Towards A Competitive Malaysia
I am pleased to announce to the release of my latest book, Towards A Competitive Malaysia: Challenges in the Twenty-First Century
From the back cover:
Malaysia’s foremost challenges are the fragmentation of its society and the deterioration of its institutions. Social stability is a prerequisite for economic growth, and effective institutions are needed for optimizing it. The deepening polarization of Malays poses a far greater threat than the more readily recognized divisions between the races, while Malaysian institutions are fast losing their integrity and effectiveness through the twin blights of corruption and incompetence.
The author presents the framework of his “Diamond of Development” through enhancing its four cardinal elements: LEADERSHIP, PEOPLE, CULTURE, and GEOGRAPHY. Optimizing all four, with each synergistically reinforcing the other, would propel Malaysia into its next trajectory of development.
Malaysia has done many things right: attaining independence peacefully, defeating the communist insurgency, and achieving economic growth with equity. Those should give Malaysians confidence to tackle the current challenges.
Regionally Malaysia should integrate its economy with Brunei and Indonesia (IMB) instead of the ambitious and unattainable ASEAN common market. Malaysia could potentially lead the greater Malay world through IMB and then be a model for the Muslim world in demonstrating the compatibility of Islam with modernity. Malaysia is also ideally positioned to bridge East and West, as well as the West and the Islamic world.
For students and academics: You may get a complimentary copy of the e-version of the book in pdf format by e-mailing the author at bakrimusa@juno.com.
Others may get one after a voluntary donation (on honor) of at least RM10.00 to the Library Fund, Malay College, Kuala Kangsar, Perak.
M. Bakri Musa
December 29th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
Great! I look forward to reading this book. I liked your previous book, “The Malay Dilemma Revisited.” Though I wonder what is your rationale that the ASEAN market is unattainable, and that we should partner with Indonesia and Brunei. Indonesia is just as corrupt, if not more so, than Malaysia and Brunei does not have much economy to speak of.
December 31st, 2006 at 2:52 am
Your article on your book on the “Towards a Competitive Malaysia” was
mentoned this weblog:
http://malaysianunplug.blogspot.com/2006/12/dr-bakri-musas-new-book-towards.html
December 31st, 2006 at 10:53 am
BM ssays: Malaysia could potentially lead the greater Malay world through IMB and then be a model for the Muslim world in demonstrating the compatibility of Islam with modernity.
It is not a viable proposition. Indonesia would not allowed herself to be led by Malaysia. They tried to ganyang Malaysia and given another chance would gallop Malaysia alive.
Brunei, too, would not be willing as their per capita income is much higher. Moreover, they tied their Brunei dollar to Sing dollar. They would welcome an economic intergration with Singapore anytime over Malaysia.
Like it or not, the whole ASEAN economic grouping would eventually have to intergrate herself into the Greater China economy.
Petronas-developed engines are now being fitted into Chinese-made vehicles. Why? Because our small size population is not viable for any big business venture. We have to turn ourself into a peripheral economy in order to survive in this increasingly competitive world. Either we change or we perish.
January 1st, 2007 at 3:21 am
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January 1st, 2007 at 3:23 am
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January 2nd, 2007 at 3:30 pm
wah!!! anything higher than $20.00 is overpriced.
January 3rd, 2007 at 7:50 am
Barnes & Noble,
US20 is cheap considering the amount of research, editing, proof reading, and effort Dr. Bakri had invested in his latest book. It is a matter of what your priorties are. I am sure you would not mind spending lots more to impress your dates, or if the book was authored by a Mat Salleh!!
I believe that Dr. Bakri will eventually have his latest book published in Malaysia; even then I do not expect it to be lower than rm40 a copy as his previous books printed and sold in Kuala Lumpur (go to Kinokuniya, KLCC-Suria) are sold at this price.
January 8th, 2007 at 4:57 am
“Malaysia could potentially lead the greater Malay world through IMB and then be a model for the Muslim world in demonstrating the compatibility of Islam with modernity.”
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Bakri really shows his true colors and racial/religious bias in his thinking. He is only concerned with Malays and Muslims. Non-Malays and non-Muslims are brushed aside. It is no wonder he wrote sometime back that Singapore is in an overwhelmingly Muslim region when ASEAN as a whole has over 200 million Bhuddists and over 100 million Christians. Heck even Indonesia has committed itself to religious diversity - eastern Indonesia is very religously plural. And let’s not forget that Muslims are a minority in Sabah and Sarawak. So no wonder Bakri wants to split Malaysia from ASEAN. Non-Malays and non-Muslims, be warned!