Of Samy Vellu & others like Samy Vellu

Samy Vellu is a liability, Dr M says again in New Straits Times
2009/09/18
PUTRAJAYA: MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu will become a liability to the Barisan Nasional in the next general election because his leadership has failed, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.
The former prime minister said he was worried that the people's support for the Barisan would erode and the coalition would be the victim because Samy Vellu was still leading the MIC.Samy Vellu must step down as party president because he must take responsibility for the party's failure in the last general election and for his own loss, Tun Dr Mahathir said in an interview with Bernama."If we look at other countries, whenever a leader fails, he resigns. In Japan he commits harakiri. We're not asking him (Samy Vellu) to commit harakiri.
"You (Samy Vellu) have failed to lead the MIC until you yourself lost," he said.Citing the example of former prime minsiter Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who resigned after his poor performance, Tun Dr Mahathir said: "Samy Vellu performed worse than Pak Lah (Abdullah) but he did not want to relinquish the post."He should have resigned before things got to this stage."He said he had a right to criticise anyone for the sake of the Barisan, and added: "I've criticised Pak Lah, who's Samy Vellu that I cannot criticise?"Tun Dr Mahathir's criticism of Samy Vellu before the MIC elections last week was seen as an attempt to interfere in MIC affairs and had raised the ire of a delegate who suggested that a garland of slippers be placed on his portrait.Tun Dr Mahathir said leaders must realise that the post they held was not for life."This is not directed at Samy Vellu alone because there are others who are like him," he added....................

Indeed Samy Vellu has been a liability to the ruling party of the day and his community. He's not indispensable. Many other Indians can do the job. Well, many others here in Sarawak are like him if you care to look around you.

One handsome feline

This is one handsome cat in the house. But trouble is, he's not very tamed. Can't understand why?

Of small group & interpersonal communications & 1Malaysia campaign

Small group communication such as structured talks can be an effective way to make people understand and accept certain new ideas. Indeed, when my good friend Ali Suhaili gave a talk on 1Malaysia in Asajaya last month, a number of the participating community leaders gave indication that the session has been very beneficial to them as the messages had been encoded in ways they can easily understand, digest and support. What can be gathered here is that small group and inter-personal communications are still, and will still be the best methods to deliver messages to one's audience. Long live Information Dept.

Pix: Ali delivering his talk