We often
boast of our tallest building, biggest flag, largest mall and many others
best-in-the-world. Yet, all these
accomplishments worth nothing more than cheap bricks and mortar !!!
Yet, we
also made it into world’s bottom 10 list in many occasions.
To name a
few :
2012 Reader’s
Digest “Courteous Test”
Kuala
Lumpur ranked 34th out of 36 cities tested on 3 common courtesies. The three tests are : Door Stoppers, Service
With a Smile, and Paper Chase.
In fact, 8
out of 9 Asian cities finished in the bottom 10, making Asia the least courtesy
region ! The other Asian cities at the
bottom 10 are : Manila, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Taipei, Singapore and
Mumbai.
Shame
shame !
The Most Courteous
|
The Least Courteous
|
|||||
Rank
|
City
|
Score (90)
|
Rank
|
City
|
Score (90)
|
|
1
|
New York
|
80
|
21
|
Montreal
|
50
|
|
2
|
Zurich
|
77
|
22
|
Helsinki
|
48
|
|
3
|
Toronto
|
70
|
22
|
Manila
|
48
|
|
4
|
Berlin
|
68
|
24
|
Milan
|
47
|
|
4
|
Sao Paulo
|
68
|
24
|
Sydney
|
47
|
|
4
|
Zagreb
|
68
|
26
|
Bangkok
|
45
|
|
7
|
Auckland
|
67
|
26
|
Hong Kong
|
45
|
|
7
|
Warsaw
|
67
|
26
|
Ljubjana
|
45
|
|
9
|
Mexico City
|
65
|
29
|
Jakarta
|
43
|
|
10
|
Stockholm
|
63
|
29
|
Taipei
|
43
|
|
31
|
Moscow
|
12
|
||||
31
|
Singapore
|
12
|
||||
33
|
Seoul
|
40
|
||||
34
|
KL
|
37
|
||||
35
|
Bucharest
|
35
|
||||
36
|
Mumbai
|
32
|
||||
2012
Reporters Without Borders “Press Freedom Index”
Press
freedom is essential in any functioning democratic society. In Malaysia, it is clearly under threat. Malaysia’s Printing Presses and Publications
Act 1984 gives the Home Affairs Minister absolute power to grant, revoke or
suspend permits to print, publish and circulate a newspaper. The Minister can also on his absolute
discretion to restrict or ban any publications that is, so called, likely to endanger national security.
Malaysia
ranked 122nd place among 225 countries surveyed, on the same level as Algeria and
Tajikstan. Not really something to be
proud of. Even Cambodia fared better at
rank 117th.
Comparing
to other ASEAN countries, we scored 2nd.
Don’t compare to the far far away countries ho. We are Juara Kampung lah ! Syok sendiri !!!
Press Freedom Index - Top
10
|
Press Freedom Index -
Bottom 10
|
|||||
Rank
|
Country
|
Score
|
Rank
|
Country
|
Score
|
|
1
|
Finland
|
-10,00
|
1
|
Eritrea
|
142,00
|
|
1
|
Norway
|
-10,00
|
2
|
North Korea
|
141,00
|
|
3
|
Estonia
|
-9,00
|
3
|
Turkmenistan
|
140,67
|
|
3
|
Netherlands
|
-9,00
|
4
|
Syria
|
138,00
|
|
5
|
Austria
|
-8,00
|
5
|
Iran
|
136,60
|
|
6
|
Iceland
|
-7,00
|
6
|
China
|
136,00
|
|
6
|
Luxembourg
|
-7,00
|
7
|
Bahrain
|
125,00
|
|
8
|
Switzerland
|
-6,20
|
8
|
Vietnam
|
114,00
|
|
9
|
Cape Verde
|
-6,00
|
9
|
Yemen
|
101,00
|
|
10
|
Canada
|
-5,67
|
10
|
Sudan
|
100,75
|
|
10
|
Denmark
|
-5,67
|
||||
SEA : Press Freedom Index
|
||||||
Rank
|
Country
|
Score
|
||||
1
|
Cambodia
|
55,00
|
||||
2
|
Malaysia
|
56,00
|
||||
3
|
Brunei
|
56,20
|
||||
4
|
Singapore
|
61,00
|
||||
5
|
Thailand
|
61,50
|
||||
6
|
Philippines
|
64,50
|
||||
7
|
Indonesia
|
68,00
|
||||
8
|
Laos
|
89,00
|
||||
9
|
Burma
|
100,00
|
||||
10
|
Vietnam
|
114,00
|
||||
2012 Google
“Internet Connection Speed”
Google
confirmed that Malaysians Internet speed really sucks !
