{"id":1351,"date":"2009-02-27T10:58:12","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T15:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2009-02-27T10:58:12","modified_gmt":"2009-02-27T15:58:12","slug":"malaysian-politicans-need-to-focus-on-the-economy-not-power-plays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/02\/27\/malaysian-politicans-need-to-focus-on-the-economy-not-power-plays","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian politicans need to focus on the economy, not power plays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, I don&#8217;t read dead tree newspapers (dislike newsprint, think I get more unbiased news online, anyway), but I wish I had got <a href=\"http:\/\/thestar.com.my\/news\/nation\/\">The Star<\/a> from a few days ago. Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because Anas Zubedy published <a href=\"http:\/\/letusaddvalue.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/dear-malaysian-politicians.html\">an amazing ad<\/a>. He spent about RM40,000 on it. The gist of the message?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nPlease stop the power chase, call for a truce and focus on the economy.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Malaysia is about the only country that seems to focus largely on political power plays in this time of day. Every other country has a news service and a government that focuses on the economy. Our economic news seems to hardly cover the mainstream &#8212; lowering interest rates, losing value to the USD, job loss, and more. Politics though, still the focus.<\/p>\n<p>Stop the fighting. Its childish. We didn&#8217;t elect a government to lead us into more screwups. Fix the economy. If you&#8217;re Malaysian, <a href=\"http:\/\/letusaddvalue.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/dear-malaysian-politicians.html\">read the ad<\/a>. If you&#8217;re not, realise that we might say we&#8217;re &#8220;Truly Asia&#8221; and multicultural, but that&#8217;s just on the surface &#8212; finding a &#8220;Malaysian&#8221; is hard (note: I feel for Zubedy, because I too like to call myself Malaysian &#8212; but I&#8217;m a rare breed), so maybe you&#8217;ll get a true picture from <a href=\"http:\/\/letusaddvalue.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/dear-malaysian-politicians.html\">reading the ad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And if you want to know more about this colourful character, there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/thestar.com.my\/lifestyle\/story.asp?file=\/2008\/9\/28\/lifefocus\/2121497&#038;sec=lifefocus\">an interview<\/a> with Zubedy, where he focuses and strives on unity. We need more forward-thinking Malaysians like Zubedy. We need Malaysians, period (you know, stop focusing on racial lines &#8212; stop race based parties, etc.).<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Malaysian%20politicans%20need%20to%20focus%20on%20the%20economy%2C%20not%20power%20plays&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F27%2Fmalaysian-politicans-need-to-focus-on-the-economy-not-power-plays&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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