Comments on: End the 50-year New Economic Policy if Najib wants to lay claim to innovation or shift to a new economic model as the NEP had stunted Malaysia’s economic growth and prevented the nation from becoming a high-income country http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/ for Malaysia Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:28:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: taiking http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196667 taiking Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:18:21 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196667 They started with clutches. Now they have progressed to wheelchairs. And soon they will need drips. Still it must feel good for them to have the billions and the palaces and the ferraris and the disneyland trips. Bone loss as a result of prolonged sitting? No. No trouble really. Mca and mic MPs are ever willing to push them about in their wheelchairs and all. They started with clutches. Now they have progressed to wheelchairs. And soon they will need drips. Still it must feel good for them to have the billions and the palaces and the ferraris and the disneyland trips. Bone loss as a result of prolonged sitting? No. No trouble really. Mca and mic MPs are ever willing to push them about in their wheelchairs and all.

]]> By: johnnypok http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196590 johnnypok Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:03:34 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196590 NEP will only end when all the recipients finally succumb to the deadly drugs. NEP will only end when all the recipients finally succumb to the deadly drugs.

]]> By: Godfather http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196553 Godfather Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:09:15 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196553 The NEP will end only when there is nothing left to steal. The NEP will end only when there is nothing left to steal.

]]> By: taiking http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196542 taiking Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:35:02 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196542 Najib is a disaster. Umno is a disaster. Malaysia will become a disaster. Najib is a disaster. Umno is a disaster. Malaysia will become a disaster.

]]> By: Bigjoe http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196541 Bigjoe Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:24:48 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196541 The downside of NEP and the need to change it is obvious to Najib. He has made some marginal changes. The issue is why is so little? Is it because of the challenge of the warlords or is there an intellectual problem in the first place. To what extent does Najib believe the NEP have to be removed? His own brother Nazir, who believes in its elimination eventually, have confessed that he and his brother have debated the issues and differ on it. At the start of the problem is Najib weakness as a leader. This is not a man who got to the top by performance and influencing others. He got there by squirming and biding his time. He is not a strong leader by a long short. But underpining that mediocre leadership is weak intellectualism. In other words, the man does not believe in much of anything and not vigorous intellectually to see that the NEP have to be removed FOR the good of the Malays. In other words, even if he hears the argument for it, he does not have the mental capacity and imagination to see how removing the NEP is best for the Malays in the long run. Even more so he cannot imagine that its best to remove it now while we can afford to put in measures from the fallout. Do it later, we may not be able to afford real solutions to fix what can go wrong with any big policy change. So the bottom line is, while he is no idiot, Najib is not smart enough for the challenge of the time. Compounding the problem is that character wise, he is also not strong - too cowardly and trapped by his own fears to take real risk of leadership. Najib is what we call average, he is not below but he is not above either. The problem is the challenge and the job now require more, much much more than just average. As a nation we are too kind to mediocrity - we tolerate it too much for too long probabaly a conditioning of the NEP policy (with its corresponding corruption) for decades. So the test of the times is not just for Najib but for Malaysian in fact too. Are we a nation that accepts mediocrity as fate OR do we do something about it? Do we deserve excellence? Do our children in the future judge us a forebears who were not equal to others in more developed nations in building strong foundation of excellence or do we do them proud? In crude terms, are we Malaysian men and women of exception OR are we pussies? The downside of NEP and the need to change it is obvious to Najib. He has made some marginal changes. The issue is why is so little? Is it because of the challenge of the warlords or is there an intellectual problem in the first place. To what extent does Najib believe the NEP have to be removed? His own brother Nazir, who believes in its elimination eventually, have confessed that he and his brother have debated the issues and differ on it.

At the start of the problem is Najib weakness as a leader. This is not a man who got to the top by performance and influencing others. He got there by squirming and biding his time. He is not a strong leader by a long short.

But underpining that mediocre leadership is weak intellectualism. In other words, the man does not believe in much of anything and not vigorous intellectually to see that the NEP have to be removed FOR the good of the Malays. In other words, even if he hears the argument for it, he does not have the mental capacity and imagination to see how removing the NEP is best for the Malays in the long run. Even more so he cannot imagine that its best to remove it now while we can afford to put in measures from the fallout. Do it later, we may not be able to afford real solutions to fix what can go wrong with any big policy change.

