UPDATED: Anil Netto wrote an excellent article entitled “Malaysia’s Ostrich Economics” much along the same lines of this posting (read here). It was originally posted at Asia Times Online.
The Straits Times (Singapore) reported today (read here):
On a scale of zero for the least risky to 10 for the most, Singapore scored 2.76, followed by Australia [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 29, 2008
Malaysia Most Risky in Weathering Financial Crisis
October 26, 2008
Economic Problems Felt, Umno Politics Takes Front Seat
Today’s NST front page:
KL Composite Index loses 3.6% to 859.11 … analysts say the markets haven’t seen the worst yet … the Malaysian market is not an exception. The shares are oversold. They no longer reflect their values. We now have plenty of cheap, quality and undervalued stocks … but expect it to fall further [...]
October 20, 2008
Can Pak Lah Be PM and not Umno President?
Cheeky thought indeed. A fellow blogger had posted a similar thought here. After all, we had assumed that when Pak Lah announced he wasn’t defending his Umno Presidency. We assumed the next Umno President will traditionally be the BN Chairman and then the PM of Malaysia. And that person perhaps may be Najib himself.
What Pak [...]
October 18, 2008
State of Denial?
The US markets have been tumbling due to the crumbling of mega financial institutions. Their government has taken swift action to shore up the impact. The European markets are having the tremors. The Asian markets are significantly impacted. Even Singapore announced that they are in a technical recession. But our Malaysian Government says we [...]
October 17, 2008
Why is DPM Najib innocent if PM Badawi is faulted?
Mahathir along with a host of Umno Supreme Council members have continuously blamed Pak Lah for the historical loss in the General Election in March 2008 as well as the homecoming win of Anwar at Pematang Pauh in August 2008. The general tenor of the fury points to Pak Lah’s inability to win votes and [...]
October 15, 2008
Malaysia – A Failed Nation?
This article was written by an UNKNOWN writer and was posted at MalaysiaToday on 11 October 2008 here. It is very insightful and an eye opener to us Malaysians looking towards 2020 to being a developed nation. We can’t divorce the politics from the economics of the country as they are so intertwined. Politics dictate [...]
October 13, 2008
Omnia Latest Prices – October 2008
Since the Omnia was launched, there has been much interest on this device. Please don’t be alarmed that it heats up a bit during intense usage or even during the charging phase. It’s normal for all PDA devices.
For the Omnia, it has given many new Phone-to-PDA converts a grand time. Although there may be complaints [...]
October 13, 2008
Pak Lah’s Legacy? He doesn’t care?
This indeed so strange for a Prime Minister to say. Pak Lah says he is not bothered with what people will think of him as the PM of Malaysia in the years to come. Legacy is something everyone should be concerned about. It is what the individual has done to make the world a better [...]
October 9, 2008
Finally Pak Lah Says It
Today, Pak Lah finally said it. He will not defend his Umno President post come next March. The MalaysianInsider reported (read full article here)
“I will not stand for the presidency of Umno in the coming elections. My current term as Umno president ends in March next year,” he told reporters after the meeting.
