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- Salizawati Bt Omar G 75828
- Hasliza Bt Bakar
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- Che Mohd Shah bin Che Hussin
The Government is confident Malaysia will not slip into a "technical recession" next year as the RM7 billion stimulus package is sufficient to support the projected 3.5 per cent growth next year, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today.
ReplyDeleteA technical recession means two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth.
Besides ensuring the 3.5 percent growth, the stimulus would maintain the 4.8 per cent fiscal deficit, said Najib who is also Finance Minister.
"The additional RM7 billion stimulus is crucial as we don't want the government to shoulder a very high fiscal deficit though we can afford to increase allocations," he told reporters after being interviewed by RTM in "Rancangan Khas Pelan Penstabilan Ekonomi".
Asked whether the government would provide additional stimulus package, Najib said: "I've said this is not the last time, we don't need to wait for the annual budget as we are facing an extraordinary situation." But I am supprised the benefit all come from the money of Nation or Malaysia Government. Why the non-muslim there are kind and have wisdom to be patient to meet such group of people.
Why we need 1 Malaysia? As all of us know, nowadays, in Malaysia we can notice from various media that there seem to have a big gap among Malaysian. As we already knew that Malaysia consist of different ethnicities and religions, therefore I feel that we need the concept of 1 Malaysia to put all Malaysians of different ethnicities and religions to fully understand and respect each other's cultures, and to live together, work hand in hand and share the responsibilities to achieve a better future for Malaysia in terms of socio economy and political stability. Through all these positive criteria, I believe that Malaysian can be unite and apply positive attitude of living in multiracial country. However, to achieve this positive attitude, a lot of actions need to be look into, as such our education system which still practicing ethnic schools.
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The objectives of One Malaysia are noble enough. After all, who - except for a small minority bent on promoting racial and religious discord - wouldn't want national unity? This is not to say that an imposed uniformity - rather than a healthy plurality is a good thing. But most of us can agree that overcoming barriers and promoting better understanding would be positive.
ReplyDeleteBut in reality, One Malaysia is going to be be hard to achieve especially when in quite a few spheres we have two or more Malaysias in practice. (And I am not even talking about the entrenched bumiputera - non-bumiputera dichotomy here.)
Let's look at income inequalities. Malaysia has a Gini coefficient (a measure of income inequality) of 49.2 - one of the highest in Asia. This reflect the vast gulf between the rich and the poor in Malaysia: the income of the richest 10 per cent of the population is 22 times that of the poorest 10 per cent.
Take two areas where neo-liberal policies and privatisation have created a two-tier system: health care and eduction. Since the 1980s, the health care system in Malaysia has been increasingly subjected to such neo-liberal pressures. As more private hospitals drain resources away from the public health care system, we now have standards of health care: the private hospitals with more medical personnel per patient and shorter queues for those who can afford it, on the one hand, and the badly underfunded and under-resourced general hospitals, with long queues for those who cannot afford quality care, on the other.
Even within the general hospitals, we are now seeing two different systems: the full-paying patients scheme for the better off and the "second class" scheme for those without the means. (But where do the migrant workers and the refugees fit in?)
The same goes for education. Increasingly, the wealthy and the elite are avoiding government schools and sending their children to private schools, where more and more Malaysian students are now enrolled unlike previously where they were meant exclusively for children of expatriates. Well-to-do parents prefer these schools for all sorts of reasons: less pressure on pupils, learning through initiative and experience rather than rote-learning, generally better qualified teachers, and a lower student-to-teacher ratio. Moreover, the relative lack of funding for state-run schools as well as the mess in the public education system has led to an erosion in confidence in government schools over the years since Independence.
Even in housing, we now see a chasm between the rich and the poor: the rich can choose to live in luxury condos or high-security gated communities or country homes - where they are kept apart from the "riff-raff", so to speak. The poor have no option but to live in poorly designed and crammed high-rise low-cost housing (which could degenerate into vertical urban slums, if we are not careful), surrounded by all sorts of social problems. And let's not forget the pioneers and urban settlers who are being evicted from their homes and the indigenous communities like the Penan in Sarawak who are losing their native customary land to wealthy timber and plantation companies.
by Hasliza
Why we need 1 Malaysia? For me '1 Malaysia' is the approach for justice.Approach also meant elements of justice and not biased to any party through a guarantee given by the Prime Minister to the people that no member of the marginalized communities will be because all parties regardless of religious background, socio-economic and cultural promise of a proper defense by the government.
ReplyDeleteI do not see why we reject this approach. It is a very good policy that should be given strong support by all. Manifested an intention to prioritize the achievement of government priorities stand by people.
Just a thought to what is appropriate tools that can be used as a platform for us to unite. Enough with only the promise that no government will be marginalized members of society in national development can make people united Malaysia?
Or whether the implementation can be done to bridge the 28 million population of Malaysia relations are multi-racial, religion and customs of this?
by Che Mohd Shah
For me.. we need one Malaysia to ensure our life harmony.But why some people not agree about this idea....?
ReplyDeleteDear friends, as far as I concerned, I strongly agree with 1 Malaysia simply because to making sure that we will have a better and unite Malaysians ciitzens. As we know, without, we need to unite to achieve a harmony living style in this multi racial country.
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i like it.. :D
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