and there are signs that the economy or those herding it are
dicing with disaster or even possibly or potentially dicing
with sure certain death. Below exposes the frail state of
our economy with such dismal growth figures.
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| | | | 1st qtr | 2nd qtr |
| | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2009 |
|________________|_______|_______|_________|__________|
| | | | | |
| GDP growth | 6.3% | 4.6% | -6.2% | -3.9% |
|________________|_______|_______|_________|__________|
| | | | | |
| Investments | 9.6% | 1.1% | -10.3% | -9.8% |
|________________|_______|_______|_________|__________|
| Domestic | | | | |
| Consumption | 9.8% | 6.9% | -2.9% | -2.3% |
|________________|_______|_______|_________|__________|
| | | | | |
| Imports | 5.4% | 2.2% | -23.5% | -19.7% |
|________________|_______|_______|_________|__________|
| | | | | |
| Exports | 4.2% | 1.5% | -15.2% | -17.3% |
|________________|_______|_______|_________|__________|
The real truth is that we are rushing and heading down the
road to total economic doom. People are fast losing hope and
losing all patience and are silently cursing the politicians.
But they are fast asleep and even dreaming about the 13th
PRU where in the dreams they became elevated to sainthood
upon the conclusion of the PRU. Dream on. Yes !!
Uniting the public is one more top priority for the economy.
Stop reproducing the old garbage of stirring up emotional
feelings and self-awareness of one's racial or religious
background. Till today, the politicians are busily mouthing
'agama, bangsa, kaum, bahasa' and other similar rubbish. Not
one day has ever passed by without hearing these words. They
are the very chants that are most surely putting the very
dreaded voodoo on the economy.
Other issues and actions are the urgent need to stop coddling
the local car campanies, avoid the subsidies mentality, stop
the import of foreign labour, promote the local IT industry,
wipe out the human traffickers, reduce or eliminate the road
accident rate, nurture our local surveillance hardware business,
do more to help the family-owned business enterprises, do away
with all NEP restrictions, protect and support all vernacular
colleges, redouble the efforts to provide broadband access,
increase the target to 75% instead of 50% and many, many,
many, many other measures and actions.
Wake up now !!! Before it's too late. Don't get up only when
the bells have started tolling. Listen to the masses now !!!
Today. This very second. Do not wait anymore !!!!