So the bottom line is, while he is no idiot, Najib is not smart enough for the challenge of the time. Compounding the problem is that character wise, he is also not strong – too cowardly and trapped by his own fears to take real risk of leadership.

Najib is what we call average, he is not below but he is not above either. The problem is the challenge and the job now require more, much much more than just average. As a nation we are too kind to mediocrity – we tolerate it too much for too long probabaly a conditioning of the NEP policy (with its corresponding corruption) for decades.

So the test of the times is not just for Najib but for Malaysian in fact too. Are we a nation that accepts mediocrity as fate OR do we do something about it? Do we deserve excellence? Do our children in the future judge us a forebears who were not equal to others in more developed nations in building strong foundation of excellence or do we do them proud? In crude terms, are we Malaysian men and women of exception OR are we pussies?

]]> By: undertaker888 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196531 undertaker888 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:43:31 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196531 I don't know. If I am able bodied, I will find it a joy to being able to earn a decent and an honest living. I will try to my job well with integrity. Do I always want other people to ridicule me all the time that I am useless, not able to stand on my two feet and be independent? If a government always "imagine" that i really need help although help has been provided for 50 years, do I not feel insulted with no integrity left? I will question myself, am I really this useless? Or is it I am been told I am "handicapped" all these years that I will not be able to stand on my own two feet? Am I really all that? If that is so, how can I be TUAN? If this is all NEP is all about, if I am that race, I will feel insulted. Special rights or no special rights. I don’t know. If I am able bodied, I will find it a joy to being able to earn a decent and an honest living. I will try to my job well with integrity.

Do I always want other people to ridicule me all the time that I am useless, not able to stand on my two feet and be independent?

If a government always “imagine” that i really need help although help has been provided for 50 years, do I not feel insulted with no integrity left?

I will question myself, am I really this useless? Or is it I am been told I am “handicapped” all these years that I will not be able to stand on my own two feet?

Am I really all that? If that is so, how can I be TUAN?

If this is all NEP is all about, if I am that race, I will feel insulted. Special rights or no special rights.

]]> By: yhsiew http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196521 yhsiew Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:56:10 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196521 If the NEP stumbling block is not removed from national development, Najib's aim of transforming the nation into a high-income country might well end up chasing an elusive dream! If the NEP stumbling block is not removed from national development, Najib’s aim of transforming the nation into a high-income country might well end up chasing an elusive dream!

]]> By: Loh http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196506 Loh Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:10:29 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196506 The 30 scholarships will still have a race quota, but will be more in keeping with article 153, where reasonability might be introduced. The 30 scholarships will still have a race quota, but will be more in keeping with article 153, where reasonability might be introduced.

]]> By: Loh http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196505 Loh Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:08:13 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196505 Najib has realised that human resources are needed to make any country high income earner. He intends to lure talents by offering a double-standards scheme in taxation for foreigners coming to the Iskandar project. He considered that action as equivalent to replacing brain drains due to NEP, but he would be able to choose Muslim talents to remain, making those foreigners a-class-above-non-Malays, as NEWMalays in due course. The more Najib knows about how NEP hurt the country, the more double-standards scheme would be introduced, with the ulterior objective of getting into Malaysia NEWMalays in the making. Najib announced that the 10,000 a piece APs will be given to bumiputras either in cash or in APs. He has not justified it against the objectives of the NEP. Najib has realised that human resources are needed to make any country high income earner. He intends to lure talents by offering a double-standards scheme in taxation for foreigners coming to the Iskandar project. He considered that action as equivalent to replacing brain drains due to NEP, but he would be able to choose Muslim talents to remain, making those foreigners a-class-above-non-Malays, as NEWMalays in due course.

The more Najib knows about how NEP hurt the country, the more double-standards scheme would be introduced, with the ulterior objective of getting into Malaysia NEWMalays in the making.

Najib announced that the 10,000 a piece APs will be given to bumiputras either in cash or in APs. He has not justified it against the objectives of the NEP.

