COMMENT | A core challenge facing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is how to raise national competitiveness. For the 13 months he has been in office, he has not tackled it head on.

For Malaysia to become competitive regionally and internationally, it must have at least three important ingredients – national unity, political stability and some promising prospects.

These are being developed silently but surely in Malaysia. While there are misgivings about our education system, Anwar is handicapped in handling that because of his own vested interests.

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