Former M'sian  PM Mahathir Mohamad, 88, was admitted to hospital on Monday with a chest infection, his office said.

" The medical team is closely monitoring his condition and is satisfied with his progress," the official Bernama news agency said, citing a statement from Mahathir's Perdana Leadership Foundation research institute.

Mahathir, however, is expected to remain in the National Heart Institute for the next few days. He is receiving treatment and physiotherapy.

Mahathir was the country's 4th and longest-serving PM, in office from 1981 to 2003. He remains an influential figure in M'sian politics.

In 2010 he was admitted to a Melbourne hospital for a similar chest infection while visiting the Australian city to address a seminar.

Mahathir has undergone two coronary bypass surgeries, in 1989 and 2007.

M'sia's best and brightest leaving to find greener pastures.  A  report released by the World Economic Forum.

Report notes  - Putrajaya's affirmative action policies as well as over reliance on cheap migrant labour have kept M'sia from achieving a skilled workforce to compete with its smaller and richer neighbour.

The Geneva-based body's Human Capital Index evaluates  - quality of healthcare, infrastructure and education, in order to gauge a country's ability to develop a skilled workforce.

Economists say Malaysia's economic potential has been stifled by affirmative action policies which favour Bumiputeras. Its 2013 report ranks M'sia at the 22nd spot in a list of 122 countries. Topping the list is Switzerland, followed by Finland, Singapore, the Netherlands and Sweden. Asean countries in the list include Thailand(44), Indonesia (53) and Philippines (66).

The Malaysian Insider  ?  Thu, Oct 10, 2013

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  Malaysians becoming more racist, threatening country?s foundation, says Dr Mahat?His policies, introduced in 1970s to eliminate poverty and close wealth gap between Malays and other communities, have only enriched a handful of individuals close to the ruling coalition.

Ex-PM.  Dr  M on M'sians becoming more racist than ever by making demands that he said could threaten the country's foundation. On growing discontent by non-Malays.

" I read reports in the papers saying that now  PM Seri Najib is going backwards towards the day of favouring the Bumiputeras.

" Dr M said, in defending PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak. The critics forgot that in the past, resentment of the rich by the poor had resulted in people rebelling against the govt. This, he said, gave birth to such ideologies as socialism and communism.

" If the poor is related to race, the potential for violence is much greater. We want to correct that disparity," Dr M said  on a visit to the MMC-Gamuda MRT construction site in KL.

" Each race has got its own extremist and make demands which disrupt the stability of the state. " So it's better to make a little sacrifice to correct imbalances within our society so that every race can have a share from all that is going on in this country."

Dr M latest remarks appear to be a break from his recent series of criticism on Najib. He had called Putrajaya's cash disbursement under Bantuan Rakyat 1M'sia as " ineffective" and also spoken out against the repeal of draconian acts. Najib had  3 years ago also introduced the New Economic Model, replacing the controversial New Economic Policy.

The recently announced Bumiputera Economic Empowerment Plan (BEEP) will grant Bumiputeras access to over RM30 bil in funding and contracts.

'Mahathir wants me dead, but I want him to live'

Responding to the macabre debate over retirement, Lim Kit Siang says he is praying that the former premier will live till 100 to see the 'end of Mahathirism'.  

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