(so my choice will be the third choice,same as kenny! )

i love malaysia.
of course, that was before our uncle lala took over but now ...
*sigh, shakes head*

Yea right.. wake up ppl. Can't compare to Singapore becos SG is like the size of KL? Think about the natural resources man. From all the mines to water, etc. What about our tiny little neighbour? They have nothing, unless you want to talk about resources in the form of manpower; their only 4million large population. How is it not possible that we can't compare ourselves (our country) to SG? Yes, big we may be but its sad that we don't do as well as SG with all the resources that we have, comparing the fact that SG loses out to us on almost every form of natural resource.

I am currently living in SG with my friends and I can go out without any fear of getting robbed. When I am back in M'sia, I seriously don't know what will happen to me or even to my car. The crime rate in M'sia is horrible IMO and I'd better not touch on the corruption part. Kenny, you yourself are guilty of bribing a cop isn't it?

Regarding the picture on DM, com'on, you ought to give that man some credit. Even in Singapore, I have got friends telling me that they are not happy with their nation's current system. So I guess, even if we're doing as well as SG, we can't make everyone happy.

Obviously, you've been living in a dream world. Wake up and smell the reality.

you should take a look at other parts of the country, not just the major cities.

i hail from sandakan, sabah. power shortage is still a major problem. it happens at least once a month.

and don't forget all the illegal immigrants that are all over the place. it's fine if they keep to themselves but they're committing crimes most of the time and who are the victims? the locals.

pay sabah a long visit if you have the time.

If you compare development in terms of infrastructure, YES - we have developed much over the past 49 years.

If you compare racial harmony between the citizens, NO - we have gone backwards because we have more racist people now (though they may not pick a fight) due to the racist policies around.

If you compare moral values and ethics - N0 - we have also gone backwards. Corruption is rife. Vandalism is common and crime rate has increased. Just ask yourself whether you feel safe living in a house without grilles fixed or without locking the doors / gate.

Our country is blessed with so much natural resources and intellegent people (many of our scholars do well overseas). However, we have not been good stewards of these blessings.

Rather than investing on the moral values and ethics of the citizens so as to create a nation of righteous people (or at least, the majority), we have spent billions after billions on infrastructure which goes to waste as the citizens are not capable of maintaining them.

We should not be comparing ourselves with nations which do not seem to be as "developed" as us. We should really look at ourselves and see whether we have used our potential to the fullest. That will be the yardstick for our development.

There are countries that govern and organized by reasonable people with equal opportunity; equal form of education systems; walfare system; and medical checkup for their citizens tends to do better than countries that mess up. Malaysia is one of the countries that are developing far slower, due to its "unequilibrium" techniques use to managed its ethnicity. you know what i mean.
Never compare the size of its entities to its opportunities to manage its mass.
Singapore is small and it is competitive to Korea(in some way). Japan is tiny and it is massive in brain power, compare to Africa(yeah.. a continent with nothing developed, blah blah blah...). Malaysia should be competitive with Korea(finished the Korean war late 1950s and still managed to do better than Malaysia), Taiwan(constantly afraid of China attack and still doing better than Malaysia). Then wtf did Malaysia do in these many years that cannot competitive with these other tine countries. Let's talk about Netherland, Switzeland, England, New Zealand... "malaysia" is tiny compare to them. Malaysia can do much better if they are providing its citizens same opportunities as it is to its kind. Good luck Malaysia.

Your comments on the vote is something new for me too!
Enlightening in fact.

And I understand that the picture of Dr. M is put there for a laugh. Still, I would like to say, Dr. M deserve our outmost respect. Certainly, he is a stubborn old man. BUT, because of his adamant attitude and focused long view, he has truly modernized Malaysia and changed a lot of view from others about us, Malaysians.

I really hope that people reading your comment would not have a biased attitude against one of the truly great Prime Minister of our time.

i cant believe that I hear ppl comparing SG and m'sia. Its unfair and no not towards sg but towards m'sia.

Get real, M'sia is so big compared to SG. So wad if we have resources, the country have to apportion it to so many other states.

SG is small, so they can concentrate everything within their small island, the leaders here have to focus on so many states. why not say indonesia, so big oso wad, so rich in resources bla bla bla.

Just like in exams if u take only 1 paper and score like hell, so wad, as opposed to one who took 13 papers and did ok for all.

