1Malaysia in World's Bottom 10

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”

www.readersdigest.ca/health/relationships/how-polite-are-we

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”

http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2011-2012,1043.html

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”

www.news.yahoo.com/malaysia-among-the-worst-for-internet-connection-speed.html

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”

http://press.thelancet.com/physicalactivity.pdf

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”

http://www.transparency.org/cpi2011/in_detail

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”

http://worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-index-data

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 goes on ……