Your choice of Deputy Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin (or Zam for short) as newsmaker of the year while appropriate, gives him too much credence. We should have a Zam award for politicians/public figures judged on the following criteria

  • Boot-licking

  • Stupid public statements

  • General incompetence

    • There are so many politicians/public figures who fall into these categories that we would never run out of candidates and gives Zam the appropriate respect he deserves.