Comments for Datuk Zaid Ibrahim's Open Letter to Prime Minister at http://www.malaysianbar.org.my , comment 0 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:54:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/letters_others/datuk_zaid_ibrahim_s_open_letter_to_prime_minister_datuk_seri_abdullah.html#pc_8079 Thank you, Zaid, for sharing your concerns and reminding the Government about improving the ‘welfare and happiness of its people’. This reminds me about the ‘Singapore Pledge’- the contents of which are supported by their politicians - to be sincerely good for their nation. The Singapore pledge, being continuously repeated by the people of Singapore all through the years, has today, enabled them to make their country successful worldwide, and by world standards too. This tells us that it is only when a nation cares for and love all its citizens, irrespective of race, religion or creed, that it can ‘succeed’ by world standards. This is not ‘success’ by individual, personal, national assumptions. It is ‘success’ – as the world looks upon them. Do we aspire to attain such high standards of national success, or are the authorities choosing to put our ordinary Malaysians closely kept in their own cocoons - so as to allow them to retain power? Our question now is, has our government succeeded thus far? Looking at the surrounding pettiness over almost every single issue in Malaysia, and in the Malaysian mass media where many opinions have been evidently swayed by the wrong criteria, and the hypocrisy portrayed by Malaysian politicians past and present, we wonder if we have succeeded. To truth is, the ones in power have hardly allowed the best to be where they ought to be. Among Malaysians, the considerations are always ‘race’, ‘religion’ and ‘ties’. Will we ever change? Tan Peek Guat - Tan Peek Guat Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:00:21 +0100