八点最热报 | 针对大马在国际竞争力排名下滑7名，引起各界对政府治国无方的批评，贸工部长扎夫鲁解释，因为去年令吉疲软和津贴制度过度开销，才拖慢政府整体效能。他说，随着今年令吉逐渐走强，加上晶片和人工智能趋势，要是大马能继续保持这个势头，相信明年的排名一定会比今年更好。（主播：庄文杰）
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00:05A few days ago, the famous Swiss business school, Lausanne International Management School,
00:08announced the global competitiveness ranking for 2024.
00:11Our country, Malaysia, is ranked 34th in the world.
00:14Compared to the 7th place in China last year,
00:16it is the first time to fall behind Thailand and Indonesia.
00:19The former Minister of Health, Kelly, criticized the government on his podcast.
00:23Last year, Anhua also used this competitive ranking to measure whether the government is successful in governing the country.
00:29Kelly said,
00:30If Anhua had not used this ranking as a benchmark, it would have been fine.
00:35But now the ranking decline is not good news for our country and the current government.
00:39Especially after we are still in Thailand and Indonesia.
00:44Faced with criticism from all walks of life,
00:46yesterday, Minister of Trade and Industry, Zafru,
00:48gave his department some time to study and respond.
00:50And today, he finally made a statement.
00:53Zafru mentioned that our country's decline in global competitiveness
00:56was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
01:00He said that last year's decline in the economy has impacted many aspects.
01:03But as the economy is getting stronger now,
01:05if we can continue to maintain this trend,
01:08he believes that next year's ranking will definitely be better than this year.
01:13As you know, in 2023, the UK was affected.
01:17So our competitiveness was affected by that.
01:21Another issue is about subsidies.
01:24In 2023, the subsidies were not as much as they were budgeted.
01:29This again shows inefficiencies.
01:33Minister of Trade and Industry, Zafru, mentioned that our country's decline in global competitiveness
01:36was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
01:40He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
01:42But as the economy is getting stronger now,
01:44if we can continue to maintain this trend,
01:46he believes that next year's ranking will definitely be better than this year.
01:49Minister of Trade and Industry, Zafru, mentioned that last year's decline in global competitiveness
01:50was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
01:51He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
01:52was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
01:53He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
01:54was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
01:55He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
01:56was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
01:57He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
01:58was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
01:59He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:00was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:01He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:03was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:04He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:05was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:06He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:07was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:08He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:09was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:10He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:11was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:12He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:13was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:14He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:15was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:16He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:17was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:18He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:19was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:20He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:21was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:22He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:23was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:24He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:25was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:26He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness
02:27was caused by last year's weakening of the economy and the austerity system.
02:28He said that last year's decline in global competitiveness