Saturday, March 08, 2003

First World Infrastructures, Third World Mentality.



    The KLIA is the best example of the lack of "world-class management and working practices" for Malaysia to be competitive - or as Abdullah put it: "From poor execution and inept management to shoddy maintenance and appalling customer service, Malaysia is in danger of possessing the hardware but little software."



    No First World country would mishandle the dengue epidemic the way it had been done in Malaysia - by a deliberate blackout of information and refusal to sound a national alert and even emergency. In fact, Malaysia is doing what even respectable Third World nations won't do - relegating itself to a sort of "Fourth World" status after more than 100 dengue deaths last year, at least 20 dengue deaths in the first two months of this year and more fatalities until the end of the epidemic in May or June.


    -Ugly Malaysian and Third World Mentality-




A long way to go.



Interesting as well when people are urged to discard their third world mentality but at the same time their most prized asset, their mind, is highly feared and subjugated with techniques from the worst of the Third World such as the Indefensible Suppression Apparatus.



Quite possibly, people will find it easier to discard their Third World Mentality when they are treated as First World citizens.

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