What do I think about article ? Shall I being a Malaysian worry about the development with our neighbors? With Indonesia a sleeping giant who is waking up from a slumber land, the Philippines is a rising star, Vietnam as an investment destination darling and I do not have to mention about Singapore.
My answer is an absolute NO. Sound arrogant? A big YES. But the fact is that both countries used to be much more better than Malaysia remains. They were well in advance and developed in every aspect and angles politically, economically and socially from Malaysia. We as Malaysians, learned and not to repeat the same mistake. We learned the best from them. We sent our best students to both countries to learn from them. When one mentioned Institut of Technology Bandung, University Padjajaran, Asian Management Centre, Jose Rizal, Ibu Kartini- those names ring a bell. The fact that we survived and I guess we Malaysians need competition to survive.
It has been our country policy to see our neighbors prosper. They term it " Prosper with Your Neighbours" . I would be really happy if Indonesia better than Singapore. I would be so excited to learn that Philippines is at par of not better than Hong Kong. Should I be jealous ? Yes, but a feeling of jealousy to make Malaysia a better country not jealousy to destroy them. At the very least, we will not be having problems with illegal immigrants from both countries which affect our relationships with both countries politically, economically and socially. Sabah will be for Sabahans. We learn how to use technology to construct our buildings and harvest our palm oils and minimize the use of labors.
We shall not be afraid of competition but we shall embrace and ride and prosper with them. We shall be more creative and explore new areas and perhaps we shall be an innovator, entrepreneur, creative lot, adventurous to leverage on our neighbors prosperity.
Look beyond our shore. Look at Germany, United Kingdom, France, Swiss- they are competing among each other but still they can prosper together. So, ASEAN can emulate them.
All Malaysia needs is a visionary leaders who love, passionate, compassionate about their country and people. Who are those leaders ? It is YOU, ME and EVERYONE who is a MALAYSIAN regardless of race, religions, believes, faith and background. Together, we Malaysia can make it happens.
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