Is Vision 2020 achievable?

Vision 2020 - Will Malaysia achieve its target by the year 2020?

But, first of all, do you still remember what is this vision all about?

In 1991, our ex-PM outlined the following 9 challenges that Malaysia must overcome to achieve its target to become developed country, refer Here:

• Challenge 1: To form a nation that stands as one.
• Challenge 2: To produce a Malaysian community that has freedom, strength, and full of self confidence.
• Challenge 3: To develop a mature democratic community.
• Challenge 4: To form a community that has high morale, ethics and religious strength.
• Challenge 5: To cultivate a community that is matured and tolerant.
• Challenge 6: To form a progressive science community.
• Challenge 7: To cultivate a community rich in values and loving culture.
• Challenge 8: To ensure the formation of a community with a fair economy.
• Challenge 9: To cultivate a prosperous community.

However, the architect of this vision said unlikely to achieve in the recent forum due to Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, the current global economic turmoil and policies of the Abdullah administration.

But we noticed that above reasons are not able to damage a community financial foundation easily if the community is united, fair, understanding and able to work together. The main reasons that will hindrance the progressive is the mentality of the people, especially the leaders. If the country continue to practice racial-orientated politics, religious-sentiment based politics, money politics, "ketuanan" politics, etc., then the vision will end up as "mission impossible".

Bukit Antarabangsa Lanslide, a Disaster or a Carnival

Bukit Antarabangsa landslide, a disaster or a carnival?

Thanks to God, our country is free from natural disaster like earthquake. Unfortunately, He give us "man-made" disaster.

But, more unfortunately, the God also give us silly minister who said this is "Act of God" and also leaders who visited the tragedy area like attending the carnival. They come, listen to the brief, and go. The hawkers, the thieves, the reporters, the leaders, the irrelevant busy body, etc.....filled in the area.

Hardly heard any good news or motivation or touching stories from the area except complaints. These include ineffective rescue plans, the residents are going to sue the government, the victims reported that the rescue team refused to give helping hands, the current and the ex-government blamed each others, the lost of valuable items, the silly minister gave lecture of how to do the media reporting, the other silly minister said no clear evidence that the landslide was resulted by human negligence after the "visual" inspection.

But the most unfortunate one is those victims and residents affected that still worry about when they can go home.

And the most most unfortunate one is those "still unknown victims" (probably including us) at "still unknown location" (probably including our area) that waiting for another disaster to come by looking at our star leaders' attitude and administration, our prevention & precaution plans, our disaster rescue response plans, our "tak apa" policies, our "cepat lupa" policies, etc.