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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Schwepps" data-source="post: 403811" data-attributes="member: 3592">I thought it was 800k strong 10 years back and has now topped the million mark? If nothing else, we have the highest per capita civil service in the world... :stickyman: The capital flight of the past few years is frightening, not to mention the brain drain. All the serious money is abroad, especially now that cross-border investments are much easier to arrange and manage.Yes, agree that with the surge in public display on everything, the politics has changed. That's certainly a plus. :top: I hope that the subsidy is withdrawn completely. A large part of our deficit is funded by our petrodollars - money that goes out and doesn't come back. Some don't believe it, but our oil production has already peaked. When was the last time you heard of a new field discovery?Petronas has been making the right moves by JV-ing with other countries to develop their fields, and by developing it's own downstream products and branding. But the astute architect of these moves has just been put to pasture. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>