Serving the people & putting One Malaysia into practice

DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong Dr Tan Seng Giaw agrees that the Prime Minister serves the people and the nation as a statesman.

Being a statesman includes, among many things, promotion of social justice, peace and stability.

We hope that Datuk Seri Najib serves the people and the nation, realizing the One Malaysia. One Malaysia looks like Malaysian Malaysia. What we would like to see is the implementation of the values such as meritocracy, ability, transparency and accountability.

On 21.5.2009, Dr Tan refers to the heart-to-heart speech at the Finance Ministry by Najib yesterday. He says,"Power is only a means to an end but to me the end is about serving the people and thenation."

As our Prime Minister, we hope Najib can truly serve as he wishes. Hewould have to improve his image. People within and outside the countryhave a perception about him. He must try his utmost to make the perception better.

He has listed certain values in One Malaysia and at the Malaysian Integrity Institute (IIM) such as perseverance, accountability, transparency, acceptability and trustworthiness. In his service, he should put these values into practice.

Currently, there is unhappiness over the allocations of 2,000 public scholarships. He should ensure that these are done according to merit and need. Others include the Port Klang Free Zone mystery and thePriceWaterHouse report on it as well as the total lack of scrutiny over such subsidiary of the Tourism Board as Pempena which may incur a loss of over RM30 million this year. Publish the PWH report immediately.

Dr Tan Seng Giaw