by Dr. Chen Man Hin
The Barisan Nasional government frequently makes pronouncements that the economy is sound, with GDP growth rates of 5% and above.
However the following statistics of per capita income do not give a flattering picture of Malaysia:
PER CAPITA INCOME OF SELECTED ASIAN COUNTRIES
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From The Economist
Aug 30th 2007
After 50 years, Malaysia should stop treating a third of its people as not-quite-citizens
THE government of Malaysia has laid on all sorts of grand pageantry this weekend, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Malay peninsula’s independence from Britain. There is much to celebrate. Living standards and access to […]
A fortnight ago, the Sultan of Selangor called on politicians regardless of parties to put politics aside and to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime event, the 50th Merdeka anniversary, as one people.
He said: “The politicians, regardless of their parties, can have all the time they want to talk about politics after National Day but for now, […]
By Philip Bowring
International Herald Tribune
August 28, 2007
HONG KONG: There is much celebration in Malaysia this month to mark the day 50 years ago when the new nation was born out of the British-ruled states of the Malay peninsula. But was it?
On Aug. 31, 1957 it was actually Malaya that became independent. Malaysia was not created […]
August 31, 2007
Malaysian PM Very Constructive Force For Region, Says Bush
By Salmy Hashim
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Bernama) — President George W. Bush has described Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s leadership as a very constructive force for Southeast Asia.
He said Malaysia was an interesting example of how a free society could deal with movements […]
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