Towards A Competitive Malaysia #13
Chapter 3: The Diamond of Development (Cont’d)
Diamond of Development (1)
Modeling after Porter’s diamond of competitive advantage, I have formulated my own conceptual framework of a “Diamond of Development†for a competitive Malaysia. Malaysia with its plural society is a microcosm of the world in this era of globalization. If Malaysia were to be successful, it would offer important lessons for the world.
Like Porter’s, each of the four elements of my diamond of development influences and is in turn being influenced by each of the other three, as captured in the diagram of the cover design. The four are:
• Leadership
• People
• Culture (including institutions)
• Geography.
For a society to blossom, all four elements should ideally be favorable. Of significance is that only one of the four—geography—is the gift of nature, and thus essentially unalterable. A nation is either lucky to have favorable geographic attributes, or it does not. There is not much that can be done to alter that. Singapore is blessed with a deep, protected, natural harbor and located on an important trade route, while Brunei has abundant oil and gas. Those are the realities of geography. The other three—culture, leadership, and people—are not endowed features, and thus could be changed. In the language of biology, geography is an “inherited†attribute; the other three, acquired.
There are six possible paired dynamics. The three important ones are: leaders and people (followers); leaders and culture; and people and culture. The remaining three—leader-geography; people-geography; and culture-geography—play lesser roles. Whether we elect competent or corrupt leaders is our choice, not ordained by God. Likewise, leaders decide whether the citizens should be educated or kept in ignorance. Leaders and people would together determine (through their acceptance and tolerance) whether their institutions (a component of culture) remain strong and honest or weak and corrupt.
One would think that the fourth element—geography—as something solid and neutral, and thus cannot influence or be influenced by the other three factors. Consider this. A river delta can be the source of pestilence, as the Sacramento River delta was in the early part of the last century, plagued with malaria. If that was not enough, there were the frequent floods. With proper leadership and right institutions, in this case the Army Corp of Engineers, levees were built. Today the delta is a rich agricultural area, and home to many marinas and waterfront mansions. The Corp itself was a creation of an enlightened leader (Franklin D. Roosevelt) and his New Deal initiative responding to the massive unemployment of the Great Depression.
Another example would be Cancun, Mexico. Up until the 1970s it was an impoverished fishing village, like similar villages along east coast Malaysia. By employing the skills and knowledge of its planners, the Mexican government successfully transformed Cancun into a Caribbean Riviera. Its previously impoverished fishermen now work in hotels and resorts. For those who still have salt in their veins, they now have a more rewarding career taking wealthy sports fishermen out to sea. These guides earn considerably more than when they were fishing commercially. They are also not depleting their fishery resources as rapidly as before. Instead of breaking their backs hauling their catch, they now have the tourists doing that, and enjoying and paying to do that. A dramatic demonstration of the power of knowledge, effective institutions, and capable leadership to leverage the assets of a country!
I never underestimate the power of corrupt and ineffectual leaders to squander a nation’s wealth, the “curse of bounty.†Vast tracts of Malaysia’s virgin jungle have been denuded with little benefit to the citizens. On the contrary, they are now burdened with soil erosion, landslides, polluted rivers, and flooded homes. With inept leadership and corrupt institutions, even sand could be made scarce in Saudi Arabia. With enlightened leadership and effective institutions, the desert could be made to bloom (California’s Central Valley), turned into a flight testing area (Edwards Air Force Base), or be an arena for testing vehicle land speed (Oregon’s Alvord Desert).
The four elements of my Diamond of Development provide the macro environment that would determine the potential trajectory of development. It is not necessary for all four factors to be favorable. If one is unusually strong, it could initiate the process and stimulate the other three with it. Singapore had an unusually strong and effective leader in Lee Kuan Yew. He was able to pull along the citizens, even changing their traditional habits and culture. If anyone belittles his success in making the Chinese give up spitting in public or hanging their laundry out of their windows, just visit Beijing and Hong Kong. Lee made even the most chauvinistic Chinese learn English; he converted Nanyang University, their pride and joy, into an English-language institution. He was also greatly helped by the British bequeathing many effective institutions.
It is more effective to have all four be favorable, if only slightly, than having only one element be unusually strong. Together and acting synergistically, they would exert a far greater effect.
