A belated Welcome & Congratulations to our new helmsman who will steer HMS Malaysia to a better horizon through whatever storms she may face in the future. Waited to read hear his maiden speech in Parliament as our topgun. It appears it is back to the "Bersih, Cekap & Amanah" slogan with his promise to serve HMS Malaysia with "integrity, trustworthiness, efficiency and fairness". How disappointing, what not "Keadilan for All? He also promised to continue with policies that had been laid out by Tun Dr Mahathir and leaders before him as a way of showing his (Abdullah’s) gratitude for their efforts in leading the country. What's surprising is that Pak Lah wants to continue with this slogan which the new Tun had discarded long long ago. He should really come out with a new and more inspiring one. Hopefully he will not continue with the PM knows Best policy, That will speak volumes of what we can expect in the future, how boring more of the same. Pak Lah seems to be following too closely, his predecessor's theatrics complete with hum pow man too. Are we going to witness more of that in the future? On the brighter side, the new PM has these to say ::
“In fulfilling my responsibility, I shall take stock and guidance from the successes of the leaders before me and seek co-operation of Cabinet colleagues and from all segments of society.” (Hey, we are included lah)
“I have inherited the responsibility of governing a successful country. The responsibility is heavy and I cannot do it alone.” ( Are you saying less of the "I know Best" lah?)
“We must cultivate an image that is clean, incorruptible, modest and beyond suspicion. Democracy will flourish if all its participants behave responsibly. Democracy does not mean absolute freedom.” (Just cultivating an image is no good lah, you gotta be truly and really "clean, incorruptible and beyond reasonable doubt" to be relevant lah.)
“We must bring comprehensive human development in the areas of politics, ethics and morality. The National Vision Policy will continue to underpin our national economic policy.” (Now, what's this :: National Vision Policy, is it the 20/20 one lah?)
“I am aware that I will be assessed by the members of this House, by the people and, above all, by the Almighty". (A God fearing politico and PM, that's great and very refreshing lah)
“We need to ensure that women, making up half of our population, are accorded equality and are not discriminated against in the formation of policies, in the enforcement of these policies and in levels of participation.” (Lucia and half of those holding up the heavens, should be very happy, lah)
For all that he had to say, the new PM received the traditional table-thumping of approval from fellow MPs, hopefully his performance from now on, will eventually also receive similar table-thumping of approval from the Rakyat.
The Funnies, The Spins, The Humourous and The Humourless......
"I do not aim at fusion. Each religion has its own contribution to make to human evolution.
I regard the great faiths of the WORLD as so many branches of a tree, each distinct from the other though having the same source.----Mahatma Ghandhi.
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