Can’t the bases, modes and processes of selection be changed, improved and overhauled according to more effective and objective methods? What do “paradigm shift”, “lateral thinking”, “effective habits of successful people”, and the myriad of “management” courses, seminars, workshops, “leadership” training, etc., etc mean to the people up there??? What are they doing in the ministries and offices???

Events and happenings occurred on the ground, not in the high and polished offices. The people are out there; do the ministers and officials and officers go out there enough to fully know and understand their problems? For goodness sake, make the news, not read about them in the papers.

Just read the papers for what the ministers did, did not do, incapable of doing, have no interest of doing; give them a probationary period, after which they are confirmed in their position or just asked to leave and make room for the next better one. And the appraisal must be made a continuous process to maintain consistency of quality and standards. And to keep the ministers on their toes.

This way we are at least more assured of the “right” candidates. And those who can actually work and are up to mark and have the stamina and commitment to live out or better out-live their term would be assured. No place for lame and opportunistic souls.

The rakyat have to raise their demand. Because we deserve the best.

In Singapore, the moment you are confirmed as a dengue patient, you have to be hospitalised. No recuperation at home, and certainly no moving about as though nothing has happened. They quarantine you until your blood tests negative for dengue or chikugunya, and then they release you. The reason for the quarantine is simple – if a mosquito bites an infected person, then there is no stopping that mosquito from spreading the disease in its locality.

In Bolehland, you have the option to stay in hospital or at home if you are tested positive for dengue. This means the disease continues to be spread unchecked. Chikugunya does not have the persistently high fever symptoms, so infected persons think that it is normal fever and still resume work. The lifespan of a mosquito is something like 30 days. If quarantine procedures are strictly enforced, this disease should die out fairly quickly.

On a more serious note, the occasional suggestions that MCA politicians should transfer their allegiance to DAP is counter-productive, in my opinion. There’s ‘holding out an olive-branch’ and then there’s offering a safety net to people who have failed to act on behalf of the people they claim to represent. What incentive will they have to act as good politicians if their poor performance brings down the government they’re currently part of, and the government-in-waiting offers to them posts?

I realise there’s an issue of numbers in a PR victory, but even if PR doesn’t win the next election, there’s the matter of good governance to consider. If PR tells the BN politicians “You’ve nailed your colours to the mast: if your ship sinks you go down with it”, there’s an incentive to keep the ship afloat. If PR are offering them a personal rescue, they’ve no need to work at all. PR are making gains. If the ‘transfer of allegiance’ plan is to succeed, I think it should have a short shelf-life, after which point the offer should be permanently withdrawn. If the offer is open-ended, a smart (but ultimately useless) minister will wait until the next election to jump ships.

If there really are names on Anwar’s list, they should demonstrate to all Malaysians that they’re politicians of integrity and change camps now. If they’re not doing it now, they won’t be worth having in a new administration: everybody will know they’re politicians for personal gain only.

The NHS still had funds when I was living there in the 80s. I hear it is deplete of funds today. My problem with the doctors there is that they practice defensive medicine. Otherwise the ‘cradle to grave’ system works well for the working class.

Bankrupt devotes half time to Ministry, has video distributed of extra-marital sex claims “biggest mistake was using same room”?

Hahahahahahaha. Oh, he might be nice bloke, and I should feel sorry for him.

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Hahahahahahahaha

Are you sure?

The new Health Minister must be healthy.

To be fair, think Soi Lek makes a much better HM putting aside his controversial private life.

“If we can’t have Malaysia, nobody will”.