A lesson from medical therapeutics would help clarify my point. For a long time physicians believed in using single rather than multiple drugs in treating diseases, even if we have to use very high doses and thus risking intolerable side effects. Today, as we are learning from our cancer specialist colleagues, it is far more efficacious to use multiple synergistic drugs in combination and at lower doses instead of a single drug at high doses. There would also be less risk of side effects, or if there were they would be more tolerable.
Likewise with my Diamond of Development; it would be far more effective and much more easily attainable to make small improvements on all four factors than to concentrate on maximizing the favorable attribute of any one factor.
Enhancing all four factors is important for if any one factor is unfavorable or negative, it could drag down the other three. Focusing on improving only one factor would also increase the vulnerability. If we focus on getting a strong leader, he or she could be killed in an accident or be assassinated. Worse, that leader may be strong and effective but in all the wrong areas a la Stalin or Hitler.
If a nation were blessed with all four factors being unusually favorable, there would be the potential of a quantum leap or at least a steep slope of progress. I say potential, because a favorable macro environment alone is not enough. It is the enabling and necessary condition; ultimately progress depends on the collective choices of individual citizens, families, companies, and organizations. It is their aggregate decisions and actions that would determine the fate of a society. This micro-environment too must be nurtured. I will explore this macro- and micro-environment further in the next chapter.
1. Not to be confused with the World Bank’s concept of “Development Diamond.†See Chapter 4: On Being Competitive.
Next: Primacy of Individuals
July 5th, 2007 at 3:13 am
Bakri,
No intention to be a wise-crack here, dude. Simply - it is not the place.
BUT! And I don’t know why, really; but reading this makes me feel like I am in a strip tease join sitting at the bar and looking at the action. What do I look at?
Not a comfortable seat, let me tell you.
July 6th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Dr Bakri,
I am looking at one: Geography.
The other three, sort of in the backstage.
That’s not too bad, not good but not too bad. We have a pulse.
July 6th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Dear Dr BakriMusa & Din Merican,
Salaam&Sallam
Strange Sounds
If you don’t like it , just ignore it
or you can write about it. If you don’t understand:
find an intterpreter, please.
When you understand it
and understood it - well, you do what you have to do.
So here it is:
zaterdag 07 juli 2007
Nieuw toerismekantoor reikt Franstaligen de hand
BRUSSEL - Minister Bourgeois wil samenwerken met de Franstalige gemeenschap om Brussel te promoten.
Van onze medewerker
De Vlaamse minister van Toerisme Geert Bourgeois (N-VA) verraste tijdens de opening van het vernieuwde Vlaamse toerismekantoor in Brussel. Op de vraag of het openen van zo’n vernieuwd kantoor geen provocatie is aan het adres van de Franstaligen, schudde hij het hoofd.
‘Absoluut niet’, aldus Bourgeois. ‘Brussel maakt een belangrijk deel uit van het Vlaamse toerismebeleid, maar we erkennen dat het ook een meertalige stad is. Ik reik de Franstalige gemeenschap dan ook de hand om samen iets te doen rond het promoten van Brussel, ook in het buitenland. Toerisme in Brussel krijgt pas echte kansen als de twee gemeenschappen er hun schouders onderzetten.’
Bourgeois is niet tevreden over de houding van de Franstaligen. Het zit hem hoog dat Brussel niet met hem wil samenwerken rond de promotie van de hoofdstad. ‘De Franstaligen integreren toerisme in het beleid van het hoofdstedelijk gewest en dat is voor mij een stap te ver. Toerisme is volgens de grondwet geen gewests- maar een gemeenschapsbevoegheid. Met het isoleren van Brussel is niemand gebaat. Van toerisme een gewestelijke aangelegenheid maken, is zeker geen optie. Dat zou Brussel afsnijden van Vlaanderen,’ aldus minister Bourgeois, ‘en dat willen we niet.’
In het nieuwe toerismeplan van Bourgeois speelt Brussel een belangrijke rol. Binnen Toerisme Vlaanderen heeft hij een Brusselteam opgericht dat tegen eind 2008 met een Vlaams actieplan voor toerisme in Brussel op de proppen moet komen.
‘Brussel is een belangrijke toegangspoort voor Vlaanderen en een belangrijk startpunt voor de toerist die Vlaanderen wil bezoeken. Het is een strategische keuze om de bekendheid van Brussel te gebruiken om het Vlaamse toeristische product in de kijker te zetten.’
