Friday, August 05, 2005

Doesn't each citizen have the right to be critical when things are being done so very wrongly in this country? Wishing that our country prospers and every single citizen enjoys the benefits and not "ditindas" is wrong?

Wishing that poverty was eradicated, and the poor be uplifted economically, and not concentrating on enriching the croonies, is wrong? Wishing that the government was more responsible and not let countless of our young students migrate overseas for good (e.g. Singapore taps our best students when theyre in their early teens) is wrong? And yet the government has the cheek to initiate programs to attracts "brains" back to the country, which naturally fails. What an irony!

The article by "David Cyranoski: Malaysian biotechnology: The valley of ghosts" in the magazine NATURE was fair comment, me thinks. Yes, to a certain extent superficial since it fails to highlight our research achievements in the bio-tech field. But then again, his highlight was the Bio-valley, and how and why its become a white elephant. And his comments on how the government doesnt walk the talk (or failing to get the best brains to walk the talk), is after all true.

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