COMMENT Without getting into the kind of superstition and quackery that many Malaysians swear by most times, it's safe to conclude that the chickens are coming home to roost.

 The 10 percent economic growth rate envisaged this year for the country, if it's not a flash-in-the-pan, reminds us of the phrase that there are lies, damn lies and statistics. Again, this is indeed the unpalatable fact that we have to deal with in the run-up to 2020 and its aftermath.