var comments = {"total":"3","items":[{"id":"24366","storyid":"117132","author":"kgan","userid":"48188","date":"1258005632","content":"To propel Malaysia into a high income knowledge based economy requires full meritocracy and real democracy. If any segment of the population is held back by virtue of race, the whole country is held back. If BN continues to abuse the institutions of democracy, investors have no confidence to come in.","icon":"<img alt=\"usericon\" src=\"http:\/\/comments.malaysiakini.com\/images\/defaulticon.jpg?1258610404\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" \/>"},{"id":"24063","storyid":"117132","author":"David Tong","userid":"45982","date":"1257905308","content":"From the comments made by the lay people of Malaysia in this network,it appears the lay people have more sense and capabilities in economic knowledge than our Finance Minister cum PM.Well,we always hear and read news from our Ministers that we(i.e.Malaysia) want to be \"world class this and that in Education,Auto production,Universities,Healthcare,Tourism,Technology in cyberspace,Banking,1 Malaysia......the list goes on.BUT what policies have you structured to achieve these?What kind of implementation methods have you instituted towards those goals?What kind of quality human resources have you employed to get it done?What kind of just enforcement and judiciary system do you have to provide social confidence to the potential investors,local and foreign, to participate in your scheme?Grow up Malaysian Ministers and PM.Don't be like a kid in a toy shop whining that he wants this and that toy without realising(or care about) the buying capacity of his parents.Talk is free.","icon":"<img alt=\"usericon\" src=\"http:\/\/comments.malaysiakini.com\/images\/defaulticon.jpg?1258610404\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" \/>"},{"id":"24061","storyid":"117132","author":"bosco philip anthony","userid":"70514","date":"1257905273","content":"The basic notion of economics is premised on the fact that money is a commodity chosen by the community as a medium of exchange and as a measure value of all other commodities and services. As far as Najib is concerned, in the first place he has failed the test of even \"Robinhood's\" economics. So how do you expect him to understand economics in its true sense.","icon":"<img alt=\"usericon\" src=\"http:\/\/comments.malaysiakini.com\/images\/defaulticon.jpg?1258610404\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" \/>"}]};