10 Feb 2007 1 Comment
in economy, government, Malaysia, politics, social economic
Another cartoon by 林鑫. The fat man in the left tub is labelled rich(powerful). The thin man on the right is labelled salaried worker. The word on the grinding machine means increased tax(or levy 0r toll).
No local reference is intended. Any similarities to local scene are just coincidental.
An advice to Taiwan politician. Please reverse the process, otherwise yo will lose the support of the salaried workers which are the majority of voters.
10 Feb 2007 Leave a comment
in Malaysia, politics, social economic
Come across a cartoon from Taiwan by 林鑫 describing the process of intra-party process in Nationalist China (Taiwan). In the cartoon, 2 parties are voting on constitutional amendment, the left flag is that of MinJing Party (DPP民进党) and the right is Kuomintang (国民党).
NO local reference is intended. Any similarities are just coincidental.
10 Feb 2007 2 Comments
in economy, government, Malaysia, social economic
I am posting a list of top 50 countries in the “Ease of doing business ranking” by World Bank 2007. For the whole list of over a hundred countries, pls go to the link.
| Rank | Country |
|---|---|
| 1 | .svg){kind=small} Singapore |
| 2 |  New Zealand |
| 3 |  United States |
| 4 |  Canada |
| 5 |  Hong Kong |
| 6 |  United Kingdom |
| 7 |  Denmark |
| 8 |  Australia |
| 9 |  Norway |
| 10 |  Ireland |
| 11 | .svg){kind=small} Japan |
| 12 |  Iceland |
| 13 |  Sweden |
| 14 | .svg){kind=small} Finland |
| 15 |  Switzerland |
| 16 |  Lithuania |
| 17 | .svg){kind=small} Estonia |
| 18 |  Thailand |
| 19 |  Puerto Rico |
| 20 | .svg){kind=small} Belgium |
| 21 |  Germany |
| 22 |  Netherlands |
| 23 | .svg){kind=small} South Korea |
| 24 |  Latvia |
| 25 |  Malaysia |
| 26 |  Israel |
| 27 | St. Lucia |
| 28 |  Chile |
| 29 |  South Africa |
| 30 |  Austria |
| 31 |  Fiji |
| 32 |  Mauritius |
| 33 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
| 34 |  Armenia |
| 35 |  France |
| 36 | .svg){kind=small} Slovakia |
| 37 | .svg){kind=small} Georgia |
| 38 |  Saudi Arabia |
| 39 |  Spain |
| 40 |  Portugal |
| 41 |  Samoa |
| 42 |  Namibia |
| 43 |  Mexico |
| 44 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 45 |  Mongolia |
| 46 |  Kuwait |
| 47 |  Taiwan |
| 48 |  Botswana |
| 49 |  Romania |
| 50 |  Jamaica |
Malaysia is ranked 25, which is quite a good ranking. But we should not be contented and we should try to reform to achieve a even higher rankings. If Singapore can do it, why can’t we?After all, we share the same origin, same history and is in the same region.
But before thinking of getting to the top of the list , we should first aim to be in the top ten at least in the next couple of years.
How to become more competitive? I am contemplating on this, doing some research and shall post an article on this maybe in 1 -2 weeks time.
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