Saturday, December 8, 2007

Malaysia Boleh!!

"Malaysia boleh!" is Malaysia's national catch cry.
It translates to "Malaysia can!"
Most Malaysians are convinced that the eyes of the world are on their country and that their leaders are world figures.
The truth is, few people on the streets of London or New York could point to Malaysia on a map much less name its prime minister or capital city.

A recent episode of The Simpsons features a newsreader trying to announce that a tidal wave had hit some place called Kuala Lumpur.
He couldn't pronounce the city's name and so made up one, as if no-one cared anyway.
But the joke was on the script writers — Kuala Lumpur is inland.

The Twin Towers, the tallest buildings in the world when they were built, which was their point.

It certainly wasn't that there was an office shortage in Kuala Lumpur.
But, Malaysians are very proud of these towers.
Goodness knows why.
The money for them came out of the ground and the engineering was contracted out to South Korean companies.

They don't even run the shopping centre that's beneath them.
That's handled by Australia's Westfield.


Malaysian astronaut went into space aboard a Russian rocket — the first Malay in space.
And the cost? $RM95 million ($A34.3 million), to be footed by Malaysian taxpayers.
The Science and Technology Minister has said that a moon landing in 2020 is the next target, aboard a US fligh .
There's no indication of what the Americans will charge for this.
But what is Malaysia getting by using the space programs of others as a taxi service?
There are no obvious technical benefits, but no doubt Malaysians will be told once again, that they are "boleh". The thing is, they're not.


Back in July, the Government announced that it would spend $RM490 million on a sports complex near the London Olympics site so that Malaysian athletes can train there and "get used to cold weather".
But the summer Olympics are held in the summer.
Malaysian Government is more interested in stunts like sending a Malaysian into space when Malaysia's inadequate schools could have done with the cash
That's not Malaysia "boleh", that's Malaysia @#$%&.

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