Malaysia is a land of huge potential, blessed with bountiful natural resources and populated by diverse hardworking people who have strived to upgrade themselves and build up their country. We should have been a first world country with a high value currency or on our way to one like our neighbour Singapore.But along the path to a developed nation we seem to have lost our way. We now stumble along rudderless, racked by racial and religious divisions, stuck in the middle income trap, mired in corruption and hobbled by racial policies while our best and brightest citizens leave for foreign shores.
What has happened to Malaysia? We were once the most promising country in South East Asia, full of vigour and promise, an emerging tiger ready to take on the world. Our income has stagnated, our currency depreciated, the independence of our institutions debased and our potential sapped as we face an uncertain future.























GEORGE TOWN, 12 Ogos — Kerajaan Pulau Pinang menyerahkan kepada pentadbiran masjid atau surau di negeri itu membuat pertimbangan sendiri sama ada mahu menggunakan sistem pembesar suara untuk mempendengarkan bacaan al-Quran dan zikir sebelum waktu subuh atau sebaliknya.



KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Ogos — Barisan Nasional (BN) akan mengadakan pertemuan dengan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) bagi membincangkan kaedah terbaik untuk memastikan proses pilihan raya di negara ini berjalan dengan bersih dan adil.






PUTRAJAYA, 12 Ogos — Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menafikan dakwaan bahawa badan pengurusan pilihan raya itu sengaja membenarkan pemastautin tetap menjadi pengundi yang sah.





KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Ogos — Rakyat Malaysia berpandangan bahawa hubungan etnik di negara telah mengalami kemerosotan berbanding situasi lima tahun lalu, demikian menurut hasil kajian terbaru kendalian Merdeka Center hari ini.