why we CANNOT say that Malaysia is a developed country

1. Malaysian GDP/ capita is about 5000 USD annualy; a developed country generally has GDP/ capita between 25.000 USD to 35.000 USD per annum.... 5000 USD only? still way to go, perhaps in 500 years to come they can reach this level...

2. They have a car company: Proton... yes, but India and China also have their own car companies, more than one even...and they still called as developing countries... while many rich countries as Luxembourg, Canada, Finland, Norway, etc don't have their own car company...

3. They have sent their citizen to space...yes, but with Russian technology during joint Russian and US mission...(why there's a Malaysian in a US-Rusian mission? weird eh?)

4. They think their infrastructure is a world class... YES, they have 3rd world class infrastructure...

5. They think they have the best universities in south east asia: WRONG... recent survey (July 2007) by webometrics place Malaysian universities under Singapore, Thailand and Indonesian..

6. They think they are prosperous and GDP/capita means nothing, a bias indicator...WRONG, look at their clothes, even in Kuala Lumpur, the capital, their clothes generally are similar to the poor ones in Australia, Canada, or US..

7. They think they are generally more literate than their neighbors... WRONG, please look at bookstores in Kuala Lumpur and compare them with the ones in Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, in which the later have many many more books in their own respective language while in Malaysia few are in Malay language...book industry is flourish in Thailand, Indonesia, and Philippines, while in Malaysia they depends a lot on imported books...

8. They think they are the most cultured country in the region...WRONG: look at the pop culture of their youngsters... you'll see that Malaysia just copycat pop culture of their neighbors, mainly from Indonesia...

9. They think they are among the top tourism destination in the world... WRONG. Tourists come to Malaysia mainly are Singapore and Indonesia. Singaporeans just want to visit their families, while Indonesians want to find jobs there...

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