Ruik Vlaanderen
In het vernieuwde kantoor wordt niet enkel Brussel voorgesteld aan de bezoeker. Er wordt ook aandacht besteed aan de andere Vlaamse steden of streken als de kust en Haspengouw.
Vooral de manier waarop die promotie in het kantoor gebeurt, is nieuw. Middenin de ruime hal staan grote letters die de slogan ‘visit Flanders’ vormen. Elk van de letters leert de bezoeker dingen over Vlaanderen op een eigentijdse manier. Zo kan de toerist na een druk op een knop de geur van Belgische chocolade of middeleeuwse kathedralen opsnuiven. Of hij kan recepten van typisch Vlaamse gerechten afdrukken.
Achterin de ruimte hangt ook een groot scherm waarop een aantal typisch Vlaamse dingen in beeld worden gezet. Kinderen kunnen intussen spelletjes spelen. Dat alles om binnenlandse en buitenlandse toeristen te overtuigen van de schoonheid van Vlaanderen. Kostprijs van het nieuwe kantoor: 480.000 euro.
Het vernieuwde kantoor in Brussel is slechts één schakel in wat een promotieketting moet worden. Bourgeois plant nog infokantoren in Oostende, Leuven, Brugge, Mechelen en Hasselt. Antwerpen en Gent plannen voorlopig geen vernieuwing. Het plan van Bourgeois gaat echter verder dan enkel stadskantoren. Hij wil in de toekomst ook in luchthavens en treinstations infopunten installeren, zodat toeristen al bij hun aankomst informatie over Vlaanderen kunnen bekomen.
-Kristof Hoefkens
http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=HL1EJ3UV#
Sometimes I hear what others are saying
Sometimes I don’t
Sometimes I hear what they are saying
Sometimes I won’t
Will they hear me?
Rabbish-rohli soddri wa ya sirrli amri
was what Musa said:
‘alaihis-salaam
But I can’t make the deaf hear, Allah
And salaam to you, too
July 7th, 2007 at 6:58 am
Bakri, Marin maso ekau dudok kek sini mako buleh la ekau bori pandangan. Sekarang ni ekau dah berapuih kek sinun, apo lak ekau nak sobut hal negaro den? Ekau dah jadi orang amerika. Orang amerika semuo eh hampeh, termasuk ekau sekali Orang Amerika jadi Emperor. Mano sajo amerika ado, dio nak jagi Maharajo. Ekau ingat Amerika ni hebat bona ko? Ekau buto ko? Tak nampak apo yang di buwek kek Iraq, Iran, Afganistan dan lain2 tompek?. Ekau lupo apo Maharajo Clinton buwek dalam ofis eh sama Budak Betino tu? Apo ekau ontok yo? Ekau ingat ekau ni hebat na ko? Sumo orang tak boto, ekau sajo yang boto. Ekau masih ingat lae tak hukum mengumpek? Jadi ekau jago la mulut ekau tu sikit. Ekau tengok lah dulu anak / Karen ekau? Semayang eh boto tak, poso tak budak2 ni? Tak yah lah ekau pandang jaoh2. Pekso lah diri dulu. Kalau ekau ingat ekau ni handa, ado lae yang lobeh handa; kalau ekau ingat ekau ni kayo, ado lae yang lobeh kayo. Ronti an apo yang ekau buwek ni. Taubat lah…
July 7th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Dear Mika Angel-O and John Stebengs,
I am sorry I have to butt in here. I do not understand what you both are trying to do. You are posting comments that I, as a ordinary person, cannot comprehend and will not be able to respond.
Frankly, I do know what your motives are. Trying to be smart, or just being bloody minded, or just plain off the rockers? But I do know that there are number of UMNO types who seek to post trivia on webblogs like Bakri’s.
They do that because they refuse to take note of valid criticisms and accept opinions and views which do not conform to theirs and those of Imam Badawi. They think that by posting rubbish they will be able to decredit the webblog, and turn off discriminating and smart readers.
These UMNO types should think again because what they write will reflect their personality or character. Unlike you, Mika Angel-O, they need the help of shrinks, shamans, bomohs who can make them “kebal”, and some “gifted” ulamas, since it is “haram” for them to rely on lots of Johnny Black label.
Less disciplined than you(?), they could go on a rampage against our fragile and vulnerable women at the night clubs in the still night, or the wee wee hours of the morning. I bet that they would not be window gazing at moon like “pungguk rindukan bulan” and chanting mantras.
