I will touch on politics...but what topics should I touch?
How about the recent attacks on humanitarian-work-ships by the Israeli military?
Err......not much confident on writing that. Besides, the truth is blur, and the truth will prevail.
Like that arh......how about the latest cabinet minor shuffle?
Well......not much to talk on the potatoes. All looks the same to me-unusable.
Oh, how about the scary statement about the country going bankrupt in another 9 years made by MAS-CEO-turn-minister Datuk Seri Idris Jala?
OK. That sounds a bit better to talk about.
Cutting on subsidies. The alleged potion to cure the sickening-by-day country's debt, which most of us do not like.
Yes, the fact is we do not like getting subsidies cut. Everytime there's petrol hike, all of us would start to swear and curse.
But at the same way, the painful fact and reality is, the country is facing a great debt. And if the problem is not solved in time, we might be like Greece, said Idris Jala.
The problem on debt must be solved, but is the solution of cutting subsidies would work, and is it the only solution?
On Strange Transmissions, we do not only look in different perspectives, but also offer ideas and alternatives to solve a problem.
I believe, that cutting on subsidies is not the only option to save this country, neither it is a good one. So, what other options we could venture?
Curbing the "brain drain" problem. Over the span of 10-15 years, this country lost many "brains", but gaining "brawns" at the other hand. No doubt that "brawn" is important in a developing country, but if the country is lacking of "brains", the developing country would remain as developing country for long, and the road to become a developed country would be tougher, and may seem impossible. Look at economy-sprouting nations like China, within the span of 20 years, the country had gone through leaps in economy, becoming the third largest economy in the world, with annual economy growth of more than 10%! One of the factors is having a very massive size of population, not to forget, diverse too. Labours? They can have labours using their own people. Professionals? They also have their own professionals. Farmers to provide food? They have their own farmers. In fact, they have so many people to sustain the country, foreign companies had gone there to invest with fruitful results. Moreover, because of the massive size of population, it provides a great and massive size of market, which in turn encourages the country's economy further, and the economy development is so great in China, that "brains" from Malaysia is working in China. China is a good example, and a good model for a developing country to learn from.
Curbing grafts and corruptions. Grafts and corruptions in this country caused huge amounts of loss to the country that can amount to billions. However, the efforts to curb corruptions in this country proves that they are not working. Changing Anti-Corruption Agency to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is not going to work, if they are not as efficient as Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption. In 2008, the ICAC had been so successful that corruption reports had decline 6 per cent to 3,337 reports. And they investigate all kinds of "fish", from as small as fries to sharks. The MACC here should also do the same, and investigate as small as the coffee-table money from motorists, to people in the business world who had too many 'deals' with politicians. Curbing grafts and corruptions could both a healthy economic condition for the country, and a good clean on the investing platform for foreign investors.
See, there are ways to improve the economic conditions, than cutting on subsidies. But we also must realise that relying on subsidies may not be the way forever. We must be independent and gradually not to rely on subsidies. But more importantly, the government should not choose easy paths to improve economic conditions like cutting subsidies only. The government should instead consider all options to improve the economy in this country.
But I am sure that the government is aware of these steps, just that they do not put much effort to carry out these steps as we wanted.
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