Ppl are never satisfied and the grass is always greener on the other side. I have frens from other not so fortunate countries tat tells me they dun get wad are m'sians complaining abt. Open our eyes and see the big picture.

We are not bad after all. (3rd choice)
FYI: We are the 18th richest country in the world
We are the no.1 semiconductor maunfacturer in the world. Latest chips used by Microsoft(eg Centrino) and the US military(eg. Patriot missiles) are actually produced by our Penang boys.

Of course there are plenty of rooms for improvement, corruption, crime rates, economy.. and we are far away from being truly developed but i believe we ought to give at least a teeny weeny credit to the current administration efforts.

90% is simply outrageous.

interesting post !!

i think we're doing fine ...infact quite ok considering we are a MULTI RACIAL country..

but we certainly need the urgency to improve..

Please respect Tun Dr. Mahathir and don't use him as a joke.

u've raised a big political issue, kenny..

LOLZ!!!

I love the animation!!!

It's so apt to describe e whole situation!!!

It used to be him criticising Singapore and always changing his stand. Make it worse, with all the twisted media reports, Malaysia-Singapore relationship turned sour...

Now, everyone knows who is e 'bad guy' who always wanna try to be funny and attract attention...

LoLz!!!

To wad: You claim Malaysia is the 18th richest country in the world, that is pure bollocks. Check out http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1304569.stm for the details. You will find that Malaysia is far down on the list. Infact the Singaporean economy is about the same size as the Malaysian economy and they are 1/6 the amount of people.

eee! Dr.M's hands so smooth de!! the body so like down syndrome de! hahaha!
I VOTE FOR : no! we're maturing too slowly! our gov so corrupted one! of course cannot advance lo! advance also like snail trying to move from point A to point B that is 5mm apart that takes 24hrs to get to point B!

I personally think we're doing fine. We might not be perfect but at least we ARE getting somewhere. Every developing country has its own hiccups. People who live here tend to take things for granted. Developing a country takes time. Especially in a multicultural society. Some countries gain their independance much earlier than ours but are still no where near us in terms of development. Not even develop nations like Hk, Sg and those in the west are perfect. Ask their citizens and they tell you they have their own problems too. Be grateful that you live in a country like ours. There are many unluncky citizens in this world who would give up everything just to be in our place. I believe we are in the right direction. We might be slow, but that doesn't mean we are not in the right direction. If running a country is as easy as some of you say it is, then go join the election and get elected. If not then just be content that you are not living in some war torn country...

*By d way, this is my 1st and also my last post.

Ok this is stupid of me but here are some data:
Norway (4.6 million people) - GDP US$180 billion
Singapore (4.2 million people) - GDP US$107 billion
Malaysia (25 million people) - GDP US$100 billion

The Singapore economy has actually bypassed Malaysia now!

kenny, u have light up a politic fire just to make readers laugh...........

seriously this is another one of your bad jokes ...

i dont see where is the funny part making fun of the Tun ...

think of something else la, u are running out of ideas man ...

i have a feeling most people who voted are chinese 30-years-old-and-above men heh heh heh

i would vote the same as the 90%, not that i don't think abdullah badawi is not a good PM. in fact, i respect the man. i just think that he took over the country a little too late - when our country has already gone too far down to be saved. if anything, i don't think the 90% results is caused by that man above clicking 'no' multiple times. instead, i think he IS the cause why 90% of voters clicked 'no' :P but this is getting too political, so i shan't elaborate on my views! hah!

that's mean... quite disappointing that you would disfigure dr.m in this kinda way... anyway the present administration is not the cause of 49 years of slow maturity, and definitely not dr.m's administration

and only a total of 3366 votes?!! you can barely call that the result of a research

Ha, typical of him. He forgot that of the 49 years, he was incharge for 22.

ha..ha..ha... Wicked Good One kenny!!!

To : ChungChin

Your example shows that your name is not real.

"1 paper and score like hell, so wad, as opposed to one who took 13 papers and did ok for all."

Sure its fine if you have one paper and score like hell, compared to the other that took 13 and did ok.

However its not so ok if you have one paper, no pencil, no calculator, no books, no eraser, and you still get to score like hell. Compared to another that took 13 that has everything ..including a lecturer,professor,gf that is giving bj next to him and still doing ok...

I dare to say if Spore administration were to govern Malaysia, we wont be so screwed. Of course if you wanna compare with even worst country like Indonesia then i do agree we are doing pretty well.

