How many decisions have M'sia made WITH public approval within
4-5 years? Does it take public approval to decide what military
weaponry M'sia buys within 4-5 years? Making decisions THEN telling
the public about it is called "public approval?" If somehow, US
declares war on M'sia, bombs the peninsular to bits, and finds
public "disapproval," what the hell happens next? I pick up a knife
and stab you to death, then others look at me "disapprovingly,"
what the hell happens then? REWIND?
And again, how do you calculate wealth and "success" of a country
or countries. How do you compare them? The way I look at it, there
isn't really a fair comparison, cos the neither countries are
equal. You take the annual growth of Singapore and Malaysia, and
you compare. Would that be a fair assesment? Have you taken land
mass into consideration, population, resources and etc etc. I feel
there is NO fair comparison. However, my judgement is that
Singapore IS more successful than Malaysia, and in a way wealthier.
Singapore on its own, is a piece of rock, with virtually NOTHING.
No particular resources. But it has prospered and is still
prospering. It is without a doubt doing better than her neighbours
in SEA. Even after independence, things did not fall apart, when
many others predicted it to.
Bumiputra policy, racist chinese policy, whatever. Its called
democracy. Whichever ethnic group is largest, and decides to vote
for a policy favoring themselves, there will not be a way for a
minority ethnic group to vote their way out of it. Ditto for
Singapore. UNLESS, we have something similar to the "First
Amendment" in the US.
The game Russia plays with their arms sales isn't rocket science.
And you stated it yourself, its business. So, if they control the
hardware, they control the business. There aren't many countries
supplying arms freely, without any policies or laws prohibiting. I
can only think of the Russians and the French. Maybe the
Israelis... but the day M'sia buys Israeli
equipment...................... Point being, Russians are willing
to undercut competitors cos they really need money bad. BUT, they
won't be as dumb as to sell you everything you need in one go, thus
losing valuable business.
What ABOUT Malaysian made Steyrs? And what the HELL are you talking
about. Steyr is a gawddamned Austrian company. Unless you're
referring to the Steyr AUG - assault rifle. And why on earth would
Singapore want to buy Augs from Malaysia when we are capable of
producing our own SAR-21s? In fact, WHO would want to buy them?
Hell at least China buys our FH-2000s.
Malaysian AMRAAMSKI is double downgrade or not, I don't know. But
its definitely a downgrade. Russian EXPORT equipment has ALWAYS
been downgraded. If you want upgrades, you have to DIY or pay to
have it upgraded.
So what was your "economic growth target" last year? How high were
u aiming? If you aim low and achieve low, whats the point.
Singaporean mentality has always been, "Aim high." Of course, high
within our limits. If one is able to continually hit his targeted
mark, it means that he is not being pushed to his limit,
under-achieving. If he falls below his aim, he will be pushed
harder to his his mark. A quality much needed in the current
economic situation.
