Koon Yew Yin
19th January 2017
A few months before the end of last year, I wrote on the state of the economy in an article chiefly directed at market investors and the business community. In my article I touched on the Chinese investment wave and noted that this was a most important partnership emerging between Malaysia and China which would boost our nation’s economic fortunes. I followed up this with another on “The China X Factor in Malaysia’s Future”
In my second article, I noted that the Chinese are investing here for their own benefit and not out of charity. I wrote:
Let’s make no mistake. This is not about PM Najib’s, Malaysia’s or Malaysian Chinese’s interests that China is making these deals. China will be the X factor in Malaysia’s development in any transformation programme for our nation. If we want to make it a win-win deal, we have to work to pursue our national advantage.
I had also written
The most important thing we can learn from the Chinese example, is that we have to free the creative enterprise and spirit of the people, especially the young.
No freebies – just hard work, a no-nonsense, fair and competent government, and incorruptibility which was high on the governance agenda, has made China the power to respect throughout the world and in Malaysia.
But there is also a lot wrong in China now that mainland Chinese are trying to eradicate. Let us learn from that too.
I had hoped that our leaders would take my advice in the right spirit. Continue reading “Selling Reclaimed Johor Land is Good for the Economy”