English Competency Among Malaysian Graduates

To this date, English as a medium of instruction is being widely practiced at many Malaysian tertiary institutions. However, English competency among Malaysian graduates leaves much to be desired. How true? Of which sources are we referring to? Or the issue has been sensationalised? According to anonymous reliable sources from industries, they did not mock up the issue. The graduates are just being complacent with Bahasa and take for granted of English. When foreign multinational investors start pouring money in the country, we lack of graduates of excellent English competency.
This is issue so complex that finding an absolute answer is like seeking a tiny needle in a haystack. Pertaining matters such as racial factor, educational background of an individual, school system, university's academic system, and the country's language policy, just to name a few, are intertwined and complicated. Are we at the crossroad now?

English or Manglish (Malaysian English)

How much should Malaysians acquire the competency of English? Should we speak like a native speaker? Or should we be comfortably enough with Manglish? There will always be two sides of the coin.

ESL writing problems

There's always presumptions that ESL writers are not competent enough in conveying meaning on papers. Some blame it on lack of vocabulary knowledge, others on the interference of L1. What about you? And what did you do to overcome such limitations? Do share your experience

Writing as a Social Process

I believe that writing could be one fun activity if done collaboratively online. Peer feedbacks with the help of social networking would enhance fluency in writing thus improve writing skills. However, some would rather write individually and in private. One might argue that this kind of writing is not significant anymore in the era of digital writing but there must be some rationale behind such behaviour. More space perhaps?