Then again why would a fat man compare to a fatter guy aint it. Its like being a fat guy while having lotsa gym equipment. Then saying outloud that there is another FATTER guy out there and he has EVEN more gym equipment. Instead , why dont we try to emulate the six packed lean guy thats has no gym equipment at all.

Hmm... sometimes i do suspect the IQ of some of the ppl that post here.. Please if your IQ is low try not topost anything and then disguising your name.. Its sick... really

Oh my god Kenny...as a law student...that sent me into fits of giggles!

kenny, this time you have crossed the line. it's a bad joke that you put TDM's pic there. while i think AAB did ok, TDM did raise some issue that is relevant and for the good of the country. hope you don't post this sort of sensitive issue next time.

funny how kl is a far cry from singapore considering how there's so much talk about the size in comparison.

someone should seriously do something to the transportation system.

Lets not compare to other countries yet. Take a look at the following:-

1) The successor and predecessor having fencing game for the whole world to watch

2) We have leaders and members of parliament debate issues on others people wedding (e.g. Datuk K and Siti) in the parliament

3) We have local councils who performed ‘the-shit-hit-the-fan-again’ all the time

4) We have state-of-the-art airport with a state-of-the-shit toilets, we have LRTs (long retarded trains), we get to experienced rubbish floating around our knees during thunderstorms, we have unlimited tolls lanes, etc etc

5) We have policeman who took bribe while wearing the ‘Saya Anti-Rasuah’ badge on their uniform because they are getting peanuts as salary thus no able to pay for their teh tarik. Which policeman would want to go after snatch thieves with no extra income!

6) We have Police dept who one day decided to reduce fine and cabinet turned it around the next day

7) We have government who encouraged future medical students to take up forestry study in local universities

8) We have other countries offering scholarships to our students but not own country because of the quota thing

9) We have Mat-Rempits as future leaders

10) We have all the best people living in other countries

We are definitely progressing! As long as we close our eyes and don’t give a damn who is in front or chasing up from behind! We will get there ... slowly!

political arguments. Oh boy, you had crossed the line. Better delete it or block the comments or it will be a free for all sooner or later. Which might get ugly. Basically, everything has a 2 sides of a coin guys. Maybe it's the sudden influx of bad news that's affecting the vote. But bad news is still better than no news at all when information is so vital at this age.

DrM and Pak LaH hv their own scam in side gov.Today The Sun show pak lah use 20mil js for his own security,OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ppl are comparing m'sia with singapore. Look at the crime rate that are much more lower than m'sia. Bear in mind how big singapore is. Is much more easier to control a small area than huge area. I understand AAB promise a lot of thing during the election but do understand that all those promises cannot be fulfill in one day times. Don't forget m'sia is still a developing country k. No country is near perfect for what i know.

haha, i actually found it funny, great photoshopping. you know, i think dr m would smile himself if he read this entry, so why all the hating?

people getting mad over a joke.. its sad, really.

Hahaha... that's pretty funny! Great work on the animated pic though!

my god kenny, either you made the comments based on insufficient information or that's how u really think, you are wayy off man...

under TDM, I am proud to say with my head held high, whenever I meet foreigners, that I am a Malaysian, and I am proud of my leader who have the courage to take risks and put us in the world map.

Looking at AAB now, we go from hitech and IT to ...wait for it..AGRICULTURE!!! and this guy does not have a tiny peck of courage to carry out what he said, only said pandai, when comes to do, keep quiet. Look at all the scandals involving his family, all he said is I DON't KNOW!! Ans he's the finance minister and home minister, not to mention the PM for crying out loud.

Anyone who thinks we are better off now compared to TDM times, come-on lar, read the star, and independent news online, you'll see we are much much worse now. media freedom, corruption fighting, education, healthcare, all down the drain.

man, I'm just so pissed and confused abt those who revered AAB. It's PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE he sleeps in cabinet meetings k>???? He does not have visions, wisdom, nor the experience, and he's ungrateful..Mahathir, for whtever flaws he has, compared to AAB, he's an angel...

i certainly will choose the 2nd one..