Malaysia
ranked 5th and 10th slowest on average web page loading speed on desktops and
mobile browsing respectively.
TM’s motto
“Connections make anything possible” needs to change to “Connections make
anything pause-ible” loh !
Fastest Destop Speeds
|
Slowest Destop Speeds
|
|||||
Rank
|
Country
|
Second
|
Rank
|
Country
|
Second
|
|
1
|
Slovak Rep
|
3.3
|
1
|
Chile
|
10.0
|
|
2
|
South Korea
|
3.5
|
2
|
Columbia
|
10.2
|
|
3
|
Czech Rep
|
3.7
|
3
|
Peru
|
11.7
|
|
4
|
Netherlands
|
3.9
|
4
|
Brazil
|
11.8
|
|
5
|
Japan
|
4.0
|
5
|
Argentina
|
12.8
|
|
6
|
Denmark
|
4.3
|
6
|
Malaysia
|
14.3
|
|
6
|
Switzerland
|
4.3
|
7
|
Venezuela
|
14.9
|
|
8
|
Sweden
|
4.5
|
8
|
India
|
15.1
|
|
9
|
Belgium
|
4.6
|
9
|
Philippines
|
15.4
|
|
10
|
Norway
|
4.8
|
10
|
Indonesia
|
20.3
|
|
Fastest Mobile Speeds
|
Slowest Mobile Speeds
|
|||||
Rank
|
Country
|
Second
|
Rank
|
Country
|
Second
|
|
1
|
South Korea
|
4.8
|
1
|
Malaysia
|
12.7
|
|
2
|
Denmark
|
5.2
|
2
|
Indonesia
|
12.9
|
|
3
|
Hong Kong
|
5.9
|
3
|
Singapore
|
12.9
|
|
4
|
Norway
|
6.0
|
4
|
Mexico
|
14.1
|
|
5
|
Sweden
|
6.1
|
5
|
Brazil
|
15.8
|
|
6
|
Estonia
|
6.2
|
6
|
Argentina
|
16.3
|
|
7
|
Czech Rep
|
6.3
|
7
|
India
|
16.4
|
|
8
|
Japan
|
6.4
|
8
|
Thailand
|
17.4
|
|
9
|
Romania
|
7.5
|
9
|
Saudi Arabia
|
21.2
|
|
10
|
Slovak Rep
|
7.6
|
10
|
UAE
|
26.7
|
|
2012
Lancet “”Physical Inactivity”
Malaysian
has long been accused of malaise and apathy.
The
Lancet, one of the world’s best known, oldest and most respected general
medical journal, concluded in a study, that Malaysian are the most slothful in
Southeast Asia.
A series
of studies conducted on inactivity over 122 countries reveals that a third of
the people across the world are inactive.
Inactivity increases the risk of many adverse health conditions and
shortens life expectancy.
Most Physical Inactive
|
||
Country
|
%
|
|
1
|
Malta
|
69.0
|
2
|
Swaziland
|
68.8
|
3
|
Saudi Arabia
|
68.3
|
3
|
Serbia
|
68.3
|
5
|
Argentina
|
68.6
|
6
|
Micronesia
|
66.3
|
7
|
Kuwait
|
64.5
|
8
|
Britain
|
63.3
|
9
|
UAE
|
62.5
|
10
|
Malaysia
|
61.4
|
2011
Transparency International “Corruption Perceptions Index”
The CPI
ranks countries based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to
be. It is a composite index, a
combination of polls, drawing on corruption-related data collected by a variety
of reputable institution.
In 2011,
Malaysia ranked 60th in the CPI among 182 countries rated. However, she still managed to ranked 3rd
among ASEAN countries. So said our
politicians : don’t compare with the best !
