This will be the reaction of most Malaysians to the Yang di Pertuan Agong’s birthday honours list today – why Tun Dr. Lim Keng Yaik but no Tun Samy Vellu.
Is MIC leaving Barisan Nasional?
No Tun Samy Vellu?
This will be the reaction of most Malaysians to the Yang di Pertuan Agong’s birthday honours list today – why Tun Dr. Lim Keng Yaik but no Tun Samy Vellu.
Is MIC leaving Barisan Nasional?
#1 by bernadette on Monday, 9 June 2008 - 7:38 am
…it is time to do away with titles such as those given for long service in government and similar awards like PJK and AMN etc.
any ex-government servant here?
when they leave govt service many ‘award’ themselves with titles like “consultants”….a generic term for almost anything.
#2 by bernadette on Monday, 9 June 2008 - 7:42 am
nobody can put it more succinctly than jong -
“This has to stop. Imagine every year, 13 states + the King’s are churning out datos/datuks, tansri, datuksri/datosri etc .(btw, I don’t even know the difference in their spellings!) This is real alarming, the streets are already line with them! Who cares for their title really! When are they going to put a stop to this? We should all call for a big eraser and rub off all those titles.”
#3 by ktteokt on Monday, 9 June 2008 - 9:22 am
We have lesser and lesser “normal human beings” on the road today as one by one of them refuses to be called a normal “Mr., Mrs, or Ms” but must have a prefix or suffix to their names!!!! Are we headed towards an “abnormal” society? I believe even QE2 does not “honour” so many people each year in UK!!!
#4 by limkamput on Monday, 9 June 2008 - 9:26 am
Yes, i also agree, when Bernadette gets one, it is just like getting a piece of scrap. When Sdr Lim gets one, it is befitting of his contribution to the nation.
#5 by taiking on Monday, 9 June 2008 - 9:51 am
Tun Samy?
No.
Please No. Not him.
#6 by mauriyaII on Monday, 9 June 2008 - 12:22 pm
I am all for Semi Velu getting a tun only if his name is changed to Tun Tsunami Velu. He was one of those responsible for the Hindraf5 getting locked up and the March 8 tsunami.
#7 by ilovedap on Monday, 9 June 2008 - 2:16 pm
Tun Samy? LOL. Just doesnt sound right no matter how many times you try.
Kartun Samy, Fat Samy, Tol Samy, Twisting Samy, Baboon Samy, and so forth, sounded better.
#8 by ktteokt on Monday, 9 June 2008 - 2:48 pm
caishen?you have forgotten the conferment of RIP for Semi Value! He is now as good as buried!
#9 by petyew on Monday, 9 June 2008 - 3:50 pm
Maybe I can add one more to ilovedap’s list:
tunami sounds like Tun Samy. Heh! Heh!
#10 by pselvams on Monday, 9 June 2008 - 8:24 pm
YB LKS, We have a pretty long list of problems in our hands and this topic of TUN should be deleted from your page and please put a stop to this. Lets see some real constructive ideas coming from your readers to resolve problems like fuel hike, corruption , efficient government management and more that can be very useful to PR. Thanks
#11 by lactmanan rajan munusamy on Monday, 9 June 2008 - 10:38 pm
Tuns have immunity correct correct correct TDM says sensitive statements but no action taken Tun lim keng yak will now spit when he talks even further. semi value should have his DATUKSHIP stipped off NOT GIVEN THE tun.
#12 by danchungs on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - 11:27 am
I know why because he is SEMI VALUE so the value of TUN/50% = Dato Seri Semi Value
#13 by i_love_malaysia on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - 12:49 pm
Samy will get his Tun-ship after he delivered indians’ votes to BN in GE13!!! Not this round because the Tun-ship quota is up!!!
#14 by highhand on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - 1:55 pm
no need Tun
just give him TOON
#15 by oknyua on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - 4:48 pm
I am just wondering; suppose Sam keeps a blog like Lim KS, who would be the ones who post comments there? And what sort of comments would people post there? Just thinking aloud.
#16 by boilingmad on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 - 6:55 pm
It seems the Tunship is given to those who have messed up the country real bad. It is a way of knowing who are the culprits when they retire or when they’ve stolen enough from the country. So perhaps, Samy has not done enough damage yet to be conferred the title? Maybe he’s still on level 3, hasn’t got on to ‘Level 4′?
#17 by ktteokt on Wednesday, 11 June 2008 - 5:13 pm
Eunuchs in China were given the title “gong gong” (grandfather in English, Datok in BM) and Admiral Cheng Ho, the first Chinese to land in Malacca those days was a eunuch. Perhaps our title “Dato’” came from there after the locals heard what Admiral Cheng Ho’s subordinates call him, thinking that this must be a great title. They therefore adopted the word “Dato” to mean someone in power without realizing that it is just a title given to a castrated man!
#18 by ktteokt on Thursday, 12 June 2008 - 8:43 am
I was lucky to be conferred “datuk” four times! Of course not by DYMM or sultan but by virtue of my children parenting sons and daughters. I think this kind of “datukship” is more secured than those conferred by any ruler in this country. Remember, datukship conferred by rulers can be withdrawn, just like what happend to Lee Kim Sai but mine is a perpetual one and I did not pay a single sen for it!!!!!