Tun M is the only garmen people that i respect in my whole life (talking bout the garmen since my schooling days)..

he brought us KLIA..brought us up after the 1997 economy crisis..and whole lots more just to name a few..

recently, he did some kinda retaliates with the garmen policies or whatever..

but hey..do u think he will do what if the garmen now didn't bombard him with lots of harsh comments..like what u did with the pic..

all of them r just acting in a way to please another..just look at rafidah..

when Tun M announced to step down during 2002's UMNO AGM, she cried la..this la..that la..said dun step down la..itu la..ini la..

but after Tun M stepped down, all guns blazing at Tun M..and rafidah was the 1st few to do that..wtf..

Tun M not controlling the garmen anymore..ofcoz la dun wanna carry his shoes anymore..the Lala is talking now..

U walk the lala walks and talk the lala talks..

adios..

The big guys up there already start having "if you don't like, get out from Malaysia" mentality. I am quite surprised it isn't 100%. It's supposed to be 100%. The 10% is basically those BN cronnies kept on clicking the mouse, not Mahathir. Good try BN, they just make it to 90%. LOL

Oh my gosh, there is so many comments that I read til headache! And I haven't even completed.

I would have voted C. With all the resources that we have, Msia could have done alot better.

I luv my country so much, so far. But it is discouraging.

p/s Stop bribing??? I seriously need to think abt it. :p

maybe Kuching is too peaceful for you to realize what terrible things are happening at KL and JB.

Yes.. the country is moving rather slowly.. look at Singapore. It achieved the same time of Merdeka as we do, but that small tiny island could boast their economy worldwide - why? Because they recognized the potential in human resource and skills and talents, not skin color.

BTW, I saw an ad in the Star yesterday looking for people with hairy legs.. something to do with starring in a movie ala LOTR. Maybe you can give it a shot. Heh!

PLEASE SHOW SOME RESPECTS TO TDM! THIS IS NOT FUNNY AT ALL!

TDM is and always will be a Great man. Hats off
SO, pls do show more respect to him.

One more thing, it's Tun Dr Mahathir, not just Mahathir to you!

i think someone should stick up for kenny here. number one: this is his blog, he can say anything he damn likes, and none of his readers have a right to judge him.
2. i think kenny derserves to expect a lot less than 90% on number 2. i'll interpret that as optimistic nationalism.
3. if he has the balls to put up the pictures he puts up, the least you can do is respect his courage.

his political views are his own.

TDM is the truly PM for MALAYSIANS, not just for one race, like the current administration. The garmen now only know how to play racial cards to get political mileage, don;t care abt rakyat. Just look at the cabinet ministers fighting EVERYFCUKING DAY in newspaper!! Most popular phrase:
1. We must be united, then
2. Chinese no good, Malay no good or Indian no good, then
3. Eh, I was misintepreted!, then
4. Mogok, resign, resign, u din do enuf for us...

In TDM time, remember how he has repeatedly ask the special privilege to be abolished, althouygh this means malay will support him less, cos he KNOWS what's good for the country! so that we can fight and learn from each other, else one race will always be left behind cos too comfortable.

Bangsa Malaysia? don't make me laugh...

staying overseas, i don´t get to read local newspaper so only read star online everyday (which belongs to the government like the rest of the media industry) it has just occured to me that all the reports today are about Mat Rempit here, Mat Rempit there, Puteri Umno dealings with Mat Rempit. What happened to all the snatch thieves report? no one got killed so it´s not worth mentioning?!? there´s a comment which states how G. Bush beat ard the bush regarding the issue on Osama. Could this be just another attention diverter too? since when has Mat Rempit caused an even bigger problem than Mat Snatch Pencuri?

i agree with kenny that we´ve came a long way, but i also agree with the 90% because for many who have voted, how many of them have actually lived more than 49years? How many of them were here to really felt and saw how from Malaya we transformed to Malaysia till where we are today?

TDM supporters, which other PMs did you have to compare with? almost 20 years as PM, i bet many of you hv grown up under his term as PM. Although, I must say he has done a great job. But do you also know he was once kick-out from UMNO for opposing TAR?