]]> By: -ec- http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196501 -ec- Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:10:46 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196501 the 30 national scholarship based on merit is really a national insult to the students, to the rakyat and to education in large. there will only be 30 non-race-based best students? ridiculous! does it mean all other scholarship given from now onwards will not be based on merit? based on what then? ridiculous!!! as to converting ptptn loan to scholarship: can't these people foresee abusive practice? when the awarding of degree is monetary based and every mark given has a $ tag on it, are you giving too much power to the universities and their lecturers and professors? imagine you are student eagerly wanted to converted the loan to scholarship on whatever reason, what will the students do if they cannot excel or wanted to go the backdoor way? will it be introducing or worsening (if there is already existed) corruption in the education sector? the value of a college or university degree is equal to or less that the amount of student loans. really a no-brainer policy! nep has to go, race based quoto has to go. the education sector must be liberalized and democratized. the 30 national scholarship based on merit is really a national insult to the students, to the rakyat and to education in large. there will only be 30 non-race-based best students? ridiculous!

does it mean all other scholarship given from now onwards will not be based on merit? based on what then? ridiculous!!!

as to converting ptptn loan to scholarship: can’t these people foresee abusive practice? when the awarding of degree is monetary based and every mark given has a $ tag on it, are you giving too much power to the universities and their lecturers and professors? imagine you are student eagerly wanted to converted the loan to scholarship on whatever reason, what will the students do if they cannot excel or wanted to go the backdoor way? will it be introducing or worsening (if there is already existed) corruption in the education sector?

the value of a college or university degree is equal to or less that the amount of student loans.

really a no-brainer policy! nep has to go, race based quoto has to go. the education sector must be liberalized and democratized.

]]> By: johnnypok http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196489 johnnypok Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:42:32 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196489 They now need specially-made wheel-chairs, because NEP has totally destroy the whole system of muscle co-ordination. It will take many generations to regain back the normal mode. By then, they will be left far behind Singapore. They now need specially-made wheel-chairs, because NEP has totally destroy the whole system of muscle co-ordination.

It will take many generations to regain back the normal mode. By then, they will be left far behind Singapore.

]]> By: k1980 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196485 k1980 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:24:02 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196485 PSD scholarships based on “merit” mean that they are tuans only, not for pendatangs. The irony is that many of the pendatangs' ancestors came to this land years before the tuans' ancestors, during the Funan and Srivijaya era! So who actually is tuan and who is pendatang? PSD scholarships based on “merit” mean that they are tuans only, not for pendatangs. The irony is that many of the pendatangs’ ancestors came to this land years before the tuans’ ancestors, during the Funan and Srivijaya era! So who actually is tuan and who is pendatang?

]]> By: Jeffrey http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/10/25/end-the-50-year-new-economic-policy-if-najib-wants-to-lay-claim-to-innovation-or-shift-to-a-new-economic-model-as-the-nep-had-stunted-malaysia%e2%80%99s-economic-growth-and-prevented-the-nation-from-b/comment-page-1/#comment-196479 Jeffrey Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:13:29 +0000 http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=6409#comment-196479 Lets be realistic and fair. Not just Najib but who can, within 200 days, show significant departure from a 50 year policy like the NEP (that has been entrenched during Mahathir's administration of 22 years and seeped into mindsets) without being immediately booted out of office? As a concession that this is the case, even PR's leader Anwar spoke different tunes to different audiences. For all his & PKR's inclusivist platform, when branded a traitor to his own people by UMNO, he quickly on by election campaign trail reaffirmed his commitment to constitutional safeguards of Special Malay privileges, Islam and Bahasa Malaysia to a largely Muslim Malay audience as reported by The MalaysiaInsider. And even Selangor MB had to balk when his proposed appointment of Mdm. Low Siew Moi as PKNS head was met with objection from the corporation's own staff, outside NGOs and even some PAS quarters. Lets be realistic and fair. Not just Najib but who can, within 200 days, show significant departure from a 50 year policy like the NEP (that has been entrenched during Mahathir’s administration of 22 years and seeped into mindsets) without being immediately booted out of office?

As a concession that this is the case, even PR’s leader Anwar spoke different tunes to different audiences. For all his & PKR’s inclusivist platform, when branded a traitor to his own people by UMNO, he quickly on by election campaign trail reaffirmed his commitment to constitutional safeguards of Special Malay privileges, Islam and Bahasa Malaysia to a largely Muslim Malay audience as reported by The MalaysiaInsider. And even Selangor MB had to balk when his proposed appointment of Mdm. Low Siew Moi as PKNS head was met with objection from the corporation’s own staff, outside NGOs and even some PAS quarters.

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