Armed Forces personnel and healthcare workers are pictured at the Tropicana Golf and Country Resort’s hostel in Petaling Jaya October 12, 2020. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
In the survey results released by United States-based pollster Pew Research Center last month, the 1,650 Malaysian respondents who were surveyed seemed to view the country’s medical treatments and military more positively than for other categories. As for Malaysia’s military, 22 per cent of Malaysians polled said it is best in the world, 29 per cent said it is above average, which translates to a combined 51 per cent.
Here’s what Malaysians thought of Malaysia when compared against other countries, with those who declined to answer or giving any answer beyond the four options excluded:16 per cent , 29 per cent , 41 per cent , 12 per cent .16 per cent , 24 per cent , 43 per cent , 16 per cent .4.
In its report on the survey, Pew Research Center noted that respondents in most of the countries surveyed would tend to give a higher ranking to their own country’s medical treatments, university STEM education and scientific achievements if they had more education or had studied beyond secondary school, as compared to those who had less education or studied up to secondary school.
The personnel are capable but the facilities can do with some good investment by the government especially our military.