How many of us know the whole picture? i can only laugh also at my own naivety. Most of the m´sian ppl commenting here i assume are youths below their 30s, maybe max 35 (since you guys read blogs :P) so am i. It´s because during this period of time, we slowly comprehend the hidden truth of many agendas, which we might probably never fathom, and hence, this IT generation feels esp. disappointed of the government, as if it was something new (which is for them) but actually....it has been going on...for a long time now i assume... nothing to do with AAB.

i feel sad that there r pig-headed,racist politicians sitting in parliament who champion for their own race at the expense of national unity,and feel no need to apologise 4 it.
i feel sad that there r people in my country who die at the hands of snatch thefts.
i feel sad that the fact is, scholarships are handed out based on our ethinicity, not academic quality.
i feel sad that we are placing more focus on turning mat rempits into "national assets" than appreciating the national assets we ALREADY have.
i feel sad that nowadays it is more likely for malays and chinese to be whispering behind each other's backs than eating from the same plate,using the same cutlery.
it's sad that after decades of being told to shut up, msian youths are now politically dumb.
but all in all, i still love this country with my life. why?
because only people who love their country are willing to work and improve it.
which is worth much more than spouting rhetoric about all the unfairness in this country.
~from a reasonably aware 18 yr old university student~

"i think someone should stick up for kenny here. number one: this is his blog, he can say anything he damn likes, and none of his readers have a right to judge him.
2. i think kenny derserves to expect a lot less than 90% on number 2. i'll interpret that as optimistic nationalism.
3. if he has the balls to put up the pictures he puts up, the least you can do is respect his courage.

his political views are his own. "

1. GCB, yes this is Kenny's blog, and he can say what he pleases, but it's a public blog as well, as Kenny has allowed all to contribute thoughts, and we have all the rights to disagree. If you can't argue intelligently, be different but still united,go join the cabinet. it's the perfect place.

2. Optimistic nationalism? Try realistic nationalism.

3. If I have the balls to slap u in the face, can u at least respect my courage? I'm not belittling Kenny here, and the analogy sucks I know, but at least I know that. Please be a man and argue intelligently. You can't expect everyone to respect anyone who dare to do anything.

All I'm saying is we must right what's wrong, and the current garmen is wronging wat's right.

Cheers,

lets all sit back, relax and watch the drama babbyy! wooohooo!

want some poporns?

scarletears,

You have just summed up probably the best arguement here...

Also, I am more and more inclined to go against my better judgement and plunge into the abyss that is politics.

There r 2 things the oppositions should do now :
1. Just put candidates in 40% of the constituents, focus ALL The energy and money there. This way, they can tell everyone, Opposition can NEVER be the garmen, cannot control the country, but ATLEAST they can deny 2/3 majority in parliment!! This way we have checks and balance, then BN won;t siau siau lai!!
2. Have a mirror cabine tin opposition, for each minister BN has in garmen, opposition must have 1, to fully concentrate to do checks and balance on everything in the ministry.

Apart from that , IPCMC must go on, meritocracy must go on.

With these ideas, can anyone tell me why anyone would be against them?

I really hope I can love Malaysia like I did before 3 years ago...

Yes Kuching is peaceful, but underneath the still water, crocodiles are feasting.

Who does not know the whole sarawak is controlled by 1 family and their members? who robbed and raped the land that is so rich and futile (i feel a bit yucky saying that for some reason :-))

sarawak is there to deliver BN victory in the general election, just like johor. else why would AAB fly to Kuching BEFORE he announce the cabinet lineup last time?

Most people do not have access to internet (could be intentional?) cos all the truth and alternative news are in there. The garmen can control printed media and TV, but they have made commitment not to control the internet (else MSC will fall flat humpty dumpty style). This is where we need to push for Internet penetration to rural areas and internet literacy, but is this done?> NO!! why? now u know why...

anothe thir..mat rempit is an ASSET to the country??? we cannot talk abt religions publicly?chinese schools funding are restricted from the garmen? WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY COUNTRY????

www.malaysia-today.net

Go there and see for yourself. I'm not pro, or con them. There are some articles which I disagree as well, but at least all proofs are there to be seen and judged.

Ignorance is NOT bliss people!!

im among the 90%.i live in a small town named kapit in sarawak. imagine that there is still no road connecting us with nearby area such as sibu. for all i know is that government easily took all the timber from our area for their own sake and i dunno where is our money???

Nope, not funny Kenny.

i'll alwes be choosing the 2nd choice....y??? developements only happens to the west...wad bout kuching??? and hell....we still get 3% of our oil money and the rest is given to the west....WTF maaan.....besides that....corruption still goin on...not just the police but sumone higher too...but im not goin to go deep into this.....

anyway....we are maturing too damn freakin slow....

Politics are best left to the politicians. We, as citizens and voters, can change things around with our votes in the next general elections, if we are not satisfied. When the time of general elections drawing near, and political candidates are campaigning how good they are or what they have done, don't be fooled by them, ok? Have YOUR SAY in the ballot box, NOT on Kenny's blog.

