Penang needs a new, sustainable economic vision
SOUTHEAST Asian countries that once used the economic growth chase strategy to transform themselves to become tiger economies are finding it hard to continue the sample strategy without incurring a severe burden to people and environment. While the current Malaysian government has openly recognised this burden to people and environment, they still do not attribute it back to the outdated continued economic strategy and vision that the current and previous government adopted.
Beyond these numbers who want to migrate to Australia for good, we have also seen data on the large number of Malaysians overstay in Australia to work temporarily. When we interviewed them, we found that they largely seek Australia for better wages. We also found that they typically work illegally in farming, cleaning, construction and restaurant industries in Australia.
Politicians do not have to throw the baby out with the water. As Penang civil societies rightfully demand, they need to upgrade their policies to keep up to the needs of today. Instead of building roads to move cars, they instead need to shift to shaping an integrated transport infrastructure and service policy that moves people.
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