Malaysia
managed to score 4.3 out of 10, making it among 60% of the countries surveyed
who scored below 5. Yeah !
Macam mana
settle ?
World Top 10 CPI
|
World Bottom 10 CPI
|
|||||
Rank
|
Country
|
%
|
Rank
|
Country
|
%
|
|
1
|
New Zealand
|
9.5
|
1
|
Somalia
|
1.0
|
|
2
|
Denmark
|
9.4
|
1
|
North Korea
|
1.0
|
|
2
|
Finland
|
9.4
|
3
|
Myanmar
|
1.5
|
|
4
|
Sweden
|
9.3
|
3
|
Afghanistan
|
1.5
|
|
5
|
Singapore
|
9.2
|
5
|
Uzbekistan
|
1.6
|
|
6
|
Norway
|
9.0
|
5
|
Turkmenistan
|
1.6
|
|
7
|
Netherlands
|
8.9
|
5
|
Sudan
|
1.6
|
|
8
|
Australia
|
8.8
|
8
|
Iraq
|
1.8
|
|
8
|
Switzerland
|
8.8
|
8
|
Haiti
|
1.8
|
|
10
|
Canada
|
8.7
|
10
|
Venezuela
|
1.9
|
|
Southeast Asia CPI
Ranking
|
||||||
Rank
|
Country
|
%
|
||||
1
|
Singapore
|
9.2
|
||||
2
|
Brunei
|
5.2
|
||||
3
|
Malaysia
|
4.3
|
||||
4
|
Thailand
|
3.4
|
||||
5
|
Indonesia
|
3.0
|
||||
6
|
Vietnam
|
2.9
|
||||
7
|
Philippines
|
2.6
|
||||
8
|
Lao
|
2.2
|
||||
9
|
Cambodia
|
2.1
|
||||
10
|
Myanmar
|
1.5
|
||||
2011 World
Justice Project “Rule of Law Index”
The World
Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index 2011 ranked Malaysia 1st among 19
upper-middle income countries for safety. Among 66 countries surveyed, Malaysia also
roared proudly at 12th place. However,
among 13 East Asia and Pacific countries, Malaysia scored only 6th place.
Rule of Law Index : Order
& Security - Upper Middle Income Group
|
||
Rank
|
Country
|
Score
|
1
|
Malaysia
|
0.87
|
2
|
Romania
|
0.83
|
3
|
Kazakhstan
|
0.80
|
4
|
Albania
|
0.77
|
5
|
Bulgaria
|
0.75
|
6
|
Lebanon
|
0.74
|
7
|
Iran
|
0.71
|
8
|
Turkey
|
0.68
|
9
|
Chile
|
0.67
|
10
|
Russia
|
0.67
|
11
|
Brazil
|
0.62
|
The
figures may misled us to think that we are living in a safe country. Yet, looking the numbers carefully, we scored
poorly in all factors for global and regional rankings. Even within the income group, we merely
scored averagely .
Ask a girl
if she feel safe to walk alone on the street, be it during the night or in the
broad daylight. The answer is the best
indicator.
|
World Justice
Project
Rule of
Law Index Factors
|
Score
|
Global Ranking
|
Regional Ranking
|
Income Group Ranking
|
|
|
Factor 1
|
Limited
Government Powers
|
0.54
|
34/66
|
9/13
|
6/19
|
|
Factor 2
|
Absence
of Corruption
|
0.65
|
26/66
|
7/13
|
4/19
|
|
Factor 3
|
Order
and Security
|
0.87
|
12/66
|
6/13
|
1/19
|
|
Factor 4
|
Fundamental
Rights
|
0.45
|
59/66
|
11/13
|
18/19
|
|
Factor 5
|
Open
Government
|
0.43
|
42/66
|
10/13
|
11/19
|
|
Factor 6
|
Regulatory
Enforcement
|
0.51
|
40/66
|
10/13
|
11/19
|
|
Factor 7
|
Access
to Civil Justice
|
0.52
|
47/66
|
9/13
|
15/19
|
|
Factor 8
|
Effective
Criminal Justice
|
0.52
|
33/66
|
11/13
|
5/19
|
The list
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