I agreed on when you said we are not too bad, we will get there eventually. How sure are you my friend? :) Malaysia is one of the wealthiest countries in ASEAN, with this money we are able to enjoy many world class facilities and infrastructures.

But please convince me, government's initiative and enthusiasm towards Technology advanced country is way too upsetting. Streamyx for example, complain about their service is never ending. Please bear in mind, they are monopolizing the Broadband service in Malaysia ATM and yet, with the renevue they generate. They couldn't get the connection at its best. Time to think about.

Mahathir, I don't get it. I know he's a legend in Malaysia's development. No doubt about it.. I recognize all his wonderful deeds to push Malaysia into a new height. BUT DO CONVINCE ME... Why on earth he's yapping his mouth like nobody's business. He obviously has the right to critic gov. adminstration, but not when he was caught red-handed about his projects were wasting government money.

Kenny, if you want to post this kind of entry, please at least try to be serious. :)

I think some of the people here have been living in a well for god knows how long.

There is nothing wrong with this post. It is DOCILE compared to many other blog contents out there.

I am so sick of people always being afraid of ISA so they refuse to even comment even a bit at all about Malaysian politics.

I'll give Kenny his credit when it's due because at least he spoke his mind in his own capacity even though I do not agree with his views completely.

Enough of this ISA nonsense. Everyone should speak their mind without fear from despots.

Things will never change if you don't start with the first step of speaking out.

You'll forever remain in the rut and allow these dictators to divide and conquer by stroking racial/religious flames.

Conquer your fears and speak out against the establishment!

careful there kenny...the next time u choke...dr M might just decide not to hand u the pack of yeo's

As for Dr.M ...you just have to love him for questioning things....its just like having a Kim beazley in malaysia, it keeps the government on their toes. which is good ppl !!! We have to question the garmen all the time....not sit back and obey like mindless creatures.

The thing with Malaysia is that we could have been so much better.. our geographical location and abundance of natural resources are second to none.

If not for the incompetent government/discrimnatorial racial policies... we would be well ahead of countries like South Korea and Taiwan by now.

But I guess things could have been worse... so you take what you get, which is not all that bad.

Yup, speak all you want, but it's the ballot box that counts. Hehe.

Do let's not compare ourselves to nation-states with less than 10 million citizens or those without a plethora of resources to call upon. yet are so much more politically mature or advanced compared to us. THey're so much more efficient in making use of what they have. We'll just have to muddle along. /sarcasm

I've more or less given up on seeing a more equitable and efficient system in Malaysia for the foreseeable future. Cleaning up this mess would be like cleaning the Augean Stables...You need a Heracles.

"Are these the same ninety percent who voted our ruling party into government?

What exactly is going on?"

Why does the ruling party win all the time? It's not like we have the luxury of choosing a better party. Its the best we have to offer in our country.

However, it does not translate to " they are doing a good job"

The poll is spot on. AB is a hag who is impotent. He suckz....Long live Dr M

Oh goodness, that picture of him clicking repeatedly made me laugh SO HARD.

(this is the first time I am reading your blog and until now I always thought you were Singaporean =x my bad)

Kenny, the total votes of 3366 hardly represent the views and opinions every single registered voters in Malaysia. THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON, KENNY!!!

The Star vote represents the Star readership, which is predominently English educated non-Malays.

Do the survey in say Utusan Melayu, you will get a different responce.

Contentment in this country will run along a well demarkated line: depending whether you on the giving or receiving end.

I will drop my sarong in Merdeka Square on 01.01.20 12:00noon if Malaysia can achieve Wawasan 2020

look at miri.. brunei cars being stolen, break the windows and steal all the belongings.. report to police.. they say 'i can help u take back your car.. give me a sum of money la'... what ***** is this? i guess its just like singaporeans in JB? i dont know... sigh~ malaysia malaysia.. when can i see better improvement?

Nice post Kenny. For the record, I chose the 2nd option.

We're progressing, but not fast enough. We could have done and could do much more.

By maturing too slowly, I'm not really talking about tangibles like material wealth or facilities or other things like that.

I'm really talking about the social/cultural/mental aspects of the country. Look at some of the comments above for example.

Some people don't agree with you. What do they do? They attack you and call you names first, and only after that do they present their points (if any)

Does this represent maturity? What can you say when people don't understand satire?

