Hehe. As usual, the Malaysians like to sing first before they
are done working on whatever they are working on. Not the first
time they have embarked on massive projects. Just look at what has
happened to the rest. It`s the systems(legislation, efficiency,
etc) they put in place which counts; which they do not have.
Anybody in SEA is capable of building large infrastructure
projects.
Actually, MM knows exactly what he his talking about. Johor is not
Shenzen or China. They are worlds apart. Malaysia is not even
remotely close to China where competitiveness is concerned.
He is actually alluding to the system which favours the ethnic
Malays in Malaysia. It is a theme he has been repeating again and
again. Just packaged differently. In some ways, he is saying that
it is pointless to invest there because the bumi princes(not the
majority malays who are good) will put thier interests in acquiring
wealth first above everything else. Investors wil be able to
discern what he is trying to say.
The IDR, like all the other projects, will end in failure simply
because the bumi leadership is deprived of good leadership,
management and above all, integrity. And especially in Johor; the
heart of the racist UMNO government..It will also fail simply
because competing with Singapore means changing entire system and
lifestyles. They know they could not do it. The so-called joint IDR
committee between Singapore and Malaysia is simply a platform for
Malaysia to ask for concessions from Singapore to ease off pressure
in certain sectors so that the IDR will get some investments to
grow. You`d think Singapore is not too smart to play along?
Remember the MSC? They wanted our `software' and managing expertise
after building the infrastructure under the pretext of joint
cooperation. We basically gave them the third finger. 