I would like to think that you are not in that category–because you are on medication with Johnny and John Stebengs, you should try and will feel better after a couple of J-Blacks–and that you are capable of reason and logic and can debate in an intelligent manner, are able to state your viewpoints in a clear and succinct manner and can communicate with others.
When Dr Bakri and I debated whether he should post his writings and views–and mine too–in a blog of his own, he saw the merit of using it as means of sensible, reasoned and intelligent exchange with his readers in cyberspace. He is quite tolerant because, true to his word, he did not censor your comments. As far as I know, he will not do that. In this sense, he is unlike a lot of Malaysian bloggers who vet the comments of their readers before they will post them.
Let us, therefore, respect this man of intellect and considerable talent, although we have the right to disagree with him. He is a serious man with genuine concern for the future of our country.
Right now, he, many others and I are very concerned about where we as a country are heading as result of poor leadership, one that is unable to focus on issues like religious intolerance, perverted Ulamaic Islamism of the Chief Mufti of Perak, Malay centricism, sheer incompetence of our public services, corruption and abuses of power, and nepotism. This leadership is also very lacking in political will to deal with them.
I must admit I do not understand Dutch, Flemish, German or French and Stebengs Bahasa, and hope you can communicate in clear and simple English and Bahasa Malaysia and please do that in a respectful manner. Ada wawasan sedikit.
Danke/merci/terima kasih.
July 7th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
You beat me to it, Din Merican! Yes you said it well and I thank you.
To whoever you are - Mika Angel-o and JStebengs, please do not behave like “Ah Bengs” - the likes of Beverley Hillbillies, you only make a fool of yourselves, nothing else. If it’s your intention to upset contributors here and to derail exchanges on this blog, you are so very wrong.
Argue out your points, state your facts, blast out your frustration, share your knowledge but please, do it in a nice respectable way. You may disagree without being disagreeable.
We should be thankful to Dr Bakri for giving us this platform to share ideas and experiences so that we may all learn as we plod along. Let’s respect the man for what he’s trying to do for the good of our country.
And btw, have some degree of self-worth, will ya?!
July 7th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Thanks, Jong.
Must always act and react fast, or you will be overtaken. I am sure guys like you and Fathol Zaman can do that as well. But this time I was a bit, a wee bit, ahead. I am sure you will beat me to it the next time. I got to stay focused when I deal with Ipoh City slickers.
Regards.
July 7th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Dear Din Merican, Jong, Fathol Zaman et al,
Peace!
“Must always act and react fast, or you will be overtaken. ”
-Din Merican
Stay focus, dudes!
(Bakri is!)
John Stebeng is not Steinberg but is no lembu
(what with a cambrigde team pulling ahead)
And should be most welcome
(but then this blog is not mine)
If they wanna hack, what the heck!
(too bad but we both lose, then)
there is more ways to skin an ox
(if the gurkhas wish to)
Fortune favors the most prepared
(the Braves will not be spared)
Salam ketemu, John ‘Monang kor-bau’ Stebeng
(Cheers! Thanks! Regards! Salaam! Bakri et al)
July 8th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Bro Din, Jong, Fathol et al
As i commented earlier in another article, Mika Angel O is a smart well read and well travelled person but his style of writing lowers his self image to that of a village clown. I’m not sure what he wants to express, always writes with questions unanswered. Call it a satire not really but his mastery of the language and vocabulary is bar none. Unfortunately he misses the “communication” part in that he fails to have the reader understand his writings. Maybe he’s pretending to be the village idiot and not expose whe he really is.
John Stebeng is a peasant from NS and writing in Bahasa Minang a language understood by only a few. Anyone can write in any language but for him to call Bakri names and to attacj Bakri’s family is uncalled for. He has written this same piece many times before questioning the practices of Bakri’s family and telling Bakri to stop commenting on Malaysia. To John Stebeng lihatlah muka anda dicermin sebelum mengkritik orang lain. Apakah contribution anda terhadap negara Malaysia selain mengacau orang yang menulis dengan hati terbuka dan niat yang mulia.
July 8th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
My head spins when i read Mika. Much like what happens when I try reading Nietzche.
July 8th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Dear Shrek,
Like you, I think Mika Angel-O is a smart and interesting character. If only he can learn to communicate to ordinary mortals like me, he would be make a very positive contribution to our exchanges on Dr. Bakri’s blog, which was created for this very purpose.
