I refer to the article Paying the price for 'Ketuanan Melayu' folly.

We Malaysian are smart people. Just look around the world, Malaysians are everywhere. Why?

I am of the opinion that the reason is because our country's policies are not based on meritocracy. The government may deny this all the time, but facts are facts, every one of us knows this. It is an open secret.

Such policies have caused, and are causing a serious brain drain. Just take Singapore. Every year they attract our cream over while the government does nothing at all. We just hand over our 'almost finished products' to Singapore.

Malaysia is rich in resources with no natural disasters and good-natured people. We have all the pre-requisite requirements to be a developed country. We just lack professional managers to manage these resources.

Slogans and visions alone do not make a country developed.