Dr. M says to protect ourselves against the Chinese again! I dont get it.

Dr. M has been under fire for his anti-China stance in the press lately.  I believe he wanted to defend his position by going to his tried and true method:  pandering to protectionist ideas.

He says these Chinese that are coming to Malaysia are smart and will take over the country.  If we let all 3 million of them in, we'll straight out lose.  But towards the end, he goes and talks about we need "time" to compete.  Does this mean, after this period of "time" we let all 3 million of them come in, we will win?  Doesn't make sense to me.

"Time" is such a vague statement.  We needed "time" as the justification for the original NEP.   To this day, the NEP is still in place.  It's been how many years, 40 years?  How much time to protect Malaysia from competing with Chinese from China?  100 years?  We might as well never be able to compete.  Then we might as well just bow down and fold to Chinese competition. 

It's normal for Dr. M to be abnormal? *facepalm*

From the star:

THE opinion is divided on whether Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s visit to China has brought more harm than good for Malaysia.

The proponents of the Prime Minister will lay out the points to support their argument that what Dr Mahathir did was only for the good of the country. It is a reform of the kind of investments that Malaysia should welcome.

The critics, however, flayed the 93-year-old Prime Minister, pointing out that the demeanour and choice of words at the press conference between Dr Mahathir and China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang indicated that the second-largest economy in the world was not pleased with Malaysia

Not sure, but maybe the star newspaper is a bit slow these days. The Star needs to find some direction as they are flip flopping between pandering to the political leadership and realising...hey most people see that Dr. M did lousy in China.  Let's report on that!  We are the newspaper for the rakyat!  Old news is slow news.  Need to be faster!

I already mentioned that Dr. M is a lousy foreign diplomat.  Basically they are trying to criticise him in a happy tone.  I think it's a disguised shot at Dr. M.  Baby steps I suppose for a historically pro government newspaper.

Changing Malaysia governments, not for the weak heart. 4 reasons.

Changing government in Malaysia had to be done.  There is no doubt.  It is a question of short term pain for long term gain. 

The root of all evil is generally corruption in this day of age.  Already corruption is being dealt with by virtue that the most corrupt party in Malaysia's history is out. 

Unfortunately, these will be trying times for Malaysia. 

1.  Pakatan Harapan is not the savior for Malaysia.  Not at the moment.

Unfortunately a lot of people will end up dissapointed that PH government may not have a good reign.  So far I've not seen much from PH that indicates a competent government.

Right now they are busy cleaning all of BN's skeletons in the closet.  But there will come a time where people need to look at as a government, are they performing.  So far, i've not seen anything that leads me to believe that they possess the true inner character to lead a nation into the future.

2. PM Mahathir clings to ideas that have "worked" for him in the past...In his view

I think it is very naive to think we will get a different and smarter Dr. M the second time around.  I think we just pray that he doesn't do too much damage to Malaysia as he is a bit older. 

At least now we have a more outspoken PH that will somehow check Dr. M and his not well thought out ambitions for the country.  It used to be in BN, no one would counter check Dr. M.

3.  PM Mahathir has too many goals in his short tenure

I'm surprised that DR. M wants to do so much.  If you ask me, he lacks long term thinking.  He falls into the problem of the leader that thinks he will be around forever.  He won't be.

Sometimes this happens to very smart people.  Smart people think they can do everything, but lack the vision of what he wants to accomplish for generations.  PM Mahathir needs to set in motion checks and balances. 

If he wants to have a lasting impact for generations, he needs to focus on legislation reforms and how best to position Malaysia so a 1MDB never happens again.

If this task is too big, he should probably step down.  PH has only 5 years to which to prove they are worthy of another victory at the polls.  IF Dr. M is in power for 2 years that means only 3 years for the next PM to prove his worth.

I used to think that Dr. M's goal for running in the opposition is to realise he has horrible judgement of successors and Dr. M wanted to put things right in a new system that protects Malaysia from these psychos.  Unfortunately that goal is not evident.  I guess when you are 90, all you can think about is being old and bitter and not what you did wrong.

4.  We need to remind PH don't fall into the Dr. M trap

I think that PH is kind of falling into the trap of don't question Dr. M.  I respect the PKR rep Rafizi for speaking his mind even if he can be a dumbass.  He at times, voices his opinions and objections to party politics quite randomly.  I sometimes too question what he is thinking when he objects to certain things publicly.  Does he just want to make noise?

However, he at least sees that Dr. M isn't what PH needs long term.

Don't follow DR. M.  He is not the gold standard.  He's the old standard.  He's smart, he's capable, but he's not your cup of tea.