Permodalan Nasional Bhd first! Not rakyat first, not better health care, education

Ok, all of us know that PM says Warisan Merdeka not his idea. So, I've decided to rename the original title of this blog post from 'Najib puts his baby first! Not rakyat first, not better health care, education' to 'Permodalan Nasional Bhd first! Not rakyat first, not better health care, education'!

Prime Minister Najib Razak defended his plans for a 100-storey megatower in Kuala Lumpur after a backlash on a fast-expanding Facebook petition and criticism from the opposition.

Najib unveiled plans for the tower, to be built by 2020 at a cost of RM5 billion, during last week's budget speech, which included a number of grand infrastructure projects.

Najib has said such projects exemplify the spirit of "Malaysia Boleh" or "Malaysia Can", a national campaign conceived by former premier Mahathir Mohamad, an advocate of mega projects, has warmly endorsed the new skyscraper even though Mahathir's own schemes included the Proton national car and the multi-billion-dollar administrative capital Putrajaya have failed to thrive.

A Facebook page created last Saturday that said, "Malaysia needs better education, better health care, better public transportation, safer neighbourhoods, cleaner water, but not a taller building. We don't need another white elephant!" 

By this afternoon, the page has about 11,000 people had signed up and has seen an outpouring of criticism from Malaysians who say the money would be better spent elsewhere.