Lekiu compares our “poet” to Nietzche — quite a compliment — and I assume he (she?) knows what happened to this German philosopher in the twilight of his years: he was insane.
John Stebangs is probably an UMNO member, maybe a Mat Rempit, from Rembau or Kuala Klawang. I do not understand Bahasa Minang, but if, as you say, he insulted Dr. Bakri and his family, then I am not surprised. He is just not capable of understanding what is happening in our country at this juncture.
He is someone who will jump into a “dung pit” to demonstrate his loyalty, if he is instructed by the infamous son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin. Stebengs should educate himself and for starters, he should buy a copy of the “Aliran Monthly” 2007 Vol27 No 4 and read “Whither Malaysia: Merdeka, Modernity and Lina Joy Controversy” by academic Francis Loh, and also go to a library in Seremban to read the Amnesty International Report 2007.
But if you ask him to look in the cermin, Stebengs may conclude that he is the fairest of them all. I think, he lacks the ability to engage in self-criticism. The late Professor Syed Hussein Al-atas calls his type a ‘bebalist”(a derivative of the word “bebalisme”). There is a Malay word, “bebal”, or is it “tebal”?
It is because of people like you, Jong, Fathol Zaman et.al that Bakri and I find it worth our while to write and express our views. It is from people like you that I learn to be a better person.
I am never always right because I see things through a prism shaped to a large extent by events and the times when I was growing up in the 1950s. That was a period of significant technological progress, economic prosperity,and optimism–read David Halberstam’s “The Fifties”.
Shrek, you try to read Eric Berne’s “Games People Play” and “I’m Ok, You’re Okay”. This might also prove useful to Mika Angel-O.
Thanks.
July 8th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
I assume he (she?) knows what happened to this German philosopher in the twilight of his years: he was insane.
- Din Merican
AN IDIOT OR A POET?
(whatever)
I AM NOT a village idiot, dudes!
no I am not, no I am not! - no! no! no! no!
but I love my village called the Big Blue Marble
Will I be insane when I grow old
When I go crazy with the world as it is
I don’t mind as Majnun could help himself not
And the dervish spin round and round
but they are the lucky ones
yet they speak that have been spoken
but who is right and who is wrong
muhammad and mahound
eloi eloi lama sabachtani?
when i am just a worm?
where is the world going?
what shall I have for tomorrow
and the day after?
when will I die?
will i be in heaven or in hell?
pray tell, all you smart dudes
give me answer
oh god!
as I am neither this nor that
what am I?
I am much much worse!
a heretic in cyberspace, dudes
-Salut!
(TQ Bakri, Din, Shrek, Jung, Fatol, Lekiu, John et al:
i am having a great time! r u?)
July 9th, 2007 at 2:33 am
Friedrich Nietzsche, the German philosopher of the late 19th century ? HA!
What a compliment for you Mikal Angel-O ! Hey, don’t be a pain, just share your thoughts but make sure not after your Black/Green Label or even Glenfiddich.
July 10th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Yo Bakri!
do you wanna walk me thru this:
Oil Price Scenarios and their Impact on Asian Economies
To assess the potential impact of higher oil price scenarios, a set of simulations was made with the Oxford Economic Forecasting World Macroeconomic Model. Two oil price scenarios are presented to shed light on the impact and policy implications of oil price rises on developing Asia’s economies. No policy responses–such as tightening macroeconomic policies or changes in exchange rate policies–have been assumed. Only oil price shocks were introduced in the model.
As mentioned earlier, an oil price rise may affect Asia’s macroeconomic performance through various channels. First, higher oil prices transfer income from oil-importing to oil-exporting countries through a shift in the terms of trade. In this process, net oil-importing countries suffer a loss of real national income. Second, a rise in oil prices reduces industry output through higher costs of production. This supply-side impact exerts inflationary pressure on the economy. Third, the impact of an oil price rise can be amplified by a secondary price effect. Although higher oil prices directly raise consumer prices via higher prices of imported goods and petroleum products, higher input costs on the supply side also translate into inflation. The higher price levels, together with lower real incomes, further depress domestic demand, leading to rising unemployment. Moreover, consumers who sustain a loss in real income may consider seeking wage increases, which further feeds into higher production costs, which are then passed on to consumers. In the first two oil shocks, this upward spiral of inflation and wages proved devastating in the absence of appropriate policy responses.
