Originally posted by mhcampboy:
Well I do not know much about their Government Policies or why they rejected it.
But they have their own way of handling the crisis. Like imposing capital control over their ringgit against the US dollar though it did nothing to harm nor help the recovery process.

I agree their development pace is not fast but it is sustainable and stable.
yes, in fact every country has their own policies on handling economic crisis.
as for msia, their decision to keep their ringgit on capital control is due to the fact that if they don't, they will lose even more and their govt do not necessary have all the funds to tie them over that period. plus all the what nots...it is really choking their economy rather than helping it.
after the crisis, when china decided to unpeck its yuan, only than did msia follow suit. y? well, for one, it maybe due to the fact that most part of the Asian crisis is already well over...their monetary value by then has already suffered great loses...if u do small exchanges of their currencies, you will know how much their value was as compared to 1 SGD.
as for their development, pace is very slow till its unbearable...this is of course imo. sustainable?? stable?? well, i'll leave it to the businessmen in msia to determine this. esp the chinese businessmen...
note: take a look at JB...if not for the constant flow of singaporean "tourists", will JB be what it is currently? why did the businesses and people in JB (city square and beyond) lament abt certain policies and of higher costs of living etc? can they keep up at the singapore rate?
take a look at the far north where thailand/msia border is....how much have been done? at what pace?