Other examples I can think of are racist politics, narrow minded conservatives and corrupt government officials, which are sadly still very easy to find these days.

I could go on and on...

We must have some due respect to TDM. wihtout him, we will even be progressing slower man. and most of us are right. just look at the bright side, yes we might still be lagging behind many countries but we shoud be proud and do something. not just complaining about all things that are wrong. ask what you can do for your country and not what the country can do for you.

At least, I respect Dr M for all that he has done. :)

with "them" as our leader??? no way... they just pushing all the chinese out from this country... in fact... we are neither 1st class or 2nd class citizen in thsi country... we r no class to them.. watever belongs to them.. they keep it.. watever it is public..they take it.. and watever we got.. they also want to take it from us.. Abdullah Badawi still not that serious.. but read my lips.. when those young leader coming up.. we will be very suffer.. look at the "J.K"..the son in law of Bdw....if u following news.. u no M'sia has no future!!!!

What has Mahathir done but shit? In Mahathir 22 years resign as PM, there are bound to be crisis. In the 1980s, UMNO was declared illegal, sacked the Lord President Tun Salleh Abbas and several Supreme Court Judges, took out Operation Lalang on people who opposes him under ISA, in the 1990's sacked Anwar Ibrahim as Deputy PM, and charged and imprisoned him under some dubious allegations.

Mahathir was losing politcal supports in the 1999 general elections. PAS was gaining popularity in the Malay voters until the Sept 11 2001 terrorist attacks on the US soil. Mahathir played a religion sentiment where he managed to get non-Malay supports and moderate muslim malays in the 2004 general election. Then he step down.

Now he wants rock the boat again as he is adamant he wants to see Abdullah Badawi build a new bridge to replace the Causeway bridge. He even announce publicly that he would not stop(even though someone spray something into his eyes) until and unless the present adminstration changes their policy to build the new bridge.

Well, I hope in this decade, 2000-2009, would not happened another crisis. If a crisis really happened in this decade, then I have no doubt that Mahathir truly deserved the "FATHER SCUM" award in Malaysia.

Quoting from the V for Vendetta movie:-

"People should not be afraid of the government, but the government should be very afraid of it's people instead."

Oh by the way Kenny, you are more ignorant than you looked.

Cheers.

That looks more like MINI M !!!!!!!!

I'd choose C... We may be laggin behind in many (MANY) areas. But U gotta take into account that it isn't that easy for a country divided for so long (ethnically speaking) to progress like a bullet train.

My opinion is that: As long as there are still stone-age-brained Malaysians living their lives based on ethnic chauvinism, the progress will never gain enough speed to surpass the likes of "better" developed nations. Of course, there are other reasons as to why we are progressing slowly (but steadily)... but the main cause would be the one I mentioned.. the mentality of the Citizens of M'sia. Like Kenny, I'm part of the younger generation and I hope by the time we become the backbone of the country, we would be able to achieve what our predecessors have failed (or partly failed :P).
Yes, there is the "makan suap" normality and the alarming crime rate... We cannot improve if we don't believe that we can in the first place.
Change the mentality of citizens(roots.. a.k.a. children - upbringing), the civil servants and the leaders will follow suit. Eradicate Racism and Corruption.
~Stop bickering.. start acting!

Heheh.. Never really enjoyed reading anything related to politics (such as those cluttered along this comment section)... Still, good post Kenny! I love your blog, and my country at that.

as a reaction to dr´s comment...
i´ve not lived long enough to be able to know what your allegations are all about, except for the Anwar Ibrahim kena sacking :p at that time i have to look into the dictionary to find out what sodomy was ;)
So to highlight to all of you guys:
TIME, issue date: September 11, 2006
Article: "Who will Replace Kofi?" pg. 13
quote: "Other possible candidates are former Malaysian Deputy PM Anwar Ibrahim and two contenders to be the first female Secretary General: Singaporean Ambassador to Waschington Chan Heng Chee-said to be a U.S. favourite- and New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark."

For Anwar to be named among the same ranks as the other people listed there...
Is the whole world blind?!?
Or are we the ones who were blind?!?
Or perhaps many of us have chosen to close TWO eyes...

Ich bin eine Hase, ich weiss von Nichts...

dear sTiTcH,

Go ask your Dad, he knows what I'm talking about.

"History must not be written with bias,

both sides should be given,

even if there is only one side..."

John Betjeman