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Don't compare Malaysia with S'pore, HK: Abdullah

PUTRAJAYA - SINGAPORE and Hong Kong are places with single-ethnic populations and their progress should not be compared directly with that of multiracial Malaysia, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said yesterday.

He told 8,000 top civil servants that the two cities are 'grapes' while Malaysia is an 'apple'.

His message was that Malaysians can do better and they should not despair by comparing Malaysia with Singapore and Hong Kong because a direct comparison was unfair.

'They are grapes...and we are apple. How can you compare grapes with an apple? We can't,' he told the annual gathering between the premier and top civil servants.

He also said Malaysia could not be compared with Taiwan because the population of the island was higher than Malaysia's.

Malaysia's 27 million population consists of 60 per cent Malays along with 25 per cent ethnic Chinese and 8 per cent Indians. The rest are from other minority races.

Datuk Seri Abdullah brought up the subject in his speech in which he said the government's efficiency was rated sixth best in the world last year, compared to its eighth placing in 2000.

Quoting the World Competitiveness Year Book released by the Swiss-based business school IMD, he said that Malaysia was ranked above the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and France in places with a population of over 20 million.

Only China, Canada, the United States, India and Taiwan were ranked better, he said.

He said there were differences between Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

The Republic and Hong Kong were single-race territories and therefore faced different challenges and drew up different human development projects. Their economies should also not be compared with Malaysia's, he added.

Datuk Seri Abdullah said that a better comparison with Singapore and Hong Kong is Malaysia's Klang Valley and not the whole country.

SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA

http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Sto...ry_201120.html

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People don't plan to fail... They fail to plan.

Nubb

how can compare a full of P** place wif SG

~sakuranbo~

hehe consoling themselves.. we are grapes jiu grapes.. at least can become wine!

apple can only become apple juice.... or concentrate..

Huaikong

somehow muslim coutries definitely different from other.....

Girlyman

i thought singapore is also a multi-racial country?

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GenWynn

Not too shoot/ implicate any parties but tad statement sounds pretty weird to me . A "multiracial Malaysia" and a "single-race" territories such as H.K. and S'pore. Hey but neither H.K. nor S.G. practices favoritism in terms of special privileges for certain ethnic race? No? Hm… if M.Y is “Truly Asia” or so their tourism board claims, then wad makes H.K or S.G.?
Anyway, gimme the current M.Y. P.M (not that he's helping things with the address but still...) anytime over the former. Remember (formerly) how every few months or so, we’d haf issues with our friendly neighbour so to speak? Anyway, according to some, we are just a tiny red dot to be scoffed at, aren’t we? lolx
Credit given, he's also not wrong to say not to compare things. The point is comparisons and more comparisons is like... how your parents used to say ah boy/girl, see? yr cousin/ nieghbour's child study so hard, how many 'A's etc... blah blah blah. I think the overall point is ohter people is other people, we are we ourselves. Why must u try to be/emulate others etc. 'cept tad msg could've been conveyed in a more appropriate manner bah I guess. Oh Well...

sarcastic

dun really get too bother abt wat they said. cuz they like to bullshit. heehee

好梦幻.....

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love is dead

rockerbaby

Yeah, i agree with u....he's gotta check the definition of multiracial...Weird statement...
Like they say in malay , tidak masuk akal.

Ican

No excuse...err...reasons can cover their lack of poor leadership....

We dont really need to care about what they say, we just watch wat they do....at the end of the day, results don't lie.

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Twinkle

I think Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi did not study history whereby Malaysia do not want PAP (multi-racial party) to contest in an all-Malay country, and even kicked Singapore out.

But we stand tall and proud now!

k3nn7i

i like ur comparisons...DELIGHTED

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casualcritz

huh? sg is single-ethnic? he seems to forget that sg have other races too.

can't they accept the way it is and improve on it instead of saying because so and so have more... so and so is a... and so and so couldn't be compare with malaysia.

and imo, i think sg is a better multi-racial country than malaysia.

Life is funny!

k3nn7i

haha...m'sia is more toward single-ethnic country ba...i haf relatives staying there ma...they keep on saying blahblah and blah...you noe wad im saying? haha...don wanna sae it. but i believe everyone here gets the idea

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Shi Yuen

haha.
malaysia and their crap again.

1/6 SunWell.
5 more to go!
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casualcritz

and it won't be the last lol.

there's more crap to come soon...

Life is funny!

toothburs

So not true... Singapore is not a single-race territory... And i think comparing is good... no compare then how to improve?

Vigelic