A little rant about Malaysian politics/c …
A little rant about Malaysian politics/culture in general. Why is it that Malaysians tend to do things half assed and get the priorities all wrong?
A good example would be Proton. The newer cars such as the Persona, Neo and all that tend to focus on the Lotus heritage and cool ass design. Now all that coolness is great BUT at the core of every car’s function would be getting you from A to B in one piece.
The issue with Malaysian cars is the getting there in one piece part and it happens to be a core feature. Same thing with out political initiatives. I applaud the government’s move to make English more widely used in Malaysian Primary and Secondary education but as with all political moves in Malaysia, saying we did it is more important than actually doing it. Our teachers and incompetent at it and openly admit it and whats more important the crowd that ‘deserve’ affirmative action appear not to see that the government is trying to save them. They would rather NOT learn something new and very useful.
Folks, Chinese culture is a culture so old and rich which also means the Chinese language is at least equally as rich anything the west has and yours truly here thinks its richer. Guess what they used to communicate with the athletes in the 2008 Olympics? English. What language are the people who ‘deserve’ affirmative action in Malaysia consistently not doing too well at school? English (mind you the English thought in our school is a joke when compared to Singapore). What is the reason HP, IBM, Dell and a whole host of other big companies coming to Malaysia and not cheaper countries like say Vietnam? English.
Now who would in the right mind would want to squander Malaysia’s edge against other countries of the region? Half assed Malaysians. Life is peachy ain’t it?
What do you think theo and dear readers if any?
theodwyn 12:01 am on March 19, 2009 Permalink |
Hmm.. I don’t even want to discuss the standard of the English currently taught in our schools. The standard has been decreasing steadily for 50 years, and it will continue to deteriorate without some drastic action.
Malaysia’s edge over China and Vietnam is decreasing. We used to attract foreign firms to our shores with cheap labour and acceptable English. China and Vietnam and other countries have cheaper labour, and they are gaining on their English skills. The China-chinese students in the UK all speak and write excellent English. It can be said that some of them write better English than some of the Malaysians here.
What other ‘edge’ does Malaysia have. It used to be said that the political situation in Malaysia was stable, and the citizens were generally happy, which made it a good place to invest in. I doubt the current political climate can be described as ’stable’. A better word would be laughable.
zewt 10:38 pm on March 20, 2009 Permalink |
you know… stating the obvious and telling the ppl in authority what to do what urging and encouraging them to do the right thing is absolutely futile. i would rather save my energy to blog about rubbish than to blog about serious social issues in malaysia. this country needs more than a revolution before change can take place.
let those who want to continue to dwell in their langue keep their way… at the end of the day, those who choose to do the right thing will thrive.