AN OPEN LETTER TO MINISTER OF EDUCATION, YB DR. MASZLEE

My thoughts on Education, UEC and National Unity Dear YB Dr. Maszlee Malik, Recently I read a lot of news and letters about UEC, some against it, and some are for it. Then there are numerous comments being made by readers about UEC which were not entirely true, so coming from UEC background, I felt compelled to write this following article to share my thoughts about our education system, UEC, and to clarify to those who doesn’t know much about UEC. First of all, UEC and national unity are on…

MY THOUGHTS ON GE14

Pakan Harapan won the 14th General Election, and people were celebrating. I know, I know. I am considered very late in updating this blog but it just seemed so unreal that for the first time in 61 years, the then opposition party could wrestle the power from the Barisan Nasional (BN), so I was taking my own sweet time to absorb this brand new reality before I compose any writings. In this 14th General Election, I see the power of the people in overthrowing the outgoing government despite the challenges…

This time, I believe in Tun Dr. Mahathir

I had never been a fan of Tun Dr. Mahathir, the longest serving Prime Minister of Malaysia for 22 years. Growing up, I saw how he ruled the country with iron fist and heard stories about his corruption. But there’s no denial that under his rule, the country was growing steadily. Even after his retirement, I still didn’t like him much because I always believed that you can’t take the stripes out of a zebra. That is until recently. At the tender age of 93, Tun Dr. Mahathir came out…

YOU & YOUR VOTING RIGHTS

In a democratic country, general elections are the means for the citizens of a country to exercise their civic duty and rights to express their thoughts and opinions in determining who should be in charge of the country by casting their vote at the ballot box. You can’t tell the leaders personally how you feel? Let’s be honest, not everyone can dial the phone to speak to the leader(s) personally to express yourself, and not every leader got the time nor interests to listen to you. The good news is…