He had written an article regarding his opinions to Malaysia BOLEH action in the Age on 15 November 2006. Several Malaysian bloggers have posted his article in their blog with open manner. Meanwhile, he also had received many feedbacks from the readers, of course included Malaysian readers too.

He had written another article (Malaysia) in order to response to his previous article (While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry by Michael Backman)

The response to my recent column ‘While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry’, published in The Age newspaper on November 15 has been overwhelming. I’ve received hundreds of e-mails and messages, many from Malaysians both in Malaysia and outside, of which perhaps 95% have been supportive. Thank you for these. It seems that the column has given voice to concerns that many Malaysians have.

Since my column was published, plans for a new RM400 million Istana have been announced and the Agriculture Ministry parliamentary secretary has told Parliament that Malaysia’s first astronaut will be playing batu seremban and spinning tops and making teh tarik while in space. There are countless scientists around the world who would give anything for the opportunity to go to space and do real experiments. For the Malaysian government to send an astronaut into space to play Malay children’s games serves only to re-emphasise my point about waste. Not only that, it makes Malaysia look infantile in the eyes of the rest of the world, which is a great pity when Malaysia has made so many real achievements. The world is getting more clever, more competitive and more dynamic every day. There are too many in Malaysia who don’t seem to understand this.

Read the whole article here.

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