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2004/update/part030200.asp
July 10th, 2007 at 11:38 am
2008 Economic Forecast Conference: Save the Date!
The housing market? Employment trends? Inflation? Oil prices? Global warming and economics? We’re all wondering, what does 2008 have in store for Orange County? In response, OCBC and Cal State Fullerton’s College of Business and Economics will host the 2008 Economic Forecast Conference, presenting a multi-perspective view of the latest economic issues and trends. Save the date — Monday, October 22, 2007!
http://www.imakenews.com/ocbc/e_article000832335.cfm?x=b11,0,w
Do you think it is worthwhile going, Dr Bakri?
July 10th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
No wonder Malaysia is losing its competitiveness. The government just released the numbersof Malaysians giving up their Malaysian citizenship. From 1996 till April 2007, 106,000 Malaysians gave up their Malaysian citizenship. Break up as follows: 79,100 Malays, 25, 107 Chinese and 1347 Indians. Guess UMNO’s war cry to the pendatang to leave if they don’t like it is more appealing to the Malays.
Bro Din, Mika Angel O, what is your take on this
July 11th, 2007 at 4:11 am
GO GLOBAL!
If you can contribute to the betterment of the human race or do good else where - Malaysia Boleh! (Good luck, success and take care)
If you become a kacang there: Malaysia would have been spared the heartache.
July 11th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
GO GLOBAL for UMNO it’s GO GLOKAL.
From the people I know, most of the Malaysians that have ventured abroad are making a success of themselves. Thus their reluctancy to return home and be bogged down by the confining and restrictive minds of the BN government. Across the US I’ve met many Malaysian professionals in all fields and the main reason they chose to stay here is the lack of recognition and opportunity to develop themselves in their area of expertise. I know of a Nuclear Physicist who couldn’t get a job in Malaysia and another expert working for the CDC Center for Disease Control, many Physician and Medical Practitioner, Accountants, Engineers and Computer Scientist. They are model outstanding citizens and could have contributed significanyly to the development of Malaysia.
China and Taiwan have instituted programs to bring home the brains without the political strings attached to it. Malaysia needs to go all out not one visit by a Minister or some administrator who needs to get the OK from god who knows who in Malaysia in order to entice these people to come home. The government don’t have to pay these people but find them employment in the private sector. If large MNC’s can employ expats and paying them huge paychecks, why not pay these Malaysians tehe same. They can even save on the relocation benefits and other incentives to lure the foreign expats to work in Malaysia. Bottom line is Malaysians not Malay, Chinese or Indians. A Malaysian is a Malaysian.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
This is the first time I am visiting this site, and certainly, Dr Bakri’s concept
of Diamond of Development is most interesting.
“If a nation were blessed with all four factors being unusually favorable, there would be the potential of a quantum leap or at least a steep slope of progress. I say potential, because a favorable macro environment alone is not enough. It is the enabling and necessary condition; ultimately progress depends on the collective choices of individual citizens, families, companies, and organizations. It is their aggregate decisions and actions that would determine the fate of a society. ”
I agree with this vision. Let us continue to build on the four factors. Whether we have all four factors or not, let’s not lament. You know, we don’t have to accept the current situation even if we have three factors, and the factor of leadership is lacking. The rakyat can change things. And as Dr Bakri pointed out, progress can be on the collective choice of individual citizens. So let us not be people of inaction. Let us be a people of reaction. Let us do something about our current situation. The Citizen ThinkT@nk group (www.citizenthinktank.com) , a neutral group, wants to do just that, empowering critical thinkers who have the spirit, the voice, the courage to do something different, something positive for the country. One voice, one vote. Put it to good use, as in any democratic country. July 21, 3.45 pm is the launch of http://www.citizenthinktank.com. Address is 21-C Jln PJU 1/45, Aman Suria Damansara, Petaling Jaya. Be there. We can make a difference.
July 16th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Wow! Subhanallah!
Thinking Abrams!
I like the cute Lt Adnans; but you know…
Strumming my life with his fingers…
July 16th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Masha Allah Mika
I like Sgt. Hassan, berani mati tu. His finger is always on the trigger.
Force 176 dropped over Malaya. Thank you.
Universiti Malaya, Keretapi Tanah Melayu, Malayan Banking