YOURSAY ‘If you serve the people, the rest will follow. Not the other way round.’

 

A 'New Leviathan' in Malaysian politics?

Anonymous 731691434514996: Political ambitions that champion the interest of all Malaysians. A political philosophy that reflects the aspirations of all Malaysians. Changes in the education policies to ensure our students are competent in both English and Malay.

 

Reflect the reality of the world out there, like China is an economic superpower and India is on track to be the next economic superpower or like many countries encourage learning Mandarin while China is playing catch-up on English literacy and oral proficiency.

 

Or like Singapore which uses four languages - English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil. Or even having the common sense to recognise it is to our advantage for Malaysians to be proficient in all these four languages.

 

After all, the average non-Malay is proficient in at least three languages while the Malay supremacist is struggling to distinguish between Bahasa Malaysia proper, BM Baku, anglicised BM, pasar Malay and provincial Malay.

 

So we must get rid of Umno-BN to achieve this dream.

 

Existential T**d: If you serve the people, the rest will follow. Over the long run, people will take notice and give you the support. Votes will follow. Recognition will come. Not the other way round.

 

However, if you play political maneuverings to get to Putrajaya, your success, even if obtained, will be short-lived. PAS has become a one-trick pony. Their entire raison d’etre is Islamisation of Malaysia and hudud.

 

People do not see the connection between this aspiration and progress and development. They fail to see its relevance to their day-to-day drudgery.

           

Yes, Islam encompasses every aspects of life. Tell us how you help alleviate the pain caused by the Goods and Services Tax (GST). What is your plan to mitigate annual floods? What developments are you planning?

 

How do you plan to fight corruption? Are you going to be transparent and accountable to the voters or to Allah?

 

Jiminy Qrikert: It was not too long ago that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang apparently refused to attend any Pakatan leadership meetings and this effectively paralysed Pakatan.

 

If DAP and PKR succeed in forming a ‘Pakatan Baru’ that includes other forces, Hadi is going to throw tantrums, stomp his feet and insist on being included in their meetings.

 

The Analyser: Penang DCM P Ramasamy simply does not get it. With all that talk about concentrating on Selangor and Perak, the only thing on his mind is winning. We don't need winning even if it is good for individual egos and we don't need a ‘leviathan’.

 

What this country needs is a people-based grassroots philosophy that slowly grows and develops to reflect the aspirations of all Malaysians. Not some ideological maze contrived by a few power-hungry win-crazy individuals who cannot think past themselves.

 

Mamadias: I agree with the Analyser 110 percent. There must be a new dimension in our political parties.

 

We need parties that are going to change our education policies to reflect the reality of the world out there and at the same time protecting the integrity of the national language.

                                   

Our students must be competent both in English and Bahasa Malaysia. This is the reality on the ground. So we need to champion this.

 

Every child should be given a chance to proficient in English, not just the rich and famous who send their children to international school.

 

Even ministers and opposition leaders are sending their kids to international schools to create a dual system so that their children can in the future control the society. Time to wake up, Malaysia.

 

 

Prince: Don't use Johor players for Harimau M'sia

RatBatBlue: The only surprising thing about this Malaysia vs Palestine result is the margin of defeat. The Malaysian coach probably summed it up properly in saying that after three goals, the team gave up. He should know - they were his charges.

 

Nobody likes to be humiliated 6-0 at home. The usual exercise of ‘finger pointing’ after the defeat apparently aimed at some Johor players, which I think is grossly unfair.

 

Malaysian football has been slowly dying these last few years, with a few ‘temporary turn arounds’ once in a while.

 

Let’s face it once and for all: the present team is totally clueless in all aspects of the game (the coaches are not given a free hand in team tactics, selection and scouting).

 

The team management should be privatised and they (the management) should be given a free hand to conduct its affairs. To get a hang of the ineptness of the team, watch them on TV during live games.

 

We are at about the standard of Laos, Cambodia and the Philippines now. Even Myanmar, Vietnam and at times Singapore and Indonesia have overtaken us.

 

4Malaysia: What a defeatist comment from the Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Tunku Ibrahim. Instead of recognising the players' weaknesses, he just wants to pull them out.

 

Hmmmmmmmm: Malaysian football has been in the pits since the 80s but nobody wants to admit it. Up till today, our newspapers and TV still give them more than their fair share of coverage.

 

At every major tournament, we keep getting bombarded with news about their training sessions, how everybody in the team including the coaches feel that they are going to win this one.

 

Astro even shows our humiliating defeat by Vietnam in the just concluded SEA Games in its ‘highlights’ segment.

 

Up to the late 70s, the game was played by all the races and that was the main reason why we could send a strong team. It is much easier to choose a strong team if the base is big.

 

Pisasu 7: No royals were involved with the South Korean and Japanese football federations and we used to beat them regularly in the 60s when the only royal involved was PM Tunku Abdul Rahman.

 

Anon1: Malaysians can blame the ball next. It wasn't calibrated to our standards.

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